Album
Love It To Death
1971 · Rock
40 collectors on Gatefold own this
Love It To Death is a Rock album by Alice Cooper, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 191 pressings tracked, owned by 40 collectors.
About
Forget the fancifully named lead singer (born Vincent Furnier), the live show's horror-movie trappings, even the Budweiser and golf of later years. <i>Love It to Death</i> was where sloppy rocker Cooper tightened up and took his place as hard-rock hero for a new generation that wasn't sure if love was all you needed. (Teen philosophy circa 1971: "When you see me with a smile on my face/Then you'll know I'm a mental case.") At his best dispensing single-length chunks of post-garage catchiness ("Eighteen," the hit here, was only the first of many), he also reveled in long theatrical pieces ("The Ballad of Dwight Frye") and outright silliness. The album ends with a cover of a tune by Rolf "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" Harris.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Caught In A Dream3:10
- A2I'm Eighteen3:01
- A3Long Way To Go3:04
- A4Black Juju9:12
Side B
- B1Is It My Body2:40
- B2Hallowed Be My Name2:30
- B3Second Coming3:05
- B4Ballad Of Dwight Fry6:33
- B5Sun Arise4:08
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Psych Rock
- gritty
- dark
- theatrical
Originally released on the Straight pink label in 1971 [STS 1065 in UK, WS 1883 in USA], the band later moved to Warner Bros. distributor (green WB label). Also Kinney 'K' prefix period in UK.
Variations on cover of vinyl LPs:
- Exposed thumb cover (Straight Records/pink label)
- Exposed thumb cover with -Including Their Hit "I'm Eighteen"- written in black letters in white box on cover (Straight Records/pink label)
- Exposed thumb cover with -Including Their Hit "I'm Eighteen"- written in black letters in white box on cover (Warner Bros./green label)
- Thumb airbrushed over with -Including Their Hit "I'm Eighteen"- written in black letters in white box on cover (Warner Bros./green label & palm tree label)
- Entire cover image lowered one third with top & bottom thirds cropped by blank white space (Warner Bros./green label)
Singles from this release:
Eighteen / Body
Caught In A Dream
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alice CooperVOCALS
- Alice CooperADAPTED BY, VOCALS, HARMONICA, WRITTEN-BY ARRANGED BY, VOCALS HARMONICA, LEAD VOCALS
- Bob EzrinORGAN, PIANO KEYBOARDS PIANO , ORGAN
- Dennis DunawayADAPTED BY, BASS, VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY BASS BASS , VOCALS
- Glen BuxtonADAPTED BY, LEAD GUITAR, WRITTEN-BY GUITAR LEAD GUITAR
- Michael BruceADAPTED BY, RHYTHM GUITAR, VOCALS, PIANO, ORGAN, WRITTEN-BY GUITAR , VOCALS, PIANO, ORGAN GUITAR, KEYBOARDS
- Neal SmithADAPTED BY, DRUMS, VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY DRUMS DRUMS , VOCALS
- Toronto BobORGAN, PIANO
40 collectors on Gatefold own this · 191 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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