The Life & Crimes of Alice Cooper (1999)

About this title: What made Alice Cooper a star? Sure, he had a tight, exciting band and some great songs that were as good as hard rock got in the early '70s, but he distinguished himself as a showman. By bringing shameless theatricality to rock & roll, he separated himself from the pack and became a superstar -- the kind of person who is known for being himself more than for his achievements. This trajectory and the melodrama that inspired it are evident on the generous four-disc box set The Life & Crimes of Alice Cooper. Most box sets play like a sober history lesson, but this one plays like a grand epic, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Don't Blow Your Mind [Furnier/Dunaway]
2. Hitch Hike [Stevenson/Paul/Gaye]
3. Why Don't You Love Me [McDermott/Trimnell/]
4. Lay Down and Die, Goodbye [Original Version] [Furnier/Bruce/Buxto]
5. Nobody Likes Me[Demo Version] [Bruce/Buxton/Cooper]
6. Levity Ball [Studio Version] [Bruce/Buxton/Cooper]
7. Reflected [Bruce/Buxton/Cooper]
8. Mr. and Misdemeanor [Bruce/Buxton/Cooper]
9. Refrigerator Heaven [Bruce/Buxton/Cooper]
10. Caught in a Dream [Single Version] [Bruce]
11. I'm Eighteen [Bruce/Buxton/Cooper]
12. Is It My Body? [Bruce/Buxton/Cooper]
13. Ballad of Dwight Fry [Bruce/Cooper]
14. Under My Wheels [Bruce/Dunaway/Ezrin]
15. Be My Lover [Bruce]
16. Desperado [Cooper/Bruce]
17. Dead Babies [Bruce/Buxton/Cooper]
18. Killer [Bruce/Dunaway]
19. Call It Evil[Demo Version] [Cooper/Bruce/Buxton]
20. Gutter Cats Vs. The Jets [Buxton/Dunaway/Bern]
21. School's Out [Single Version] [Bruce/Buxton/Cooper]
22. Hello, Hooray [Kempf]
23. Elected [Single Version] [Bruce/Buxton/Cooper]
24. Billion Dollar Babies [Bruce/Cooper/Smith]
25. No More Mr. Nice Guy [Bruce/Cooper]
26. I Love the Dead [Cooper/Ezrin]
27. Slick Black Limousine [Cooper/Dunaway]
28. Respect for the Sleepers[Demo Version] [Bruce/Cooper]
29. Muscle of Love [Cooper/Bruce]
30. Teenage Lament '74 [Cooper/Smith]
31. Working Up a Sweat [Cooper/Bruce]
32. The Man With the Golden Gun [Bruce/Buxton/Cooper]
33. I'm Flash [Hammond/Pierce/Pier]
34. Space Pirates [Hammond/Pierce]
35. Welcome to My Nightmare [Single Version] [Cooper/Wagner]
36. Only Women Bleed [Single Version] [Cooper/Wagner]
37. Cold Ethyl [Cooper/Ezrin]
38. Department of Youth [Cooper/Ezrin/Wagner]
39. Escape [Anthony/Cooper/Fowl]
40. I Never Cry [Cooper/Wagner]
41. Go to Hell [Cooper/Ezrin/Wagner]
42. It's Hot Tonight [Cooper/Ezrin/Wagner]
43. You and Me [Single Version] [Cooper/Wagner]
44. I Miss You [Bruce/Marconi/Smith]
45. No Time for Tears [McCoy]
46. Because [Lennon/McCartney]
47. From the Inside [Single Version] [Cooper/Foster/Taupi]
48. How You Gonna See Me Now [Cooper/Taupin/Wagne]
49. Serious [Cooper/Foster/Lukat]
50. No Tricks [Cooper/Taupin/Wagne]
51. Road Rats [Cooper/Wagner]
52. Clones (We're All) [Carron]
53. Pain [Cooper/Johnstone/Ma]
54. Who Do You Think We Are [Single Version] [Cooper/Hitchings]
55. For Britain Only [Cooper/Nitzinger/Pi]
56. Fire [Hendrix]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.