song for song, billion dollar babies is probably the original Alice Cooper group's finest and strongest album. such tracks as "hello hooray," the lethal stomp of the title track, the defiant "elected" (a rewrite of an earlier song, "reflected"), and the poison-laced pop candy of "no more mr. nice guy" remain among cooper's greatest achievements. also included are a pair of perennial concert standards — the disturbing necrophilia ditty "I love the dead" and the chilling macabre of "sick things" — as well as such strong, lesser-known selections as "raped and freezin'," "unfinished sweet," and perhaps cooper's most overlooked gem, "generation landslide." nothing seemed like it could stop this great hard rock band from overtaking the universe, but tensions between the members behind the scenes would force the stellar original ac band to split up after just one more album. not only is billion dollar babies one of cooper's very best; it remains one of rock's all-time, quintessential classics.
song for song, billion dollar babies is probably the original Alice Cooper group's finest and strongest album. such tracks as "hello hooray," the lethal stomp of the title track, the defiant "elected" (a rewrite of an earlier song, "reflected"), and the poison-laced pop candy of "no more mr. nice guy" remain among cooper's greatest achievements. also included are a pair of perennial concert standards — the disturbing necrophilia ditty "I love the dead" and the chilling macabre of "sick things" — as well as such strong, lesser-known selections as "raped and freezin'," "unfinished sweet," and perhaps cooper's most overlooked gem, "generation landslide." nothing seemed like it could stop this great hard rock band from overtaking the universe, but tensions between the members behind the scenes would force the stellar original ac band to split up after just one more album. not only is billion dollar babies one of cooper's very best; it remains one of rock's all-time, quintessential classics.