Killer

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Album: Killer
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Under My Wheels	More Info...
2)	Be My Lover	More Info...
3)	Halo Of Flies	More Info...
4)	Desperado	More Info...
5)	You Drive Me Nervous	More Info...
6)	Yeah, Yeah, Yeah	More Info...
7)	Dead Babies	More Info...
8)	Killer	More Info...
2)	Be My Lover	More Info...	0:03
3)	Halo of Flies	More Info...	0:08
4)	Desperado	More Info...	0:03
5)	You Drive Me Nervous	More Info...	0:02
6)	Yeah, Yeah, Yeah	More Info...	0:03
7)	Dead Babies	More Info...	0:05
8)	Killer	More Info...	0:07

Album: Killer
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Under My Wheels	More Info...
2)	Be My Lover	More Info...
3)	Halo Of Flies	More Info...
4)	Desperado	More Info...
5)	You Drive Me Nervous	More Info...
6)	Yeah, Yeah, Yeah	More Info...
7)	Dead Babies	More Info...
8)	Killer	More Info...
2)	Be My Lover	More Info...	0:03
3)	Halo of Flies	More Info...	0:08
4)	Desperado	More Info...	0:03
5)	You Drive Me Nervous	More Info...	0:02
6)	Yeah, Yeah, Yeah	More Info...	0:03
7)	Dead Babies	More Info...	0:05
8)	Killer	More Info...	0:07

Performer Notes

Alice Cooper: Alice Cooper (vocals); Michael Bruce (guitar, keyboards); Glen Buxton (guitar); Dennis Dunaway (bass instrument); Neal Smith (drums).
Alice Cooper's second release of 1971, KILLER, helped solidify the band's position as rock's most notorious, shocking, violent, sleazy, and theatrical band of the day. Cut from the same musical cloth as its predecessor, LOVE IT TO DEATH, KILLER replaces the space-rock of their earliest releases with blaring hard rock. Also, the band successfully broadened its palette on KILLER by adding orchestrated sounds and synthesizers to the mix.
Several tracks would become Alice Cooper staples, such as the vicious "Desperado" (which uses acoustic guitar and a string section to great effect), and the anthemic leadoff track "Under My Wheels." Criticized and misconstrued at the time of the album's release, the eerie "Dead Babies" deals with child abuse--still disturbing stuff all these years later. One of Cooper's more progressive tunes, "Halo of Flies" is an eight-minute-plus highlight, consisting of several different sections, ditto the nearly-as-long closing title track. KILLER is classic Alice Cooper, and would go on to serve as an obvious touchstone for such future rockers as Kiss, White Zombie, and Marilyn Manson.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (1/6/72, p.68) - "...KILLER is without a doubt the best Alice Cooper album yet and one of the finest rock & roll recordings released in 1971..." -Lester Bangs

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