Billion Dollar Babies
Billion Dollar Babies is a
heavy metal album by American
rock band Alice Cooper, released in
1973 (see
1973 in music). Widely praised as one of the best Alice Cooper albums, and the peak of their period as a group, before the name began being applied to one individual.
Billion Dollar Babies peaked at #1 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. The single "Elected" peaked at #26 on the Pop Singles chart.
Track listing
- Hello, Hooray (Kempf) - 4:14
- Raped and Freezin' (Bruce/Cooper) - 3:15
- Elected (Bruce/Buxton/Cooper/Dunaway/Smith) - 4:05
- Billion Dollar Babies (Bruce/Cooper/Smith) - 3:39
- Unfinished Sweet (Bruce/Cooper/Smith) - 6:17
- No More Mr. Nice Guy (Bruce/Cooper) - 3:05
- Generation Landslide (Bruce/Buxton/Cooper/Dunaway) - 4:31
- Sick Things (Bruce/Ezrin) - 4:18
- Mary Ann (Bruce/Cooper) - 2:19
- I Love the Dead (Cooper/Ezrin) - 5:08
Personnel
- Alice Cooper - Vocals
- Donovan - Guitar
- Steve Hunter - Guitar
- Michael Bruce - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Keyboards, Vocals (bckgr)
- Greg Allen - Art Direction, Design
- David P. Bailey - Photography, Cover Photo
- Robin Black - Engineer
- Hugh Brown - Art Direction
- Glen Buxton - Guitar
- Bob Dolin - Keyboards
- Jack Douglas - Engineer
- Dennis Dunaway - Bass, Vocals (bckgr)
- Bob Ezrin - Producer, Original Album Producer
- Lynn Goldsmith - Photography
- Frank Hubach - Engineer
- Dave Libert - Vocals
- Mick Mashbir - Guitar
- Neal Smith - Drums
- Ed Sprigg - Engineer
- Dick Wagner - Guitar
- Shelly Yakus - Engineer
- Neal Preston - Photography
- Norma Edwards - Editorial Research
- Vanessa Atkins - Editorial Supervision
- Steve Woolard - Project Coordinator
- Brian Kehew - Editing, Remixing
- Lynn Godsmith - Photography
- Pacific Eye & Ear - Design
- Ear - Design, Concept
- Shawn Amos - Editorial Coordinator
- Peter Flanagan - Engineer
- Randy Perry - Project Assistant
- Jo Motta - Project Coordinator
Trivia: The name billion dollar babies refers to horror movies where the main evil character is a baby or child. (See: Devil-child movies).
