Classicks

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Classicks
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Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 5, 1995
Genre Glam metal, hard rock
Length61:46
Label Epic
Producer Various
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Classicks is a compilation album by Alice Cooper, released by Epic Records in September, 1995. This release was to mark the end of Cooper's record contract with Epic Records, which had spanned three studio albums. Alice suggested its title.

Contents

As of 2005, Classicks is available as a CD / DVD set comprising Classicks and "Trashes The World", respectively. This set is also notable for the inclusion of Fire, only available as a B-side.

Track listing

  1. "Poison" (Desmond Child, Alice Cooper, John McCurry) – 4:30
  2. "Hey Stoopid" (Cooper, Vic Pepe, Bob Pfeifer, Jack Ponti) – 4:33
  3. "Feed My Frankenstein" (Nick Coler, Cooper, Ian Richardson) – 4:44
  4. "Love's a Loaded Gun" (Cooper, Pepe, Ponti) – 4:11
  5. "Stolen Prayer" (Cooper, Chris Cornell) – 5:35
  6. "House of Fire" (Child, Cooper, Joan Jett) – 3:46
  7. "Lost in America" (Cooper, Dan Wexler) – 3:52
  8. "It's Me" (Jack Blades, Cooper, Tommy Shaw) – 4:37
  9. "Under My Wheels" (Live) (Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Bob Ezrin) – 3:41
  10. "Billion Dollar Babies" (Live) (Bruce, Cooper, Neal Smith) – 3:36
  11. "I'm Eighteen" (Live) (Bruce, Glen Buxton, Cooper, Dunaway, Smith) – 4:34
  12. "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (Live) (Bruce, Cooper) – 3:11
  13. "Only Women Bleed" (Live) (Cooper, Wagner) – 4:06
  14. "School's Out" (Live) (Bruce, Buxton, Cooper, Dunaway, Smith) – 3:46
  15. "Fire" (Jimi Hendrix) – 3:02

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Classicks
Chart (1995)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 133

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  2. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Fireside Books. pp. 11–13. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
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