The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper

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The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper
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ReleasedApril 20, 1999
Recorded1965-1997
Genre Hard rock
Length4:54:19
Label Rhino
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The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper (1999) is a 4-CD box set by Alice Cooper. It includes select tracks from every studio album released until then, plus many B-sides, unreleased songs, and other rarities. It also includes Alice Cooper's authorized biography, [2] Alcohol and Razor Blades, Poison and Needles: The Glorious Wretched Excess of Alice Cooper, All-American, written by Creem magazine editor Jeffrey Morgan. [3]

Track listing

Disc One
No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Don't Blow Your Mind"The Spiders (1966)2:36
2."Hitch Hike"The Spiders (1965)2:01
3."Why Don't You Love Me"The Spiders (1965)1:57
4."Lay Down And Die, Goodbye" (Original Version)The Nazz (1967)2:07
5."Nobody Likes Me" (demo version, 1968) 3:23
6."Levity Ball" (studio version, 1968) 4:45
7."Reflected" Pretties for You 3:14
8."Mr. and Misdemeanor" Easy Action 3:00
9."Refrigerator Heaven"Easy Action1:54
10."Caught in a Dream" (single version) Love It to Death 2:55
11."I'm Eighteen"Love It to Death2:58
12."Is It My Body?"Love It to Death2:39
13."Ballad of Dwight Fry"Love It to Death6:34
14."Under My Wheels" Killer 2:47
15."Be My Lover"Killer3:21
16."Desperado"Killer3:29
17."Dead Babies"Killer5:42
18."Killer"Killer7:05
19."Call It Evil" (demo, 1971) 3:28
20."Gutter Cat vs. the Jets" School's Out 4:39
21."School's Out" (single version, 1972)School's Out3:31
Disc Two
No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Hello Hooray" Billion Dollar Babies 4:15
2."Elected" (single version)Billion Dollar Babies3:43
3."Billion Dollar Babies"Billion Dollar Babies3:39
4."No More Mr. Nice Guy"Billion Dollar Babies3:07
5."I Love the Dead"Billion Dollar Babies5:07
6."Slick Black Limousine" (Flexi-disc from New Musical Express , 1973) 4:27
7."Respect for the Sleepers" (demo, 1973) 3:48
8."Muscle of Love" Muscle of Love 3:45
9."Teenage Lament '74"Muscle of Love3:52
10."Working Up a Sweat"Muscle of Love3:31
11."Man with the Golden Gun"Muscle of Love3:13
12."I'm Flash" Flash Fearless Vs. the Zorg Women, Pts. 5 & 6 2:47
13."Space Pirates"Flash Fearless Vs. the Zorg Women, Pts. 5 & 63:30
14."Welcome to My Nightmare" (single version) Welcome to My Nightmare 2:45
15."Only Women Bleed" (single version)Welcome to My Nightmare3:17
16."Cold Ethyl"Welcome to My Nightmare2:54
17."Department of Youth"Welcome to My Nightmare3:17
18."Escape"Welcome to My Nightmare3:14
19."I Never Cry" Alice Cooper Goes to Hell 3:43
20."Go to Hell"Alice Cooper Goes to Hell5:11
Disc Three
No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."It's Hot Tonight" Lace and Whiskey 3:21
2."You and Me" (single version)Lace and Whiskey3:25
3."I Miss You"Billion Dollar Babies - Battle Axe3:31
4."No Time for Tears" Sextette film outtake2:59
5."Because" (with The Bee Gees) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band soundtrack2:45
6."From the Inside" (single version) From the Inside 3:30
7."How You Gonna See Me Now"From the Inside3:53
8."Serious"From the Inside2:41
9."No Tricks" (duet with Betty Wright)“How You Gonna See Me Now” B-side 4:15
10."Road Rats" (originally released on Lace and Whiskey) Roadie soundtrack2:43
11."Clones (We're All)" (single version) Flush the Fashion 2:51
12."Pain"Flush the Fashion4:10
13."Who Do You Think We Are" (single version) Special Forces 3:05
14."Look at You Over There, Ripping the Sawdust from My Teddybear" (demo, 1981) 3:18
15."For Britain Only" (UK-only single, 1982) 3:02
16."I Am the Future" (single version) Zipper Catches Skin 3:45
17."Tag, You're It"Zipper Catches Skin2:52
18."Former Lee Warmer" DaDa 4:07
19."I Love America"DaDa3:47
20."Identity Crisis" Monster Dog soundtrack2:50
21."See Me in the Mirror"Monster Dog soundtrack3:12
22."Hard Rock Summer" Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives soundtrack2:30
Disc Four
No.TitleOriginal AlbumLength
1."He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" (demo) 3:20
2."He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" (Movie Mix)Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives soundtrack3:44
3."Teenage Frankenstein" Constrictor 3:32
4."Freedom" Raise Your Fist and Yell 4:04
5."Prince of Darkness"Raise Your Fist and Yell5:09
6."Under My Wheels" The Decline of Western Civilization II soundtrack3:10
7."I Got a Line on You" Iron Eagle II soundtrack2:59
8."Poison" Trash 4:27
9."Trash"Trash3:58
10."Only My Heart Talkin'"Trash4:44
11."Hey Stoopid" (single version) Hey Stoopid 4:15
12."Feed My Frankenstein"Hey Stoopid4:42
13."Fire"Love's a Loaded Gun” B-side3:00
14."Lost in America" The Last Temptation 3:54
15."It's Me"The Last Temptation4:40
16."Hands of Death" (Spookshow 2000 Mix with Rob Zombie) Songs in the Key of X soundtrack3:53
17."Is Anyone Home?" A Fistful of Alice 4:10
18."Stolen Prayer"The Last Temptation5:35

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References

  1. "The Life & Crimes of Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. "Alice Cooper’s authorized biography, written by Jeffrey Morgan of Creem magazine."
  3. "Alcohol and Razor Blades, Poison and Needles: The Glorious Wretched Excess of Alice Cooper, All-American". Alicecooper.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2002. Retrieved April 17, 2014.