Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

With Billion Dollar Babies, Alice Cooper refined the raw grit of their earlier work in favor of a slightly more polished sound (courtesy of super-producer Bob Ezrin), resulting in a mega-hit album that reached the top of the U.S. album charts. Song for song, Billion Dollar Babies is probably the original Alice Cooper group's finest and strongest. 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. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alice Cooper Vocals Bill Inglot Remixing, Remastering, Reissue Producer, Release Production, Editing Bob Dolin Keyboards Bob Ezrin Producer, Original Album Producer Brian Kehew Remixing, Editing Brian Nelson Release Production, Reissue Producer Charlie Watts Mastering Dan Hersch Remastering Dave Libert Vocals David McLees Release Production, Reissue Producer David P. Bailey Cover Photo, Photography Dennis Dunaway Bass, Vocals (Background) Dick Wagner Guitar Donovan Guitar E.A.R. Concept, Design Ed Sprigg Engineer Frank Hubach Engineer Glen Buxton Guitar Greg Allen Art Direction, Design Hugh Brown Art Direction Jack Douglas Engineer Jo Motta Project Coordinator Lynn Godsmith Photography Lynn Goldsmith Photography Michael Bruce Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals (Background), Keyboards, Guitar Mick Mashbir Guitar Neal Preston Photography Neal Smith Drums, Vocals (Background) Norma Edwards Editorial Research Pacific Eye & Ear Design Peter Flanagan Engineer Randy Perry Project Assistant Robin Black Engineer Shawn Amos Editorial Coordinator Shelly Yakus Engineer Steve Hunter Guitar Steve Woolard Project Coordinator Vanessa Atkins Editorial Supervision