Alice Cooper
Killer
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MOG Editorial Review
When the Alice Cooper Band returned to Alice’s hometown of Detroit to hone their theatrical, androgynous, and glamorously dark heavy metal act into something more coherent, they released two records in one year. The band’s talents had been strong... They just needed break, and hits “Eighteen” and “Be My Lover” made their two 1971 albums go gold. Killer was the second record, its hit “Be My Lover” turning out to be one of Alice Cooper’s best songs, if not one of the better rock singles of its time. “Halo of Flies,” with its exceptional guitar work and slick synth touches, massively entertains across its various movements, and “Dead Babies” excels at having shock-value, laying the foundation for future shock-rockers everywhere. Rock on.
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AMG Review of Killer
Greg Prato
All Music GuideAlice Cooper wasted little time following up the breakthrough success of Love It to Death with another album released the same year, Killer. Again, producer Bob Ezrin was on board and helps the group solidify their heavy rock (yet wide-ranging) style even further. The band's stage show dealt with the macabre, and such disturbing tracks as "Dead Babies" and the title track fit in perfectly. Other songs were even more exceptional, such as the perennial barnstorming concert standard "Under My Wheels," the melodic yet gritty "Be My Lover," and the tribute to their fallen friend Jim Morrison, "Desperado." The long and winding "Halo of Flies" correctly hinted that the band would be tackling more complex song structures on future albums, while "You Drive Me Nervous" and "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" showed that Alice Cooper hadn't completely abandoned their early garage rock direction. With Killer, they became one of the world's top rock bands and concert attractions; it rewarded them as being among the most notorious and misunderstood entertainers, thoroughly despised by grownups.
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