Alice Cooper - Killer [Japan Ed. SHM-CD] (1971)

Year: November 9, 1971 (CD December 21, 2011 )
Label: Warner Bros. Records (Japan), WPCR-14302
Style: Garage Rock, Hard Rock, Glam Rock
Country: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. (February 4, 1948)
Time: 36:59
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 260 Mb

Cooper said in the liner notes of A Fistful of Alice (1997) and In the Studio with Redbeard, which spotlighted the Killer and Love It to Death (1971) albums, that the song "Desperado" was written about his friend Jim Morrison, who died the year this album was released.[6] According to an NPR radio interview with Alice Cooper, "Desperado" was written about Robert Vaughn's character from the movie The Magnificent Seven (1960). "Halo of Flies" was, according to Cooper's liner notes in the compilation The Definitive Alice Cooper (2001), an attempt by the band to prove that they could perform King Crimson-like progressive rock suites, and was supposedly about a SMERSH-like organisation. "Desperado", along with "Under My Wheels" and "Be My Lover", has appeared on different compilation albums by Cooper. The song "Dead Babies" stirred up some controversy following the album's release, despite the fact that its lyrics conveyed an "anti-child abuse" message.
Rolling Stone's Lester Bangs gave it a favorable review. He explained that "it brings all the elements of the band's approach to sound and texture to a totally integrated pinnacle that fulfills all the promise of their erratic first two albums" and that "each song on [the] album finds him in a different role in the endless movie he is projecting on them." He concluded by calling Alice Cooper "a strong band, a vital band, and they are going to be around for a long, long time."[8] Robert Christgau rated the album a B?, stating that "a taste for the base usages of hard rock rarely comes with a hit attached these days, much less 'surreal', 'theatrical', and let us not forget 'transvestite' trappings". However, he said that "[the album] falters after 'Under My Wheels' and 'Be My Lover', neither of them an 'I'm Eighteen' in the human outreach department."[7] AllMusic's Tim Sendra rated "Killer" five out of five stars. He stated that "it offers moments of sweaty rock & roll brilliance, oddball horror ballads, and garage rock freak outs, all wrapped up in a glammy, sleazy package" and that "Each and every track is handled with the same kind of unbridled glee that lets the listener know the band is having a blast; it's hard not to be swept along for the ride." He concluded by claiming that "Killer is the moment where they put all the pieces together and began to soar."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_(Alice_Cooper_album))

01. Under My Wheels (02:52)
02. Be My Lover (03:22)
03. Halo of Files (08:22)
04. Desperado (03:31)
05. You Drive Me Nervous (02:28)
06. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (03:37)
07. Dead Babies (05:45)
08. Killer (06:59)

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