Label: Warner Bros. Records (Japan), WPCR-14301
Style: Garage Rock, Hard Rock, Glam Rock
Country: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. (February 4, 1948)
Time: 36:56
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 254 Mb
Charts: US #35, CAN #39, UK #28. US: Platinum.
It
was the band's first commercially successful album and the first album
that consolidated the band's aggressive hard-rocking sound, instead of
the psychedelic and experimental rock style of their first two albums.
The album's best-known track, "I'm Eighteen", was released as a single
to test the band's commercial viability before the album was recorded.
Formed
in the mid-1960s, the band took the name Alice Cooper in 1968 and
became known for its outrageous theatrical live shows. The loose,
psychedelic freak rock of the first two albums failed to find an
audience. The band moved to Detroit in 1970 where they were influenced
by the aggressive hard rock scene. A young Bob Ezrin was enlisted as
producer; he encouraged the band to tighten its songwriting over two
months of rehearsing ten to twelve hours a day. The single "I'm
Eighteen" achieved Top 40 success soon after, peaking at No. 21. This
convinced Warner Bros. that Alice Cooper had the commercial potential to
release an album. After its release in March 1971, Love It to Death
reached No. 35 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and has since been
certified platinum. The album's second single, "Caught in a Dream",
charted at No. 94.
The original album cover featured the singer
Cooper posed with his thumb protruding so it appeared to be his penis;
Warner Bros. soon replaced it with a censored version. The Love It to
Death tour featured an elaborate shock rock live show: during "Ballad of
Dwight Fry"—about an inmate in an insane asylum—Cooper would be dragged
offstage and return in a straitjacket, and the show climaxed with
Cooper's mock execution in a prop electric chair during "Black Juju".
Ezrin and the Coopers continued to work together for a string of hit
albums until the band's breakup in 1974. The album has come to be seen
as a foundational influence on hard rock, punk, and heavy metal; several
tracks have become live Alice Cooper standards and are frequently
covered by other bands.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_It_to_Death)
01. Caught In A Dream (03:09)
02. I'm Eighteen (03:00)
03. Long Way To Go (03:02)
04. Black Juju (09:06)
05. Is It My Body (02:39)
06. Hallowed Be My Name (02:31)
07. Second Coming (03:04)
08. Ballad Of Dwight Fry (06:31)
09. Sun Arise (03:51)
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