Alice Cooper Love It To Death 24 Karat Gold CD Audio Fidelity HDCD NEU OVP Sealed Limited Numbered Edition Nr. 3086

Erscheinungsdatum: 14. Dezember 2009
Label: Audio Fidelity  (AFZ057)
Format: Audio CD (CD-Anzahl: 1)

Tonträger HDCD
Besonderheiten Limited Edition, Nummeriert, Pappschuber, 24kt. Gold-CD
Jahr 2009
Orig. Release 1971
Zeit 36:45
Plattenfirma Audio Fidelity
Herstellungsland USA
Musikrichtung Rock: Hardrock
EAN-Nr. 780014205720
Katalog-Nr. AFZ 057


       Tracks

1. Caught In A Dream 3:04   
2. I'm Eighteen 3:00   
3. Long Way To Go 3:01   
4. Black Juju 9:09   
5. It Is My Body 2:39   
6. Hallowed Be My Name 2:25   
7. Second Coming 3:02   
8. Ballad Of Dwight Fry 6:32   
9. Sun Arise 3:53


Produktbeschreibungen

Die Karriere des Schockrockers Alice Cooper, der mit bürgerlichem Namen Vincent Damon Furnier heißt und als Sohn eines Priesters in Detroit geboren wurde, begann '65 mit der Hitsingle "Don't Blow Up Your Mind" seiner damaligen Band The Spiders. Einige Zeit später benannte man sich in Alice Cooper um und veröffentlichte mit Pretties For You ('69) und Easy Action ('70) zwei Alben über Frank Zappas Label Straight. Der große Erfolg setzte aber erst ein, als die Bühnenshow der Band immer spektakulärer wurde und der '71er Longplayer Love It To Death beim Majorlabel Warner Bros. erschien. Die Platte enthält nicht nur den Alltime-Klassiker "I'm Eighteen", sondern mit "Caught In A Dream" und "Is It My Body" noch zwei weitere bluesrockige Ohrwürmer. Der absolute Höhepunkt des Albums ist jedoch "Ballad Of Dwight Fry", eine ruhige, sorgfältig konstruierte Nummer, die von grandiosen Spannungsbögen und einer morbiden Grundatmosphäre profitiert, gegen die alle Marilyn Mansons dieser Erde verdammt blass aus den Klamotten glotzen. --Michael Rensen
One of Rolling Stone magazine's 500 greatest albums of all time.

... The original banned cover!

After the 24K success of "School's Out" and "Killer", Audio Fidelity completes our 2009 Alice Cooper Trilogy with the band's 1971 major label debut, "Love It To Death".  After 38 years die-hard fans still argue over which is the best.

Our 24K package includes the controversial album cover - The Audio Fidelity censors, the same people wo brought you the infamous AF Virgin Vinyl poster, have let another one slip through.

Captivating from the start and not a bit of filler, this album introduced the truly unique band to the mainstream with songs that forever sound new and original including, "Ballad of Dwight Fry", "Is It My Body" and a Cooper's trademark, “I'm Eighteen” (one of the all-time great coming of age songs).  They incorporate blues, jazz, even songs styled after Broadway showtunes...and it's all ground-breaking Rock & Roll, in that the group firmly established their voice and personna.  Punk? Glam? Shock-Rock? Horror-Rock? Heavy Metal?  Anything created since, it all starts here.

"Where's Daddy? Do you think he's ever coming home?"

Mastered by Steve Hoffman

Review by Greg Prato
Alice Cooper's third album, Love It to Death, can be pinpointed as the release when everything began to come together for the band. Their first couple of albums (Pretties for You and Easy Action) were both largely psychedelic/acid rock affairs and bore little comparison to the band's eventual rip-roaring, teenage-anthem direction. The main reason for the quintet's change was that the eventually legendary producer Bob Ezrin was on board for the first time and helped the Coopers focus their songwriting and sound, while they also perfected their trashy, violent, and theatrical stage show and image. One of the band's most instantly identifiable anthems, "I'm Eighteen," was what made the album a hit, as well as another classic, "Is It My Body." But like Alice Cooper's other albums from the early '70s, it was an incredibly consistent listen from beginning to end. The garage rocker "Caught in a Dream" as well as the ass-kicking "Long Way to Go" and a pair of epics — the Doors-esque "Black Juju" and the eerie "Ballad of Dwight Fry" — showed that Alice was easily in league with other high-energy Detroit bands of the era (MC5, Stooges). Love It to Death was the first of a string of classic releases from the original Alice Cooper group.
 

 

Mastered by the legendary Steve Hoffman