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School's Out

School's Out
Alice Cooper

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Track Listing

  1. School's Out
  2. Luney Tune
  3. Gutter Cat vs. The Jets
  4. Street Fight
  5. Blue Turk
  6. My Stars
  7. Public Animal #9
  8. Alma Mater
  9. Grande Finale

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #127404 in Music
  • Brand: COOPER,ALICE
  • Released on: 1990-10-25
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Dimensions: .20 pounds

Editorial Reviews

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Alice Cooper used to claim he wrote entire albums worth of lyrics in an afternoon with the TV on. True or not, whatever led to moments of ultraclarity such as "We got no class / And we got no principles / And we got no innocence / We can't even think of a word that rhymes" should be bottled and force-fed to Marilyn Manson. School's Out (1972) is where Cooper's show-biz tendencies first fully flowered--"Gutter Cat Versus the Jets" more than nods to West Side Story and "Grande Finale" sounds like the band was trying to ace Elmer Bernstein out of a gig--but it also rocks hard, and most of the ambition-laden stuff (especially the epic "My Stars") really does work. Nasty and grande as they wanted to be. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

School's Back In!5
SCHOOL'S OUT was the album that put the Alice Cooper Group way over the top.Taking every worn out cliche of American High School,a dollop of teen angst,and a love of WEST SIDE STORY,and you have a classic seventies(and beyond)release.The title track has always been a song to be played on the last day of school(very loudly!).Many music styles are incorporated:cool jazz(BLUE TURK),space rock(MY STARS),hard rock(PUBLIC ANIMAL NUMBER 9),and broadway show tunes(GUTTER CATS VERSUS THE JETS,FINALE).My favorite track is ALMA MATER because it shows a hitherto unseen sensitive side of the Coop.SCHOOL'S OUT is a perfect concept album for the teenage years.Even the cover was innovative for it's time(I wish I had the first edition with the "surprise" wrapper) .I'd advise all novice Cooper addicts to purchase this release.Remember the Coop,eh?

One Killer Guitar Lick5
I have read the other reviews and I agree with all of them. But I had to add that this album is worth buying if only for the title song. The opening to School's Out is probably one of the best guitar licks around. Instantly recognizable, like Johnny B. Goode and Smoke on the Water, it is so simple but just screams off the album. Combined with the bass, and Alice's feral screams, the song is amazing. The rest of the album is good but would only merit 3.5-4 stars, especially when compared with Killer and Billion Dollar Babies. It is the title song that kicks it up to five stars.

My second favorite Alice Cooper album, and yet Rhino hasn't even touched it yet while I wait for a remastered version5
I truly appreciate that Rhino Records re-released and remastered Alice Cooper's "Billion Dollar Babies" and "Welcome To My Nightmare" which included bonus tracks and more.

Rhino's 4 CD box set was rather a disappointment because they chopped up or only gave us "single" versions of many of his tracks. So when I saw "Welcome To My Nightmare" come out re-released and remastered from Rhino, I was hoping that Rhino would re-release and remaster Alice Cooper's entire catalog.

At least, Rhino should consider remastering Alice Cooper's "Love it To Death", "Killer", and "School's Out".

"Love it To Death", and "Killer" really need some extra attention. The first and only issues of these two albums from Warner Brothers just sound simply awful.

Come on Rhino, please finish what you started.