Alice Cooper Group: "Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits" Album (1974)

Alice Cooper Group’s Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits was released as an LP album in the US by Warner Bros. Records (catalog number W 2803) on August 9, 1974, with a UK release in September 1974., marked the only greatest hits compilation by the original Alice Cooper Group and their final release before the band’s hiatus. Featuring remixed versions of hit songs from five of their seven studio albums—excluding Pretties for You and Easy Action—the tracks were remixed by producer Jack Richardson to enhance appeal, with the remix of “I’m Eighteen” released as a single in the US. Noted in a 1974 Billboard review for its encapsulation of the band’s shock-rock legacy, the compilation peaked at No. 8 on the US Billboard 200. Expanded in 2001 by Rhino’s Mascara & Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper, which included original single versions and post-1974 solo hits, it featured a comprehensive discography from 1969 to 2000 in its liner notes.

Tracklist:

A1. I’m Eighteen – 2:58

A2. Is It My Body – 2:39

A3. Desperado – 3:30

A4. Under My Wheels – 2:51

A5. Be My Lover – 3:21

A6. School’s Out – 3:29

B1. Hello Hooray – 4:15

B2. Elected – 4:05

B3. No More Mr. Nice Guy – 3:06

B4. Billion Dollar Babies – 3:43

B5. Teenage Lament ’74 – 3:54

B6. Muscle of Love – 3:45

Note: The tracklist reflects the original 1974 vinyl release (Warner Bros. Records).

Artwork

The album's cover art was designed by Ernie Cefalu and features a sepia-toned Drew Struzan illustration of the band members in front of a 1930s garage, accompanied by such period movie stars as Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, Edward G. Robinson, Jean Harlow, Peter Lorre, and Groucho Marx. The inner sleeve features a similar illustration of the band surrounded by these and other stars of Hollywood's golden age such as Marilyn Monroe, Gary Cooper, Judy Garland, Errol Flynn, Clara Bow, Boris Karloff, Zasu Pitts, Tyrone Power, Bela Lugosi, Marlene Dietrich, Tallulah Bankhead, Betty Grable, Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd. A depiction of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre is in the upper middle. The album was released by Friday Music records on vinyl in 2013 with a Gatefold cover, mimicking the 1974 Australian release of the album, which was the only territory where it was originally released with a Gatefold sleeve.