Alice Cooper Group: "Pretties For You" Album (1969)

Alice Cooper Group’s Pretties For You was released as an LP album in the US by Straight Records (catalog number STS 1051) on June 25, 1969, marking their debut album. The album has a psychedelic style to it and the group had yet to develop the more concise hard rock sound that they would become famous for.

Most of the tracks feature unusual time signatures and arrangements, jarring syncopation, expressive dynamics, sound effects, and an eclectic range of music influences. A few songs, such as "Levity Ball", show the influence of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, with whom the band hung out during the British group's U.S. tour. Alice Cooper guitarist Glen Buxton stated he could listen to Barrett's guitar playing for hours on end.

The artwork for this album is a painting by Edward Beardsley. It was originally hanging on the wall of the living room in Frank Zappa's house, and his wife Gail Zappa stated that it was later stolen from them.

Pretties for You was a critical and commercial failure, briefly appearing on the Billboard Top 200, and none of its songs have ever been played live by Cooper since the release of the band's breakthrough album Love It to Death. The song "Reflected", Alice Cooper's first single, was later rewritten as "Elected", which features on their 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies.

Titanic Overture

10 Minutes Before the Worm

Sing Low, Sweet Cheerio

Today Mueller

Living

Fields of Regret

No Longer Umpire

Levity Ball

B.B. on Mars

Apple Bush

Earwigs to Eternity

Changing Arranging