Love It to Death
| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
| Released | March 8, 1971 |
| Genres | Hard Rock, Glam Rock |
| Labels | Straight Records, Warner Bros. Records |
| Format | CD, Digital, Vinyl, Cassette |
| Length | 36:50 |
| Ranked | #4 for 1971 , #723 all-time |
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Love It to Death Information
Track listing (Songs)
| title | rating | votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Caught in a Dream | 3:04 | 99.2 | 6 | |
| 2. | I'm Eighteen | 3:00 | 99.3 | 7 | |
| 3. | Long Way to Go | 3:01 | 96.7 | 6 | |
| 4. | Black Juju | 9:09 | 90 | 6 | |
| 5. | Is It My Body | 2:39 | 89.3 | 7 | |
| 6. | Hallowed Be My Name | 2:25 | 98.3 | 6 | |
| 7. | Second Coming | 3:02 | 89.2 | 6 | |
| 8. | Ballad of Dwight Fry | 6:32 | 99.3 | 7 | |
| 9. | Sun Arise | 3:53 | 76.7 | 6 |
[ Rating detail ]
Line-up (members)
- Alice Cooper : Vocals, Harmonica
- Glen Buxton : Lead Guitar
- Michael Bruce : Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
- Dennis Dunaway : Bass, Backing Vocals
- Neal Smith : Drums, Backing Vocals
Production staff / artist
- Jack Richardson : Producer
- Bob Ezrin : Producer
- Jack Richardson : Executive Producer
- Brian Christian : Engineer
- Randy Kring : Mastering Engineer
- Bill Conners : Recording Technician
Certifications
United States (RIAA) Platinum 1,000,000
Love It to Death Reviews
(1)
Date : Jan 21, 2022
Alice Cooper has often said the Love it To Death album is the first true Alice Cooper album. The original band had put out two previous albums called Pretties For You and Easy Action which were more Nazz albums (the name of the band originally) that were more in the psychedelic genre than hard rock on Frank Zappa's label.
Zappa's label was purchased by Warner Brothers and they were uncertain about where Alice fit. The Cooper band already had a great live show (to this day the lead singer Alice Cooper is known for being the greatest live act in the business) but the first two albums were hard to define musically. Young producer Bob Ezrin became aware of the band and wanted to work with them. Tightening the sound and going more commercial and rocking harder, Love it To Death came out. Soon the band would have their first hit single, Eighteen and such classics as The Ballad of Dwight Frye.
From this point forward, Alice's popularity grew and the band put out some great albums really from Love It To Death thru Billion Dollar Babies. By Muscle of Love, however, the original band was tired and decided to do solo projects. By this point, the lead singer Vincent Furnier had become known as Alice Cooper and he always was the true talent in the band (no disrespect to the others who were good as well) and went on to a hard rocking, diverse, and great solo career while keeping his now legal name Alice Cooper.
While I am generally a bigger fan of Cooper's solo work which starts a ... See More
Zappa's label was purchased by Warner Brothers and they were uncertain about where Alice fit. The Cooper band already had a great live show (to this day the lead singer Alice Cooper is known for being the greatest live act in the business) but the first two albums were hard to define musically. Young producer Bob Ezrin became aware of the band and wanted to work with them. Tightening the sound and going more commercial and rocking harder, Love it To Death came out. Soon the band would have their first hit single, Eighteen and such classics as The Ballad of Dwight Frye.
From this point forward, Alice's popularity grew and the band put out some great albums really from Love It To Death thru Billion Dollar Babies. By Muscle of Love, however, the original band was tired and decided to do solo projects. By this point, the lead singer Vincent Furnier had become known as Alice Cooper and he always was the true talent in the band (no disrespect to the others who were good as well) and went on to a hard rocking, diverse, and great solo career while keeping his now legal name Alice Cooper.
While I am generally a bigger fan of Cooper's solo work which starts a ... See More
3 likesLove It to Death Comments
(14)Nov 28, 2022
This one is probably my favorite of the early Alice stuff. Great songs here.
Mar 13, 2022
This is a good balance of rawness but also Alice and the original band starting to learn how to put together a good three minute song.
2 likesNov 12, 2021
This is my favorite of the original band albums (Love the original band but like solo Alice even more)
5 likes
Alice Cooper Discography
| Album | Type | Release date | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretties for You | Album | 1969 | 71 | 12 | 0 |
| Easy Action | Album | 1970 | 76.9 | 8 | 0 |
| ▶ Love It to Death | Album | Mar 8, 1971 | 91.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Killer | Album | 1972 | 93.5 | 12 | 0 |
| School's Out | Album | 1972 | 80.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Billion Dollar Babies | Album | 1973 | 90 | 15 | 0 |
| Muscle of Love | Album | 1973 | 73.9 | 11 | 1 |
| Welcome to My Nightmare | Album | 1975 | 93.4 | 16 | 2 |
| Alice Cooper Goes to Hell | Album | 1976 | 84.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Lace and Whiskey | Album | May 1977 | 85 | 11 | 0 |
| Alice Cooper Show | Live | Dec 1977 | 88.6 | 7 | 1 |
| From the Inside | Album | 1978 | 97.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Flush the Fashion | Album | 1980 | 90.6 | 10 | 1 |
| Special Forces | Album | 1981 | 86 | 12 | 0 |
| Dada | Album | 1982 | 97.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Zipper Catches Skin | Album | 1982 | 83.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Constrictor | Album | 1986 | 88.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Raise Your Fist and Yell | Album | 1987 | 95.9 | 13 | 2 |
| Trash | Album | Jul 1989 | 89.1 | 34 | 1 |
| Hey Stoopid | Album | Jul 2, 1991 | 92.9 | 24 | 1 |
| The Last Temptation | Album | Jul 12, 1994 | 92.7 | 16 | 2 |
| Fistful of Alice | Live | Jul 29, 1997 | 93.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Brutal Planet | Album | Jun 6, 2000 | 97.7 | 13 | 2 |
| Dragontown | Album | Sep 18, 2001 | 91.3 | 10 | 1 |
| The Eyes of Alice Cooper | Album | Sep 23, 2003 | 95.6 | 11 | 1 |
| Dirty Diamonds | Album | Aug 2, 2005 | 90.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Along Came a Spider | Album | Jul 29, 2008 | 79.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Theatre of Death: Live in Munich 6.11.2010 | Live | Nov 6, 2010 | 96.7 | 3 | 1 |
| Alice Does Alice | EP | Dec 2010 | 95 | 1 | 0 |
| Welcome 2 My Nightmare | Album | Sep 19, 2011 | 90.6 | 11 | 1 |
| Paranormal | Album | Jul 28, 2017 | 87.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Breadcrumbs | Album | 2019 | 90 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Stories | Album | Feb 26, 2021 | 94.5 | 12 | 1 |
