More of the Music of Alice Cooper

This White Hot / Super Hot 2-pack is going to rock your world! School’s Out on this A+++ side has never sounded better.

Yet another impossible-to-find record in clean condition with good sound has made it to the site, and those of you who are fans should scoop it up because it takes us about five years to find enough copies to do this shootout. 

We had poor luck with the second and third label copies on this AC title.

It seems — unlike so many records we play — that the originals are the only way to go on School’s Out.

Side One – Record One

A+++. It rocks! Never aggressive or edgy, it’s big, it’s jumpin’, and it’s full of 1972 Tubey Magic. What’s not to like?

Side Two – Record Two

A++, big, clear and energetic – close to side one but not quite.

Notice how “real” the drum kit sounds on track two. The drums as a whole are punchy and solid throughout.

Side One

School’s Out 
Luney Tune 
Gutter Cat vs. the Jets
Street Fight 
Blue Turk

Side Two

My Stars 
Public Animal #9 
Alma Mater 
Grande Finale

AMG Review

School’s Out catapulted Alice Cooper into the hard rock stratosphere, largely due to its timeless, all-time classic title track.

But while the song became Alice’s highest-charting single ever (reaching number seven on the U.S. charts) and recalled the brash, three-and-a-half-minute garage rock of yore, the majority of the album signaled a more complex compositional directionfor the band.

Unlike Cooper’s previous releases (Love It to Death, Killer), which contained several instantly identifiable hard rock classics, School’s Out appears to be a concept album, and aside from the aforementioned title track anthem, few of the other tracks have ever popped up in concert.

That’s not to say they weren’t still strong and memorable; while such cuts as “Gutter Cat vs. the Jets,” “Street Fight,” “My Stars,” and “Grande Finale” came off like mini-epics with a slightly progressive edge, Alice Cooper still managed to maintain their raw, unrefined punk edges, regardless. Other highlights included the rowdy “Public Animal #9,” the mid-paced “Luney Tune,” and the sinister, cabaret-esque “Blue Turk.”