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Compilations Albums

Over the years a great many 'best of..' type albums have been released, most of which offer nothing new at all. The original 'Alice Coopers' Greatest Hits' and the biggest, the Boxset, have their own pages as they were important releases, however there have been many more of note so here`s a quick run down of the main official ones. This is certainly not an attempt at a definitive list of such albums!!

TITLE: School Days: The Early Recordings (1973)
Country: UK
CATALOG NUMBER: WB K 66021
Notes: Reissue of the first two albums under a new cover

  1. Titanic Overture [1:09]
  2. 10 Minutes Before the Worm [1:27]
  3. Sing Low, Sweet Cheerio [5:33]
  4. Today Mueller [1:38]
  5. Living [3:02]
  6. Fields Of Regret [5:36]
  7. No Longer Umpire [1:54]
  8. Levity Ball (Live At the Cheetah)[4:23]
  9. B. B. On Mars [1:08]
  10. Reflected [3:10]
  11. Apple Bush [2:57]
  12. Earwigs to Eternity [1:14]
  13. Changing, Arranging [2:58]
  14. Mr and MisDemeanor [3:20]
  15. Shoe Salesman [2:33]
  16. Still No Air [2:30]
  17. Below Your Means [6:50]
  18. Return Of The Spiders (For Gene Vincent) [4:25]
  19. Laughing At Me [2:16]
  20. Refrigerator Heaven [2:17]
  21. Lay Down And Die, Goodbye [7:30]
  22. Beautiful Flyaway [3:00]

 

TITLE To Hell And Back: Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits (1985)
COUNTRY: Australia
CATALOG NUMBER: LP/CD (Hammond 115)
NOTES: No unreleased material

  1. Only Women Bleed
  2. Department of Youth
  3. Muscle Of love
  4. Teenage lament '74
  5. You And Me
  6. Desperado
  7. I'm Eighteen
  8. Is it My Body
  9. School's Out
  10. Billion Dollar Babies
  11. Go To Hell
  12. I Never Cry
  13. Wish You Were here
  14. How You Gonna See Me Now
  15. Under My Wheels
  16. (No More) Love At Your Convenience

TITLE Prince Of Darkness (1987)
COUNTRY:MCA US and Canada
FORMAT: CD
NOTES: MCA era compilation with one live b-side.

  1. Prince Of Darkness
  2. Roses On White Lace
  3. Teenage Frankenstein
  4. He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask)
  5. Billion Dollar Babies (live)
  6. Lock Me Up
  7. Simple Disobedience
  8. Thrill My Gorilla
  9. Life And Death Of The Party
  10. Freedom

TITLE The Beast Of Alice Cooper (1989)
COUNTRY: International
FORMAT: LP/CD
NOTES: No Unreleased material

  1. School's Out
  2. Under My Wheels
  3. Billion Dollar Babies
  4. Be My Lover
  5. Desperado
  6. Is It My Body
  7. Only Women Bleed
  8. Elected
  9. I'm Eighteen
  10. Hello Hurray
  11. No More Mr. Nice Guy
  12. Teenage Lament '74
  13. Muscle Of Love
  14. Department Of Youth

TITLE Classicks (1995)
COUNTRY: International
FORMAT: Epic LP/CD
NOTES: Epic Records compilation, released after Alice departed the label, that also features live versions of older Warner Bros era tracks taken from the 'Trashes The World' Video. Also features one Rare B-Side - `Fire`
The Title was suggested by Alice

  1. Poison
  2. Hey Stoopid
  3. Feed My Frankenstein
  4. Love's A Loaded Gun
  5. Stolen Prayer
  6. House Of Fire
  7. Lost In America
  8. It's Me
  9. Under My Wheels (Live)
  10. Billion Dollar Babies (Live)
  11. I'm Eighteen (Live)
  12. No More Mr. Nice Guy (Live)
  13. Only Women Bleed (Live)
  14. School's Out (Live)
  15. Fire

TITLE A Nice Nightmare(1997)
COUNTRY:Sony US
FORMAT: CD
NOTES: Epic era compilation. Useful as it includes rare b-side `I Got A Line On You`

  1. Hey Stoopid
  2. I Got A Line On You
  3. Bad Place Alone
  4. Dangerous Tonight
  5. Snakebite
  6. Poison
  7. This Maniac's In Love With You
  8. Trash
  9. Bed Of Nails
  10. Lullaby

TITLE Freedom For Frankenstein: Hits & Pieces 1984-1991 (1998)
COUNTRY:Raven UK/Australia
FORMAT: CD
NOTES: Nice sleeve notes. MCA/Epic era compilation using Live B-sides for Warner era classics. Useful as it includes rare B-sides `It Rained All Night` and `I Got A Line On You`

  1. He's Back
  2. Teenage Frankenstein
  3. Give It Up
  4. Freedom
  5. Lock Me Up
  6. I Got a Line on You
  7. Poison
  8. House of Fire
  9. Bed of Nails
  10. Go to Hell (Live)
  11. Ballad of Dwight Fry (Live)
  12. Hey Stoopid
  13. It Rained All Night
  14. Feed My Frankenstein
  15. Fire / Side Show
  16. Sick Things (Live)
  17. Only Women Bleed-Wind up Toy (Live)


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TITLE Super Hits (1999)
COUNTRY:Sony US
FORMAT: CD
NOTES: Epic era compilation with no rare tracks.

  1. Poison
  2. Lost In America
  3. Hey Stoopid
  4. Why Trust You
  5. Love's A Loaded Gun
  6. You're My Temptation
  7. Trash
  8. Stolen Prayer
  9. Sideshow
  10. Might As Well Be On Mars

TITLE Monsters and Mascara (2001)
COUNTRY: UK/US
Format: CD - also in a LP replica mini-LP sleeve
NOTES: No unreleased material. This was an expanded version of the original Greatest Hits album. No unreleased material although it does feature the same single versions of some tracks as the original `Greatest Hits` album.

  1. I'm Eighteen
  2. Is It My Body
  3. Desperado
  4. Under My Wheels
  5. Be My Lover
  6. School's Out
  7. Elected
  8. Hello Hooray
  9. Generation Landslide
  10. No More Mr. Nice Guy
  11. Billion Dollar Babies
  12. Teenage Lament '74
  13. Muscle of Love
  14. Only Women Bleed
  15. Department of Youth
  16. Welcome to My Nightmare
  17. I Never Cry
  18. You and Me
  19. How You Gonna See Me Now
  20. From the Inside
  21. Clones (We're All)
  22. Poison

TITLE The Definitive Alice Cooper (2001)
COUNTRY: UK/Australia
FORMAT: Rhino CD
NOTES: Rhino Records official Greatest Hits

  1. I'm Eighteen
  2. Desperado
  3. Under My Wheels
  4. Halo Of Flies
  5. School's Out
  6. Elected
  7. Hello Hurray
  8. Generation Landslide
  9. No More Mr. Nice Guy
  10. Billion Dollar Babies
  11. Teenage Lament
  12. Muscle Of Love
  13. Only Women Bleed
  14. Department Of Youth
  15. Welcome To My Nightmare
  16. I Never Cry
  17. You And Me
  18. How You Gonna See Me Now
  19. From The Inside
  20. Poison
  21. Hey Stoopid

TITLE The Essentials (2002)
COUNTRY: US
FORMAT: CD
NOTES: Nothing Rare

  1. I'm Eighteen
  2. Under My Wheels
  3. Be My Lover
  4. School's Out
  5. Elected
  6. No More Mr. Nice Guy
  7. Billion Dollar Babies
  8. Only Women Bleed
  9. Welcome To My Nightmare
  10. I Never Cry
  11. You And Me
  12. How You Gonna See Me Now

TITLE Hell Is...(2002)
COUNTRY: Sony UK
FORMAT: CD
NOTES: Nothing particularly rare. Apparently here are two versions of this with the second one missing out the last two tracks.

  1. Poison
  2. House Of Fire
  3. Hell Is Living Without You
  4. Bed Of Nails
  5. Only My Heart Talkin'
  6. Hey Stoopid
  7. Love's A Loaded Gun
  8. Feed My Frankenstein
  9. Hurricane Years
  10. Lost In America
  11. Stolen Prayer
  12. It's Me
  13. Cleansed By Fire
  14. Fire
  15. Go To Hell (Live)
  16. School's Out (Live)

TITLE He's Back.(2003)
COUNTRY:
FORMAT: CD
NOTES: Nothing particularly rare

  1. He's Back
  2. Freedom
  3. Time To Kill
  4. Prince Of Darkness
  5. Thrill My Gorilla
  6. Teenage Frankenstein
  7. Chop, Chop. Chop
  8. Lock Me Up
  9. Trick Bag
  10. Step On Me
  11. The Great American Success Story
  12. Crawlin'
  13. Give It Up
  14. Roses On White Lace
  15. The World Needs Guts
  16. Not That Kind Of Love

TITLE: Poison
COUNTRY: Europe (April 2003)
FORMAT: 2CD
NOTES: Nothing special. Sony yet again pimp the material they have control over and even list "Fire" as previously unreleased which is obviously not true as it was on a single AND is on the box set and was even on a previous Sony compilation "Helll Is"!!.

Disc 1
1. Poison
2. Hey Stoopid
3. Lost In America
4. Hell Is Living Without You
5. Love's A Loaded Gun
6. Stolen Prayer
7. Cleansed By Fire
8. I'm Your Gun
9. Might As Well Be On Mars
10. Sideshow
11. It's Me
12. School's Out (Live)

Disc 2
1. Feed My Frankenstein
2. House Of Fire
3. Only My Heart Talkin'
4. Hurricane Years
5. Why Trust You
6. Dangerous Tonight
7. Lullaby
8. Burning Our Bed
9. Fire
10. Bed Of Nails
11. Billion Dollar Babies (Live)
12. No More Mr. Nice Guy (Live):

Steel Box

TITLE:School's Out & Other Hits
COUNTRY: (2004)
FORMAT: Rhino Flaskback CD
NOTES:

  1. School's Out
  2. Under My Wheels
  3. Be My Lover
  4. Elected
  5. No More Mr. Nice Guy
  6. Only Women Bleed
  7. Welcome to My Nightmare
  8. I Never Cry
  9. Clones (We're All)
  10. I'm Eighteen

Steel Box

TITLE: Legends
COUNTRY: Europe (Sept 26th 2005)
FORMAT: 3CD
NOTES: Simple repackaging of the 'Killer', 'School's Out' and 'Billion Dollar Babies' alobums n a box.


TITLE: Legends
COUNTRY: Europe (Sept 26th 2005)
FORMAT: 3CD
NOTES: Nothing special. Yet another Sony material compilation.


Disc 1

  1. Poison
  2. Spark In The Dark
  3. House Of Fire
  4. Only My Heart Talkin'
  5. Bed Of Nails
  6. Fire
  7. Hell Is Living Without You
  8. Might As Well Be On Mars
  9. Feed My Frankenstein
  10. Hurricane Years
  11. Little By Little
  12. Die For You

Disc 2

  1. Hey Stoopid
  2. Love's A Loaded Gun
  3. Snakebite
  4. Burning Our Bed
  5. Dangerous Tonight
  6. Wind-Up Toy
  7. Sideshow
  8. Lost In America
  9. You're My Temptation
  10. Stolen Prayer
  11. It's Me
  12. Cleansed By Fire

Disc 3

  1. School's Out (Live)
  2. I'm Eighteen (Live)
  3. Sick Things (Live)
  4. Billion Dollar Babies (Live)
  5. Go To Hell (Live)
  6. Only Women Bleed (Live)
  7. Under My Wheels (Live)
  8. Spark In The Dark (Live) - Apparently a unique mix from Trashes The World
  9. Poison (Live)
  10. Hey Stoopid (Live)
  11. No More Mr. Nice Guy (Live)

Steel Box

TITLE: Steal Box Collection - Greatest Hits
COUNTRY: Germany (October 2nd 2008)
FORMAT: CD
NOTES: Nothing special. Yet another Sony material compilation.

  1. Poison
  2. Lost In America
  3. - Album Version
  4. Why Trust You
  5. Love's A Loaded Gun
  6. You're My Temptation
  7. Trash
  8. Stolen Prayer
  9. Sideshow
  10. Might As Well Be On Mars

Steel Box
Steel Box

TITLE: The Best Of Alice Cooper
COUNTRY: US/UK (MArch 9th 2009)
FORMAT: CD
NOTES: Nothing special. Yet another Sony material exploitation album. Two different covers

  1. Poison
  2. Bed of Nails
  3. House Of Fire
  4. Love's A Loaded Gun
  5. Feed My Frankenstein
  6. Lost In America
  7. It's Me
  8. Billion Dollar Babies (Live)
  9. No More Mr Nice Guy (Live)
  10. Stolen Prayer
  11. Snakebite
  12. This Maniacs In Love With You
  13. Trash
  14. Sideshow
  15. Under My Wheels (Live)

 
Steel Box

TITLE: Spark In The Dark: The Best Of Alice Cooper
COUNTRY: US/UK (June 15th 2009)
FORMAT: Double CD
NOTES: Nothing special. Yet another Sony material exploitation album.

  1. Poison
  2. Bed Of Nails
  3. Hey Stoopid
  4. House Of Fire
  5. Spark In The Dark
  6. Trash
  7. Hell Is Living Without You
  8. I'm Your Gun
  9. Snakebite
  10. Burning Our Beds
  11. Dangerous Tonight
  12. Might As Well Be On MArs
  13. Hurricane Years
  14. Bad Place Alone
  15. You're My Temptation
  16. Stolen Prayer
  17. Love's A Loaded Gun
  18. Feed My Frankensetin
  19. Lost In America
  20. Only My Heart Talkin'
  21. It's Me
  22. Little By Little
  23. Die For You
  24. Dirty Dreams
  25. Wind Up Toy
  26. Nothing's Free
  27. Side Show
  28. Unholy War
  29. Cleansed By Fire
  30. No More Mr Nice Guy (Live)
  31. Bilion Dollar Babies (Live)
  32. School's Out (Live)

 

Steel Box

TITLE: The Collection
COUNTRY: US/UK (Sept 28th 2009)
FORMAT: CD
NOTES: Nothing special. Yet another Sony material exploitation album!

  1. Poison
  2. Lost In America
  3. Hey Stoopid
  4. Why Trust You
  5. Love's A Loaded Gun
  6. You're My Temptation
  7. Trash
  8. Stolen Prayer
  9. Side Show
  10. Might As Well be On Mars
Steel Box

TITLE: Triple Feature
COUNTRY: US/UK (Oct 16th 2009)
FORMAT: CD
NOTES: Sony release a triple CD set of their material.

  1. Trash Album
  2. Hey Stoopid Album
  3. Last Temptation Album
Steel Box

TITLE: Greatest Hits
COUNTRY: Said to be Russian and likely a pirate release (2009)
FORMAT: 2xCD and vinyl
NOTES:

  1. I'm Eighteen
  2. Under My Wheels
  3. School's Out
  4. Hello Hurray
  5. No More Mr. Nice Guy
  6. Elected
  7. Teenage Lament '74
  8. Welcome To My Nightmare
  9. Only Women Bleed
  10. I Never Cry
  11. You And Me
  12. How You Gonna See Me Now
  13. From The Inside
  14. Clones (we're all)
  15. Who Do You Think We Are
  16. I Am The Future
  17. I Love America
  18. Hard Rock Summer (Friday the 13th Part VI Jason Lives Film 1986)
  19. He's Back (The Mad Behind The Mask)
  20. Teenage Frankenstein
  21. Freedom
  22. I Got A Line On You
  23. House Of Fire
  24. Poison
  25. Hey Stupid
  26. Feed My Frankenstein
  27. Love's A Loaded Gun
  28. Burning Our Bed
  29. Lost In America
  30. Nothing's Free
  31. You're My Temptation
  32. It's Me
  33. Cleansed By Fire
  34. Wicked Young Man
  35. Gimme
  36. Triggerman
  37. It's Much Too Late
  38. Between High Shool & Old Shool
  39. Woman Of Mass Distraction
  40. Vengeance Is Mine
  41. Killed By Love

Steel Box

TITLE: It's Me
COUNTRY: Europe
FORMAT: CD
NOTES: Yet another Sony material compilation!!

  1. Poison
  2. Hey Stoopid
  3. Only My Heart Talkin'
  4. Bed Of Nails
  5. I'm Your Gun
  6. Dangerous Tonight
  7. Trash
  8. Cleansed By Fire
  9. Snakebite
  10. Little By Little
  11. Wind-Up Toy
  12. It's Me
  13. Die For You
  14. Spark In The Dark
Steel Box

TITLE: It's Me
COUNTRY: Europe
FORMAT: CD
NOTES: And yet another Sony material compilation!!

  1. Freed My Frankenstein
  2. House Of Fire
  3. Hey Stoopid [Single Version]
  4. Poison
  5. I'm Eighteen [Live]
  6. Billion Dollar Babies [Live]
  7. Love's A Loaded Gun
  8. Only Women Bleed [Live]
  9. Only My Heart Talkin'
  10. No More Mr Nice Guy [Live]
  11. Lost In America
  12. Cold Ethyl [Live]
  13. School's Out [Live]
  14. Sideshow
Steel Box TITLE: Original Album Series
COUNTRY: Worldwide (Rhino)
FORMAT: CD
NOTES: The first five albums in one package.
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