Rank All of Alice's Studio Albums Based on Your Preference

[cooperrocks]

I know this might take a moment, but one of the great things about Alice is the diversity of his music. Rank all the Alice albums in order of your personal preference (Favorite Alice album-1, etc). Let's stick just to the studio albums for this one (no live albums, boxsets, or best of greatest hits). Here are the studio albums in chronological order. I will give my rankings later.

Pretties For You
Easy Action
Love it To Death
Killer
School's Out
Billion Dollar Babies
Muscle of Love
Welcome to My Nightmare
Goes to Hell
Lace and Whiskey
From the Inside
Flush the Fashion
Special Forces
Zipper Catches Skin
Dada
Constrictor
Raise Your Fist and Yell
Trash
Hey Stoopid
The Last Temptation
Brutal Planet
Dragontown
The Eyes of Alice Cooper
Dirty Diamonds
Along Came a Spider
Welcome 2 My Nightmare

[Towelie]

From the ones I've heard so far (has changed slightly from my "New Alice Fan" thread):

1. Welcome To My Nightmare
2. Brutal Planet
3. Billion Dollar Babies
4. Love It To Death
5. Dragontown
6. Killer
7. Hey Stoopid
8. Welcome 2 My Nightmare
9. Along Came A Spider
10. The Eyes Of Alice Cooper
11. Raise Your Fist & Yell / Trash

[Toronto Bob]

Killer
Billion Dollar Babies
Love it To Death
School's Out
Welcome to My Nightmare
Muscle of Love
Easy Action
Dada
Special Forces
Zipper Catches Skin
Goes to Hell
Flush the Fashion
From the Inside
Pretties For You
Lace and Whiskey


The Last Temptation
Raise Your Fist and Yell
Brutal Planet
Hey Stoopid
Constrictor
Trash
Dragontown
The Eyes of Alice Cooper
Dirty Diamonds
Along Came a Spider
Welcome 2 My Nightmare

[cooperrocks]

1-From the Inside
2-Love It To Death
3-Welcome to My Nightmare
4-The Last Temptation
5-Brutal Planet
6-Billion Dollar Babies
7-Dada
8-Raise Your Fist and Yell
9-Killer
10-Hey Stoopid
11-School's Out
12-Special Forces
13-The Eyes of Alice Cooper
14-Welcome 2 My Nightmare
15-Dragontown
16-Constrictor
17-Dirty Diamonds
18-Trash
19-Flush the Fashion
20-Goes to Hell
21-Easy Action
22-Zipper Catches Skin
23-Muscle of Love
24-Lace and Whiskey
25-Pretties For You
26-Along Came a Spider

[mr.barlow]

Dada
School's Out
From The Inside
Special Forces
The Last Temptation
Billion Dollar Babies
Welcome To My Nightmare
Killer
Love It To Death
Zipper Catches Skin
Brutal Planet
Raise Your Fist And Yell
Flush The Fashion
Goes To Hell
Constrictor
Muscle Of Love
Dragontown
Dirty Diamonds
Lace & Whiskey
Hey Stoopid
Along Came A Spider
The Eyes Of Alice Cooper
Welcome 2 My Nightmare
Easy Action
Pretties For You
Trash

[concolz]

The Bee's Knees:
Killer, School's Out, LITD, BDB, WTMN, Brutal Planet

Flawed Beauties:
Dada, PFY, Easy Action, ACAS, GTH, FTI, Dragontown, W2MN, TLT, MOL

Comme Ci Comme Ca:
Hey Stoopid, Dirty Diamonds, ZCS, Special Forces

Pass The Bin Bag:
TEOAC, FTF, L&W

Crimes Against Music - Exhibit A:
Constrictor, RYFAY, Trash

[Daggers & Contracts]

They're all great in their own way. Hard to pick a definitive top to bottom list. Always discovering something interesting with each play. What I think is the top today could slip to a lower slot tomorrow. All depends on my mood & state of mind!

[mr.barlow]

They're all great in their own way. Hard to pick a definitive top to bottom list. Always discovering something interesting with each play. What I think is the top today could slip to a lower slot tomorrow. All depends on my mood & state of mind!

I agree with you completely. I was thinking the same thing when I posted my list. My list is based on how I feel today and could change tomorrow. The only thing that never changes is my number one selection "Dada". To me--there is no other album that comes close to touching it. It is one of the most unique albums ever recorded. It's beyond category and get's better with age and each listen. I've been listening to it since the week it was released and I still hear new things in it. It is a true work of art. It's Alice, Dick Wagner and Ezrin's masterpiece.

[mr.barlow]

Also, my selection for worst Alice album never changes. Concolz said it best--"Trash" is a crime against music.

[evil syd]

This list requires some work and I'm just too lazy.

[tuneylune]

Me too. Did reviews of all the AC albums and pretty much like them all, even if TRASH, TACS, RYFAY, ACGTH and DT are less than thrilling. Says something that of all the albums he's made, only a bare handful don't really do it for me.
Let's hope we can discuss the new album soon!

[concolz]

There seems to be almost universal praise - on many threads - for the band's Ezrin quartet and WTMN. Then there's a hefty majority who rate FTI, Dada, TLT and Brutal Planet - after that's it's a free for all! My 'flawed genius' ACAS is someone else's 'piece of crap' and so on.

Regarding the hair metal trio, I've seen a couple of posts, on other threads, really praising RYFAY, but can't remember seeing any 'excellents' for the other two. So, are there any ST's who rate 'Constrictor' or 'Trash' as 5-star albums?

And, just as an aside, what do you do about the AC albums you rate as rubbish - shove them to the back of a cupboard; Frisbee duties; keep playing them in the hope you'll eventually like them; local charity shop?! If you get rid of them, does that make you any less of a fan?

[mr.barlow]

There seems to be almost universal praise - on many threads - for the band's Ezrin quartet and WTMN. Then there's a hefty majority who rate FTI, Dada, TLT and Brutal Planet - after that's it's a free for all! My 'flawed genius' ACAS is someone else's 'piece of crap' and so on.

Regarding the hair metal trio, I've seen a couple of posts, on other threads, really praising RYFAY, but can't remember seeing any 'excellents' for the other two. So, are there any ST's who rate 'Constrictor' or 'Trash' as 5-star albums?

And, just as an aside, what do you do about the AC albums you rate as rubbish - shove them to the back of a cupboard; Frisbee duties; keep playing them in the hope you'll eventually like them; local charity shop?! If you get rid of them, does that make you any less of a fan?

There is only one AC album that I consider absolute crap and that is "Trash". I literally have not listened to it in over 20+ years. It was great to see Alice get back on top at the time but even upon it's release I never cared much for it. As time has passed I have grown to loathe the album. With that being said, I would never take it out of my collection as it is a part of the AC body of work.

As far as PFY & EA are concerned--I never had the patience to try and "get into" those albums. I just never cared enough to care about them. But I own several versions on vinyl and cd. Those too will never leave my collection.

I don't think anybody who gets rid of albums they hate are any less of a fan. Some are completists and others are not. I think it's personal preference.

As far as Constrictor is concerned I think it could have been a great album. The main fault is the lack of live drumming. The drum machine DESTROYED the album. the songs for the most part are excellent. I think if they went with a harder edge and production it would have been a classic AC album. I think the album suffered from the fact that they were on a tight budget and were running out of time and money. To me it sounds like a few of the inferior songs may have been filler just to get the album out on time. Also, the cover art/photo is just terrible but I think that was also a victim of MCA's tight budget. BUT on the bright side--the cover did give birth to the "splatter" Alice logo--the best one other than the one on WTMN. RYFAY to me does not rise to the level of hair metal awfulness. I don't find it to be hair metal at all. It's a straight foward hard rock/metal album, not the pop light metal that was to come with Trash. I think RYFAY is a great AC album.

Then came "Trash" and finally the well deserved rise to the top, but a stake in the heart to the long-time fan. "Poison" itself is not a bad song--actually it's the only bright spot on the album. The rest is just a wretched corporate crap fest. From Alice Bon Jovi on the cover to the corporate font of the Alice Cooper logo it was and still is pure rubbish --it was appropriately titled. With all that being said--I understand and respect why it was made and marketed and was thrilled that it was a smash hit. It was great to see Alice back on top after all he had been through and all of the hard work he did to get back to the top.

[AlongCameASpider27]

1. Raise Your Fist and Yell
2. Killer
3. Welcome to My Nightmare
4. Welcome 2 My Nightmare
5. Brutal Planet

6. Dragontown
7. Along Came A Spider
8. Hey Stoopid
9. Billion Dollar Babies
10. Dirty Diamonds

11. The Last Temptation
12. The Eyes of Alice Cooper
13. From the Inside
14. DaDa
15. Love it to Death

16. Trash
17. Constrictor
18. School's Out
19. Lace and Whiskey
20. Goes to Hell

21. Flush the Fashion
22. Muscle of Love
23. Zipper Catches Skin
24. Special Forces
25. Easy Action

26. Pretties for You

[Janne]

School's out
Billion Dollar Babies
From The Inside
Welcome To My Nightmare
Dada
Love It To Death
Killer
Hey Stoopid
Special Forces
The Last Temptation
Muscle Of Love
Brutal Planet
Goes To Hell
Flush The Fashion
Lace And Whiskey
Raise Your Fist And Yell
Trash
Dirty Diamonds
Dragontown
The Eyes Of Alice Cooper
Welcome 2 My Nightmare
Easy Action
Constrictor
Zipper Catches Skin
Pretties For You
Along Came A Spider


Something like that. It may change from time to time.

[Janne]

Dada
School's Out
From The Inside
Special Forces
The Last Temptation
Billion Dollar Babies
Welcome To My Nightmare
Killer
Love It To Death
Zipper Catches Skin
Brutal Planet
Raise Your Fist And Yell
Flush The Fashion
Goes To Hell
Constrictor
Muscle Of Love
Dragontown
Dirty Diamonds
Lace & Whiskey
Hey Stoopid
Along Came A Spider
The Eyes Of Alice Cooper
Welcome 2 My Nightmare
Easy Action
Pretties For You
Trash

I like your list. Especially having Special Forces up as third. It's one of the greater albums IMO.

[cooperrocks]

Thanks for everyone's responses so far. As others have said, my list is subject to change a little as well. The reason I was hoping for good response is really to see what albums seem to consistently appear near the Top (or the bottom) of most fans list. It made me think about which albums are consistently ranking high among Alice fans, but we rarely or never hear any songs played off of those albums live (I know setlist are always a big discussion around here). It does seem that something off of Raise Your Fist and Yell and/or Dada would please a lot of fans.

[evil syd]

Here it goes:

Killer
Welcome to My Nightmare
Billion Dollar Babies
School's Out
Muscle Of Love
Love it To Death
Dirty Diamonds
Dada
Special Forces
From The Inside
Lace and Whiskey
Goes To Hell
Brutal Planet
Hey Stoopid
Welcome 2 My Nightmare
Dragontown
The Eyes of Alice Cooper
The Last Temptation
Zipper Catches The Skin
Along came a spider
Pretties For You
Easy Action
Raise Tour Fist and Yell
Flush The Fashion
Trash
Constictor

[bw301]

Long time lurker here. Take the list with a grain of salt as the list can change from week to week.

1. Brutal Planet
2. Welcome To My Nightmare
3. Killer
4. From The Inside
5. Billion Dollar Babies
6. Love it to Death
7. Hey Stoopid
8. Welcome 2 My Nightmare
9. The Last Temptation
10. School's Out
11. Along Came a Spider
12. Eyes of Alice Cooper
13. Special Forces
14. Dragontown
15. Dirty Diamonds
16. ...Goes to Hell
17. Dada
18. Constrictor
19. Flush the Fashion
20. Pretties For You
21. Lace and Whiskey
22. Trash
23. Zipper Catches Skin
24. Muscle of Love
25. Raise Your Fist and Yell
26. Easy Action

[evil syd]

Well, so far I'm the only person in this thread who thinks "DD" is his second best "solo" album after "WTMN".