Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973.[1][2] The album became the best selling Alice Cooper record at the time of its release, hit number one on the album charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and went on to be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album was well received by such critics as Robert Christgau, Greg Prato of AllMusic, and Jason Thompson of PopMatters, but Rolling Stone gave the album only two and a half stars.
Billion Dollar Babies
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Studio album by Alice Cooper
Released February 25, 1973
Recorded August 1972-January 1973
Studio The Galecie Estate, Greenwich, CT, The Record Plant, New York City, and Morgan Studios in London
Genre Hard rock, glam rock
Length 40:51
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Bob Ezrin
Alice Cooper chronology
School's Out
(1972) Billion Dollar Babies
(1973) Muscle of Love
(1973)
Songs were recorded in both the state of Connecticut and London, England. Lyrics cover topics and themes such as necrophilia, the fear of dentists, horror, and sexual harassment.
