Alice Cooper - School's Out (1972) [Audio Fidelity, 24 KT + Gold CD, 2009]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 233 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 86 MB | Covers - 6 MB
Genre: Hard Rock, Classic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Audio Fidelity (AFZ 035)
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 233 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 86 MB | Covers - 6 MB
Genre: Hard Rock, Classic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Audio Fidelity (AFZ 035)
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 directional for 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…