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Alice Cooper discography
Alice Cooper in 2007
Studio albums26
Live albums11
Compilation albums21
Singles48
Video albums12

The discography of American rock artist Alice Cooper consists of 26 studio albums, 48 singles, 11 live albums, 21 compilation albums, 12 video releases, and an audiobook. Six of his studio albums have achieved platinum in the United States and two more have achieved gold. His first official release was Pretties for You (1969), while his latest studio album release was Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011).

Promo-only releases, bootlegs and unauthorized/fan-made releases have been excluded. The labels Cooper has recorded on are Straight, Warner Bros., Atlantic, MCA, Epic, Spitfire, Eagle, New West, and Bigger Picture. Individual songs and remixes are discussed in the respective article for each single or album, and will not be listed here. Please look there for information regarding versions and remixes. Over his career, Cooper has sold well over 50 million records.[1]

Studio albums

Alice Cooper (band)

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
CAN
[2][5]
GER
[6]
NL
[7]
NOR UK
[8]
1969 Pretties for You 193
1970 Easy Action
1971 Love It to Death 35 39 28
Killer 21 11 27
1972 School's Out 2 5 8 1 3 8 4
1973 Billion Dollar Babies 1 4 4 2 9 1 6 1
Muscle of Love 10 36 4 34
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart, albums not released in a particular territory, or chart information is not available.

Solo career

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[2]
UK
[8][13]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
NL
[7]
CAN
[2][5]
FIN
[14]
FRA
[15]
ITA
[16]
NZ
[17]
NOR
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
GER
[6]
1975 Welcome to My Nightmare 5 19 5 2 24
1976 Alice Cooper Goes to Hell 27 23 4 23 47
1977 Lace and Whiskey 42 33 3 27 32 43
1978 From the Inside 60 68 12 14 60 14
1980 Flush the Fashion 44 56 32 19 40 32 34
1981 Special Forces 125 96 76
1982 Zipper Catches Skin 94
1983 DaDa 93
1986 Constrictor
  • Released: September 22, 1986
  • Label: MCA
59 41 94 17
1987 Raise Your Fist and Yell
  • Released: September 28, 1987
  • Label: MCA
73 48 66 15
1989 Trash
  • Released: July 25, 1989
  • Label: Epic
20 2 5 4 53 19 6 4 6 10 16
1991 Hey Stoopid
  • Released: July 2, 1991
  • Label: Epic
47 4 15 5 54 23 22 6 9 7 7
1994 The Last Temptation
  • Released: July 12, 1994
  • Label: Epic
68 6 15 24 73 70 20 19 13 18
2000 Brutal Planet 193 38 49 31 66 23
2001 Dragontown
  • Released: September 18, 2001
  • Label: Spitfire
197 87 75 142 41 98 54
2003 The Eyes of Alice Cooper
  • Released: September 23, 2003
  • Label: Eagle
184 112 72 40 59 78
2005 Dirty Diamonds 169 89 66 88 159 40 71
2008 Along Came a Spider 53 31 37 76 19 31 101 33 25 37 26
2011 Welcome 2 My Nightmare 22 7 16 25 25 17 73 60 23 23 19 49 26
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart, albums not released in a particular territory, or chart information is not available.

Live albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
1977 The Alice Cooper Show 131 29
1987 Science Fiction
  • Recorded: 1969
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Thunderbolt
1991 Live at the Whiskey a Go-Go, 1969
  • Recorded: 1969
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Straight
1997 A Fistful of Alice
  • Recorded: 1996
  • Released: July 29, 1997
  • Label: Angel
71
2000 Brutally Live
  • Recorded: 2000
  • Released: 5 December 2000
  • Label: Eagle Vision
2005 Live at Cabo Wabo '96
  • Recorded: 1996
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Angel
2006 Live at Montreux 2005
2007 Extended Versions Live
  • Recorded: 1989
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: SONY
2010 Theatre of Death: Live at Hammersmith 2009
2012 No More Mr. Nice Guy: Live
  • Recorded: October 29, 2011 at London's Alexandra Place
  • Released: April 10, 2012
  • Label: Four Worlds
2014 Raise the Dead: Live from Wacken
  • Recorded: August 3, 2013
  • Released: October 22, 2014
  • Label: UDR Music
  • Evidence:[1] [2] [3]
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart, albums not released in a particular territory, or chart information is not available.

Singles

With the Alice Cooper Group

Year Title Peak chart positions B-Side Album
US
[28]
UK
[29]
CAN
[30]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[31]
NOR
[32]
SWE
[33]
NL
[34]
IRE
[35]
GER
[36]
1969 "Reflected" "Living" Pretties for You
1970 "Shoe Salesman" "Return of the Spiders" Easy Action
"I'm Eighteen" 21 7 "Body (Is It My Body?)" Love It to Death
1971 "Caught in a Dream" 94 "Hallowed Be My Name"
"Under My Wheels" 59 66 "Desperado" Killer
1972 "Be My Lover" 49 "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"
"School's Out" 7 1 3 39 12 6 9 2 5 "Gutter Cat" School's Out
"Elected" 26 4 83 3 5 8 3 "Luney Tune" Billion Dollar Babies
1973 "Hello Hooray" 35 6 95 16 6 14 13 "Generation Landslide"
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" 25 10 14 6 18 10 "Raped and Freezin'"
"Billion Dollar Babies" 57 30 "Mary Ann"
"Halo of Flies" 5 "Under My Wheels" Killer
"Teenage Lament '74" 48 12 89 16 43 "Hard Hearted Alice" Muscle of Love
1974 "Muscle of Love" "Crazy Little Child"
"I'm Eighteen" (remix) "Muscle of Love" Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits
2016 "Live from the Astroturf" (live)[37] A-Side: Eighteen (live)
B-Side: Body (live)
"—" denotes releases that were released but did not chart, albums not released in a particular territory, or chart information is not available.

Solo career

Year Title Peak chart positions B-side Album
US
[28]
US Rock

[38]

UK
[8][13][29]
CAN
[39]
AUS
[3]
NOR
[32]
SWE
[33]
NZ
[40]
NL
[34]
IRE
[35]
GER
[36]
1975 "Only Women Bleed" 12 1 50 21 "Cold Ethyl" Welcome to My Nightmare
"Department of Youth" 67 7 "Some Folks"
"Welcome to My Nightmare" 45 "Cold Ethyl"
1976 "I Never Cry" 12 5 23 "Go to Hell" Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
1977 "You and Me" 9 3 2 21 "It's Hot Tonight" Lace and Whiskey
"(No More) Love at Your Convenience" 44 54 "I Never Wrote Those Songs"
"School's Out (Live)" "School's Out (Studio Version)" The Alice Cooper Show
1978 "How You Gonna See Me Now" 12 61 12 9 19 9 "No Tricks" From the Inside
1979 "From the Inside" "Nurse Rozetta"
1980 "Clones (We're All)" 40 25 36 58 "Model Citizen" Flush the Fashion
"Talk Talk" "Dance Yourself to Dance"
1981 "You Want It, You Got It" 74 "Who Do You Think We Are" Special Forces
1982 "Seven and Seven Is" 62 "No. Fourteen"
"For Britain Only" 66 Non-album single
"I Am the Future" "Tag, You're It" Zipper Catches Skin
1983 "I Love America" DaDa
1986 "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" 61 4 Constrictor
1987 "Teenage Frankenstein" 80
"Freedom" 50 "Time to Kill" Raise Your Fist and Yell
1989 "Poison" 7 15 2 39 3 3 10 2 8 3 25 "Trash" Trash
"Bed of Nails" 38 13 18 27 24 "I'm Your Gun"
"House of Fire" 56 39 65 80 "Poison (Live)"
1990 "Only My Heart Talkin'" 89 19 47 "Only Women Bleed (Live)"
1991 "Hey Stoopid" 78 13 21 32 5 19 17 22 "It Rained All Night" Hey Stoopid
"Love's a Loaded Gun" 31 38 "Fire"
1992 "Feed My Frankenstein" 27 "Burning Our Bed"
1994 "Lost in America" 22 65 46 "Hey Stoopid (Live)" The Last Temptation
"It's Me" 34 77 "Bad Place Alone"
1997 "School's Out (Live)" "Elected" A Fistful of Alice
2000 "Gimme" 103 "Brutal Planet" Brutal Planet
2009 "Keepin' Halloween Alive" "I Love the Dead (Live)" (LP),

"Keepin’ Halloween Alive (Cooperoke Mix)" (CD, DI)

Non-Album Single
2011 "I’ll Bite Your Face Off" "I'll Bite Your Face Off (Live)" Welcome 2 My Nightmare
"—" denotes releases that were released but did not chart, albums not released in a particular territory, or chart information is not available.

Compilations

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
UK
[8][13]
GER
[6]
1973 School Days: The Early Recordings 13 46
1974 Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits 8 71
1985 To Hell and Back: Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits 54
1989 Prince of Darkness
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: MCA
The Beast of Alice Cooper
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Wea International
60
1995 Classicks
  • Released: September 5, 1995
  • Label: Epic
71
1997 A Nice Nightmare
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Angel
1998 Freedom for Frankenstein: Hits & Pieces 1984-1991
  • Released: May 19, 1998
  • Label: Raven
1999 Super Hits
  • Released: May 4, 1999
  • Label: Epic
15
The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper (4-CD Box Set)
  • Released: April 20, 1999
  • Label: Rhino
2001 Mascara and Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Rhino
The Definitive Alice Cooper
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Rhino
60 33
2002 The Essentials: Alice Cooper
Hell Is
2003 He's Back
  • Released: 2003
Poison
  • Released: March 2003
  • Label: Eagle
2004 School's Out and Other Hits
  • Released: September 14, 2004
  • Label: Rhino
2005 Collections
2007 Pick Up the Bones
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Snapper
2009 Poison: The Best of Alice Cooper
2011 Old School: 1964–1974 (4-CD, 1-DVD, & 2-Vinyl Box Set)
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart, albums not released in a particular territory, or chart information is not available.

DVD audio

  • Billion Dollar Babies (Rhino, 2001)
  • Welcome to My Nightmare (Rhino, 2001)

Soundtracks

Other contributions

Audiobook (CD)

  • Alice Cooper: Golf Monster (Abridged) (Random House Audio, May 1, 2007)

4CD audio version of Cooper's autobiography, narrated by Cooper.

Videography

Year Album details Certifications
1974 Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper
1975 Welcome to My Nightmare
Alice Cooper: The Nightmare
1977 Alice Cooper and Friends
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Media Video
  • Format:
1986 The Nightmare Returns
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Geffen
  • Format:
1989 Alice Cooper Trashes The World
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: CBS Music Video
  • Format:
Video Trash
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: CBS Music Video
  • Format:
1991 Prime Cuts: The Alice Cooper Story
1999 British Rock Symphony
  • Released: 2000
  • Label:
  • Format:
2000 Brutally Live
2005 Live at Montreux 2005
  • Released: May 2006
  • Label: Eagle Vision
  • Format:
2009 Theatre Of Death: Live At Hammersmith 2009
2012 The Strange Case of Alice Cooper
2014 Raise the Dead: Live from Wacken
  • Recorded: August 3, 2013
  • Released: October 22, 2014
  • Label: UDR Music
  • Format:
  • Evidence:[4] [5] [6]

TV

Episode 307: The Muppet Show

Airdate: March 28, 29, 30, 1978 Alice plays an agent of the devil and

performs selections of "Welcome to My Nightmare" and "School's Out".

Year Album details Certifications
1982 Alice Cooper a Paris
  • Released: Commercially unreleased
  • Production Company: Unknown

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