Customer Reviews

Legends

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cheap cardboard which holds 3 jewel cases, no book?, no inner sleeve notes? ALICE COOPER has gone thru several changes in his career--awesome 70's, bleak awful 80's, 90's rebirth millenium...etc. if you have the BOXSET-then you may want to go for this 3 disc set. disc 1 and 2 are selected cuts from recent releases and disc 3 is all live recordings(I am not sure as to where these come from but I think from IMPORT cd singles)-if this is true then this is a fine representation of his later career all wrapped up nicely. its an IMPORT box and is cheap priced. for its cheap presentation its not a cheap deal for the consumer.

It is incomprehensible, if not insulting, that SONY/BMG includes no information about who is in the live band, when it was recorded, or at what venue.

Along with the albums "Spark In The Dark" and "Poison" this is just another repackaging of the late 80's albums "Trash", "Hey Stoopid", "The Last Temptation" and "Classicks" (the live compilation, which in itself is just a collection of the other 3 albums mixed with some live tracks of classic material). "Spark In The Dark" and "Poison" include almost all of the studio tracks from the mentioned albums, but being special compilations leave out like 2 or 3 tracks and fool you into thinking you're buying something new. This collection is the same thing. So, buy the above 3 studio albums and if you're really into hearing what Alice sounded like live on his "Trashes The World" tour (featuring future Megadeth/Trans-Siberian Orchestra axeman Al Pitrelli in his first big gig alongside Dream Theater's Derek Sherinian and the great Jonathan Mover on the kit) buy the DVD, not "Classicks." Further, each of the three albums had their own feel ("Trash" is complete love ballads by Desmond Child, "Hey Stoopid" is in your face shock rock and "The Last Temptation" is a concept album that's one of Alice's best) and to mix the tracks up lessons the power of the whole. New fan or old fan, don't waste your time with this or the other compilations ... for hardcore collector's only who must have every reissue.

This is a tale of how Alice Cooper makes five-star music, and Sony knocks it down to four.

You see, if you are a fan of Alice Cooper's music, this collection if wonderful. It includes a large number of his very best songs (Poison, School's Out, and House Of Fire, to name a few)... The problem lies in the packaging, shall we say.

Now, there's a chance this is just the copy I got, but I very much doubt it... But, when I play these CDs in my computer, they are all labeled as though they are CD 2 (of three). The "CD name" is "Legends - Disc 2" for each of the three discs, and all the songs are labeled as the songs on disc 2. This is not to mention that it's listed as "Unknown Artist" playing all these songs.


That said, I thoroughly enjoyed playing these discs, and if you like Alice Cooper, you will too.