The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper (1999) is a 4-CD box set by Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...

. It includes select tracks from every studio album released up until then, plus many B-sides, unreleased songs, and other rarities.

The box set was coincidentally released on the same day as the Columbine High School massacre

Columbine High School massacre

The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and Littleton. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12...

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Eric Harris's AOL member profile also included a quote from the Alice Cooper song The Black Widow ("Man has ruled this world as a stumbling, demented child king long enough"). Alice was shortly after interviewed on KTAR radio in Phoenix, explaining that the song was about nothing more than a black widow spider.

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Don't Blow Your Mind" - The Spiders (1966) – 2:36
2. "Hitch Hike" - The Spiders (1965) – 2:01
3. "Why Don't You Love Me" - The Spiders (1965) – 1:57
4. "Lay Down And Die, Goodbye" (Original Version) - The Nazz (1967) – 2:07
5. "Nobody Likes Me" - (demo
   Demo (music)
   A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
   
    version - 1968) – 3:23
6. "Levity Ball" - (studio version - 1968) – 4:45
7. "Reflected" - (Pretties for You
   Pretties for You
   Pretties for You was the debut album by Alice Cooper. At this time, the name "Alice Cooper" referred to the band, not its lead singer, though the lead singer was also known as Alice Cooper. The music has a psychedelic flavor to it. The group had yet to develop the more concise hard rock sound that...
   
   - 1969) – 3:14
8. "Mr. and Misdemeanor" - (Easy Action
   Easy Action
   Easy Action is the second studio album by Alice Cooper, released by Straight Records in March 1970. The title comes from a line in the musical film West Side Story, which was one of the band's favorite films...
   
   - 1970) – 3:00
9. "Refrigerator Heaven" - (Easy Action - 1970) – 1:54
10. "Caught in a Dream" - (single
    Single (music)
    In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
    
     version - 1971) – 2:55
11. "I'm Eighteen
    I'm Eighteen
    "I'm Eighteen" is a 1970 song by rock band Alice Cooper, featured on their first major label release album Love It to Death. It was released in November 1970, 3 months prior to the album, and became the band's breakthrough hit.-Achievements:...
    
    " - (Love It to Death
    Love It to Death
    Rolling Stones John Mendelsohn found it favorable. He explained that it "represents at least a modest oasis in the desert of dreary blue-jeaned aloofness served up in concert by most American rock-and-rollers." However, referring to "Black Juju" he also stated that "the one bummer on this album is...
    
    - 1971) – 2:58
12. "Is It My Body?" - (Love It to Death - 1971) – 2:39
13. "Ballad of Dwight Fry" - (Love It to Death - 1971) – 6:34
14. "Under My Wheels" - (Killer - 1971) – 2:47
15. "Be My Lover" - (Killer - 1971) – 3:21
16. "Desperado" - (Killer - 1971) – 3:29
17. "Dead Babies" - (Killer - 1971) – 5:42
18. "Killer" - (Killer - 1971) – 7:05
19. "Call It Evil" - (demo - 1971) – 3:28
20. "Gutter Cat Vs. The Jets" - (School's Out
    School's Out (album)
    School's Out is the fifth studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1972. The album's title track has remained a staple song in Alice Cooper's live setlist and receives regular airplay on many "Classic Rock" radio stations....
    
    - 1972) – 4:39
21. "School's Out
    School's Out (song)
    Female pop duo Daphne & Celeste, released a cover of the song in 2000. The chorus is based on Alice Cooper's hit of the same name, and some other elements of that song have been retained, although much of the song is "original", in a pop-rap style...
    
    " - (single version - 1972) – 3:31

Disc 2

1. "Hello Hooray" - (Billion Dollar Babies
   Billion Dollar Babies
   Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973. 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...
   
   - 1973) – 4:15
2. "Elected" - (single version - 1973) – 3:43
3. "Billion Dollar Babies" - (Billion Dollar Babies
   Billion Dollar Babies
   Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973. 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...
   
   - 1973) – 3:39
4. "No More Mr. Nice Guy" - (Billion Dollar Babies
   Billion Dollar Babies
   Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973. 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...
   
   - 1973) – 3:07
5. "I Love the Dead" - (Billion Dollar Babies
   Billion Dollar Babies
   Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973. 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...
   
   - 1973) – 5:07
6. "Slick Black Limousine" - (Flexi-disc from New Musical Express - 1973) – 4:27
7. "Respect for the Sleepers" - (demo - 1973) – 3:48
8. "Muscle of Love" - (Muscle of Love
   Muscle of Love
   Muscle of Love is the seventh studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1973. It is the final studio album recorded by the original Alice Cooper band, and is a concept album about teenage angst, life on the streets of New York City, and implied male prostitution.In place of the usual jacket, the...
   
   - 1973) – 3:45
9. "Teenage Lament '74" - (Muscle of Love - 1973) – 3:52
10. "Working Up a Sweat" - (Muscle of Love - 1973) – 3:31
11. "Man with the Golden Gun" - (Muscle of Love - 1973) – 3:13
12. "I'm Flash" - (Flash Fearless Versus The Zorg Women - 1975) – 2:47
13. "Space Pirates" - (Flash Fearless Versus The Zorg Women - 1975) – 3:30
14. "Welcome to My Nightmare" - (single version - 1975) – 2:54
15. "Only Women Bleed" - (single version - 1975) – 3:17
16. "Cold Ethyl" - (Welcome to My Nightmare
    Welcome to My Nightmare
    Welcome to My Nightmare is the eighth album by Alice Cooper, released in 1975. This was Alice Cooper's first solo album . The cover artwork was created by Drew Struzan for Pacific Eye & Ear. Rolling Stone would later rank it as one of the "Top 100 Album Covers Of All Time".Welcome to My Nightmare...
    
    - 1975) – 2:54
17. "Department of Youth" - (Welcome to My Nightmare - 1975) – 3:17
18. "Escape" - (Welcome to My Nightmare - 1975) – 3:14
19. "I Never Cry" - (Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
    Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
    Alice Cooper Goes to Hell is the ninth studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1976. A sequel to Welcome to My Nightmare, this concept album was written almost exclusively by Cooper with guitar player Dick Wagner and producer Bob Ezrin....
    
    - 1976) – 3:43
20. "Go to Hell" - (Alice Cooper Goes to Hell - 1976) – 5:11

Disc 3

1. "It's Hot Tonight" - (Lace and Whiskey
   Lace and Whiskey
   Lace and Whiskey is the 10th studio album by Alice Cooper, released in May 1977.After many years of portraying a dark and sinister persona Alice Cooper decided to try something new and donned the persona of a heavy drinking comic PI named "Maurice Escargot" - a fictional character in the same vein...
   
   - 1977) – 3:21
2. "You and Me" - (single version - 1977) – 3:25
3. "I Miss You" - (Billion Dollar Babies - Battle Axe - 1977) – 3:31
4. "No Time for Tears" - (Sextette
   Sextette
   Sextette is a 1978 Crown International Pictures comedy/musical motion picture that starred Mae West. Other actors in the cast included Timothy Dalton, Dom DeLuise, Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, George Hamilton, Alice Cooper and Walter Pidgeon....
   
   film outtake - 1977) – 2:59
5. "Because (featuring The Bee Gees)" - (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
   Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)
   Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a 1978 American musical film. Its soundtrack, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, features new versions of songs originally written and performed by The Beatles. The film draws primarily from two of their albums, 1967's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club...
   
   film - 1978) – 2:45
6. "From the Inside" - (single version - 1979) – 3:30
7. "How You Gonna See Me Now" - (From the Inside - 1978) – 3:53
8. "Serious" - (From the Inside - 1978) – 2:41
9. "No Tricks" - (single B-side - 1978) – 4:15
10. "Road Rats" - (Roadie
    Roadie (film)
    Roadie is a 1980 film directed by Alan Rudolph about a truck driver who becomes a roadie for a traveling rock and roll show. The film stars Meat Loaf and marks his first starring role in a film. There are also cameo appearances by musicians such as Roy Orbison, Hank Williams Jr., Blondie and Alice...
    
    film - 1980) – 2:43
11. "Clones (We're All)" - (single version - 1980) – 2:51
12. "Pain" - (Flush the Fashion
    Flush the Fashion
    Flush the Fashion is the 12th studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1980, and produced by Roy Thomas Baker. Musically, the album was a drastic change of style for Cooper, leaning towards a new wave influence...
    
    - 1980) – 4:10
13. "Who Do You Think We Are" - (single version - 1981) – 3:05
14. "Look at You Over There, Ripping The Sawdust From My Teddybear" - (demo - 1981) – 3:18
15. "For Britain Only" - (UK-only single - 1982) – 3:02
16. "I Am the Future" - (single version - 1982) – 3:45
17. "Tag, You're It" - (Zipper Catches Skin
    Zipper Catches Skin
    Zipper Catches Skin is the 14th studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1982.Produced by Cooper and his bassist at the time, Erik Scott, Zipper Catches Skin is musically known for its dry and energetic pop-rock style with punk rock and post-punk influences and less emphasis on hard riffs,...
    
    - 1982) – 2:52
18. "Former Lee Warmer" - (DaDa
    DaDa
    DaDa is the 15th studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1983. DaDa would be Cooper's last album until his sober re-emergence in 1986 with the album Constrictor...
    
    - 1983) – 4:07
19. "I Love America" - (DaDa - 1983) – 3:47
20. "Identity Crisis" - (Monster Dog
    Monster Dog
    Monster Dog, also known as Leviatán, The Bite and Los Perros de la Muerte, is a 1984 horror film written and directed by Claudio Fragasso...
    
    film - 1984) – 2:50
21. "See Me in the Mirror" - (Monster Dog film - 1984) – 3:12
22. "Hard Rock Summer" - (Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
    Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
    Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is a 1986 slasher film, the sixth film in the Friday the 13th film series. The film was written and directed by Tom McLoughlin...
    
    film - 1986) – 2:30

Disc 4

1. "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" - (Demo - 1986) – 3:20
2. "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" - (Movie Mix) (Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives film - 1986) – 3:44
3. "Teenage Frankenstein" - (Constrictor
   Constrictor (album)
   Constrictor is the 16th studio album by rock musician Alice Cooper released on September 22 1986. After retiring from the music industry after the release of DaDa, Cooper remained in seclusion for three years. He starred in Monster Dog, a horror film for which he wrote two songs. He also guest...
   
   - 1986) – 3:32
4. "Freedom" - (Raise Your Fist and Yell
   Raise Your Fist and Yell
   Raise Your Fist and Yell is the 17th studio album by rock musician Alice Cooper released on September 5th 1987. It features the track "Prince of Darkness", which is featured very briefly in the John Carpenter film of the same name, in which Cooper has a cameo as a murderous vagrant. The song can...
   
   - 1987) – 4:04
5. "Prince of Darkness" - (Raise Your Fist and Yell - 1987) – 5:09
6. "Under My Wheels" - (The Decline of Western Civilization II
   The Decline of Western Civilization II
   The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years is a documentary film directed by Penelope Spheeris about the Los Angeles heavy metal scene from 1986 to 1988. It is the second film of a trilogy by Spheeris depicting life in Los Angeles at various points in time. The first film The...
   
   film - 1988) – 3:10
7. "I Got a Line On You" - (Iron Eagle II
   Iron Eagle II
   Iron Eagle II is a 1988 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie. It is the first sequel to the 1986 film Iron Eagle, with Louis Gossett, Jr. reprising his role as Charles "Chappy" Sinclair. An uncredited Jason Gedrick also returns as ace pilot Doug Masters in the film's opening scene.Like its...
   
   film - 1988) – 2:59
8. "Poison
   Poison (Alice Cooper song)
   "Poison" is a song by artist Alice Cooper co-written and produced by Desmond Child, released worldwide as a single in 1989 and is featured on his 18th studio album Trash...
   
   " - (Trash - 1989) – 4:27
9. "Trash" - (Trash - 1989) – 3:58
10. "Only My Heart Talkin" - (Trash - 1989) – 4:44
11. "Hey Stoopid" - (Single Version from Hey Stoopid
    Hey Stoopid
    Hey Stoopid is the 19th studio album by heavy metal singer and shock rock-legend Alice Cooper. It was released on July 2, 1991 with guest appearances from Slash , Ozzy Osbourne, Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars .After Cooper's smash 1989 hit album Trash, Cooper...
    
    - 1991) – 4:15
12. "Feed My Frankenstein" - (Hey Stoopid
    Hey Stoopid
    Hey Stoopid is the 19th studio album by heavy metal singer and shock rock-legend Alice Cooper. It was released on July 2, 1991 with guest appearances from Slash , Ozzy Osbourne, Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars .After Cooper's smash 1989 hit album Trash, Cooper...
    
    - 1991) – 4:42
13. "Fire" - (single b-side - 1991) – 3:00
14. "Lost in America" - (The Last Temptation - 1994) – 3:54
15. "It's Me" - (The Last Temptation - 1994) – 4:40
16. "Hands of Death
    Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)
    "Hands of Death " is a song created and sung by Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper which can be found on the Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by The X-Files compilation album for music featured in or inspired by the popular TV series The X-Files.The song is also featured on Rob Zombie's...
    
    " (Spookshow 2000 Mix) - with Rob Zombie
    Rob Zombie
    Rob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...
    
     - (Remix of the version on "Songs in the Key of X
    Songs in the Key of X
    Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by The X-Files is a 1996 compilation album released in association with the American science fiction television series The X-Files. The album contained a mixture of songs that were either featured in the series, or shared thematic elements with it....
    
    " soundtrack - 1996) – 3:53
17. "Is Anyone Home?" - (A Fistful of Alice - 1997) – 4:10
18. "Stolen Prayer" - (The Last Temptation - 1994) – 5:35