ALICE COOPER Released Breakthrough LP ‘LOVE IT TO DEATH’ Today 55 Years Ago
Significant longplayers from the past
9 March 2026
The now 78-year-old shock rocker ALICE COOPER, and his troops released
their 3rd and breakthrough LP LOVE IT TO DEATH on 9 March 1971, today
55 years ago.
It peaked at #35 in the US and #28 in the UK.
The record consolidated the band’s aggressive hard-rocking sound, instead
of the psychedelic and experimental rock style of their first two albums. It was
the first longplayer on which the members received individual credit for songs.
The album has come to be seen as a foundational influence on hard rock,
punk, and heavy metal; several tracks became live Alice Cooper standards
and got frequently covered.
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