School's Out (album)

School's Out
Alice Cooper studio album
Publication (s)	1972
admission	1972
Label (s)	Warner Bros. Records
Genre (s)	Hard rock , glam rock , rock opera
Title (number)	9
running time	35:59
occupation	Alice Cooper Glen Buxton Michael Bruce Dennis Dunaway Neal Smith
production	Bob Ezrin
chronology Killer (1971) School's Out Billion Dollar Babies (1973)

School's Out is Alice Cooper 's fifth studio album and marked the breakthrough for the band, which until then was only in the US , UK and Canada in the charts.

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

School's Out   DE 3 09/15/1972 (36 weeks)   AT 8th January 15, 1973 (12 weeks)   UK 4th 07/22/1972 (20 weeks)   US 2 07/29/1972 (32 weeks)

Singles

School's Out   DE 5 07/31/1972 (28 weeks)   AT 12 January 15, 1973 (4 weeks)   UK 1 07/15/1972 (12 weeks)   US 7th 07/29/1972 (13 weeks)

1. School's Out (Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith) - 3:34
2. Luney Tune (Cooper, Dunaway) - 3:36
3. Gutter Cat vs. the Jets (Buxton, Dunaway, Leonard Bernstein , Stephen Sondheim ) - 4:39
4. Street Fight (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith) - 0:55
5. Blue Turk (Cooper, Bruce) - 5:29
6. My Stars (Cooper, Bob Ezrin ) - 5:46
7. Public Animal # 9 (Cooper, Bruce) - 3:53
8. Alma Mater (Smith) - 3:39
9. Grande Finale (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Ezrin, Smith, Mack David , Bernstein) - 4:35

success

School's Out was Alice Cooper 's first album, which also made it into the German and Austrian charts. In Germany it rose to number 3 and stayed in the top 10 for 12 weeks, while in Austria it reached number 8 and stayed in the charts for 12 weeks. In the United Kingdom and the USA, the first top 10 position was also achieved. In Canada, the album debuted at number 45 on July 15, 1972 and reached the top position within a month .

The album has sold more than a million copies and reached platinum status on September 19, 1990.

reception

Greg Prato from Allmusic awarded 4.5 / 5 stars. He attributes the success primarily to the title song of the same name , which he regards as a timeless classic. Compared to the previous albums Love It to Death and Killer , on which some hard rock classics could be found, School's Out appears as a concept album. Songs like Gutter Cat vs. the Jets , Street Fight , My Stars and Grand Finale are arranged like little epics, although Alice Cooper managed to keep her rough and unpolished style.

Rolling Stone's Ben Gerson also draws a comparison with the previous albums and comes to the conclusion that not all songs on School's Out can be described as rock music. Much of it is music as it is played in Broadway pieces or used for film soundtracks. Nevertheless it is a demanding album.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts UK Charts US
2. ↑ collectionscanada.gc.ca: Chart entry ( memento of the original from December 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ collectionscanada.gc.ca: highest ranking in Canada ( memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ riaa.com: School's Out Platinum Status
5. ^ Allmusic.com: Review by Greg Prato
6. ^ Rollingstone.com: Review by Ben Gerson