{"id":31658,"date":"2026-09-25T05:30:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=31658"},"modified":"2026-09-26T09:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:23:30","slug":"five-classics-from-the-original-alice-cooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/five-classics-from-the-original-alice-cooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Classics from the Original Alice Cooper"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Take Five column has surveyed the work of Alice Cooper on two previous occasions: one explored his notable guest spots<\/a>; the other focused on music from his solo career<\/a>. But Alice Cooper the group \u2013 as opposed to the solo-work stage name<\/a> adopted by singer Vincent Furnier<\/a> \u2013 was a hard rocking band that turned out a series of very-good-to-great albums between 1969 and 1973 (plus a well-regarded 2025 reunion album, The Revenge of Alice Cooper<\/em>). Here\u2019s a look at five of the best tunes from Phoenix, Arizona\u2019s finest.<\/p>\n

NOTE<\/span>: You may also enjoy my interviews with Alice Cooper the man, found HERE<\/a> and HERE<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cReflected\u201d from Pretties for You<\/em> (1969)<\/strong>
\nWhile they\u2019re often overlooked in overviews of the Alice Cooper group\u2019s work \u2013 no songs from either Pretties for You<\/em> or 1970\u2019s Easy Action<\/em> are featured on the 1975 compilation Alice Cooper\u2019s Greatest Hits<\/em> \u2013 the band\u2019s first two albums are fascinating documents of the early band in its psychedelic form. The group-composed \u201cReflected\u201d was released as a single; it didn\u2019t chart, but the song\u2019s central riff and melody would be repurposed with new lyrics four years later, resulting in one of the band\u2019s biggest hits.<\/p>\n