Pretties for You was the debut album by Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

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

. 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

Psychedelic

The term psychedelic is derived from the Greek words ψυχή and δηλοῦν , translating to "soul-manifesting". A psychedelic experience is characterized by the striking perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly...

 flavor to it. The group had yet to develop the more concise hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 sound that they would become known for. Most of the tracks from the album have a distinct loud and dynamic rock sound. However, very few songs have some sort of hard rock quality. Pretties For You was a critical and commercial failure.

The song "Reflected

Reflected (song)

Reflected is the first single by the rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1969 from the album Pretties for You.The song received no chart performance and had no success, but was re-written in 1972 as "Elected", which is the band's second most successful single...

", Alice Cooper's first single

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, was later rewritten as "Elected

Elected (song)

"Elected" is a 1972 song by rock band Alice Cooper, from their 6th studio album Billion Dollar Babies. As a single it reached #26 on the US charts, #4 on the UK charts and #3 in Austria...

" (which featured on their 1973 album 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...

).

The artwork for this album was hanging on the wall of the living room in Frank Zappa's house. The original painting was done by Ed Beardsley.

Track listing

All songs were written by Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

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

, Glen Buxton

Glen Buxton

Glen Edward Buxton was an American musician, and guitarist for the original Alice Cooper band. He was born in Akron, Ohio....

, Michael Bruce

Michael Owen Bruce

Michael Bruce is a US rock musician. He was a guitarist, keyboard player and backing vocalist for the original Alice Cooper group .Bruce co-wrote many of the hit songs with some or all of the other members of the band...

, Dennis Dunaway

Dennis Dunaway

Dennis Dunaway was the bass guitarist for The Spiders , The Earwigs , Alice Cooper group from 1969–1974.He co-wrote such hits as "I'm Eighteen" and "School's Out"....

 and Neal Smith.

1. "Titanic Overture" – 1:12 (Instrumental)
2. "10 Minutes Before the Worm" – 1:39
3. "Sing Low, Sweet Cheerio" – 5:42
4. "Today Mueller" – 1:48
5. "Living" – 3:12
6. "Fields of Regret" – 5:44
7. "No Longer Umpire" – 2:02
8. "Levity Ball"(Live) – 4:39
9. "B.B. on Mars" – 1:17
10. "Reflected
    Reflected (song)
    Reflected is the first single by the rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1969 from the album Pretties for You.The song received no chart performance and had no success, but was re-written in 1972 as "Elected", which is the band's second most successful single...
    
    " – 3:17
11. "Apple Bush" – 3:08
12. "Earwigs to Eternity" – 1:19
13. "Changing Arranging" – 3:03

Reception

Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated Pretties for You three-and-a-half out of five stars. He stated that the album "was an earnest but flawed stab at psychedelia that occasionally caught fire." Lester Bangs of Rolling Stone delivered an unfavorable review. He explained that there are no "[hints] of life, spontaneity, joy, rage, or any kind of authentic passion or conviction." However, he stated that "within the context of [Alice Cooper's] self-imposed limitations, the album is listenable." He concluded the review by saying that "Alice Cooper's music is, for this reviewer at any rate, totally dispensable."

Personnel

• Alice Cooper
  Alice Cooper
  Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
  
   – vocals, harmonica
• Glen Buxton
  Glen Buxton
  Glen Edward Buxton was an American musician, and guitarist for the original Alice Cooper band. He was born in Akron, Ohio....
  
   – lead guitar
• Michael Bruce
  Michael Owen Bruce
  Michael Bruce is a US rock musician. He was a guitarist, keyboard player and backing vocalist for the original Alice Cooper group .Bruce co-wrote many of the hit songs with some or all of the other members of the band...
  
   – rhythm guitar, keyboards, lead vocals on "Sing Low, Sweet Cheerio"
• Dennis Dunaway
  Dennis Dunaway
  Dennis Dunaway was the bass guitarist for The Spiders , The Earwigs , Alice Cooper group from 1969–1974.He co-wrote such hits as "I'm Eighteen" and "School's Out"....
  
   – bass guitar
• Neal Smith – drums