Killer is the fourth studio album by the Alice Cooper band, released in November 1971. The album reached number 21 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and the two singles "Under My Wheels" and "Be My Lover" made the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
I'm always torn when comparing Killer to the previous album because there's nothing here which hasn't been said or played to great effect already, but...it's undeniable, after hearing the grotesque "Dead Babies/Killer" double ending, that the group had raised the shock & awe stakes a few levels. It is still a bit disturbing to realize that an album made 50-plus years ago essentially ends with a death row execution.
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