10 Hard Rock Debut Albums That Suck

Alice Cooper has never really been known as the most radio-friendly of artists. Even when the proper group was having massive crossover hits with School's Out and I'm Eighteen, their macabre look and bloody live shows earned them just as many angry parents as they did loyal fans. While plenty of people pegged them as having no talent, they may have had a point if they're talking about Pretties For You.

Right off the bat, this album was not really meant to be a commercial explosion. Long before Cooper and his group of misfits hooked up with Bob Ezrin, he was under the wing of art rock legend and general weirdo Frank Zappa. As it stands, we get an Alice Cooper record that's really trying to be a Frank Zappa record, with the results being borderline incoherent. Since Cooper was always known to have a bit of weirdness in his music, just piling more outlandish noise into the mix doesn't really solve the problem.

That's when the record even has a mix, with some songs sounding like they were recorded live from the bottom of a damp well. Though Reflected from this album would be reworked into Elected on Billion Dollar Babies, it's a good indicator of this record's shoddy delivery, with every production detail either pushed to the max or ignored entirely. Whereas the best of Alice Cooper is always fun to listen to, these songs could leave your ears bloodied and bruised at the worst of times.