Alice Cooper's shock-rock reputation can overshadow one of the most playfully eclectic discographies of the ‘70s, as he veered from glam-kissed power-pop boogie (“Escape”) to jazzy, Doors-inspired detours (“Blue Turk”). But as his tarted-up theatrics gave rise to the pop-metal androgynes of the ‘80s, Alice one-upped his Sunset Strip progeny in the nastiness department with the fiery, fist-pumping “Freedom” and the sleazy “Snakebite”.