The two hundred and sixty-fifth album: #265 Alice Cooper - School's Out
One of the weird things about bands like Alice Cooper, which were outrageous at the time, is how shock rock doesn't have that impact anymore. So much of it seems to have come from rumour and hearsay, while the music itself is tamer than that. Are there some edgy lyrics on School's Out? Sure. Is the title track going in hard? Absolutely. But the jazzy Blue Turk is none of that and is a nice, subdued rock song. Underneath the theatrics, there is a solid album here that draws from a lot of different influences, moving between hard rock, classic rock and glam rock to create a solid set of tracks that hold up far better than their reputation may suggest