Alice Cooper - Easy Action

Limited Edition. Easy Action is the second studio album by Alice Cooper, released by Straight Records in June 1970. The title comes from a line in the musical film West Side Story, which was one of the band's favorite films. Album Description

Easy Action

Alice Cooper-Easy Action ***

Easy Action is a far cry from anything the original Alice Cooper band would ever record while not on Frank Zappa's independent record label but on Warner Bros. It still has that same attitude and vision, but nothing had clicked yet. Easy Action is classic garage rock in the vain of my other hometown heroes the MC5, the Stooges, and the Bob Seger System.

Glen Buxton and Michael Bruce had yet to perfect their chops as the fantastic guitar players they would become, though they did have some bright moments here like on 'Return Of The Spiders' (which is classic Alice) and on the freak out that is 'Still No Air.'

Alice, or Vincent as he was then had yet to perfect his vocals and his lyrics were mostly unlike anything he would ever write after this. Though 'Mr. And Misdemeanor' is cabaret and classic Alice Cooper, and a real sign of things to come from this soon to be legendary group.

The production is weak and almost horrible which gives it more of a earthy feel and charm. Easy Action was more of a sign of things to come rather than the psychedelic debut but it still has a sound all it's own in the Alice Cooper canon.

It is worth hearing but not really worth owning unless you are a collector than your best bet is to hit up youtube or rhapsody. October 27, 2008

So Weird Words Don't Really Cover It

Alice Cooper's 2nd offering is a vast improvement over the first which was just sloppy and short. Easy Action is without question one of the strangest sounding albums of all time. There are some great guitar riffs scattered throughout and the lyrics are somewhat colorful and fun. The use of pianos and some of the guitar solos help to make this album sound like no other that I can think of, which isn't necessarily a good or bad thing. This album is just plain weird. I enjoy some of the tracks like Mr. And Misdemeanor and Shoe Salesman, but it's hard to call this album "good". But I certainly enjoy it more than a lot of the later Alice Cooper stuff done after the original band broke up, and if I was rating on originality I'd probably have to give it 4 stars instead of 3, it's so strange you almost have to hear it for yourself...definitely an acquired taste. September 20, 2008

Come on, give me a break!

I just had to chime in on this. The original Alice Cooper group had some wonderful moments. But to include this album as one of them is a huge mistake. It is simply awful with no decent musical flair. Don't even think of buying it just to have in your collection-you'll be sorely disappointed. I wish the original members had stuck together...I still don't know what happened? July 2, 2008

Genius in Waiting

I bought this album on the strength of the only track I had heard, catchy piano driven opener "Mr. and Misdemeanor," as well as the strength of this albums follow up, Alice Cooper's 1971 masterpiece Love It to Death . Because Love it to Death is so strong, this is a bit of a disappointment in comparison. But it is, nevertheless, a strong album, and an interesting listen from a band that was converging on its early sound but which hadn't quite found it just yet.

The name of the album comes from lyrics found in the track "Still No Air," which is a mix of the gritty sound that Alice would use on Love it to Death, Killer, and Billion Dollar Babies. In fact, the entire album has a strange sound to it, as the band experiments with elements of its future sound while occasionally sounding more like early Pink Floyd or The Who. It makes for a somewhat confused effort, but one that certainly doesn't lack for variety or even spontaneity. February 2, 2008

Not bad

Well Better than there first. Mr. And Misdemeanor is probobbly the only really good song on the album but there really are no bad songs eather.It's just not the Alice Cooper we see emerge with there next album "love it to Death"But if your a true collector such as I you will apprecate it. October 31, 2007

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