Detroit Stories
by Alice Cooper
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Alice Cooper bestography
Detroit Stories is ranked 16th best out of 43 albums by Alice Cooper on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Alice Cooper is Billion Dollar Babies which is ranked number 1679 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,018.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Detroit Stories track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Detroit Stories rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 56 Music Albums of 2021 | 8/56 | 4 |
| 2026 | arnellarsen | Top 99 Music Albums of 2021 | 21/99 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2024 | DJStuart79 | Top 25 Music Albums of the 2020s | 20/25 | 5 |
| 2024 | Gallowtree | Top 37 Music Albums of 2021 | 29/37 | 1 |
| 2024 |  MetalMan67 | Top 15 Music Albums of 2021 | 12/15 | 1 |
| 2024 |  Decurso | Top 45 Music Albums of the 2020s | 3/45 | 19 |
| 2023 | LosWochos | Die besten Alben des Jahres 2021 by ROCKS | 3/91 | - |
| 2023 |  phantom1305 | Top 40 Music Albums of 2021 | 27/40 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 66 | |||
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Detroit Stories ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/17/2025 04:20 | dhbarrett | 8,801 | 65/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2025 14:21 |  ExTeaSea | 5,248 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/10/2023 20:25 | Fischman | 11,855 | 66/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.5/100, a mean average of 63.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
Detroit Stories forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 02/26/2021 13:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2021-02-22) (week 08, 2021)Detroit Stories comments
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spigelwii 02/26/2021 15:01 | #266702
The album itself is relatively throw-away compared to other releases in Alice's storied career, but attention should be called to the end of "Hanging on by a Thread". The music fades, Alice introduces himself and encourages anyone struggling to call the suicide prevention hotline, and then literally provides the phone number: 1-800-273-8255.
In a 50+ year career of shock rock, this might have been the most shocking thing he's ever done...in a good way, obviously. Hilariously, "Shut Up and Rock" follows immediately, so the moment doesn't last, but it's a chilling nevertheless and extremely memorable given the context of the global nightmare we're currently all a part of.
Alice Cooper's latest solo album isn't breaking any new ground, but its full of solid riffing. He reunites with the original Cooper band for a few songs. This record serves as a tribute to his hometown of Detroit and there are several covers from Detroit aritists. Lyrically the songs are pretty plain, but this album was better than I expected.
Love this album. It is intended strictly to be a tribute to Detroit hard rock (where Alice was born) and it serves that purpose well. Great, great album by the greatest hard rocker ever.
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