Special Forces
by Alice Cooper
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Alice Cooper bestography
Special Forces is ranked 32nd 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 1,020.
(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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Special Forces track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Special Forces rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 80 Music Albums of 1981 | 65/80 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 79 Music Albums of 1981 | 43/79 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 72 Music Albums of 1981 | 55/72 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1981 Listening Project (Part Two) | 23/100 | - |
| 2025 | AAL2014 | Alice Cooper: So Far... | 13/14 | - |
| 2023 | TonyF12345 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1981 | 37/37 | 0 |
| 2023 | Daredevil42 | Top 64 Music Albums of 1981 | 47/64 | 1 |
| 2022 | ExTeaSea | F2LF: Alice Cooper | 12/19 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/07/2026 03:03 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,670 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/06/2025 16:41 | AAL2014 | 4,295 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2025 19:29 | Olli | 7,932 | 62/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.0/100, a mean average of 65.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
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I can find something to like on every Alice record but this one really seemed weak after the sudden burst of energy that was Flush The Fashion. "Who Do We Think We Are" opens the record in spectacular fashion but the quality of the songs is lacking thereafter. "Skeletons in My Closet" is fun though...
Decurso 10/11/2014 10:04 | #123996
Continues the same new wave style of Flush the Fashion, but lacks any really memorable songs. Prettiest Cop on the Block is probably the best song, but the updating of Generation Landslide is totally unnecessary. (Edited)
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