Killer
by Alice Cooper
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Alice Cooper bestography
Killer is ranked 2nd 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 1677 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,022.
(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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Killer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Killer 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 |
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| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 73 Music Albums of 1971 | 32/73 | 3 |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 51 Music Albums of 1971 | 32/51 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 36 Music Albums of 1971 | 15/36 | 3 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 72 Music Albums of 1971 | 49/72 | 2 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 13 Music Albums of 1971 | 4/13 | 4 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 500 Albums: 201-300 | 69/100 | - |
| 2026 | spigelwii | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 71/100 | 29 |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 10 Music Albums of 1971 | 3/10 | 4 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 88 Music Albums of 1971 | 8/88 | 5 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 58 Music Albums of 1971 | 23/58 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 188 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,014 | |||
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Killer ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/25/2026 17:59 | RemainInLight | 3,760 | 35/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2026 08:08 | zrommeke | 41 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 14:30 | xhitmanx | 1,602 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.3/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5398): By mrmcrook
pedro1976 02/16/2025 16:48 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Killer comments
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Jboy56 03/04/2022 16:33 | #282263
Great early AC is a many-sided album
Killer album! I appreciate the balance of Detroit rock n' roll with Alice's signature dark dramatics; Few Alice Cooper releases nail that ratio, and this is one of them.
Billion Dollar Babies & Killer are my go-to Alice Cooper albums. They don't feel (nearly as) forced when compared to later releases.
My favorite of all Alice albums. All killer, no filler with 'Halo of Flies' being the ultimate standout for myself. A heavily under rated album and a true originator of shock rock with 'Dead Babies'. 10/10
ExTeaSea 07/04/2020 16:22 | #255015 | TOP COMMENT
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Alice Cooper is underrated and seems to not be taken as seriously as some other higher ranking hard rock bands. Maybe it's because his hit Schools Out is overplayed and a bit on the cheesy side. Schools Out is a pretty good album but nothing compared to Killer or Billion Dollar Babies. I consider Killer his best album, every song is great! It's definitely underappreciated the year it came out that's for sure. Easily in my top ten of 71. Halo of Flies is his best and most epic song. Sure Dead Babies is super dark but it's so damn catchy lol. Cooper himself is one of the most exciting front men in the history of rock period. He's like the definition of a rock star.
AAL2014 06/29/2020 16:34 | #254755 | TOP COMMENT
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This is THE Cooper record in my eyes, with a couple other contenders close by. This was the best example of their garage rock meets psych sound with more of the classic Cooper theatrics/ominous tracks without going over the deep end in terms of camp.
If you're new to Alice Cooper or just know the hits, start here, it's great.
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