Blue Oyster Cult-Curse Of The Hidden Mirror (2001)

After a three-year hiatus, in 2001 the New York band Blue Oyster Cult released their fourteenth album, a prequel to "Heaven Forbid", showcasing a lighter sound but still clearly rooted in the metal of their 1970s era. At that time, Blue Oyster Cult still consisted of three of its founding members: Eric Bloom (vocals and guitar), Buck Dharma (guitar and vocals), and keyboardist Allen Lanier, while drummer Bobby Rondinelli and bassist Danny Miranda completed the lineup. "Curse of the Hidden Mirror" features memorable tracks such as the heavy rock anthem "Showtime", the hard rock songs "The Old Gods Return" and "Eye of the Hurricane", the dynamic "Pocket", the heavy metal track "One Step Ahead of the Devil", and the semi-progressive "Dance on Stilts". While not reaching the creative heights of their 70s masterpieces, "Curse Of The Hidden Mirror" is another magnificent recording from this legendary American band.

Blue Oyster Cult-Spectres (1977)

"Spectres" is one of the favorite albums of Blue Oyster Cult fans, released in 1977, it was the band's fifth album and followed in the wake of the previous and successful "Agents of Fortune", although here they dose their hard rock towards sounds more commercial.
With a repertoire full of memorable songs where "Godzilla" stands out above all else, an irresistible addictive melodic rock melody, the rest include the AOR "Fireworks", the precious "Golden Age of Leathers", the commercial "Celestial The Queen" or the gloomy "Nosferatu", without forgetting the beautiful ballad "I love the Night".
The album would reach the gold record shortly after its publication and for many it was their last great album, although nevertheless there would still be good works such as "Cultosaurus Erectus" from 1980.

Blue Oyster Cult-Fire Of Unknown Origin (1981)

After releasing the mediocre album "Mirrors" the Blue Oyster Cult needed to reactivate their career, which had elevated them with superb hard rock and psychedelic rock albums from the first half of the 70s.
To do this they got more to work and decided their next jobs would call Martin Birch, who would be in charge of assuming the reins of production and pushing them to return to the level they deserved.
"Cultosaurus Erectus" published in 1980, recovers part of that essence with an impeccable sound where the instrumental developments are once again the main attraction of the band.
But it would be with the following "Fire Of Unknown Origin" when they would resurface definitively from the ashes with a masterful album, where the keyboards take the maximum role to achieve a dark but very effective atmosphere.
The fans received this album with great enthusiasm thanks to songs like the melodic "Burnin' For You", or "Joan Crawford", the rhythmic "Veteran of Psychic Wars", the frenetic "After Dark", or the hard rock "Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver".
With "Sole Survivor" the band returned to the sounds left behind in the album "Specter" and expressed their intentions on the way forward.

Blue Oyster Cult-On Your Feet Or On Your Knees (1975)

Although officially formed in 1969 under the name of the Blue Oyster Cult, they had already been acting under different names such as Cows or Soft White Underbelly among others for several years.
Its main line-up was led by the duo Eric Bloom and Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, both guitars and Allen Lanier as keyboard player, Joe Bouchard on bass and Albert Bouchard on drums.
Since their debut with the album "Blue Oyster Cult" (1972) and for several decades they have been publishing a series of great albums that have captivated their own and strangers thanks to their peculiar style of hard rock and psychedelia and their deep and intelligent lyrics.
It should be mentioned that these lyrics are the product of the imagination of Richard Meltzer and Sandy Pearlman, who have been a fundamental part of the band in addition to the production of many of their works.
In 1975 the band was in one of its peak moments and at that time the direct "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees" was published. where a review is made of his first three albums, the masterful "Tyranny and Mutation", the superb "Secret Treaties", in addition to the aforementioned debut album.
"On Your Feet Or On Your Knees" is a live album that wastes energy everywhere with incendiary songs and powerful riffs of great psychedelic heavy metal.
From the initial "Subhuman", to the Steppenwolf version "Born to be Wild" that closes the album, through the wild "Hot Rails to Hell" or "The Red & The Black", the plethoric "Buck's Boogie", the magnificent "Then Came The Last of May", the atmospheric "7 Screaming Diz-Buster" or the rocker "Me 262".
Without a doubt one of the most powerful live shows of the 70s that has nothing to envy other live albums published in the same decade.

Blue Oyster Cult-Agents Of Fortune (1976)

When the Blue Oyster Cult released "Agents Of Fortune", they already had behind them three high-quality albums and many fascinating songs, even so, they still needed to sign all this in the form of a great song that would definitely catapult them and be remembered forever.
And it would be precisely with this album that the Blue Oyster Cult would remain installed as a renowned band and not only for specialized critics but also for a good part of the public.
This included the famous song "Don´t Fear The Reaper", with those soft vocal melodies, fused with melodic guitars that was soon acclaimed worldwide.
However, this theme does not overshadow the rest of the album, where titles such as "This Ain't The Summer Love",  "ETI (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" or "The Revenge Of Vera Gemini" have more than necessary arguments to raise the final result of the album to outstanding category.

Blue Oyster Cult-Fire Of Unknown Origin (1981)

After the mediocre album "Mirrors", Blue Oyster Cult needed to revive their career, a trajectory that had elevated them to the pantheon of rock music with superb hard rock and psychedelic albums in the first half of the 70s. To this end, they set to work and decided that their next projects would feature Martin Birch, who would take the reins of production and push them back to the level they deserved. "Cultosaurus Erectus", released in 1980, recaptured some of that essence with an impeccable sound where the instrumental passages once again became the band's main attraction. But it was with their next album, "Fire Of Unknown Origin", that they would definitively rise from the ashes with a masterful record, where keyboards take center stage to create a dark yet highly effective atmosphere. Fans received this album with great enthusiasm thanks to tracks like the melodic "Burnin' For You" or "Joan Crawford", the rhythmic "Veteran of Psychic Wars", the frenetic "After Dark", the hard rock "Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver" or the old-school "Sole Survivor", songs with which they returned to the sounds they left behind with the album "Spectre" and expressed their intentions about the path to follow.

Blue Oyster Cult-Cultösaurus Erectus (1980)

"Mirrors" had been a step back in the career of the Blue Oyster Cult, to the point of losing some credibility and the trust of their fans, so for their next album they hired producer Martin Birch to put them back on the record. level they deserved.
And partly thanks to the album "Cultösaurus Erectus" they would achieve it, with a powerful work and a brilliant and impeccable production.
Here the instrumental developments return and they are the main resource of this magnificent album, as from the beginning with "Black Blade" it is intuited, a song with a very hard sound, "The Marshall Plan" is a visceral rock full of power and quality, and there are even times for some interesting extravaganza like jazz rock "Monsters"