Blue Öyster Cult - Mirrors (1979) {1988, Reissue} CD-Rip

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Artist: Blue Öyster Cult
Title: Mirrors
Year Of Release: 1979 / 1988
Label: Columbia #CK 36009
Genre: Rock, AOR, Classic Rock
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue, Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:36:44
Total Size: 274 / 121 Mb (Full Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Mirrors is the sixth studio album by Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1979. Mirrors is the first Blue Öyster Cult album not produced by long-time producer and manager Sandy Pearlman. The album is notable for a collaboration with British fantasy/science-fiction author Michael Moorcock who co-wrote a song based on his novel The Fireclown. "The Great Sun Jester" is the first of several Moorcock co-writing credits with the band. After the success of 1976's Platinum Agents of Fortune, 1977's Gold Spectres and 1978's Platinum live effort Some Enchanted Evening, the fact that Mirrors struggled to reach Gold status was disappointing to band and label alike. According to interviews with the band and the production staff, the intent for this album was to make a high charting and glossy production; however the backlash felt from this attempt was a reason for their future pairing with Martin Birch, and their attempt to return to a darker sound.

Blue Öyster Cult tried a new producer on Mirrors, replacing longtime mentor Sandy Pearlman with Tom Werman, a CBS staffer who had worked with Cheap Trick and Ted Nugent. The result is an album that tries to straddle pop and hard rock just as those acts did, emphasizing choral vocals (plus female backup) and a sharp, trebly sound. But this approach appeared to displease longtime metal-oriented fans without attracting new ones: "In Thee" became a minor singles-chart entry, but the album broke BÖC's string of five gold or platinum albums in a row. The real reason simply may have been that the songs weren't distinctive enough. Much of this is generic hard rock that could have been made by any one of a dozen '70s arena bands.

~ William Ruhlmann, All Music

Track List:

01. Dr. Music [03:15]
02. The Great Sun Jester [04:47]
03. In Thee [03:49]
04. Mirrors [03:46]
05. Moon Crazy [04:03]
06. The Vigil [06:26]
07. I Am The Storm [03:44]
08. You're Not The One (I Was Looking For) [03:16]
09. Lonely Teardrops [03:41]

Blue Öyster Cult - Mirrors (1979) {1988, Reissue} CD-Rip

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