Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll
2. Transmaniacon MC
3. Before the Kiss, A Redcap
4. Stairway to the Stars
5. Buck's Boogie
6. Workshop of the Telescopes - (previously unreleased)
7. Red and the Black, The - (previously unreleased)
8. 7 Screaming Diz-Busters
9. Career of Evil
10. Flaming Telepaths
11. Astronomy
12. Subhuman
13. Harvester of Eyes
14. M.E. 262
15. Born to Be Wild - (studio version)
DISC 2:
1. Don't Fear the Reaper
2. This Ain't the Summer of Love
3. E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
4. Godzilla
5. Goin' Through the Motions
6. Golden Age of Leather
7. Kick Out the Jams
8. We Gotta Get Out of This Place
9. In Thee
10. Marshall Plan, The
11. Veteran of the Psychic Wars
12. Burnin' For You
13. Dominance and Submission
14. Take Me Away
15. Shooting Shark
16. Dancin' in the Ruins
17. Perfect Water
| Details | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Blue Oyster Cult: Eric Bloom (vocals, guitar); Donald "Buck Dharma" Roesser (guitar); Allen Lanier, Tommy Zvonchek (keyboards, guitar); Joe Bouchard (bass); Albert Bouchard, Rick Downey, Tommy Price (drums).
Producers: Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman, David Lucas, Blue Oyster Cult, Martin Birch .
Compilation producer: Bob Irwin.
Recorded between 1971 and 1985. Includes liner notes by Arthur Levy.
All the Blue Oyster Cult you'll ever need? Well, yeah, more or less; this two-CD chronologically arranged best-of gathers most of the band's best material from the period between 1972 and 1986. The Cult has always been something of an anomaly--brainier and quirkier than most metal bands, and unafraid to take chances, as witnessed on the potentially disastrous live version of the MC5's "Kick Out the Jams" included here. The second CD, which kicks off with "Don't Fear the Reaper," and moves on to the group's poppier material, is marginally less interesting than the first CD's mutant sci-fi metal, but no matter--taken as a whole this is a first-rate career retrospective.
Editorial Reviews
...any reissue with `Career Of Evil' and later-period, power-gliding hits like `Don't Fear The Reaper' and `Burnin' For You' still belongs in any pop-metalhead's collection. - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (11/03/1995)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...Blue Oyster Cult were the first American heavy metal band and their curious blend of ditch-water dull pub rock (initially), lyrical curveballs (all the time) and musical sophistication (later) ensured them respectable American success...
Q (01/01/1996)
...any reissue with `Career Of Evil' and later-period, power-gliding hits like `Don't Fear The Reaper' and `Burnin' For You' still belongs in any pop-metalhead's collection.
Entertainment Weekly (11/03/1995)
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