Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin

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8.5 | 165 votes |
Band
Blue Öyster Cult
Style
Hard rock
Release date
June 1981
Owners
203 have it
26 want it
Tracklist
01. Fire Of Unknown Origin
02. Burnin' For You
03. Veteran Of The Psychic Wars
04. Sole Survivor
05. Heavy Metal: The Black And Silver
06. Vengeance (The Pact)
07. After Dark
08. Joan Crawford
09. Don't Turn Your Back
Line-up
Eric Bloom - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Allen Lanier - keyboards, guitar
Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser - guitar, vocals
Albert Bouchard - drums, vocals, guitar
Rick Downey - drums
Joe Bouchard - bass, vocals
Martin Birch - producer
Patti Smith - writer
Sandy Pearlman - writer
Richard Meltzer - writer
Michael Moorcock - writer
Greg Scott (artist) - Album Artwork
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05.09.2011 - 05:15
Rating: 9

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Great atmosphere and surprisingly dark lyrical themes. Me like.
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11.10.2015 - 23:44
Rating: 9
No False Steele
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I think there's a couple of weak tracks, the rest is classic BÖC material.
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21.11.2017 - 17:14
Rating: 10

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FOOKINN LOVE THIS!!!!
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24.12.2019 - 21:49
Rating: 7

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A classic album and among the best of the band, as many with this material knew the group long ago.
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06.08.2022 - 16:48
Rating: 7
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I'd only listened to "Burnin For You". Now I've listened to the whole album. Very enjoyable and, as someone else mentioned, surprisingly dark (and metal!) lyrics
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12.08.2023 - 03:17
Rating: 9
Guib
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In my opinion, this is BÖC's strongest album and a timeless classic. There's certainly no bad tracks on this album but highlights for me aside the obivous "Burnin For You" would have to be "After Dark" , "Joan Crawford", "Heavy Metal: The Black And Silver" and the title track "Fire Of Unkown Origin".

The writing, composition and production on this album is all stellar. What can I say, I love it. You can feel that the band was properly surrounded.
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16.04.2024 - 19:09
Rating: 9

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Hooked me from the first listen. Veteran Of The Psychic Wars is incredibly cool. Highly recommended album.
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24.05.2025 - 23:18
Rating: 9

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My personal Top 3 songs from the album:

Burnin' For You
Vengeance (The Pact)
Veteran Of The Psychic Wars
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