Curse of the Hidden Mirror Blue Öyster Cult

• 1Dance on Stilts06:05
• 2Showtime04:38
• 3The Old Gods Return04:35
• 4Pocket04:17
• 5One Step Ahead of the Evil04:15
• 6I Just Like to Be Bad03:54
• 7Here Comes That Feeling03:21
• 8Out of the Darkness05:06
• 9Stone of Love05:49
• 10Eye of the Hurricane04:40
• 11Good to Feel Hungry04:11
• Total Runtime50:51

Info for Curse of the Hidden Mirror

"Curse of the Hidden Mirror" is the 14th studio album by Blue Öyster Cult, originally released in 2001 on Sanctuary Records. The album has been out of print for quite some time and this will also be the first time it is officially available on HIGHRESAUDIO.

On their first album of the the new millennium, BÖC proved that they're still smart enough to play to their strengths, wearing their ‘70s classic rock standing as a badge of honor.

The band took the album title from a song on the unreleased album by the Stalk-Forrest Group, the band that would eventually become Blue Öyster Cult, recorded in 1970. John Shirley, an author of cyberpunk science fiction, wrote the lyrics for many songs of the album. Musically, the album offers a style which could be described as “classic" Blue Öyster Cult.

Produced by Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser. the albums showcases the band's familiar charms with understated clarity.

"Long Island's favorite metal-lite purveyors continued their comeback in 2001 with this unexpectedly accomplished set of new songs. Boasting the core of the original band with Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, Eric Bloom, and Alan Lanier, Curse of the Hidden Mirror stays rooted in the group's tough yet jangly approach but ups the ante with strong material that often matches, yet doesn't quite surpass, the band's best music. A return to the stylistic triumph of Agents of Fortune and the similarly titled Mirrors, the revived quintet coalesces around sharp riff-based rockers that show a band that has matured but hasn't lost its cosmic edge. Simplistic rockers like "Here Comes That Feeling" float on a fluently melodic bed, and when they slip into ballad mode, as in "Out of the Darkness," it's done without an ounce of pretension. Even the tougher rockers like "Good to Feel Hungry" and "Stone of Love" -- the latter co-penned by R. Meltzer (who worked with them in the '80s) and one of this album's highlights, a song as good as anything they've ever written -- never slip into either stiffness or, worse, self-parody. Roeser keeps his solos on low burn, never overstaying his welcome, and vocalist Bloom doesn't force his still-smooth voice, belying his age (early fifties) and veteran status. The opening tuneful rocker "Dance on Stilts" could easily fit on either one of the group's classic first four studio albums, as could the appropriately titled "One Step Ahead of the Devil," which is a high compliment indeed. In fact, except for a few slips on the simplistic "I Just Want to Be Bad," a track that's as bland as it sounds, Curse of the Hidden Mirror is a remarkably consistent, subtle, and even poetic album that expands their sci-fi undercurrents without getting lost in space. It's far better than some of the group's limp late-'80s work and stands as one of the finest albums of their nearly three decade -- and counting -- career of evil." (Hal Horowitz, AMG)

Eric Bloom, vocals (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11), stun guitars
Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser, lead guitars, vocals (1, 4, 7, 9)
Allen Lanier, rhythm guitars, keyboards, background vocals
Danny Miranda, bass, background vocals
Bobby Rondinelli, drums, percussion
Additional musicians:
Norman DelTufo, percussion
George Cintron, background vocals

Recorded December 11, 2000-March 2001, Millbrook Sound Studios, Millbrook, New York

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