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DISCID=8e089d09
DTITLE=Blue yster Cult / Mirrors
DYEAR=1979
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Dr. Music
TTITLE1=The Great Sun Jester
TTITLE2=In Thee
TTITLE3=Mirrors
TTITLE4=Moon Crazy
TTITLE5=The Vigil
TTITLE6=I Am The Storm
TTITLE7=You're Not The One (I Was Looking For)
TTITLE8=Lonely Teardrops
EXTD=Blue yster Cult\n\nOriginally Released June 1979\nCD Edition Rel
EXTD=eased August 1987\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Blue yster Cult tried a 
EXTD=new producer on Mirrors, replacing longtime mentor Sandy Pearlman
EXTD= with Tom Werman, a CBS staffer who had worked with Cheap Trick a
EXTD=nd Ted Nugent. The result is an album that tries to straddle pop 
EXTD=and hard rock just as those acts did, emphasizing choral vocals (
EXTD=plus female backup) and a sharp, trebly sound. But this approach 
EXTD=appeared to displease longtime metal-oriented fans without attrac
EXTD=ting new ones: "In Thee" became a minor singles-chart entry, but 
EXTD=the album broke BC's string of five gold or platinum albums in a
EXTD= row. The real reason simply may have been that the songs weren't
EXTD= distinctive enough. Much of this is generic hard rock that could
EXTD= have been made by any one of a dozen '70s arena bands.  -- Willi
EXTD=am Ruhlmann\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nWell, I'm no poet, b
EXTD=ut I can't be fooled, December 10, 2006\nReviewer: Dr. Music\nMir
EXTD=rors, with all of its faults, hardly qualifies as BOC's worst alb
EXTD=um (an honor more likely bestowed on Revolution by Night or Club 
EXTD=Ninja). Like many reviewers here, the first time I listened to th
EXTD=is album my jaw hit the floor during the opening throes of Dr. Mu
EXTD=sic and I nearly snapped the needle off my turntable trying to tu
EXTD=rn it off (My nickname was not chosen out of my love for this son
EXTD=g). To my shock and amazement, BOC opened their shows with Dr. Mu
EXTD=sic for several years. The non-conformist in me despised Disco at
EXTD= the time and despite warming to The Trammps' Disco Inferno and a
EXTD= few other Disco tunes in later years, Dr. Music has NEVER grown 
EXTD=on me. \n\nThe Great Sun Jester is the first collaboration betwee
EXTD=n British sci-fi author Michael Moorcock and Eric Bloom (an avid 
EXTD=sci-fi fan) and one of the better songs on the album. With its co
EXTD=mpelling lyrics, excellent vocals and musicianship, Sun Jester st
EXTD=ands up to almost any of BOC's best and would be right at home on
EXTD= Agents of Fortune, Spectres, or Fire of Unknown Origin. \n\nThe 
EXTD=acoustic love song In Thee is a bit of a departure for the band b
EXTD=ut has withstood the test of time to become a concert favorite; a
EXTD=llowing its writer, Allen Lanier, to come out from behind his key
EXTD=boards and solo on guitar. \n\nMirrors is an infectious piece of 
EXTD=pop that seems to rise above the Disco influence to remain a plea
EXTD=sant song today in the same vein as Goin' Through the Motions. \n
EXTD=\nMoon Crazy seems to have fans divided over its appeal. I am on 
EXTD=the fence, finding the song listenable in most respects and love 
EXTD=Buck's work on the end of the song. \n\nThe Vigil is my favorite 
EXTD=song on the album. Alien theme aside, Vigil has actually taken on
EXTD= new meaning for me as corporate and political corruption, greed 
EXTD=and lack of will are sending our improbably habitable world to th
EXTD=e brink of destruction. Like Golden Age of Leather (Spectres), Th
EXTD=e Vigil seems to change style and tempo every other verse but sti
EXTD=ll manages to hold together musically. The line: "They say the ea
EXTD=rth has fallen" followed by Buck's ringing guitar bridge is absol
EXTD=utely chilling. \n\nI Am The Storm is a classic rocker that sadly
EXTD= is never performed live. This song is vengeance personified and 
EXTD=cathartically speaks for every victim of infidelity or jilting. \n
EXTD=\nYou're Not The One (I Was Looking For) and Lonely Teardrops are
EXTD= scarcely worth mentioning and are the likely source of the album
EXTD='s nickname "Errors" mentioned by Popoff in his book, Blue Oyster
EXTD= Cult: Secrets Revealed! \n\nAll in all not their worst album, bu
EXTD=t a far cry from BOC's best. Like Agents of Fortune, there is hal
EXTD=f a good album here but it lacks the draw of a Don't Fear the Rea
EXTD=per or Burnin' for You that would compel you to buy it. A must fo
EXTD=r any BOC fan nonetheless.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nWay U
EXTD=nder-rated BOC classic, August 29, 2006\nReviewer: W. Thornton (S
EXTD=t. Augustine, Florida USA) - See all my reviews\n\nI will have to
EXTD= say that the criticism of this album is very unfair in my opinio
EXTD=n. While this album has much sentimental value to me (first love 
EXTD=introduced it to me), I can see why some would consider it a comm
EXTD=ercial sellout. I tend to think BOC was trying to capitalize on a
EXTD= more varied direction, which they started with Agents. Neverthel
EXTD=ess, I still look at BOC's other works, and this stands out along
EXTD= with Agents and Fire of Unknown Origin as their best. Maybe I am
EXTD= not a BOC purist, but I have a true appreciation for their 5 or 
EXTD=so years that started with Agents and ended with Fire of Unknown 
EXTD=Origin. It was a special time for me and a special time for BOC -
EXTD= they were selling large numbers of albums, filling arenas and pr
EXTD=oducing some very classic rock. \n\nLooking at Mirrors, the start
EXTD= off song 'Dr. Music' is probably the weakest and most dispensabl
EXTD=e song on the album. It's a throw away song and probably keeps Mi
EXTD=rrors from 5 stars. Fast-forward to 'Sun Jester', 'In Thee' and '
EXTD=Mirrors' and you have three perfect songs that really showcase th
EXTD=e mainstream feel that BOC could perfect if it wanted. 'In Thee',
EXTD= which is a love ballad unlikely to appear on any BOC album, is p
EXTD=ure perfection. Allan Lanier wrote it, Buck Dharma's vocals are n
EXTD=ever better and the production is flawless. I love this song for 
EXTD=everything it is not - hard driving, psychedilic, Eric Bloom voca
EXTD=ls etc. \n\nThe Vigil and I Am The Storm are probably the two son
EXTD=gs the feel the most familiar for BOC purists. Both are very well
EXTD= done and showcase some extremely tasteful and slick guitar. 'You
EXTD='re Not The One' is another one of those 'where did this come fro
EXTD=m?' songs - however, I love it. 'Lonely Teardrops' is such a fant
EXTD=astic closing ballad. The traces of lost love are all over this a
EXTD=lbum and 'Teardrops' is a somber but satisfying closer. I cannot 
EXTD=say whether or not you will love this album like I do. However, I
EXTD= think anyone would find something they like on it.\n\n\nAMAZON.C
EXTD=OM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nBOC's most DIFFERENT...but still GOOD!, Febru
EXTD=ary 27, 2006\nReviewer: Jeffrey M. Smith "PJFAN4EVER"\n\nMirrors 
EXTD=is THE single MOST DIFFERENT album of all of BOC's 13 studio albu
EXTD=ms, and is generally not well-received by most hard-core fans who
EXTD= like to call it the "disco album". It is vastly underated, and d
EXTD=ue to this fact, some new-comers give it only one listen (if that
EXTD=) before wanting to hate it. I however, am one of the fortunate o
EXTD=nes who remained patient with it and gave it an honest try, and I
EXTD= am glad I did! Though not in my top five BOC favorites, it is st
EXTD=ill a pleasure to listen to. It starts off with "Dr. Music", an u
EXTD=p-beat little rocker that assures you that you're in for a somewh
EXTD=at "different" BOC ride than you're used to. My favorite songs ar
EXTD=e "Dr. Music", "In Thee", "The Vigil" (the ABSOLUTE BEST track on
EXTD= Mirrors), "You're Not The One(I Was Looking For)" and the perfec
EXTD=t closer "Lonely Teardrops". These songs are amazing. "Mirrors" h
EXTD=owever, is one of those lame songs I just can't get into as much 
EXTD=as other BOC songs- it sounds too "sissy". But on the album as a 
EXTD=whole, I think that alot of people dislike it because it's BOC's 
EXTD=most soft and radio-friendly album of them all. However, you your
EXTD=self might feel differently if you "step out of the box" a little
EXTD= and stop thinking of BOC as strictly a good rock & roll band, bu
EXTD=t also as one of the most interesting one of the bunch who aren't
EXTD= afraid to take a risk and experiment a little. If you're a die-h
EXTD=ard "Black & White Period" BOC fan, then chances are you WON'T li
EXTD=ke Mirrors. But if you like to hear them evolve from that era and
EXTD= experiment a little, you'll like Mirrors. I gave it only a four 
EXTD=because all though it IS good, it is not typically the FIRST CD I
EXTD= pop in when in the mood for some BOC. But however different, I s
EXTD=till think it is a very good BOC album, and you may agree. Worth 
EXTD=a listen!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nstrange experiment....
EXTD=3.5 stars, December 13, 2005\nReviewer: NYC Leather Pants Wearin'
EXTD= Wierdo (New York)\nBlue Oyster Cult's 1979 release "Mirrors" rem
EXTD=ains to this day as a very strange creation. It is easy to see th
EXTD=at when compared to 1980's "Cultosaurus Erectus" or 1981's "Fire 
EXTD=of Unknown Origin", "Mirrors" seems to lack direction and prowess
EXTD=. But this in and of itself is not enough to doom "Mirrors" to th
EXTD=e category of unforgivable, and this collection of songs ultimate
EXTD=ly stands the test of time. \n\nWhat "Mirrors" does well is capit
EXTD=alize on the more melodic side of the band, showcasing some very 
EXTD=radio friendly songs with catchy choruses and good guitar work. "
EXTD=Dr. Music" leads off and features a guitar line that hooks the li
EXTD=stener like a fish. The harmonica lead works well, and although t
EXTD=he vocal phrasing seems a bit too calculated, the song is a good 
EXTD=rocker. "The Great Sun Jester" continues, and is a very listenabl
EXTD=e Styx-like song, again featuring great guitar leads and sound. T
EXTD=he songs "In Thee" & "Mirrors" are the ultimate pop rush, as swee
EXTD=t as candy and as radio friendly as BOC gets. Both are well craft
EXTD=ed songs and are highlights of this album. "Moon Crazy" is next a
EXTD=nd although somewhat likeable, features a horrible cabaret -like 
EXTD=verse that makes me sick every time I hear it. I would have much 
EXTD=preferred a harder edged song at this point in the song lineup, t
EXTD=o balance things out. \n\nThe next two songs "The Vigil" and "I a
EXTD=m the Storm" showcase the records only two somewhat heavy songs. 
EXTD="The Vigil" tends to overstay it's welcome with its changing of g
EXTD=ears from a heavy Joe Walsh inspired blues oriented guitar riff t
EXTD=o a Partridge Family-like sing along section, then back to heavy 
EXTD=riffing. Although this song is not entirely disagreeable, it is a
EXTD=wkward in structure and suffers from juvenile lyrics about alien 
EXTD=abductions: "....I've got a cam-er-a...and an airtight al-i-bi". 
EXTD=That line is as bad as BOC gets. \n\nBut "Mirrors" returns and ki
EXTD=cks sand in the listeners face with "I am the Storm", which is BO
EXTD=C at its finest: Loud with multiple guitars up front, and Eric Bl
EXTD=oom firmly in command with the lead vocal. This is easily one of 
EXTD=the best songs on "Mirrors" and is underplayed in concert. Sadly,
EXTD= the balance of this collection does not reach the standard of cl
EXTD=assic Blue Oyster Cult: "You're Not the One (I was looking for)" 
EXTD=is pure sweet pop nonsense with a good hooking chorus, and provid
EXTD=es some guilty pleasure, but the Al Bouchard vocal seems out of p
EXTD=lace for such pop filler, and the listener can't help but feel as
EXTD= if the band is not taking the song seriously; and the bizarre "L
EXTD=onely Teardrops", although listenable, features an outdated almos
EXTD=t disco-like keyboard line. This song tends to grow on the listen
EXTD=er over time, however, and is suitably strange for BOC, even in p
EXTD=op mode. In conclusion, "Mirrors" contains some really good melod
EXTD=ies and hooks, and although it may not rank in the top three all-
EXTD=time best BOC records to own, most of the arrangements are solid,
EXTD= the guitar work shimmers, the recording is super clean, and it i
EXTD=s certainly worthy of a listen just for being different and a bre
EXTD=ath of fresh air. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nDarker than i
EXTD=t appears, December 11, 2005\nReviewer: M. Tefer "matt" (MN, Unit
EXTD=ed States)\n\nMirrors is a difficult BOC album to warm to, but is
EXTD= quite highly underrated. It appears to have taken the generalize
EXTD=d concept of self-esteem (whether an overrabudance or lack thereo
EXTD=f) and uses a treble sound to contain . . . then isolate the list
EXTD=ener. \n\nExamples of this lie in the title track, "Vanity's A De
EXTD=adly Sin, It's What The Flesh Is Packaged In." Mirrors, referring
EXTD= to pretty (particularly famous) women seeing themselves with a s
EXTD=ense of exaggerated importance. \n\nThroughout mirrors, BOC comes
EXTD= off like an edgy version of The Moody Blues. The songwriting is 
EXTD=memorable, especially on tracks like "In Thee" and "the vigil". T
EXTD=here are also driving tracks like "Dr. Music" and "Moon Crazy". \n
EXTD=\nAn atypical, but pop-friendly album. Mirrors is really worth lo
EXTD=oking in to.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA MELLOW MASTERPIEC
EXTD=E!!! For TRUE B.O.C. Fans!!!, January 23, 2005\nReviewer: Tyler K
EXTD=asuboski (Winneconne, Wisconsin United States)\n\nIn a lot of way
EXTD=s, "Mirrors"(1979), separates true BLUE OYSTER CULT fanatics from
EXTD= part-time B.O.C. listeners. This album is quite often given poor
EXTD= reviews simply because it's not as "heavy" riff-wise as for exam
EXTD=ple, "Spectres"(1977). While "Mirrors" may NOT be the loudest B.O
EXTD=.C. LP, it IS one of the most well-written. The songs have an exc
EXTD=ellent drugged-out feel to them(due to an excellent spacey Tom We
EXTD=rman production effort), and typically brilliant lyrics. "Mirrors
EXTD=" is one of those albums which may take a while to grow on the av
EXTD=erage listener. Unfortunately, this may be why so many well-meani
EXTD=ng B.O.C. fans ditch out on "Mirrors" after the first listen. The
EXTD=y do not give the album time to work its magic(a magic which is h
EXTD=elped along with some good weed and a comfortable spot for some z
EXTD=oned-out listening). In conclusion, "Mirrors" is a very rewarding
EXTD= album for not just B.O.C. fans, but rock fans in general. "Mirro
EXTD=rs" was a great conclusion to the decade of the 70's, a decade wh
EXTD=ich Blue Oyster Cult helped to define musically. Give "Mirrors" a
EXTD= chance....you WILL NOT REGRET IT!!!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REV
EXTD=IEW\nStudio perfection..., January 14, 2005\nReviewer: Greg (A Ca
EXTD=lifornian in Sydney, Australia)\nAbout as good as you could get i
EXTD=n 1979, sound-wise that is, "Mirrors" is a typically competent an
EXTD=d compelling Tom Werman production, with a New York twist (Genya 
EXTD=Ravan and Ellen Foley popping up as background vocalists on a cou
EXTD=ple of tracks). The songs are good, the production super-bright, 
EXTD=the playing steady and sure--it's a good record. I just bought it
EXTD= after last hearing it about 20 years ago and it really is cool s
EXTD=ounding. Surely BOC never made a record like this before or since
EXTD=, but that's not really the point, the fact is they made a unique
EXTD= record, took a chance and though it commercially didn't work out
EXTD= then, it sounds great today. Best viewed inside a fast sports ca
EXTD=r.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nBack to psychedelia but where
EXTD= is heaviness?, January 13, 2005\nReviewer: skyfoxx (Boston, MA U
EXTD=SA)\nWhere is hard rock? They most likely decided that people wer
EXTD=e tired of classic hard rock and they were right. By that time NW
EXTD=OBHM was beginning to kill off the old-timers, Deep Purple was di
EXTD=sbanded and gone, Black Sabbath was producing same-sounding recor
EXTD=ds every year, Led Zeppelin was done... so BOC probably decided w
EXTD=hat the heck, let's do pure pop with some psychedelic overtones. 
EXTD=And they did! I give them credit for consistency here - there is 
EXTD=not one real heavy metal song here at all! "In Thee" is more or l
EXTD=ess decent, "Dr.Music" and "The Great Sun Jester" are interesting
EXTD= for psychedelic fans, and what's in it for me? The answer is "Lo
EXTD=nely Teardrops". That's the only track that somewhat saves this f
EXTD=ailure... then again I might be wrong. The song is pure pop and i
EXTD=s just a unashamedly simple ballad but it is at least a very enjo
EXTD=yable and simple pop tune. Try it!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIE
EXTD=W\nA Tense Drive Down the Highway with B.O.C., February 25, 2004\n
EXTD=Reviewer: Bud Sturguess (Seminole, Texas, USA)\n"Mirrors" is a lo
EXTD=ok at what Blue Oyster Cult would have sounded like if they had c
EXTD=onformed into a radio-friendly rock group when they began in the 
EXTD=early 70s. But the word "conform" is not appropriate at all, sinc
EXTD=e the album still finds BOC in a world of their own. Nonetheless 
EXTD=it remains true that, if any of their previous albums were to be 
EXTD=played on the radio (then or now), they would come off like nothi
EXTD=ng else being played. Their first hit 'Don't Fear the Reaper' had
EXTD= proven that. Therefore, "Mirrors" is as "radio-friendly" as a BO
EXTD=C album can get.\nCertainly Blue Oyster Cult at its most melodic,
EXTD= "Mirrors" is a fascinating find for listeners. The menace that h
EXTD=aunted earlier works is found only in moments of 'Dr. Music' and 
EXTD='I Am the Storm' (one of the few songs here that would have fit p
EXTD=erfectly on albums like "Tyranny and Mutation" or "Secret Treatie
EXTD=s"). But the talent is still obvious, not to mention BOC's tradem
EXTD=ark use of sci-fi themes in 'The Great Sun Jester,' or even 'Moon
EXTD= Crazy.' 'In Thee' meanwhile became a much-appreciated song to th
EXTD=e fans, being one of their few songs that melted into the grooves
EXTD= of radio-friendliness with such ease. It should also be noted th
EXTD=at 'Lonely Teardrops' is bizarre (even for this band), but in an 
EXTD=alluring and listenable way.\nEven though it's a great recommenda
EXTD=tion for newer fans, hardcore BOC listeners will embrace the albu
EXTD=m most, and will not be able to take it out of their disc player;
EXTD= "Mirrors" defines the term "lost classic."\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTO
EXTD=MER REVIEW\nA fine bit of rock stands in the stormy waves of disc
EXTD=o-punk., November 9, 2003\nReviewer: Johnny S. Geddes (Northern I
EXTD=reland)\nIf anyone in 1978 had taken B.O.C.'s core values, signat
EXTD=ure sound and lovey-doomy imagery, then tried extrapolating what 
EXTD=their sixth studio album might sound like, this would have not fi
EXTD=gured as the result.\nThere's a great deal of light still buring 
EXTD=in the forest, though. The trademark mythology spurts out powerfu
EXTD=lly through 'The Great Sun Jester', 'The Vigil' and 'I Am the Sto
EXTD=rm' but most of this album is easily a departure and even these t
EXTD=racks glow in a less ghostly light than is the norm. \nThat doesn
EXTD='t mean the remainder is dross. If anything, 'Mirrors' gives a mu
EXTD=ch-needed uplift in the wake of dark-image-laced 'Agents ...' & '
EXTD=Spectres' (let's leave out the apocalyptic pictures 'Some Enchant
EXTD=ed Evening' conjured). 'Dr. Music', 'Mirrors', 'Moon Crazy' and '
EXTD=You're Not The One (I was Looking For)' serve as brilliant, sprin
EXTD=g-rock quickies that may be bankrupt in the band's mythos account
EXTD= but rock fast and rock well. 'In Thee', the one to lift from her
EXTD=e for collection-purposes, is a beautiful bit of soft-rock, every
EXTD= ready to spring to the air waves upon request. 'Lonely Teardrops
EXTD=' completes the album and is probably the darkest hour on board t
EXTD=his LP, notwithstanding the dolorous wails of 'I am the Storm' or
EXTD= the melancholic destructo-ballad 'The Vigil'. Sometimes Lanier r
EXTD=eally could out-devil Roeser in the scary sound department. \nIn 
EXTD=short, 'Mirrors' was an entry of diversity and taking risks. New 
EXTD=producer, new studio, new sounds, new confidence from a dollar-fa
EXTD=ttened group made this very much a surprise trip into uncharted w
EXTD=aters. Luckily, the gamble worked and alienation from the fan bas
EXTD=e wasn't automatic due to it's release. Light and souffle-like in
EXTD= many regards, 'Mirrors' needed to serve as a fleet-footed vehicl
EXTD=e, ushering the Oyster Boys into the Eighties and consolidating t
EXTD=heir somewhat paradoxical status as lyrically-esoteric but arena-
EXTD=rock oriented. Taking the sum of its parts, straining it through 
EXTD=a filter constructed from an appreciation for what the band were 
EXTD=facing at this juncture in their career, and evaluating the feeli
EXTD=ng after one walks away from this album for the Nth listen, it's 
EXTD=worth an easy 85% (close to 4.5 stars). But I'm prepared to be ge
EXTD=nerous - it's stood the test of time and, unlike other bands who 
EXTD=flirted with different sounds, B.O.C. are justly unashamed of the
EXTD=ir work here. Well done, guys.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nT
EXTD=ry it. Who knows? You might even like it., April 13, 2002\nReview
EXTD=er: "prelim2" (United Kingdom)\nI came to this in some trepidatio
EXTD=n. Everything I'd heard seemed to suggest this was an inferior B
EXTD=C product. Open-mouthed with incredulous shock I heard the openin
EXTD=g bars of 'Doctor Music'. In my haste to fumble for the remote in
EXTD= order to immediately switch off and eject the CD I dropped it - 
EXTD=lucky break that. It meant I heard rather more than the superfici
EXTD=ally poppy/disco opening. The penny rather quickly dropped. Oh ye
EXTD=s. The Blue yster Cult strikes back. If they want disco, we'll g
EXTD=ive 'em disco BC-style with a twist. Some of the most cornily co
EXTD=mpulsive rhythms to suck you in and then you might just not notic
EXTD=e the lyrics are about as deliciously perverse as you can get and
EXTD= that underneath there's some pretty down and dirty riffing. Did 
EXTD=any of you critics, you diehards, you dyed-in-the-wool hardcore '
EXTD=fans' - and I use the term loosely - ever pause to give this albu
EXTD=m a second chance before ripping it to shreds? Any of you ever he
EXTD=ar of irony? OK, listen up - this is not BC's answer to 'Night F
EXTD=ever' no matter what you've been told. This album probably contai
EXTD=ns some of Blue yster Cult's finest work and conversely some of 
EXTD=their worst. Oddly Mr Self-Effacing himself, Allen Lanier, comes 
EXTD=under the spotlight for both reasons. Can anything excuse the cri
EXTD=minal lapse that is 'Lonely Teardrops'? Only the incredible virtu
EXTD=oso piece 'In Thee'. For that I'll forgive him anything. The only
EXTD= co-contribution made by the normally prolific and brilliant Albe
EXTD=rt Bouchard is the jaw-droppingly appalling track 'You're not the
EXTD= one...' Was this the sign of things to come? The beginning of th
EXTD=e end for Albert? In contrast Joe, usually considered to be somew
EXTD=hat erratic in his contributions veering wildly between flights o
EXTD=f inspired genius and the most dreadful mediocrity, gives us some
EXTD= of his finest stuff on this album. 'Moon Crazy' is delightfully,
EXTD= weirdly compelling and 'I am the Storm' conveys a convincing men
EXTD=ace. The title track 'Mirrors' is a pleasant and inoffensive song
EXTD= which bears repeated hearing as does 'The Vigil' - not vintage R
EXTD=oeser stuff perhaps but certainly not to be despised for all that
EXTD=. With 'The Great Sun Jester' Eric Bloom proves once again that h
EXTD=is contributions were often unfairly underestimated or overlooked
EXTD= in the wider shadow cast by the work of Donald Roeser and Albert
EXTD= Bouchard (both admittedly Masters). I am torn between the haunti
EXTD=ng 'Sun Jester' and the captivating 'In Thee' as to which is my f
EXTD=avourite on the album and have finally reached the conclusion tha
EXTD=t it is which ever of them I happen to be listening to at a given
EXTD= time. Give 'Mirrors' a go, it's worth persevering with.\n\n\nAMA
EXTD=ZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nBOC's weakest effort, December 25, 2000\n
EXTD=Reviewer: Tony Belding (Hamilton, TX United States)\n\nI hate to 
EXTD=say anything bad about Blue Oyster Cult, but they've turned out a
EXTD= lot of recordings over the years, and some are bound to be bette
EXTD=r or worse than others. This one seems to have no purpose in life
EXTD=. BOC has always had two sides: the headbanging biker band on one
EXTD= side, and rock's answer to Edgar Allen Poe on the other. Mirrors
EXTD= fails to bring out either aspect of the band, so all that remain
EXTD=s is a collection of forgettable tracks that could have been done
EXTD= by anybody. Devoted BOC collectors may want to buy this CD for t
EXTD=he sake of completeness, but it's hard to recommend for any other
EXTD= reason. There are better BOC discs you can get.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM 
EXTD=CUSTOMER REVIEW\nB.O.C.'s most "polished" album (but is that a go
EXTD=od thing?), December 12, 2000\nReviewer: Henry R. Kujawa ("The Fo
EXTD=rbidden Zone" (Camden, NJ))\n\nGrowing up with top-40 pop so clos
EXTD=e to my heart, MIRRORS was, at the time, one of my favorite album
EXTD=s. From AGENTS OF FORTUNE to SPECTRES the band increasingly combi
EXTD=ned slick production with their trademark style; in this case, th
EXTD=ey may have gone too far. Still, several bands at the time could 
EXTD=be accused of doing the same under pressure from money-mad record
EXTD= companies (think E.L.O.'s DISCOVERY, E.W.F.'s I AM, E.L.P.'s LOV
EXTD=E BEACH-- ahhh!!!). Just because B.O.C.'s "harder" & more "bizarr
EXTD=e" works have grown on me so much over the years doesn't mean I l
EXTD=ike this any less! My faves include "In Thee" (a beautiful, sad b
EXTD=allad about long-distance relationships), "Mirrors" (the lengths 
EXTD=women go to be attractive), "You're Not The One (I Was Looking Fo
EXTD=r)" (Albert Bouchard's surprising detour into 50's-style pop), "T
EXTD=he Vigil" (the album's "epic" song, a tribute perhaps to "CLOSE E
EXTD=NCOUNTERS") and of course, "Dr. Music" (with a DISCO beat-- provi
EXTD=ng again that "regular" rock bands could do disco BETTER than any
EXTD= "disco band" could.\nI'm not thrilled with CBS's CD packaging, h
EXTD=owever. What's WITH this "Collector's Choice" border-- as if shri
EXTD=nking an LP cover to a CD cover isn't bad enough, it seems they m
EXTD=ay not be satisfied until they're down to postage-stamp size. Als
EXTD=o, the great back-cover photo of the band (a big help for me to i
EXTD=dentify who was who, and might have made a better FRONT cover) is
EXTD= MISSING. And there's NO CREDITS or liner notes of any kind. (Cer
EXTD=tainly nothing to indicate Ellen Foley's background vocals on "Dr
EXTD=. Music" & "Mirrors"). For SHAME, CBS!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER R
EXTD=EVIEW\nPop Goes The Cult!, May 18, 2000\nReviewer: JOHN SPOKUS (B
EXTD=ALTIMORE, MARYLAND United States)\n\nAlthough many fans criticize
EXTD= this and unfairly call it their "disco album", it happens to be 
EXTD=one of my favorites( from the post "Black and White" [1st three a
EXTD=lbums]period). It might be Cult's most unique album; certainly no
EXTD=thing else they ever did sounded like this. "Dr. Music", "You're 
EXTD=Not The One (I Was Looking For)", "Moon Crazy", "Lonely Teardrops
EXTD=" as well as the title cut(minor hit in '79)are all radio ready p
EXTD=oppers. "The Great Sun Jester" is borderline prog-rock with a gre
EXTD=at acoustic intro, unusual for Cult. "In Thee", more acoustic gui
EXTD=tar, is a gorgeous tune as well. It was on this tour that I first
EXTD= experienced them live, and became a fan for life .\n\nAMAZON.COM
EXTD= CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe most shimmering classic Cult, November 9, 1
EXTD=999\nReviewer: A music fan\nOld-tyme BOC fans argue about Mirrors
EXTD=. Tom Werman's masterful production enhanced the lows and highs a
EXTD=nd put a sheen on things, while the songwriting can actually be c
EXTD=alled "popcraft." This is good or bad depending. The black-and-wh
EXTD=ite era fans rightly view this as a "sell out" while latter-day f
EXTD=ans will be pleased to find better songs and playing than on anyt
EXTD=hing between Fire and Heaven Forbid (excepting Classic, of course
EXTD=). Mirrors is a virtually perfect 70s rock album -- hard chargers
EXTD=, songs to play while cruising down the freeway, humorous pop, go
EXTD=ofy intergalactic imagery, hummable hooks, blazing Gibson fretwor
EXTD=k and in "In Thee" a syrypy ballad so well executed (by a bunch o
EXTD=f heavy metal hacks from the garages of Long Island) it's scary. 
EXTD=No single song is as good as any of their biggest hits, but Mirro
EXTD=rs is a superb album experience. For those who remember and enjoy
EXTD= AOR, you're crazy not to pick up the CD at this price (and it's 
EXTD=one of the better mixes on the CBS discs).\n\n\nHalf.com Details 
EXTD=\nProducer: Tom Werman \n\nAlbum Notes\nBlue Oyster Cult: Allen L
EXTD=anier, Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, Eric Bloom, Joe Bouchard, Alb
EXTD=ert Bouchard.\n\nThe Cult's 1979 response to the punk rock explos
EXTD=ion is a bit of a puzzle. Recorded without Sandy Perlman, the ban
EXTD=d's long-time conceptual guru and producer, MIRRORS is essentiall
EXTD=y metal-lite pop--simultaneously more accessible and more generic
EXTD= than the Cult's usual self-consciously sinister fare; in fact, t
EXTD=here are moments here when you could be excused for thinking you'
EXTD=re actually listening to Boston or Billy Joel. Still, what the mu
EXTD=sic lacks in menace it makes up for in melodic hooks and four-par
EXTD=t harmonies; standout tracks in that regard include "The Great Su
EXTD=n Jester," a sweet piece of psychedelic pop that verges on the Be
EXTD=atle-esque; "You're Not the One," a nice new wave-style put-down 
EXTD=that recalls the group's roots as a Long Island bar band; and "In
EXTD= Thee," which mates soaring vocals to the familiar chords from "S
EXTD=weet Jane."\n\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nOn a purely technical leve
EXTD=l, Mirrors is probably Blue yster Cult's best record. Produced b
EXTD=y Tom Werman, the sound is generally immaculate, lush and tasty, 
EXTD=not to mention diverse. Scattered throughout are strings, a synth
EXTD=esizer, acoustic guitars, a harmonica and soulful female voices c
EXTD=rooning harmonies. Big deal.\n\nIt'd be ridiculous to call the Cu
EXTD=lt's eighth album a major disappointment. Except for the classic 
EXTD="(Don't Fear) the Reaper," these guys never really made any promi
EXTD=ses with their heavy-metal repertoire--there was, in fact, nothin
EXTD=g at stake. The band's alternating lead vocalists rarely projecte
EXTD=d as much danger and wickedness as the music did, and songs like 
EXTD="Cities on Flame" and "This Ain't the Summer of Love" always stru
EXTD=ck me as hysterical and shallow. Ah, but the bone-crushing chords
EXTD= and absolutely dizzying guitar lines!\n\nNeither of which is fou
EXTD=nd on Mirrors, an LP that foolishly advances the sharp but steril
EXTD=e production values of Spectres. While the new record certainly r
EXTD=ocks on occasion ("The Vigil," "I Am the Storm"), it never explod
EXTD=es, as some of last year's live Some Enchanted Evening did. What 
EXTD=Blue yster Cult obviously had in mind was to make a nice album, 
EXTD=and given songs as cheery as "You're Not the One (I Was Looking F
EXTD=or)," "In Thee" and "Dr. Music," I guess you can say they've succ
EXTD=eeded.\n\nCoinciding with the group's fascination for restraint a
EXTD=nd pleasantness, however, is an unprecedented lameness. The barga
EXTD=in-basement synthesizer and wimpily delivered narrative in "The G
EXTD=reat Sun Jester" are right off a Styx LP. And lyrics like "In a p
EXTD=urple vision/Many thousand years ago/I saw the silent stranger/Wa
EXTD=lk the earth alone" give Kansas' "Dust in the Wind" some mighty s
EXTD=tiff competition.\n\nFor Blue yster Cult, it's time to fear the 
EXTD=reaper. (RS 305 - Nov 29, 1979)  -- MITCHELL SCHNEIDER
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