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DISCID=01123011
DTITLE=Blue Oyster Cult / Workshop Of The Telescopes (Disc-2)
DYEAR=1995
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Don't Fear The Reaper
TTITLE1=This Ain't The Summer Of Love
TTITLE2=E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
TTITLE3=Godzilla
TTITLE4=Goin' Through The Motions
TTITLE5=Golden Age Of Leather
TTITLE6=Kick Out The Jams (Live)
TTITLE7=We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (Live)
TTITLE8=In Thee
TTITLE9=The Marshall Plan
TTITLE10=Veteran Of The Psychic Wars
TTITLE11=Burnin' For You
TTITLE12=Dominance And Submission (Live)
TTITLE13=Take Me Away
TTITLE14=Shooting Shark
TTITLE15=Dancin' In The Ruins
TTITLE16=Perfect Water
EXTD=Released September 26, 1995\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Blue yster Cult was long in need of a thorough career retrospective, and this is it. Thirty-two tracks filling up two discs with a total running time of 154:46, Workshop of the Telescopes traces BC
EXTD= through 14 years as the kings of lite metal, 1972-1986. Actually, as annotator Arthur Levy notes, there are at least two phases in that era. The first, running through 1974, includes the classic first two albums, Blue yster Cult and Tyranny & Muta
EXTD=tion, when BC was one of the few acts in those pre-punk days bucking the trend toward soft rock without indulging in the more grotesque aspects of heavy metal. This material takes up disc one. Disc two leads off with "(Don't Fear) the Reaper," whic
EXTD=h launched the second phase of the band's career, when it sought to balance its hard rocking approach (heard especially in concert) with pop accessibility. Since this period was marked by uneven material, it is ripe for compiling, and the selection 
EXTD=here is good. (We could have used a bit more from Agents of Fortune, but that's a quibble.) On the whole, Workshop of the Telescopes lives up to Levy's description of it as "the ultimate BC anthology." It's about time. -- William Ruhlmann\n\nAmazon
EXTD=.com Editorial Reviews\n\nEntertainment Weekly (11/3/95) \n...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. \nWhat the Criti
EXTD=cs Say: \nAlthough destined to be known solely for Don't Fear The Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult were the first American metal band and their curious blend of ditch-water dull pub rock (initially), lyrical curveballs (all the time) and musical sophisticat
EXTD=ion (later) ensured them respectable American success throughout the '70s. This 32-song, double CD compilation tells their tale with aplomb, despite the rather perfunctory sleeve notes. Their songwriting collaborators were a useful pointer as to whe
EXTD=re this university-formed band were really at: Patti Smith (keyboardist Allen Lanier's long-time girlfriend), Ian Hunter, Michael Moorcock and Jim Carroll gave them an intellectual veneer that would forever be denied to the not entirely dissimilar F
EXTD=oghat. They covered revealingly too, as Born To Be Wild, Kick Out The Jams (singer Eric Bloom cravenly omitting the introductory profanity) and We Gotta Get Out Of This Place were dispatched with the enthusiasm of a Jack Kerouac-influenced Bootleg B
EXTD=eatles. Truly hard going early on, but by the time they could hold the barroom in check and thus sold some records, their past was safely forgotten. --John Aizlewood --  Emap Consumer Magazines Limited. For personal use only. \n\nQ Magazine (1/96, 
EXTD=p.143) - 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 respecta
EXTD=ble American success..." \n\nEntertainment Weekly (11/3/95, p.66) - "...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." - Rat
EXTD=ing: B+ \n\nCD Connection Review\nBlue 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). \n\nPro
EXTD=ducers: Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman, David Lucas, Blue Oyster Cult, Martin Birch . \n\nCompilation producer: Bob Irwin. \n\nRecorded between 1971 and 1985. Includes liner notes by Arthur Levy. \n\nAll the Blue Oyster Cult you'll ever need? Well, 
EXTD=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 unafr
EXTD=aid 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 les
EXTD=s interesting than the first CD's mutant sci-fi metal, but no matter--taken as a whole this is a first-rate career retrospective. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nAnother good overview., May 27, 2004 \nReviewer: A music fan (Silver Spring, Maryland U
EXTD=SA)\nBlue Oyster Cult are often overrated by fans but just as often underrated by everyone else. Their first three studio albums are great ALBUMS; they hold up as self-contained entities and sound fresh and engaging after all these years. While BOC'
EXTD=s subsequent albums from AGENTS OF FORTUNE on have their moments, what's more noticeable is a few really good songs per album sandwiched between LOTS of filler and substandard material. Over time, they became the Seventies and Eighties equivalent of
EXTD= Steppenwolf, a band with strong individual, often radio-friendly tunes who couldn't sustain that creativity through an entire release. Maybe there's an acknowledgement to that comparison evidenced by BOC's cover of "Born To Be Wild," a journeyman s
EXTD=tudio version of which is included in this collection. \n\nMore striking, however, is that the first disc of this two-disc retrospective of BOC's years with Sony/Columbia is mainly given over to the music from those first three studio albums, while 
EXTD=disc two culls material from seven of the eight studio albums that followed (the eighth, IMAGINOS, is one of the band's best and not only is it denied any representation here, it's not even in print anymore, which is outrageous!). You can rail and s
EXTD=cream at the label wonks for their short-sightedness in song selection, but, honestly, I think they pegged it right this time. Those later albums just aren't up to the first three. Come on, admit it, when was the last time you played MIRRORS, CULTOS
EXTD=AURUS ERECTUS or CLUB NINJA? Even the band doesn't like CLUB NINJA! \n\nBut what you get with WORKSHOPS is a good distillation of what was, and is, good about Blue Oyster Cult. There's the heavy ("Cities On Flame With Rock 'N Roll," "Career Of Evil,
EXTD=" the live cover of "Kick Out The Jams") there's the sinister and creepy ("Transmaniacon MC," "Astronomy," "Don't Fear The Reaper"), there's the funny/sarcastic ("Stairway To The Stars," "7 Screaming Diz-Busters"), there's the funny/campy ("Godzilla
EXTD=," "Take Me Away"), there's great pop-craft ("Burnin' For You," "In Thee") and then, here and there, there's what makes BOC a little hard to pigeonhole entirely ("Shooting Shark" "Harvester Of Eyes"). The one other constant is that the musicianship 
EXTD=is tight as a drum. Buck Dharma Roesser is without a doubt one of rock's best lead guitarists and is the focal point for this band, while Joe and Albert Bouchard were at one point the most cohesive rhythm section in a (sort-of) metal band. The songs
EXTD= mentioned above are great examples of ace SONGCRAFT overall and I think Allen Lanier's "In Thee" is as close to a "standard" as this band ever produced. If BOC didn't always hit the high-water mark in that regard, they did it enough that even a two
EXTD=-disc retrospective might be a little of a thin showcase.\n\nThis is, in sum, a terrific overview of Blue Oyster Cult for casual listeners and not a bad collection of the band's better moments. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nMixed Bag of Cult, Nove
EXTD=mber 1, 2003 \nReviewer: Lonnie E. Holder "I think, therefore I am. I think." (Sullivan, Illinois USA)\nBlue Oyster Cult is a group that nearly has no genre. Much of their early music, chronicled on disc one of this two disk set, is hard rock with f
EXTD=lashes of progressive rock. Most startling are their lyrics, sometimes almost comedic, typically creatively bizarre, and just as frequently so bizarre as to be incomprehensible. The second disk shows a somewhat different Cult. The phenomenal success
EXTD= of "Agents of Fortune" appears to have steered the group to a milder rock style, and in some cases, pop. The titles often remain bizarre, such as "Veteran of the Psychic Wars," and the lyrics also remain challenging and unusual, but the music itsel
EXTD=f is softer.\n\nConsider, for example, "Goin' Through the Motions." This music sounds like something Foreigner might have created rather than the group that created "Harvester of Eyes" and "Flaming Telepaths." As the disk progresses we have mainstre
EXTD=am rock songs such as "We Gotta Get Out of this Place," a bit of 60s retro-rock. Even mellower is "In Thee," which I consider the mellowest song on this two disk set. This song is romantically beautiful, and somewhat un-Cult.\n\nWhile I've focused s
EXTD=omewhat on the more uncharacteristic songs on the second disk, I would be remiss if I did not point out one of the best songs on both disks that is also on the second disk, "Shooting Shark." This song, from 1983's "Revolution by Night," is somewhat 
EXTD=a product of its time, featuring electronics and an early 80s sound, and yet, it contains that spark that has always been at the heart of BOC's best music.\n\nBlue Oyster Cult was formed in 1967, and released an album as recently as 2001. While they
EXTD= were likely strongly influenced by a variety of groups, they have also influenced a variety of musical styles that range from current hard rock to nu-metal or thrash. This two-disk CD is an excellent chronicle of the eclectic range of styles of thi
EXTD=s influential and always dynamic group; a great introduction to the group, or for the long-time fan looking for a single disk to pop in the CD player. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nCompilation of Long Island's Finest, June 23, 2001\nReviewer: J. E
EXTD= FELL "boogaloojef" (Carterville, Illinois United States)\n"Workshop Of The Telescopes" is a 2 cd compilation of Blue Oyster Cult's work from 1971-1985. The group consisted of the Bouchard brothers; Joe on bass and Albert on drums, Eric Bloom on voc
EXTD=als and guitar, Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser on lead guitar and vocals, and Allen Lanier on keyboards and guitar. The band played a sort of progressive "thinking man's" hard rock. Some of their songs were co-written by such people as Sandy Pearlman, 
EXTD=Richard Meltzer, and Patti Smith (Lanier's girlfriend). The lyrics were at times abstract, futuristic, and horror/science fiction influenced. Their first three albums are the most interesting and make up the bulk of the material on the first disc. C
EXTD=oncert favorites such as "Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll", "Astronomy" (lately covered by Metallica), "Career Of Evil" and other essential cuts are here. Regretably "Then Came The Last Days Of May", and "Hot Rails To Hell" were not included. How
EXTD=ever, rare live promo versions of "Workshop Of The Telescopes", and "The Red And The Black" were included. Other rarites included are a version of "Buck's Boogie" from a compilation album and previously unissued studio version of "Born To Be Wild". 
EXTD=The second disc contains material which was more commercial. Radio favorites like "Don't Fear The Reaper", "Godzilla", "Burnin' For You", and "Take Me Away" are included on the second disc. Other notable tracks on the second disc include "E.T.I.", "
EXTD=Dominance And Submission" and "Veteran Of The Psychic Wars" are included. Live covers of MC5's "Kick Out The Jams", and the Animal's "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" are also included. I was disappointed that tracks like "R.U. Ready To Rock", "Black
EXTD= Blade", "Heavy Metal: The Black & Silver", "Dr. Music", "The Vigil" and "Joan Crawford." were not included on the second disc. With many Blue Oyster Cult compilations available this is the most comprehensive. It provides a good overview for an over
EXTD=looked band. If you are a fan of seventies era guitar rock you will not be disappointed.\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nThe Nexus of the Crisis, July 17, 2000\nReviewer: "jjw@vvm.com" (Temple, TX)\nBlue Oyster Cult was remarkable because of the forb
EXTD=oding nature of their lyrics and music that gave you the feeling that the Grim Reaper, or Edgar Allan Poe's Raven, was looking over your shoulder, hiding in the shadows while you were listening. This chilling atmosphere gave them their biggest hit a
EXTD=nd signature song "Don't Fear the Reaper," an achingly entrancing siren song to death's door that starts with a guitar riff echoing through eternity and continues with a deceptively happy "la-la-la" chorus. Other highlights of this two-disc collecti
EXTD=on share the bodeful air - "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" chills with its narrative of a shell-shocked soldier whose senses are dulled by the battle that still continues in his mind and "Shooting Shark" is a hypnotic piece about a mystic who dispense
EXTD=s advice concerning a love affair gone wrong. Unfortunately, the collection takes too long to get to these highlights. Much of the first disc is unremarkable until "Flaming Telepaths/ Astronomy" gives us a taste of their signature aura. While the ba
EXTD=nd could certainly rock with their plundering attacks of "Godzilla", blitzing guitar solos of "M.E. 262" and pillaging "This Ain't the Summer of Love," the crushingly average tunes on the early part of this disc don't live up to those standards. The
EXTD= same can be said for the end of the second disc, with the exception of the aforementioned "Shark". "Take Me Away" is a collaboration with Aldo Nova that probably sounded good in 1983 but is a dated retread now, and "Dancin' in the Ruins," while fur
EXTD=thering BOC's apocalyptic tone, sounds more like another mid-80s synthesizer-sodden ditty. Still, there's enough on this collection to make it recommendable to anyone curious about a band that certainly was a curiosity.\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review
EXTD=\nA band with versatility, songcraft, chops and charisma., March 6, 2000\nReviewer: D. Mok (Los Angeles, CA)\nStaggeringly talented lead singer Eric Bloom, virtuoso guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, fluid keyboardist and the songwriting backbea
EXTD=t the Bouchard brothers formed a truly unique and powerful alliance in the '70s with Blue Oyster Cult, a marriage of progressive rock, metal and pop elements that made only a small dent on the charts but left a distinctive touch on rock history.\nSo
EXTD=me of the best, most innovative rock songs ever written can be found on this collection: "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", invoking The Byrds vocally and in that resounding guitar line, but with a beautifully transcendental lyric that's like Led Zeppelin w
EXTD=ith a romantic factor; "Astronomy", one of the most dynamic and ethereal songs in the band's catalogue; the keyboard-driven "Flaming Telepaths", with its memorable melodic hooks; "Veteran of the Psychic Wars", the best song from the Heavy Metal soun
EXTD=dtrack and a prog-rock gem; "Career of Evil", with its Patti Smith-penned lyric and tongue-in-cheek keyboards; "Goin' through the Motions", a sunny, irresistible piece of California rock...\n\nBloom's vocals are what distinguish the Cult from its co
EXTD=mpetition. An instrument capable of tackling intense narratives (as in "Astronomy"), soaring pop anthems ("Goin' through the Motions") and eccentric madness ("Career of Evil"), Bloom's voice was a marvel, the perfect companion to Buck Dharma's alway
EXTD=s tasteful, melodic guitar lines. And remember that the band had two other vocalists, neither of whom has Bloom's power but contributing nonetheless to the diversity of the band's sound, Dharma's tasteful croon ("(Don't Fear) The Reaper") and drumme
EXTD=r Albert Bouchard's strange pub-rock voice ("Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll") offering alternatives to the mighty Bloom bellow.\n\nThe only fault of this collection is that it left out the band's signature concept album, the 1988 release Imagino
EXTD=s, which featured a breathtaking, radically different version of "Astronomy".\n\nWorkshop of the Telescopes is an excellent introduction to a band that's now lapsed into cult status only, a band that greatly deserves to be rediscovered. Blue Oyster 
EXTD=Cult's level of sophistication and sense of songwriting could teach today's rocker a valuable lesson.\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nA ROCK ANTHOLOGIST'S DELIGHT!, May 22, 1999\nReviewer: A music fan\nMany BOC fans will disparage at the lack of prod
EXTD=uction values in places. No band has ever even come close to dismantling "Born to be Wild" like BOC somehow manages to do. Moreover, as is typical with BOC (my fave group), it is the ommissons that stand out. They are known for "live", so I wish the
EXTD=re would've been more of that. But there's extra stuff here too: the liner notes are reminiscent of their mid 70's public relations blitz via CREEM MAGAZINE (I had those magazines but my mom destroyed them much like you would a rabid dog - she burne
EXTD=d them fearful I was planning to shoot up my school). Of course, the art, lay-out and design, and seemingly errant fonting, only add to the mystery of the BLUE OYSTER CULT! YEAR: 1995
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