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DISCID=01123011
DTITLE=Blue yster Cult / Workshop of the Telescopes (Disc 2)
DYEAR=1995
DGENRE=Classic 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
TTITLE7=We Gotta Get Out of This Place
TTITLE8=In Thee
TTITLE9=The Marshall Plan
TTITLE10=Veteran of the Psychic Wars
TTITLE11=Burnin' for You
TTITLE12=Dominance and Submission
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 Cul
EXTD=t was long in need of a thorough career retrospective, and this i
EXTD=s it. Thirty-two tracks filling up two discs with a total running
EXTD= time of 154:46, Workshop of the Telescopes traces BC through 14
EXTD= years as the kings of lite metal, 1972-1986. Actually, as annota
EXTD=tor Arthur Levy notes, there are at least two phases in that era.
EXTD= The first, running through 1974, includes the classic first two 
EXTD=albums, Blue yster Cult and Tyranny & Mutation, when BC was one
EXTD= of the few acts in those pre-punk days bucking the trend toward 
EXTD=soft rock without indulging in the more grotesque aspects of heav
EXTD=y metal. This material takes up disc one. Disc two leads off with
EXTD= "(Don't Fear) the Reaper," which launched the second phase of th
EXTD=e band's career, when it sought to balance its hard rocking appro
EXTD=ach (heard especially in concert) with pop accessibility. Since t
EXTD=his period was marked by uneven material, it is ripe for compilin
EXTD=g, and the selection here is good. (We could have used a bit more
EXTD= from Agents of Fortune, but that's a quibble.) On the whole, Wor
EXTD=kshop of the Telescopes lives up to Levy's description of it as "
EXTD=the ultimate BC anthology." It's about time. -- William Ruhlmann
EXTD=\n\nAmazon.com Editorial Reviews\n\nEntertainment Weekly (11/3/95
EXTD=) \n...any reissue with `Career Of Evil' and later-period, power-
EXTD=gliding hits like `Don't Fear The Reaper' and `Burnin' For You' s
EXTD=till belongs in any pop-metalhead's collection. \nWhat the Critic
EXTD=s Say: \nAlthough destined to be known solely for Don't Fear The 
EXTD=Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult were the first American metal band and t
EXTD=heir curious blend of ditch-water dull pub rock (initially), lyri
EXTD=cal curveballs (all the time) and musical sophistication (later) 
EXTD=ensured them respectable American success throughout the '70s. Th
EXTD=is 32-song, double CD compilation tells their tale with aplomb, d
EXTD=espite the rather perfunctory sleeve notes. Their songwriting col
EXTD=laborators were a useful pointer as to where this university-form
EXTD=ed band were really at: Patti Smith (keyboardist Allen Lanier's l
EXTD=ong-time girlfriend), Ian Hunter, Michael Moorcock and Jim Carrol
EXTD=l gave them an intellectual veneer that would forever be denied t
EXTD=o the not entirely dissimilar Foghat. They covered revealingly to
EXTD=o, as Born To Be Wild, Kick Out The Jams (singer Eric Bloom crave
EXTD=nly omitting the introductory profanity) and We Gotta Get Out Of 
EXTD=This Place were dispatched with the enthusiasm of a Jack Kerouac-
EXTD=influenced Bootleg Beatles. Truly hard going early on, but by the
EXTD= time they could hold the barroom in check and thus sold some rec
EXTD=ords, their past was safely forgotten. --John Aizlewood --  Emap
EXTD= Consumer Magazines Limited. For personal use only. \n\nQ Magazin
EXTD=e (1/96, p.143) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Blue Oyster Cult were
EXTD= the first American heavy metal band and their curious blend of d
EXTD=itch-water dull pub rock (initially), lyrical curveballs (all the
EXTD= time) and musical sophistication (later) ensured them respectabl
EXTD=e American success..." \n\nEntertainment Weekly (11/3/95, p.66) -
EXTD= "...any reissue with `Career Of Evil' and later-period, power-gl
EXTD=iding hits like `Don't Fear The Reaper' and `Burnin' For You' sti
EXTD=ll belongs in any pop-metalhead's collection." - Rating: B+ \n\nC
EXTD=D Connection Review\nBlue Oyster Cult: Eric Bloom (vocals, guitar
EXTD=); Donald "Buck Dharma" Roesser (guitar); Allen Lanier, Tommy Zvo
EXTD=nchek (keyboards, guitar); Joe Bouchard (bass); Albert Bouchard, 
EXTD=Rick Downey, Tommy Price (drums). \n\nProducers: Murray Krugman, 
EXTD=Sandy Pearlman, David Lucas, Blue Oyster Cult, Martin Birch . \n\n
EXTD=Compilation producer: Bob Irwin. \n\nRecorded between 1971 and 19
EXTD=85. Includes liner notes by Arthur Levy. \n\nAll the Blue Oyster 
EXTD=Cult you'll ever need? Well, yeah, more or less; this two-CD chro
EXTD=nologically arranged best-of gathers most of the band's best mate
EXTD=rial from the period between 1972 and 1986. The Cult has always b
EXTD=een something of an anomaly--brainier and quirkier than most meta
EXTD=l bands, and unafraid to take chances, as witnessed on the potent
EXTD=ially disastrous live version of the MC5's "Kick Out the Jams" in
EXTD=cluded here. The second CD, which kicks off with "Don't Fear the 
EXTD=Reaper," and moves on to the group's poppier material, is margina
EXTD=lly less interesting than the first CD's mutant sci-fi metal, but
EXTD= no matter--taken as a whole this is a first-rate career retrospe
EXTD=ctive. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nAnother good overview., Ma
EXTD=y 27, 2004 \nReviewer: A music fan (Silver Spring, Maryland USA)\n
EXTD=Blue Oyster Cult are often overrated by fans but just as often un
EXTD=derrated by everyone else. Their first three studio albums are gr
EXTD=eat ALBUMS; they hold up as self-contained entities and sound fre
EXTD=sh and engaging after all these years. While BOC's subsequent alb
EXTD=ums from AGENTS OF FORTUNE on have their moments, what's more not
EXTD=iceable is a few really good songs per album sandwiched between L
EXTD=OTS of filler and substandard material. Over time, they became th
EXTD=e Seventies and Eighties equivalent of Steppenwolf, a band with s
EXTD=trong individual, often radio-friendly tunes who couldn't sustain
EXTD= that creativity through an entire release. Maybe there's an ackn
EXTD=owledgement to that comparison evidenced by BOC's cover of "Born 
EXTD=To Be Wild," a journeyman studio version of which is included in 
EXTD=this collection. \n\nMore striking, however, is that the first di
EXTD=sc of this two-disc retrospective of BOC's years with Sony/Columb
EXTD=ia is mainly given over to the music from those first three studi
EXTD=o albums, while disc two culls material from seven of the eight s
EXTD=tudio albums that followed (the eighth, IMAGINOS, is one of the b
EXTD=and's best and not only is it denied any representation here, it'
EXTD=s not even in print anymore, which is outrageous!). You can rail 
EXTD=and scream at the label wonks for their short-sightedness in song
EXTD= selection, but, honestly, I think they pegged it right this time
EXTD=. Those later albums just aren't up to the first three. Come on, 
EXTD=admit it, when was the last time you played MIRRORS, CULTOSAURUS 
EXTD=ERECTUS or CLUB NINJA? Even the band doesn't like CLUB NINJA! \n\n
EXTD=But what you get with WORKSHOPS is a good distillation of what wa
EXTD=s, and is, good about Blue Oyster Cult. There's the heavy ("Citie
EXTD=s On Flame With Rock 'N Roll," "Career Of Evil," the live cover o
EXTD=f "Kick Out The Jams") there's the sinister and creepy ("Transman
EXTD=iacon MC," "Astronomy," "Don't Fear The Reaper"), there's the fun
EXTD=ny/sarcastic ("Stairway To The Stars," "7 Screaming Diz-Busters")
EXTD=, there's the funny/campy ("Godzilla," "Take Me Away"), there's g
EXTD=reat pop-craft ("Burnin' For You," "In Thee") and then, here and 
EXTD=there, there's what makes BOC a little hard to pigeonhole entirel
EXTD=y ("Shooting Shark" "Harvester Of Eyes"). The one other constant 
EXTD=is that the musicianship is tight as a drum. Buck Dharma Roesser 
EXTD=is without a doubt one of rock's best lead guitarists and is the 
EXTD=focal point for this band, while Joe and Albert Bouchard were at 
EXTD=one point the most cohesive rhythm section in a (sort-of) metal b
EXTD=and. The songs mentioned above are great examples of ace SONGCRAF
EXTD=T overall and I think Allen Lanier's "In Thee" is as close to a "
EXTD=standard" as this band ever produced. If BOC didn't always hit th
EXTD=e high-water mark in that regard, they did it enough that even a 
EXTD=two-disc retrospective might be a little of a thin showcase.\n\nT
EXTD=his is, in sum, a terrific overview of Blue Oyster Cult for casua
EXTD=l listeners and not a bad collection of the band's better moments
EXTD=. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nMixed Bag of Cult, November 1, 
EXTD=2003 \nReviewer: Lonnie E. Holder "I think, therefore I am. I thi
EXTD=nk." (Sullivan, Illinois USA)\nBlue Oyster Cult is a group that n
EXTD=early has no genre. Much of their early music, chronicled on disc
EXTD= one of this two disk set, is hard rock with flashes of progressi
EXTD=ve rock. Most startling are their lyrics, sometimes almost comedi
EXTD=c, typically creatively bizarre, and just as frequently so bizarr
EXTD=e as to be incomprehensible. The second disk shows a somewhat dif
EXTD=ferent Cult. The phenomenal success of "Agents of Fortune" appear
EXTD=s to have steered the group to a milder rock style, and in some c
EXTD=ases, pop. The titles often remain bizarre, such as "Veteran of t
EXTD=he Psychic Wars," and the lyrics also remain challenging and unus
EXTD=ual, but the music itself is softer.\n\nConsider, for example, "G
EXTD=oin' Through the Motions." This music sounds like something Forei
EXTD=gner might have created rather than the group that created "Harve
EXTD=ster of Eyes" and "Flaming Telepaths." As the disk progresses we 
EXTD=have mainstream rock songs such as "We Gotta Get Out of this Plac
EXTD=e," a bit of 60s retro-rock. Even mellower is "In Thee," which I 
EXTD=consider the mellowest song on this two disk set. This song is ro
EXTD=mantically beautiful, and somewhat un-Cult.\n\nWhile I've focused
EXTD= somewhat on the more uncharacteristic songs on the second disk, 
EXTD=I would be remiss if I did not point out one of the best songs on
EXTD= both disks that is also on the second disk, "Shooting Shark." Th
EXTD=is song, from 1983's "Revolution by Night," is somewhat a product
EXTD= of its time, featuring electronics and an early 80s sound, and y
EXTD=et, it contains that spark that has always been at the heart of B
EXTD=OC's best music.\n\nBlue Oyster Cult was formed in 1967, and rele
EXTD=ased an album as recently as 2001. While they were likely strongl
EXTD=y influenced by a variety of groups, they have also influenced a 
EXTD=variety of musical styles that range from current hard rock to nu
EXTD=-metal or thrash. This two-disk CD is an excellent chronicle of t
EXTD=he eclectic range of styles of this influential and always dynami
EXTD=c group; a great introduction to the group, or for the long-time 
EXTD=fan looking for a single disk to pop in the CD player. \n\nAmazon
EXTD=.com Customer Review\nCompilation of Long Island's Finest, June 2
EXTD=3, 2001\nReviewer: J. E FELL "boogaloojef" (Carterville, Illinois
EXTD= United States)\n"Workshop Of The Telescopes" is a 2 cd compilati
EXTD=on of Blue Oyster Cult's work from 1971-1985. The group consisted
EXTD= of the Bouchard brothers; Joe on bass and Albert on drums, Eric 
EXTD=Bloom on vocals and guitar, Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser on lead g
EXTD=uitar and vocals, and Allen Lanier on keyboards and guitar. The b
EXTD=and played a sort of progressive "thinking man's" hard rock. Some
EXTD= of their songs were co-written by such people as Sandy Pearlman,
EXTD= Richard Meltzer, and Patti Smith (Lanier's girlfriend). The lyri
EXTD=cs were at times abstract, futuristic, and horror/science fiction
EXTD= influenced. Their first three albums are the most interesting an
EXTD=d make up the bulk of the material on the first disc. Concert fav
EXTD=orites such as "Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll", "Astronomy" 
EXTD=(lately covered by Metallica), "Career Of Evil" and other essenti
EXTD=al cuts are here. Regretably "Then Came The Last Days Of May", an
EXTD=d "Hot Rails To Hell" were not included. However, rare live promo
EXTD= versions of "Workshop Of The Telescopes", and "The Red And The B
EXTD=lack" were included. Other rarites included are a version of "Buc
EXTD=k's Boogie" from a compilation album and previously unissued stud
EXTD=io version of "Born To Be Wild". The second disc contains materia
EXTD=l which was more commercial. Radio favorites like "Don't Fear The
EXTD= Reaper", "Godzilla", "Burnin' For You", and "Take Me Away" are i
EXTD=ncluded on the second disc. Other notable tracks on the second di
EXTD=sc include "E.T.I.", "Dominance And Submission" and "Veteran Of T
EXTD=he Psychic Wars" are included. Live covers of MC5's "Kick Out The
EXTD= Jams", and the Animal's "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" are als
EXTD=o included. I was disappointed that tracks like "R.U. Ready To Ro
EXTD=ck", "Black Blade", "Heavy Metal: The Black & Silver", "Dr. Music
EXTD=", "The Vigil" and "Joan Crawford." were not included on the seco
EXTD=nd disc. With many Blue Oyster Cult compilations available this i
EXTD=s 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 wi
EXTD=ll not be disappointed.\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nThe Nexus 
EXTD=of the Crisis, July 17, 2000\nReviewer: "jjw@vvm.com" (Temple, TX
EXTD=)\nBlue Oyster Cult was remarkable because of the forboding natur
EXTD=e of their lyrics and music that gave you the feeling that the Gr
EXTD=im Reaper, or Edgar Allan Poe's Raven, was looking over your shou
EXTD=lder, hiding in the shadows while you were listening. This chilli
EXTD=ng atmosphere gave them their biggest hit and signature song "Don
EXTD='t Fear the Reaper," an achingly entrancing siren song to death's
EXTD= door that starts with a guitar riff echoing through eternity and
EXTD= continues with a deceptively happy "la-la-la" chorus. Other high
EXTD=lights of this two-disc collection share the bodeful air - "Veter
EXTD=an of the Psychic Wars" chills with its narrative of a shell-shoc
EXTD=ked soldier whose senses are dulled by the battle that still cont
EXTD=inues in his mind and "Shooting Shark" is a hypnotic piece about 
EXTD=a mystic who dispenses advice concerning a love affair gone wrong
EXTD=. Unfortunately, the collection takes too long to get to these hi
EXTD=ghlights. Much of the first disc is unremarkable until "Flaming T
EXTD=elepaths/ Astronomy" gives us a taste of their signature aura. Wh
EXTD=ile the band could certainly rock with their plundering attacks o
EXTD=f "Godzilla", blitzing guitar solos of "M.E. 262" and pillaging "
EXTD=This Ain't the Summer of Love," the crushingly average tunes on t
EXTD=he 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 excepti
EXTD=on of the aforementioned "Shark". "Take Me Away" is a collaborati
EXTD=on with Aldo Nova that probably sounded good in 1983 but is a dat
EXTD=ed retread now, and "Dancin' in the Ruins," while furthering BOC'
EXTD=s apocalyptic tone, sounds more like another mid-80s synthesizer-
EXTD=sodden ditty. Still, there's enough on this collection to make it
EXTD= recommendable to anyone curious about a band that certainly was 
EXTD=a curiosity.\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nA band with versatili
EXTD=ty, songcraft, chops and charisma., March 6, 2000\nReviewer: D. M
EXTD=ok (Los Angeles, CA)\nStaggeringly talented lead singer Eric Bloo
EXTD=m, virtuoso guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, fluid keyboard
EXTD=ist and the songwriting backbeat the Bouchard brothers formed a t
EXTD=ruly unique and powerful alliance in the '70s with Blue Oyster Cu
EXTD=lt, a marriage of progressive rock, metal and pop elements that m
EXTD=ade only a small dent on the charts but left a distinctive touch 
EXTD=on rock history.\nSome of the best, most innovative rock songs ev
EXTD=er written can be found on this collection: "(Don't Fear) The Rea
EXTD=per", invoking The Byrds vocally and in that resounding guitar li
EXTD=ne, but with a beautifully transcendental lyric that's like Led Z
EXTD=eppelin with a romantic factor; "Astronomy", one of the most dyna
EXTD=mic and ethereal songs in the band's catalogue; the keyboard-driv
EXTD=en "Flaming Telepaths", with its memorable melodic hooks; "Vetera
EXTD=n of the Psychic Wars", the best song from the Heavy Metal soundt
EXTD=rack and a prog-rock gem; "Career of Evil", with its Patti Smith-
EXTD=penned lyric and tongue-in-cheek keyboards; "Goin' through the Mo
EXTD=tions", a sunny, irresistible piece of California rock...\n\nBloo
EXTD=m's vocals are what distinguish the Cult from its competition. An
EXTD= instrument capable of tackling intense narratives (as in "Astron
EXTD=omy"), soaring pop anthems ("Goin' through the Motions") and ecce
EXTD=ntric madness ("Career of Evil"), Bloom's voice was a marvel, the
EXTD= perfect companion to Buck Dharma's always tasteful, melodic guit
EXTD=ar lines. And remember that the band had two other vocalists, nei
EXTD=ther of whom has Bloom's power but contributing nonetheless to th
EXTD=e diversity of the band's sound, Dharma's tasteful croon ("(Don't
EXTD= Fear) The Reaper") and drummer Albert Bouchard's strange pub-roc
EXTD=k voice ("Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll") offering alternati
EXTD=ves to the mighty Bloom bellow.\n\nThe only fault of this collect
EXTD=ion is that it left out the band's signature concept album, the 1
EXTD=988 release Imaginos, which featured a breathtaking, radically di
EXTD=fferent version of "Astronomy".\n\nWorkshop of the Telescopes is 
EXTD=an excellent introduction to a band that's now lapsed into cult s
EXTD=tatus only, a band that greatly deserves to be rediscovered. Blue
EXTD= Oyster Cult's level of sophistication and sense of songwriting c
EXTD=ould teach today's rocker a valuable lesson.\n\nAmazon.com Custom
EXTD=er Review\nA ROCK ANTHOLOGIST'S DELIGHT!, May 22, 1999\nReviewer:
EXTD= A music fan\nMany BOC fans will disparage at the lack of product
EXTD=ion values in places. No band has ever even come close to dismant
EXTD=ling "Born to be Wild" like BOC somehow manages to do. Moreover, 
EXTD=as is typical with BOC (my fave group), it is the ommissons that 
EXTD=stand out. They are known for "live", so I wish there would've be
EXTD=en more of that. But there's extra stuff here too: the liner note
EXTD=s are reminiscent of their mid 70's public relations blitz via CR
EXTD=EEM MAGAZINE (I had those magazines but my mom destroyed them muc
EXTD=h like you would a rabid dog - she burned them fearful I was plan
EXTD=ning to shoot up my school). Of course, the art, lay-out and desi
EXTD=gn, and seemingly errant fonting, only add to the mystery of the 
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