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5.0 out of 5 stars
Looking Into "Mirrors".....,
By Breadmanwalking "GCB" (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mirrors (Audio CD)
I loved this when it was released on vinyl and have twocopies of the CD. The only bad thing is that they never remastered this sucker. This is great American rock and I recommend this over all other releases by BOC."I Am The Storm" is one of the best cuts as is "The Vigil" and my fave "Moon Crazy". Some really good double-tracking guitar licks.... If they ever get around to cleaning this one up and re-releasing I'll be there with credit card in hand!
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Very Good Album,
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This review is from: Mirrors (Audio CD)
Blue Oyster Cult is an interesting band. They have many sounds. People not familiar with their stuff other than Reaper and Godzilla will say, "That is BOC?" Mirrors is such an album. It strays somewhat from their earlier stuff (what doesn't stray from BOC's "black and white period," i.e., their first three albums.) But that does not mean that Mirrors is bad. In fact, it is quite good. It has been said that this is their "pop" album. Perhaps. However, it is very BOC-ish in many ways, is upbeat, and has a polished sound to it. I agree with another reviewer that if this album had come out in another time and under different circumstances, it would have been a huge hit. Again: Blue Oyster Cult, despite the ominous overtones from Reaper and other material, is a very upbeat sounding band. No Black Sabbath here. They have always had a jamming, let's enjoy the music, to hell with the message quality, and Mirrors is an excellent example of that. You will not be depressed after Mirrors or any other BOC album.
5.0 out of 5 stars
1979 will live forever,
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This review is from: Mirrors (Audio CD)
what a jewel this one is. i agree, 25 years later and i think this one still sounds great. yet it really isn't as far removed from what the band had done in the past and what it was moving towards, as everybody was making out. I view it as more of a natural progression of the band's growth in conjunction with the new rock sound of the late 70's. It does contain "I Am the Storm" and "The Vigil", which are sort of from the "Secret Treaties" vein, and continued B.O.C.'s Sci-Fi intrigue with "The Great Sun Jester". The band demonstrates their awesome versatility on this record perhaps more than any other with "You're Not the One I Was Looking For", "In Thee", "Lonely Teardrops", and "Dr. Music" and "Moon Crazy".If you listen though, some of these still have a ring of "Agents of Fortune" and hint broadly of the coming hit "Burnin' for You". The song "Mirrors" has a bit of a Knackish-Dharma sound. And I think this record really offers more of what Buck was getting into at the time. And his own solo effort isn't too far removed from this fare. What makes B.O.C. great is the merging of Dharma's guitar riffs with Bloom's Sci-Fi intrigue and mystery. Bloom is at his best on "E.T.I." from "Agents" which I just saw live recently, and I think he does it better than ever. But Bloom was overshadowed on "Agents" by Buck singing their mega hit "Don't Fear The Reaper", and he wasn't the major player on "Mirrors" either but, you know, as much as I like Buck Dharma, it is Eric Bloom's presence that makes it all work. If there is a fault to this album, its that there were only 9 songs.
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