BLUE ÖYSTER CULT — Spectres

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3.65 | 29 ratings | 2 reviews
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Album · 1977

Tracklist

1. Godzilla (3:42)
2. Golden Age Of Leather (5:52)
3. Death Valley Nights (4:08)
4. Searchin' For Celine (3:36)
5. Fireworks (3:11)
6. R. U. Ready 2 Rock (3:45)
7. Celestial The Queen (3:26)
8. Goin' Through The Motions (3:12)
9. I Love The Night (4:23)
10. Nosferatu (5:21)

Total Time 40:41

Line-up/Musicians

- Eric Bloom / guitars, vocals
- Donald Roeser / guitars, vocals
- Allen Lanier / guitars, keyboards
- Joe Bouchard / bass, vocals
- Albert Bouchard / drums, vocals

About this release

November 1977
Columbia

Reissued in 2007 with the following bonus tracks:

1. Night Flyer (3:48)
2. Dial M For Murder (3:11)
3. Please Hold (2:47)
4. Be My Baby (The Ronettes cover) (3:01)

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Warthur
When Blue Oyster Cult included a song entitled Going Through The Motions on this album, you could see it as being a bit of a ballsy move. Spectres, if you come to it looking for the sort of esoteric, dark proto-metal that Blue Oyster Cult made their name with in their early days, will come across as an unappealing collection of pop metal nonsense and soft rock schmaltz.

Not that pop metal or soft rock are necessarily a bad thing, mind - and as it turns out, Blue Oyster Cult aren't too bad at it. Essentially doubling down on the poppier aspects of Agents of Fortune, at its dumbest the album is simply goofy fun (Godzilla), but on the other hand as the title implies the band haven't quite abandoned their brains altogether.

Members reviews

thellama73
After their commercial breakthrough, Agents of Fortune, BÖC decide to stick with the same formula, leaning away from their heavy metal roots and towards pop. The results are, I suppose, predictable. What we have here is Agents of Fortune part 2, with few significant differences from its predecessor. Once again we have a major radio hit, the (admittedly fantastic) album opener Godzilla. But after that, the album just falls apart. The Golden Age of Leather? Searchin' For Celine? R U Ready 2 Rock? All forgettable nonsense. I Love The Night is rather a nice little tale of morbidity, and Fireworks is kinda cool, but I find it taxing to listen to the whole album at a stretch. Only recommended if you liked Agents of Fortune a lot.

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