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Agents Of Fortune (CD)

By: Blue Oyster Cult (Artist)

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Blue Oyster Cult Artist Snapshot:

Put together by rock critic/visionary Richard Meltzer (who wrote lyrics for a number of the band's songs) and producer Sandy Pearlman, Blue Oyster Cult adopted all sorts of emblematic gestures to conjure an outlaw image. The band's high-decibel, prog-tinged heavy-rock garnered them elevated status among teens in the 1970s longing for America's answer to Black Sabbath. The band's legacy has lived on well into the 2000s, thanks in part to Will Ferrell's now-legendary "more cowbell" skit on SNL.

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DISC 1 for Agents Of Fortune (CD) Album By Blue Oyster Cult (Artist)
1   This Ain't The Summer Of Love
2   True Confession
3   Reaper, (Don't Fear) The
4   E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
5   Revenge Of Vera Gemini, The
6   Sinful Love
7   Tattoo Vampire
8   Morning Final
9   Tenderloin
10   Debbie Denise
11   Fire Of Unknown Origin - (previously unreleased)
 

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Review

Q (8/94, p.118) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...AGENTS OF FORTUNE contained the all-time classic `(Don't Fear) The Reaper'....the album remains the band's most durable..."
Uncut (8/01, p.96) - 3 1/2 stars out 5 - "...[A] genre classic..."
Mojo (Publisher) (9/01, p.122) - "...This record still sounds great....The bonus tracks are fascinating....you've got an evening's worth of air-guitar nostalgia. Special."

Title Note

This is a multi-channel Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.

Blue Oyster Cult: Albert Bouchard (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, drums, percussion); Allen Lanier (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass); Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, percussion); Eric Bloom (vocals, guitar, percussion); Joe Bouchard (vocals, piano, bass). .

Additional Personnel: Patti Smith (vocals); The Brecker Brothers (horns).

Producers: Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman, David Lucas.

Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, New York in 1975 & 1976. Originally released on Columbia (34164). Includes liner notes by Lenny Kaye.

This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.

Feted by heavy metal fans, this was a much broader album that put them in touch with AOR radio, and consequently took them out of their heavy rock ghetto. The ace in their tarot pack was the entrancing and enchanting "Don't Fear The Reaper" - the greatest song that the original Byrds never wrote. Flowing and chiming it put the band in the pop charts with a song of rare quality and consequently pushed this album's sales. The other tracks struggle to compete with the Reaper, but there are moments, especially with "The Revenge Of Vera Gemini," on which Patti Smith narrates.

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