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Blue Öyster Cult

Extraterrestrial Live

  • AMG Review of Extraterrestrial Live

    Amg
    William Ruhlmann
    All Music Guide

    Of Blue Öyster Cult's three live albums, Extraterrestrial Live is the one to own. The two-record set, partially recorded on BÖC's home base of Long Island, contains the band's biggest hits, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (making its second live appearance) and "Burnin' for You," as well as longtime concert favorites like "Cities on Flame," "The Red and the Black," and "Godzilla." But it isn't just the superior song selection that gives this album the nod over On Your Feet or on Your Knees and Some Enchanted Evening; BÖC had regained its momentum in 1981 with Fire of Unknown Origin, and this album demonstrated their renewed spirit in the forum in which they were most comfortable -- live work.

Coming February 16, 2007
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Heavy Metal music is often mentioned with horror music, and Blue Oyster Cult was one of the reasons why. It’s almost funny to listen now and hear them for what they were, a hi energy hard rock group who are maybe more at home in a record collection next to Cheap Trick and The MC5, than most of The New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands of the late-70’s. They were smarter than most with an intel

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