Workshop of the Telescopes

Blue Oyster Cult

Blue Oyster Cult / Workshop of the Telescopes
Format: 2 CD
Released: Tue 26 Sep 1995
Catalogue Number: SNY64163.2

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Description:
Blue Öyster Cult was long in need of a thorough career retrospective, and this is it. Thirty-two tracks filling up two discs with a total running time of 154:46, Workshop of the Telescopes traces BÖC through 14 years as the kings of lite metal, 1972-1986. Actually, as annotator Arthur Levy notes, there are at least two phases in that era. The first, running through 1974, includes the classic first two albums, Blue Öyster Cult and Tyranny and Mutation, when BÖC was one of the few acts in those pre-punk days bucking the trend toward soft rock without indulging in the more grotesque aspects of heavy metal. This material takes up disc one. Disc two leads off with "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," which launched the second phase of the band's career, when it sought to balance its hard-rocking approach (heard especially in concert) with pop accessibility. Since this period was marked by uneven material, it is ripe for compiling, and the selection here is good. On the whole, Workshop of the Telescopes lives up to Levy's description of it as "the ultimate BÖC anthology." It's about time. ~ William Ruhlmann, AMG

Track Listing:

Disk 1
1.  Cities On Flame with Rock and Roll [4:03]
2.  Transmaniacon MC [3:20]
3.  Before the Kiss, a Redcap [4:58]
4.  Stairway to the Stars [3:43]
5.  Buck's Boogie [5:17]
6.  Star of the County Down [3:46]
7.  Red and the Black [Promo Version] [4:35]
8.  7 Screaming Diz-Busters [7:00]
9.  Career of Evil [4:07]
10.  Flaming Telepaths [5:23]
11.  Astronomy [6:15]
12.  Subhuman [7:30]
13.  Harvester of Eyes [5:00]
14.  M. E. 262 [8:17]
15.  Born to Be Wild [Studio Version] [3:38]
Disk 2
16.  (Don't Fear) The Reaper [5:08]
17.  This Ain't the Summer of Love [2:21]
18.  E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) [3:42]
19.  Godzilla [3:41]
20.  Goin' Through the Motions [3:12]
21.  Golden Age of Leather [5:51]
22.  Kick Out the Jams [3:12]
23.  We Gotta Get Out of This Place [4:33]
24.  In Thee [3:48]
25.  Marshall Plan [5:24]
26.  Veteran of the Psychic Wars [4:48]
27.  Burnin' for You [4:30]
28.  Dominance and Submission [Live] [5:56]
29.  Take Me Away [4:30]
30.  Shooting Shark [7:09]
31.  Dancin' in the Ruins [4:00]
32.  Perfect Water [5:29]

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