Length 36:34 Release date 19 June 1979 Label Columbia Records | Artist Blue Öyster Cult Producer Tom Werman | |
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Released June 19, 1979 (1979-06-19) Recorded Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California
CBS Recording Studios, New York City
The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California Mirrors
(1979) Cultösaurus Erectus
(1980) Genres Rock music, Heavy metal, Hard rock Similar Blue Öyster Cult albums, Rock music albums | ||
Blue oyster cult dr music
Mirrors is the sixth studio album by Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1979. Mirrors is the first Blue Öyster Cult album not produced by long-time producer and manager Sandy Pearlman. The album is notable for a collaboration with British fantasy/science-fiction author Michael Moorcock who co-wrote a song based on his novel The Fireclown. "The Great Sun Jester" is the first of several Moorcock co-writing credits with the band.
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After the success of 1976's Platinum Agents of Fortune, 1977's Gold Spectres and 1978's Platinum live effort Some Enchanted Evening, the fact that Mirrors struggled to reach Gold status was disappointing to band and label alike. According to interviews with the band and the production staff, the intent for this album was to make a high charting and glossy production; however the backlash felt from this attempt was a reason for their future pairing with Martin Birch, and their attempt to return to a darker sound.
"In Thee" was written by Allen Lanier. It went into the chart at No. 74. A live version is featured on their 1998 album Heaven Forbid, it features two acoustic guitars and was a popular "in concert" moment from this era. The line "Jim says some destinies should not be delivered" references the Jim Carroll Band song "Day and Night."
Blue oyster cult mirrors
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1Dr Music3:14
2The Great Sun Jester4:47
3In Thee3:49