★★★★★
Sixteen discs should be enough BÖC for anyone but, just in case it isn't, Sony have included a download code with this box set, so you can unlock even more material. This attractively chunky set brings together the works of the sinister hard rockers, from their self-titled 1972 debut to 1988's Imaginos...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
"Guess what? I got a fever. And the only prescription is more cowbell." Classic BOC, boxed... As much as it is in their umlaut and heavy rock, Blue Öyster Cult's story is also written in their cover versions. A faithful, affectionate "Be My Baby". After John Lennon's murder, a screamingly heavy note-perfect "I Want You (She's So Heavy)". A crazed 1972 "Born To Be Wild", not to mention a 1978 "Kick Out Their Jams"...
- www.uncut.co.uk
2013-04-01
★★★★★
The keen observer will ask, "Hey wait, didn't Sony already release The Essential Blue Oyster Cult a couple years ago?" The answer is yes, but I suppose this is just more essential. It is replete with the essence. Where the original single CD version was the essential essence, this is essentailler. (I guess...
- popdose.com
2012-04-02
★★★★★
Sound: Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1977). Eric Bloom - Vocals, guitar Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser - Lead guitar, vocals Joe Bouchard - Bass, vocals Albert Bouchard - Drums, vocals Allen Lanier - Keyboards, guitar 4 years of a relentless cycle of tour-record had paid off for BOC in 1976 as Don't Fear the Reaper (Agents of Fortune) gave them a genuine hit...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2010-01-30
★★★★★
Sound: On the heels of an incredibly successful live album (Some Enchanted Evening, 1978) and still having their highest-charting single (Don't Fear the Reaper, 1976) as a mainstay on AOR radio, Blue Oyster Cult (BOC) purposefully decided to forgo the strange and creepy...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
Sound: Few albums can be deemed masterpieces. There are certainly many, many great, astounding, incredible albums that have been made over the decades. Some very great, some sort of great. But only a small fraction of those that are even great can truly be labeled as masterpieces. Blue Oyster Cult's 1976 album "Agents of Fortune" IS a masterpiece, plain and simple...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
Sound: Awesome sound! Not a bad song on it. This is my favorite BOC CD. The production and mastering values are amazing. It really brings out the best of BOC. The whole CD changes tones alot, from the dosid tones of "Don't Fear The Reaper" to the fast progressive beats of "Kick Out The Jams." All extremely well written too. This is my favorite BOC I own. // 10 Lyrics and Singing: Lyrics are awsome, and matches the music well. I'm in a band and I can't write that good...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
Sound: This is one of my all-time favorite classic rock albums, and it is definately up there with classics such as Rush's "2112", AC/DC's "Back In Black", and Boston's self title debut album. To me, this is one of the most innovative and underrated rock albums of all time. BOC's 1981 album has this unique blend of '80s pop and '80s metal. Of course, the amount of poppy input varies from song to song, and is probably most notable pop/rock is the catchy classic "Burn'n for You"...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
Warning: critics' band, managed by Sandy Pearlman with occasional lyrics by R. Meltzer. Reassurance: the most musical hard rock album since Who's Next. (Well, that's less than six months, and this is not a great time for hard rock albums.) The style is technocratic psychedelic, a distanced, decisively post-Altamont reworking of the hallucinogenic guitar patterns of yore, with lots of heavy trappings. Not that they don't have a lyrical side...
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-17
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