Mirrors (Blue Öyster Cult album)

Mirrors

Studio album by Blue Öyster Cult

Released

June 19, 1979

Recorded

Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California
CBS Recording Studios, New York City
The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

36:34

Blue Öyster Cult chronology

Some Enchanted Evening
(1978)

Mirrors
(1979)

Cultösaurus Erectus
(1980)

Singles from Mirrors

"Mirrors / Lonely Teardrops"
Released: August 1979
"In Thee / Lonely Teardrops"
Released: September 1979
"In Thee / The Vigil"
Released: October 1979
"You're Not the One (I Was Looking for) / Moon Crazy"
Released: February 1980

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	(C)^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	10/10^[3]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)^[4]

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.

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 in to the chart at No. 74.^[5] 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."

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Dr. Music"	Joe Bouchard, Donald Roeser, Richard Meltzer	Eric Bloom	3:10
2.	"The Great Sun Jester"	Bloom, Michael Moorcock, John Trivers	Bloom	4:48
3.	"In Thee"	Allen Lanier	D. Roeser	3:48
4.	"Mirrors"	D. Roeser, Bruce Abbott	D. Roeser	3:44
5.	"Moon Crazy"	J. Bouchard	J. Bouchard	4:06

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
6.	"The Vigil"	D. Roeser, Sandra Roeser	D. Roeser	6:25
7.	"I Am the Storm"	J. Bouchard, Ronald Binder	Bloom	3:42
8.	"You're Not the One (I Was Looking For)"	Albert Bouchard, Caryn Bouchard	A. Bouchard	3:14
9.	"Lonely Teardrops"	Lanier	D. Roeser	3:37
Total length:				36:34

Personnel

Band members

Eric Bloom – stun guitar, vocals
Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser – lead guitar, vocals
Allen Lanier – keyboards, guitar
Joe Bouchard – bass, vocals
Albert Bouchard – drums, vocals

Additional musicians

Mickey Raphael – harmonica on "Dr. Music"
Jai Winding – strings on "In Thee"
Ellen Foley, Genya Ravan, Wendy Webb – background vocals

Production

Tom Werman – producer
Gary Ladinsky – engineer, mixing

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard 200 (United States)	44^[6]
	UK Album Chart	46^[7]
	RPM100 Albums (Canada)	49^[8]

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1979	"In Thee"	Billboard Hot 100 (United States)	74^[5]

References

↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Blue Öyster Cult Mirrors review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "Consumers Guide Reviews: Mirrors". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
↑ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1894959025.
↑ Schneider, Mitchell (29 November 1979). "Album Reviews: Blue Oyster Cult – Mirrors". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
1 2 "Mirrors Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
↑ "MirrorsBillboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
↑ "Mirrors Chart Stats". Chart Stats.com. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
↑ "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 31, No. 24, September 08 1979". Library and Archives Canada. 8 September 1979. Retrieved 2012-01-19.

Blue Öyster Cult

Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser Eric Bloom Richie Castellano Jules Radino Kasim Sulton Allen Lanier Albert Bouchard Andrew Winters Les Braunstein Joe Bouchard Rick Downey Jimmy Wilcox Tommy Zvoncheck Jon Rogers Ron Riddle Chuck Burgi John Miceli Greg Smith Danny Miranda John O'Reilly Bobby Rondinelli Rudy Sarzo

Studio albums	Blue Öyster Cult Tyranny and Mutation Secret Treaties Agents of Fortune Spectres Mirrors Cultösaurus Erectus Fire of Unknown Origin The Revölution by Night Club Ninja Imaginos Cult Classic Heaven Forbid Curse of the Hidden Mirror

Live albums	On Your Feet or on Your Knees Some Enchanted Evening Extraterrestrial Live Live 1976 A Long Day's Night

Compilation albums	Career of Evil: The Metal Years On Flame with Rock and Roll Workshop of the Telescopes Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult The Essential Blue Öyster Cult

Soundtracks	Bad Channels

Singles	"This Ain't the Summer of Love" "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" "Godzilla" "Black Blade" "Burnin' for You" "Astronomy"

Videos	Black and Blue Live 1976 A Long Day's Night Some OTHER Enchanted Evening

Lyricists	Sandy Pearlman Richard Meltzer Patti Smith Michael Moorcock John Shirley

Related	Discography Brain Surgeons More cowbell St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings Nail You Down

Book:Blue Öyster Cult Category:Blue Öyster Cult Portal:Rock music

Michael Moorcock

Novels	The Fireclown (1965) The Jewel in the Skull (1967) The Final Programme (1968) The Mad God's Amulet (1968) The Sword of the Dawn (1968) The Runestaff (1969) The Black Corridor (1969) Behold the Man (1969) The Chinese Agent (1970) The Eternal Champion (1970) Phoenix in Obsidian (1970) Warlord of the Air (1971) A Cure for Cancer (1971) The English Assassin: A Romance of Entropy (1972) Breakfast in the Ruins (1972) The Land Leviathan (1974) The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the 20th Century (1976) The Condition of Muzak (1977) Gloriana (1978) Byzantium Endures (1981) The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981) The Entropy Tango (1981) The Steel Tsar (1981) The Brothel in Rosenstrasse (1982) The Laughter of Carthage (1984) The Alchemist's Question (1984) The City in the Autumn Stars (1986) Mother London (1988) Jerusalem Commands (1992) King of the City (2000) Firing the Cathedral (2002) The Vengeance of Rome (2006) The Coming of the Terraphiles (2010) The Whispering Swarm (2015)

Collections	The Time Dweller (1969) The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (1976) The History of the Runestaff (1979) A Nomad of the Time Streams (1982) The Opium General and other stories (1984) The Metatemporal Detective (2007)

Comic books	Conan the Barbarian Michael Moorcock's Multiverse Tom Strong

Anthologies edited	England Invaded Before Armageddon

Characters and concepts	Corum Jhaelen Irsei Dorian Hawkmoon Deities in the Elric series Elric of Melniboné Eternal Champion Jerry Cornelius Karl Glogauer Lapis alectorius Law and Chaos Multiverse Stormbringer Symbol of Chaos Ulrich von Bek Melniboné Tanelorn

Music contributions	New Worlds Fair Warrior on the Edge of Time Sonic Attack Zones Live Chronicles Lucky Leif and the Longships Hype Cultösaurus Erectus Mirrors

Other work	Epic Pooh New Worlds

Adaptions	Airtight Garage The Chronicle of the Black Sword The Final Programme Stormbringer

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