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flamingtelepath | 02/03/2001

(1 out of 5 stars)

"More of the greatest hits of the B-O-C. The songs are great, don't get me wrong. Some executive at their old label wants to bleed the Oyster Boys for all they're worth. My vampire tattoo seal of approval is not on this one. No more compilations of their former glory."

2 compilations in 1

eveoflove | North York, Ontario Canada | 02/11/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Made in CAN in 1999, Serial# 17712, Playing Time 93:50This 2-disc compilation has to be the strangest one I've ever seen: disc 1 is the 1990 "On Flame With Rock And Roll" compilation, while disc 2 is the 1997 "Don't Fear The Reaper" compilation. I mean, they didn't even bother re-labeling the disc themselves for this "new item"!The tracks cover BOC's albums up to their 12th album, 1983's "The Revolution By Night", with more focus on the early days. If you have both of the "original" compilations, you can skip this altogether: no booklet, no liner notes; a real "cheap" effort. But if you're unfamiliar with their music, and only know a few songs like "(Don't Fear)The Reaper" and "Burnin' For You", you'll be surprised by the amount of good material this band has written!"

Live from New York City, BLUE...OYSTER...CULT!!!!!!!

N. Neisler | California | 09/08/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'm pretty impressed with the selection of songs they picked for this collection of BOC. They have got the classics like Don't Fear the Reaper, and Godzilla. They also have 3 of my favorites: Death Valley Nights, Nosferatu and Shooting Shark. The sound quality is supposed to be better on the Platnium CD - you will have to judge. But if you are looking to just get into BOC, you should get Workshop Of The Telescopes. It has about 30 songs - basically all the best of what they did except for Imaginos."