The Marshall Plan - Blue ?yster Cult, Blue Oyster Cult
Hungry Boys - Blue ?yster Cult, Bouchard, Albert
Fallen Angel - Blue ?yster Cult, Bouchard, Joe
Lips in the Hills - Blue ?yster Cult, Bloom, Eric
Unknown Tongue - Blue ?yster Cult, Bouchard, Albert
Digitally remastered reissue of the heavy metal icons' 1980 & ninth album, complete with all of the abstract artwork used for the original vinyl release. Nine tracks, including 'Marshall Plan', 'Divine Wind', 'Black Bl... more »ade' & 'Monsters'. 1999 release.« less
Digitally remastered reissue of the heavy metal icons' 1980 & ninth album, complete with all of the abstract artwork used for the original vinyl release. Nine tracks, including 'Marshall Plan', 'Divine Wind', 'Black Blade' & 'Monsters'. 1999 release.
Thaddeus B. Rosemyer | Massena, NY USA | 03/15/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"One of the best BOC LPs, produced in glory by one of the masters, Martin Birch. By "best" I mean: dark, heavy, classy & original. The Oyster Boys let loose some pearls like "Lips...", Buck's "Deadline", Joey's sunny-sounding "Fallen Angel" & the eerie "Unknown Tongue." Eric Bloom has never sounded more in command. Check out the other side to this coin=Fire of Unknown Origin. And for those not on board yet go see em live, NOW, on the road forever."
THE MONSTERS ARE BACK!
stevenb | 03/09/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"After their commercial success with AGENTS OF FORTUNE, along with their Halloween-compatible conterpart SPECTRES, and their lark-into-the-sunshine MIRRORS, the Blue Oyster Cult comes rip-roaring back with CULTOSAURUS ERECTUS. This album brings them back into very familiar territory, minus the production team of Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman, and David Lucas. The sound of the Cult is heavier and is more inclined to go in more exotic trips (listen to MONSTERS). I remember that the president of the B.O.C. fan club stated that CULTOSAURUS ERECTUS was his favorite album by B.O.C. This may not be the absolute best by B.O.C., but one thing is for sure, it certainly is one of the weirdest."
When giants walked the earth.
jblyn | Maryland, USA | 05/06/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)
"There's never been a Blue Oyster Cult album that hasn't had songs on it that make it worth listening to, if not purchasing outright. The first four songs on CULTOSAURUS ERECTUS are the four main keepers on this one, particularly "Monsters," which owes more than a little in it's execution to "21st Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson, and has several tasty sax solos in it as well. After those four are three so-so tracks that aren't so much bad as boring, but much interest is restored with the final two tracks, "Lips In The Hills" and "Unknown Tongue," leaving the album in the end with much metal heft. This is not the complete snooze-fest the album before it was (MIRRORS), but it's nowhere near as fulfilling a music experience as TYRANNY AND MUTATION and SECRET TREATIES are and were. And no cowbell, either!"
Blue oyster cult,s 1980 gem cultosaurus erectus!!
Paul Mcguinn | chicago il usa. | 12/19/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"blue oyster cult,s cultosaurus erectus was released in 1980.cultosaurus erectus was the first album b.o.c. made with very famous rock producer martin birch and the results were and are one of blue oyster cult,s strongest albums so far!martin birch also produced black sabbath,s heaven and hell the same year or so as this album. it also happened that blue oyster cult and black sabbath toured together that year on what was called the ;black and blue tour and it was great!this tour was also filmed and released as the black and blue movie which i would love to see released on dvd with 5.1 digital sound...maybe someday. black blade has got to be one of b.o.c,s coolest songs ever!!! eric bloom wrote this one with famous sci fi author michael moorcock[nice last name eh?..well anyway for me the great ones are;black blade [crank this one!!],divine wind,lips in the hills[play this one loud!!],monsters [which is kind of jazzy but very cool]hungry boys,fallen angel and unknown tongue. these tunes make this great b.o.c. album one of their best ones in my opinion.the remastering on this 1999 rewind edition is o.k. however i would like to see this and other b.o.c. albums remastered with bonus cuts with 2009 technology! but until a new round of remasters this one will do."