Curse of the Hidden Mirror

Curse of the Hidden Mirror is the twelfth studio album by the American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in 2001. The only single from the record was the poorly received "Pocket". Lackluster sales led to the band being dropped by their label, Sanctuary Records. BÖC has not recorded a studio album since.

The title of the album is taken from a song contained in the unreleased album by the Stalk-Forrest Group, the band that would later become Blue Öyster Cult, recorded in 1970.

John Shirley, a renowned author of cyberpunk science fiction, wrote the lyrics for many songs of the album.

Track listing

1. "Dance on Stilts" (John Shirley, Donald Roeser) - 6:05
2. "Showtime" (Eric Bloom, John Trivers) - 4:38
3. "The Old Gods Return" (Shirley, Bloom, Roeser) - 4:36
4. "Pocket" (Shirley, Roeser) - 4:15
5. "One Step Ahead of the Devil" (Shirley, Bloom, Roeser, Danny Miranda, Bobby Rondinelli) - 4:16
6. "I Just Like to Be Bad" (Shirley, Bloom, Bryan Neumeister) - 3:54
7. "Here Comes That Feeling" (Dick Trismen, Roeser) - 3:21
8. "Out of the Darkness" (Shirley, Miranda, Bloom, Roeser) - 5:06
9. "Stone of Love" (Richard Meltzer, Roeser) - 5:49
10. "Eye of the Hurricane" (Shirley, Bloom, Neumeister, Roeser, Rondinelli) - 4:40
11. "Good to Feel Hungry" (Shirley, Miranda, Bloom, Roeser) - 4:12

Personnel

Band members

• Eric Bloom - lead vocals on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, guitars, keyboards, associate producer
• Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser - guitars, lead vocals on tracks 1, 4, 7, 9, keyboards, producer
• Allen Lanier - guitars, keyboards
• Danny Miranda - bass, keyboards, background vocals
• Bobby Rondinelli - drums

Additional musicians

• Norman DelTufo - percussion
• George Cintron - background vocals

Production

• Paul Orofino - engineer, mixing
• Leon Zervos - mastering

References