Curse of the Hidden Mirror

Curse of the Hidden Mirror
Studio album by Blue Öyster Cult
Released	June 5, 2001
Recorded	Millbrook Sound Studios, Millbrook, New York
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	50:54
Label	CMC/Sanctuary
Producer	Buck Dharma, Eric Bloom
Blue Öyster Cult chronology
Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult (2000)Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult2000 Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001) A Long Day's Night (2002)A Long Day's Night2002

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blistering	4/5[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[3]

Curse of the Hidden Mirror is the fourteenth 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 and poor relations led to the band being dropped by their label, Sanctuary Records. BÖC has not recorded a studio album or held a record deal 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.

The song "Out of the Darkness" was originally featured in the 1992 film Bad Channels,^[4] which Blue Öyster Cult recorded the soundtrack for, although the song was not included in the soundtrack album for the movie. "Showtime" was originally written and recorded for Cultösaurus Erectus but did not make the final cut.

Track listing

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