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Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin



8.6 | 161 votes |
Release date: June 1981
Style: Hard rock

Owners:

191 have it
25 want it


01. Fire Of Unknown Origin
02. Burnin' For You
03. Veteran Of The Psychic Wars
04. Sole Survivor
05. Heavy Metal: The Black And Silver
06. Vengeance (The Pact)
07. After Dark
08. Joan Crawford
09. Don't Turn Your Back

Top 20 albums of 1981: 4

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05.09.2011 - 05:15
Rating: 9
strade

Great atmosphere and surprisingly dark lyrical themes. Me like.
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11.10.2015 - 23:44
Rating: 9
Joppe
Steelemeister
I think there's a couple of weak tracks, the rest is classic BÖC material.
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My vision is augmented
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21.11.2017 - 17:14
Rating: 10
MMizfall

FOOKINN LOVE THIS!!!!
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24.12.2019 - 21:49
Rating: 7
SebaRaven36

A classic album and among the best of the band, as many with this material knew the group long ago.
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06.08.2022 - 16:48
Rating: 8
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
I'd only listened to "Burnin For You". Now I've listened to the whole album. Very enjoyable and, as someone else mentioned, surprisingly dark (and metal!) lyrics
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12.08.2023 - 03:17
Rating: 9
Guib
Thrash Talker
In my opinion, this is BÖC's strongest album and a timeless classic. There's certainly no bad tracks on this album but highlights for me aside the obivous "Burnin For You" would have to be "After Dark" , "Joan Crawford", "Heavy Metal: The Black And Silver" and the title track "Fire Of Unkown Origin".

The writing, composition and production on this album is all stellar. What can I say, I love it. You can feel that the band was properly surrounded.
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