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Blue Oyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin [Columbia Records FC 37389] (June 1981)

Dynamic Range Released: June 1981
Country: US
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog: FC 37389
Genre: Rock

Item# SR-COFC37389
Ratings: C=VG+; LP=VG+

T R A C K L I S T:
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

Fire Of Unknown Origin
Blue Oyster Cult

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Fire of Unknown Origin is the eighth album by the American hard rock band Blue Oyster Cult, released in 1981. It was produced by Martin Birch.

The album, which included the Top 40 hit ''Burnin' for You'' (#1 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart) represented a resurgence of the group's commercial standing after two albums with disappointing sales. Fire of Unknown Origin would be the final studio LP featuring the band's original lineup until 1988's Imaginos; during the subsequent tour, the band fired original drummer Albert Bouchard.

The album continues BOC's tendency to write quirky songs, from the title track (featuring lyrics by Patti Smith) to ''Joan Crawford''. Many of the songs were intended for the soundtrack of the animated film Heavy Metal, such as ''Vengeance (The Pact)'', whose lyrics follow in detail the plot of the ''Taarna'' segment of the movie. However, only the song ''Veteran of the Psychic Wars'' (which, ironically, was not written for Heavy Metal), co-written by science fiction author Michael Moorcock, ended up in the film's final version and soundtrack.

The album's closing track, ''Don't Turn Your Back'', marks Allen Lanier's final songwriting contribution to Blue Oyster Cult; it was played live by the group for the first time on June 17, 2016, at a special concert highlighting Lanier's music. [wikipedia.org]