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Some Enchanted Evening

 
Album Review: Some Enchanted Evening

  • Artist: Blue Öyster Cult
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1978 09
  • Total Time: 37:18
  • Type: Live
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Blue Öyster Cult marks time with a second live album on which they turn out good, if redundant, concert versions of recent favorites like "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" and "Godzilla" and add to their repertoire of live covers such oldies as the MC5's "Kick out the Jams" and the Animals' "We Gotta Get out of This Place." A perfectly acceptable, completely unnecessary souvenir record from a hard-touring band of the '70s. (It should perhaps be noted that the mid- to late '70s was a period when more live albums than usual were being released, especially in the wake of Peter Frampton's massively successful 1976 album Frampton Comes Alive!.) ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
R.U. Ready 2 Rock (Lyrics) Albert Bouchard, Sandy Pearlman Blue Öyster Cult (5:30)
E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) Sandy Pearlman, Donald Roeser Blue Öyster Cult (5:05)
Astronomy (Lyrics) Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard, Sandy Pearlman Blue Öyster Cult (8:19)
Kick out the Jams Michael Davis, Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis Thompson Blue Öyster Cult (3:39)
Godzilla [Live] Donald Roeser, Richard Meltzer Blue Öyster Cult (4:46)
(Don't Fear) The Reaper [Live] Donald Roeser Blue Öyster Cult (5:51)
We Gotta Get out of This Place Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil Blue Öyster Cult (4:08)

Credits

Allen Lanier (Bass), Eric Bloom (Guitar), Blue Öyster Cult (Producer), Tony Cedrone (Percussion), Joe Bouchard (Guitar), Albert Bouchard (Drums), Joe Bouchard (Bass), Allen Lanier (Guitar), Allen Lanier (Keyboards), Joe Bouchard (Vocals), Albert Bouchard (Guitar), Sandy Pearlman (Producer), Joe Bouchard (Piano), Albert Bouchard (Vocals), Donald Roeser (Guitar), Donald Roeser (Vocals), Murray Krugman (Producer), Corky Stasiak (Engineer), Rickey Reyer (Percussion), Eric Bloom (Vocals), Allen Lanier (Vocals)
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Some Enchanted Evening
Live album by Blue Öyster Cult
Released September, 1978/ February 13, 2007
Recorded December 31, 1977 - June 1, 1978
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length 37:00/ 73:33
Label Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings
Producer Sandy Pearlman, Murray Krugman
Professional reviews
Blue Öyster Cult chronology
Spectres
(1977)
Some Enchanted Evening
(1978)
Mirrors
(1979)

Some Enchanted Evening is a Blue Öyster Cult live album released in September 1978). The album sold over a million units in U.S.A. The album's seven original tracks were recorded at various locations in the United States and England. The reissue's seven bonus tracks were recorded in various locations around the United States as well.

A reissue of this album was released early 2007, that included seven bonus tracks along with a DVD entitled "Some OTHER Enchanted Evening," which featured a previously unreleased performance videotaped at the Capital Center in Largo, MD in the spring of 1978.

Track listing

  1. "R.U. Ready 2 Rock" - 5:29
  2. "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" - 5:04
  3. "Astronomy" - 8:18
  4. "Kick Out the Jams" (MC5 cover) - 3:03
  5. "Godzilla" - 4:10
  6. "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" - 5:51
  7. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (The Animals cover) - 4:09

2007 Reissue Bonus Tracks

  1. "ME 262" - 3:24
  2. "Harvester of Eyes" - 4:35
  3. "Hot Rails To Hell" - 5:01
  4. "This Ain't The Summer Of Love" - 2:48
  5. "5 Guitars" - 8:34
  6. "Born to Be Wild" - (Steppenwolf cover) - 6:30
  7. "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place [Alternate Version]" - 4:36

2007 Reissue Bonus DVD; "Some OTHER Enchanted Evening":

  1. "R.U. Ready To Rock" - 5:29
  2. "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" - 5:04
  3. "Harvester of Eyes" - 4:35
  4. "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" - 4:09
  5. "Golden Age of Leather"
  6. "Astronomy" - 8:18
  7. "ME 262" - 3:24
  8. "Kick Out The Jams" (MC5 cover) - 3:03
  9. "This Ain't The Summer Of Love" - 2:48
  10. "5 Guitars" - 8:34
  11. "Born To Be Wild" (Steppenwolf cover) - 6:30

Personnel

Certifications

Year Album Certification
1979 Some Enchanted Evening Platinum (RIAA)

 
 

 

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