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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Curse of the Hidden Mirror
| Type = studio
| name = Curse of the Hidden Mirror
| Artist = [[Blue Öyster Cult]]
| type = studio
| artist = [[Blue Öyster Cult]]
| Cover = Curse_of_the_hidden_mirror_cover.jpg
| cover = Curse_of_the_hidden_mirror_cover.jpg
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| Released = June 5, 2001
| alt =
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| Recorded = Millbrook Sound Studios, [[Millbrook, New York]]
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| released = June 5, 2001
| Genre = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]|[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]}}
| Length = 50:54
| recorded =
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| studio = Millbrook Sound Studios, [[Millbrook, New York]]
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| Label = [[CMC International|CMC]]/[[Sanctuary Records Group|Sanctuary]]
| Producer = {{hlist|[[Buck Dharma]]|[[Eric Bloom]]}}
| genre = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]|[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]}}
| length = 50:54
| Last album = ''[[Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult]]''<br />(2000)
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| label = [[CMC International|CMC]]/[[Sanctuary Records Group|Sanctuary]]
| This album = '''''Curse of the Hidden Mirror'''''<br />(2001)
| producer = {{hlist|[[Buck Dharma]]|[[Eric Bloom]]}}
| Next album = ''[[A Long Day's Night]]''<br />(2002)
| prev_title = [[St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings]]
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = [[The Symbol Remains]]
| next_year = 2020
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =[[AllMusic]]
| rev1 =[[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-curse-of-the-hidden-mirror-r536189/review | title = Blue Öyster Cult Curse of the Hidden Mirror review | accessdate = 2011-11-13 | last = Horowitz | first = Hal |work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-curse-of-the-hidden-mirror-mw0000004333| title = Curse of the Hidden Mirror - Blue Öyster Cult {{!}} Album Review | accessdate = April 6, 2024 | last = Horowitz | first = Hal |work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[RhythmOne]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Blistering]]
| rev2 = [[Blistering (magazine)|Blistering]]
| rev2Score = 4/5<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/279/menuid/2/tempidx/4/link/1 | title = Blue Oyster Cult – "Curse of the Hidden Mirror" (CMC International) | accessdate = 2012-04-22 | last = Wilson | first = David L. | publisher = [[Blistering]] | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140203212240/http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/279/menuid/2/tempidx/4/link/1 | archivedate = 2014-02-03 | df = }}</ref>
| rev2Score = 4/5<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/279/menuid/2/tempidx/4/link/1 | title = Blue Oyster Cult – "Curse of the Hidden Mirror" (CMC International) | accessdate = April 22, 2012 | last = Wilson | first = David L. | publisher = [[Blistering (magazine)|Blistering]] | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140203212240/http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/279/menuid/2/tempidx/4/link/1 | archivedate = February 3, 2014 }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev3 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev3Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | last2 = Perri | first2 = David |title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = March 2011 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] | isbn = 9781926592206}}</ref>
| rev3Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | last2 = Perri | first2 = David |title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = March 2011 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada | isbn = 9781926592206}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Zell |first=Ray |date=June 30, 2001 |title=Albums
|magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |location=UK |publisher=[[EMAP]] |issue=859 |page=49}}</ref>
| noprose=yes
| noprose=yes
}}
}}


'''''Curse of the Hidden Mirror''''' is the thirteenth [[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.
'''''Curse of the Hidden Mirror''''' is the thirteenth [[studio album]] by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Blue Öyster Cult]], released on June 5, 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]]; as a result, BÖC did not release another studio album for nearly 20 years, until the release of ''[[The Symbol Remains]]'' in 2020.
The title of the album is taken from a song contained in the [[St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings|unreleased album]] by the Stalk-Forrest Group, the band that would later become Blue Öyster Cult, recorded in 1970.
The title of the album is taken from a song contained in [[St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings|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.
[[John Shirley]], an 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]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103757/soundtrack | title = Bad Channels (1992 Video) – Soundtracks – IMDb | accessdate = 2014-01-26}}</ref> which Blue Öyster Cult recorded the soundtrack for, although the song was not included in the [[Bad Channels (album)|soundtrack album]] for the movie. "Showtime" was originally written and recorded for [[Cultösaurus Erectus]] but did not make the final cut.
The song "Out of the Darkness" was originally featured in the 1992 film ''[[Bad Channels]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103757/soundtrack | title = Bad Channels (1992 Video) – Soundtracks – IMDb | accessdate = January 26, 2014}}</ref> which Blue Öyster Cult recorded the soundtrack for, although the song was not included in [[Bad Channels (album)|the soundtrack album]] for the movie. "Showtime" was originally written and recorded for ''[[Cultösaurus Erectus]]'' but did not make the final cut.

''Curse of the Hidden Mirror'' is the final Blue Öyster Cult album to feature longtime keyboardist [[Allen Lanier]], who died in 2013.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
#"Dance on Stilts" ''<small>([[Donald Roeser]], [[John Shirley]])</small>'' – 6:05
| title1 = Dance on Stilts
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#"Showtime" ''<small>([[Eric Bloom]], [[John Trivers]])</small>'' – 4:38
#"The Old Gods Return" ''<small>(Bloom, Roeser, Shirley)</small>'' – 4:36
| writer1 = [[Donald Roeser]], [[John Shirley]]
| length1 = 6:05
#"Pocket" ''<small>(Roeser, Shirley)</small>'' – 4:15
| title2 = Showtime
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#"One Step Ahead of the Devil" ''<small>(Bloom, Roeser, Danny Miranda, [[Bobby Rondinelli]], Shirley)</small>'' – 4:16
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| writer2 = [[Eric Bloom]], [[John Trivers]]
#"I Just Like to Be Bad" ''<small>(Bloom, Bryan Neumeister, Shirley)</small>'' – 3:54
| length2 = 4:38
#"Here Comes That Feeling" ''<small>(Roeser, Dick Trismen)</small>'' – 3:21
| title3 = The Old Gods Return
#"Out of the Darkness" ''<small>(Miranda, Bloom, Roeser, Shirley)</small>'' – 5:06
| writer3 = Bloom, Roeser, Shirley
#"Stone of Love" ''<small>(Roeser, [[Richard Meltzer]])</small>'' – 5:49
| length3 = 4:36
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#"Eye of the Hurricane" ''<small>(Bloom, Neumeister, Roeser, Rondinelli, Shirley)</small>'' – 4:40
| title4 = Pocket
#"Good to Feel Hungry" ''<small>(Miranda, Bloom, Roeser, Shirley)</small>'' – 4:12
| writer4 = Roeser, Shirley
| length4 = 4:15
| title5 = One Step Ahead of the Devil
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| writer5 = Bloom, Roeser, Danny Miranda, [[Bobby Rondinelli]], Shirley
| length5 = 4:16
| title6 = I Just Like to Be Bad
| writer6 = Bloom, Bryan Neumeister, Shirley
| length6 = 3:54
| title7 = Here Comes That Feeling
| writer7 = Roeser, Dick Trismen
| length7 = 3:21
| title8 = Out of the Darkness
| writer8 = Miranda, Bloom, Roeser, Shirley
| length8 = 5:06
| title9 = Stone of Love
| writer9 = Roeser, [[Richard Meltzer]]
| length9 = 5:49
| title10 = Eye of the Hurricane
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| writer10 = Bloom, Neumeister, Roeser, Rondinelli, Shirley
| length10 = 4:40
| title11 = Good to Feel Hungry
| writer11 = Miranda, Bloom, Roeser, Shirley
| length11 = 4:12
}}


== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==


===Band members===
===Band members===
*[[Eric Bloom]] – lead vocals on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, guitars, keyboards, associate producer
*[[Eric Bloom]] – vocals (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11), stun guitars, associate producer
*[[Buck Dharma|Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser]] – guitars, lead vocals on tracks 1, 4, 7, 9, keyboards, producer
*[[Buck Dharma|Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser]] – lead guitars, vocals (1, 4, 7, 9), producer
*[[Allen Lanier]] – guitars, keyboards
*[[Allen Lanier]] – rhythm guitars, keyboards, background vocals
*Danny Miranda – bass, keyboards, background vocals
*Danny Miranda – bass, background vocals
*[[Bobby Rondinelli]] – drums
*[[Bobby Rondinelli]] – drums, percussion


===Additional musicians===
===Additional musicians===
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Curse of the Hidden Mirror
Studio album by
Blue Öyster Cult
ReleasedJune 5, 2001
StudioMillbrook Sound Studios, Millbrook, New York
Genre
Length50:54
LabelCMC/Sanctuary
Producer
Blue Öyster Cult chronology
St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings
(2001) 		Curse of the Hidden Mirror
(2001) 		The Symbol Remains
(2020)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blistering4/5[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[3]
Kerrang![4]

Curse of the Hidden Mirror is the thirteenth studio album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on June 5, 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; as a result, BÖC did not release another studio album for nearly 20 years, until the release of The Symbol Remains in 2020.

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, an 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,[5] 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.

Curse of the Hidden Mirror is the final Blue Öyster Cult album to feature longtime keyboardist Allen Lanier, who died in 2013.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dance on Stilts"Donald Roeser, John Shirley6:05
2."Showtime"Eric Bloom, John Trivers4:38
3."The Old Gods Return"Bloom, Roeser, Shirley4:36
4."Pocket"Roeser, Shirley4:15
5."One Step Ahead of the Devil"Bloom, Roeser, Danny Miranda, Bobby Rondinelli, Shirley4:16
6."I Just Like to Be Bad"Bloom, Bryan Neumeister, Shirley3:54
7."Here Comes That Feeling"Roeser, Dick Trismen3:21
8."Out of the Darkness"Miranda, Bloom, Roeser, Shirley5:06
9."Stone of Love"Roeser, Richard Meltzer5:49
10."Eye of the Hurricane"Bloom, Neumeister, Roeser, Rondinelli, Shirley4:40
11."Good to Feel Hungry"Miranda, Bloom, Roeser, Shirley4:12

Personnel

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Band members

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Additional musicians

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  • Norman DelTufo – percussion
  • George Cintron – background vocals

Production

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

References

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  1. ^ Horowitz, Hal. "Curse of the Hidden Mirror - Blue Öyster Cult | Album Review". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  2. ^ Wilson, David L. "Blue Oyster Cult – "Curse of the Hidden Mirror" (CMC International)". Blistering. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (March 2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 9781926592206.
  4. ^ Zell, Ray (June 30, 2001). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 859. UK: EMAP. p. 49.
  5. ^ "Bad Channels (1992 Video) – Soundtracks – IMDb". Retrieved January 26, 2014.
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