The Revolution by Night

The Revolution by Night

Artist: Blue Öyster Cult
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074643894722
EAN: 0074643894722
ASIN: B0000025WW

Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Tracks:

Take Me Away
Eyes On Fire
Shooting Shark
Veins
Shadow Of California
Feel The Thunder
Let Go
Dragon Lady
Light Years Of Love

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Customer Reviews:

Worth Owning For Shooting Shark Alone.......2006-10-18

Through the mid-70 and 80's BOC had enjoyed a huge surge in popularity riding the wave of their two biggest selling albums "Agents Of Fortune" and the studio album immediately before this one "Fire Of Unknown Origin". On a commercial level "Revolution" is where BOC started to hit the skids. The single "Take Me Away", a tale of voluntary alien abduction got some airplay on AOR radio and one of my all time favorite BOC songs "Shooting Shark" also got some limited airplay, but other than that the album was a big let down sales wise from their previous effort. I saw them on this tour playing a 5,000 seat arena with only about 1000 people there. It was a great show, but the band had to be bummed at the turnout. The first studio lineup change is evident here as well as Albert Bouchard is no longer in the band (although his brother Joe remains), with the drum seat being filled by former drum tech Brian Downey. Downey's style is definitely different than Bouchard and sounds like he is using an electric kit for much of this release which some people don't care for, but I think it sounds kind of cool. I find it interesting when reading other people's reviews of this album that the opinions seem to be all over the place. Even in the songs, one person's favorite is another person's crap. As for myself, overall I like this album. "Shooting Shark" is one of the best tunes Buck ever wrote IMO. "Take Me Away", "Eyes On Fire", "Veins", "Shadow Of California" and "Dragon Lady" are all good too. There are some low points too. "Let Go" sounds like they deliberately tried to write an "anthem" that they could use in concert to garner audience participation. It just comes across as stupid to me. Also, the album closer "Light Years Of Love" has to be one of the worst songs BOC ever recorded. Joe Bouchard writes and sings it......he should leave the songwriting to the other guys.

Some great songs, some bad songs........2006-03-20

I'm no kid, just didn't want to create an account. At this point, 1983, B.O.C. was putting out their first studio record in 2 years, new drummer Rick Downey was in, original drummer & songwriter Albert Bouchard -out. On RBN, Bruce Fairbarn's (Loverboy, Aerosmith) production was too slick, very 80's, and a bit dated in spots. But overall, there are some real gems here. The two best tracks are "Take Me Away", which features some guitar from guest Aldo Nova, and a killer vocal from Eric Bloom. Then we get the ultra-cool "Shooting Shark", with lyrics by Patti Smith, and a great melodic vocal from Buck Dharma, this tune had session man/"American Idol" judge Randy Jackson on the "slap" bass. From there, it's spotty. "Eyes On Fire" is way too corny, and sounds like a bad Billy Joel outtake, not good at all. "Veins" has a cool and interesting Richard Meltzer lyric/storyline but the music is all mucked-up with electronic drums,(dated) and dopey synth effects - same goes for "Shadow Of California". After the misfire "Shadow", we get Eric Bloom's "Feel The Thunder"- not bad, but not great either. "Let Go" is totally stupid, but in an odd straight-rock-anthem way, is a lotta fun, and makes you laugh. "Dragon Lady"(co-written by Blotto !) comes off bland-although The Tubes may have done well with it...Don't listen to other folks who don't get "Light Years Of Love", it's a classic ballad sung by bassist Joe Bouchard, with lyrics by Helen Wheels. This song is one of Joe's best, it's soaring melody, beautiful wordplay, and imagery will take you into the outer limits...the 5th dimension, where the speed of light between 2 hearts collide. Dig it. Hoagie out. BOC rocks- On Tour Forever!

Blue Oyster Cult circa 1983.....3.5 stars.......2005-12-20

1983 represented changing times for Blue Oyster Cult. Based on all the other reviews, it is safe to say this is the most hated Cult collection. Why? IMHO, it is no worse than "Club Ninja". Both attempted to take the band to new places, and to look back almost 25 years later, ultimately both failed to achieve what they set out to do. While "Club Ninja" had it's own problems, "Revolution by Night" suffered from the common affliction of 80's style overproduction and somewhat poor songwriting. That's not to say the CD is not worth buying....there are still some great songs to choose from. I really liked RBN when it was first released back in '83, and the opening song "Take Me Away" was as strong an opener then as it is now with it's guitar jams and great vocal. "Take Me Away" remains to this day a classic in every sense, and is easily one of the best BOC songs in their entire catalog. But BOC takes a wrong turn when they try to be too radio friendly, and as a result, songs such as "Eyes on Fire" become stale quickly. While the song was as fresh & new as any in 1983-1984, today sounds limp and much too pop oriented for the same band that created "7 Screaming Diz-Busters" a decade earlier. The mellow "Shooting Shark", complete with MTV video and sax solos, impresses the senses with its gorgeous vocal and chorus and was sufficiently wierd for BOC at the time, but lacked energy and overstays it's welcome just a bit. The next song, "Veins" delivers the punch, and aside from "Take Me Away", is one of the best songs on this collection. Featuring Rick Downey's awsome drumming, "Veins" keeps the listener on edge, and is pure aural delight. "Shadow of California" immediately continues in this tradition, keeping even the most rabid of BOC fans sufficiently at bay. "Feel the Thunder" may appeal to some, and conjures up Halloween-style comic book imagery of three doomed riders "clutched on American steel....., Riders with no name". I usually enjoy this song, although I would have preferred more power/crunch/speed to aptly relay the story of bikers riding American steel. Sadly, the rest of the CD is littered with poor melodies and songwriting. "Dragon Lady" is filler material, and although "Let Go" features an energetic beat, it is nothing more than shameless pandering to the masses and Columbia with its embarassing juvenile chorus. Finally, the album concludes with a nice Joe Bouchard contribution called "Light Years of Love". This song features some nice mandolin work which is complemented by a very likeable keyboard line, but suffers from poor lyrics and questionable vocals. All and all, this collection was a mediocre offering, but then again, right in line with what was being offered everywhere else circa 1983. Although production values back then were a bit over the top, I sometimes miss the attention to detail and effort in making everything sound perfect. If you are fond of 80's style music, you may very well want to pick this up, and you may even really like some of the songs.

One of BOC's Best -- But Not Presented Well.......2005-10-26

BOC have put out a lot of albums over the years -- many were OK, a handful were great. This is one of the great ones. This is one of BOC's pop-ish albums; it's not a headbanger like The Red & The Black, or Imaginos. I think it's a much better match for Agents of Fortune, in terms of style.

The great cover art (arguably the best cover of any BOC release) sets a perfect tone for the music. The first track, Take Me Away, is a hard rocker that got a fair bit of airplay back in the day, at least where I live. The rest of the tracks vary in style (Light Years of Love is quite mellow), but they all have a fairly cohesive sound, and the dash of darkness and mystery that one expects from BOC.

Now the bad news. . . The cover art has been mangled on this CD release, and the music is suffering too. It has one of those atrocious early CD mastering jobs that makes everything sound painfully harsh and thin. It's a crying shame, and it's the reason why I don't give this CD five stars. The LP was 100% better, trust me! I hope someday we'll get a remastered CD release. Until that day comes, you can turn up your bass, turn down your treble way down, and it'll sound . . . somewhat better. Despite the CD's problems, The Revolution By Night is still a must for every real BOC fan.

Should be less than 1 star.......2005-02-01

A friend broght this CD to work for us to listen to as a joke and believe me it is a joke. It came out about the same time as "This is Spinal Tap" and it is just as bad, except BOC was serious! It is one of the worst combinations of 80's glam-hair pop-metal I have heard. Think of the review of "Smell the Glove" ("---- sandwich").

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