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''Spectres'' is the fifth studio album by Music/BlueOysterCult, released in 1977. It's best remembered for the radio hits "Death Valley Nights", "R.U. Ready 2 Rock", "I Love the Night" and, of course, "Godzilla". It was preceded by ''Music/AgentsOfFortune'' and the next studio LP in 1979 would be the critically disliked ''Music/{{Mirrors}}''. The band would return to favour in 1980 with the LP after ''Mirrors'' - ''Music/CultosaurusErectus''.
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''Spectres'' is the fifth studio album by Music/BlueOysterCult, released in 1977. It's best remembered for the radio hits "Death Valley Nights", "R.U. Ready 2 Rock", "I Love the Night" and, of course, "Godzilla". It was preceded by ''Music/AgentsOfFortune'' and the next studio LP in 1979 would be the critically disliked ''Music/{{Mirrors}}''.''Music/{{Mirrors|Album}}''. The band would return to favour in 1980 with the LP after ''Mirrors'' - ''Music/CultosaurusErectus''.
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''Spectres'' is the fifth studio album by Music/BlueOysterCult, released in 1977. It's best remembered for the radio hits "Death Valley Nights", "R.U. Ready 2 Rock", "I Love the Night" and, of course, "Godzilla". It was preceded by ''Music/AgentsOfFortune'' and the next studio LP in 1979 would be the critically disliked ''Mirrors''. ''Music/{{Mirrors}}''. The band would return to favour in 1980 with the LP after ''Mirrors'' - ''Music/CultosaurusErectus''.
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''Spectres'' is the fifth studio album by Music/BlueOysterCult, released in 1977. It's best remembered for the radio hits "Death Valley Nights", "R.U. Ready 2 Rock", "I Love the Night" and, of course, "Godzilla". It was preceded by ''Music/AgentsOfFortune'' and the next studio LP would be the critically disliked ''Mirrors''. \n\n The band would return to favour with the LP after ''Mirrors'' - ''Music/CultosaurusErectus''.
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* TheTokyoFireball: One of the song's is about Franchise/{{Godzilla}}. Hell, one of the lyrics is "Oh, no, there goes Tokyo."
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''Spectres'' is the fifth studio album by Music/BlueOysterCult, released in 1977. It's best remembered for the radio hits "Death Valley Nights", "R.U. Ready 2 Rock", "I Love The the Night" and, of course, "Godzilla".
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* CoverVersion: ''Goin'Thru The Motions'' was co-written by British singer Ian Hunter [[note]]Hunter's involvement is possibly the reason why the LP uses British English spelling '''Spectres''' and not ''Specters'', as you might have expected.[[/note]]. Hunter recorded a version with his band Mott The Hoople. The big British hit was a cover recorded by Music/BonnieTyler in the early 1980's. BOC's version was released as a single in Great Britain but barely charted.
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'''Spectres''' is the fifth studio album by Music/BlueOysterCult, released in 1977. It's best remembered for the radio hits "Death Valley Nights", "R.U. Ready 2 Rock", "I Love The Night" and, of course, "Godzilla".
'''Tracklist'''
Side 1
# "Godzilla" (3:41)
# "Golden Age Of Leather" (5:53)
# "Death Valley Nights" (4:07)
# "Searchin' For Celine" (3:35)
# "Fireworks"
Side 2
# "R.U. Ready 2 Rock" (3:45)
# "Celestial the Queen" (3:24)
# "Goin' Through the Motions" (3:12)
# "I Love the Night" (4:23)
# "Nosferatu" (5:23)
'''Personnel'''
* Eric Bloom: vocals, guitar
* Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser: vocals, guitar
* Allen Lanier: vocals, guitar, keyboards
* Joe Bouchard: bass guitar, guitar, vocals
* Albert Bouchard: vocals, harmonica, drums
* The Newark Boys Chorus: vocals on "The Golden Age Of Leather".
!! ''With some purposeful tropes and a terrible sound''
* ACappella: "Golden Age Of Leather" starts of with the band members singing in unison before the song sets in.
* BreakingAndBloodsucking: "Nosferatu"
--> ''So chaste so calm, she gave herself''
--> ''To the pleasure of her dreaded master''
--> ''He sucked the precious drops of life''
--> ''Throughout the long and cold dark night''
* DrunkenSong: "Golden Age Of Leather"
--> ''Raise your can of beer on high''
--> ''And seal your fate forever''
--> ''Our best years have past us by''
--> ''The golden age of leather''
* FaceOnTheCover: The band seen around a table.
* GaiasVengeance: "Godzilla"
--> ''History shows again and again''
--> ''How nature points up the folly of men''
* GratuitousJapanese: The intermission of "Godzilla" has a Japanese newscaster talking about the beast's rampage in Tokyo and alerting listeners to run for shelter immediately. During live shows, Eric Bloom recites this part.
* HeavyMeta: "R.U. Ready 2 Rock"
* HeavyMithril: "The Golden Age of Leather", an operatic piece about a gang of bikers who ride out into the desert and fight to the death after an all-night [[HookersAndBlow orgy and meth party]], because they've realized they've grown too old to rock anymore. "Nosferatu" summarizes the plot of the [[Film/{{Nosferatu}} classic silent film of that name]].
* {{Kaiju}}: "Godzilla", about the [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Japanese film monster of the same name]].
* Letters2Numbers: "R.U. Ready 2 Rock".
* LyricalDissonance: "Golden Age of Leather" marries West Coast harmonies, surfer music and Beach Boys-style singing to the dark topic of old Hell's Angels going out with one last gang-bang of a ''wanton child, too dead to care, that each could find his pleasure as he might..." followed by a pitched battle to the death.
* OneManSong: "Godzilla" and "Nosferatu".
* OneWomanSong: "Celestial the Queen".
* OneWordTitle: The album title "Spectre" and the song "Fireworks".
* ThePowerOfRock: "R.U. Ready 2 Rock"
--> ''Come on come on thru the cities of night''
--> ''Come on come on everybody's praying''
--> ''Come on come on for the wonder of light''
--> ''Come on come on there's a new dance breaking''
* RecordProducer: Murrya Krugman, Sandy Pearlman and David Lucas.
* ShoutOut: "Godzilla" is a shout-out to Franchise/{{Godzilla}} and "Nosferatu" to ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}''. Interestingly enough two years after the release of this album would Creator/WernerHerzog make his acclaimed remake of the classic movie.
** "Godzilla" in itself has been used as the theme music of many promos for moster movie marathons on American TV.
* WholePlotReference: "Nosferatu" basically tells the plot of the film in song.
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''Come on, come on! There's a new tune playing! Are you ready to rock?!'']]
'''Spectres''' is the fifth studio album by Music/BlueOysterCult, released in 1977. It's best remembered for the radio hits "Death Valley Nights", "R.U. Ready 2 Rock", "I Love The Night" and, of course, "Godzilla".
'''Tracklist'''
Side 1
# "Godzilla" (3:41)
# "Golden Age Of Leather" (5:53)
# "Death Valley Nights" (4:07)
# "Searchin' For Celine" (3:35)
# "Fireworks"
Side 2
# "R.U. Ready 2 Rock" (3:45)
# "Celestial the Queen" (3:24)
# "Goin' Through the Motions" (3:12)
# "I Love the Night" (4:23)
# "Nosferatu" (5:23)
'''Personnel'''
* Eric Bloom: vocals, guitar
* Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser: vocals, guitar
* Allen Lanier: vocals, guitar, keyboards
* Joe Bouchard: bass guitar, guitar, vocals
* Albert Bouchard: vocals, harmonica, drums
* The Newark Boys Chorus: vocals on "The Golden Age Of Leather".
!! ''With some purposeful tropes and a terrible sound''
* ACappella: "Golden Age Of Leather" starts of with the band members singing in unison before the song sets in.
* BreakingAndBloodsucking: "Nosferatu"
--> ''So chaste so calm, she gave herself''
--> ''To the pleasure of her dreaded master''
--> ''He sucked the precious drops of life''
--> ''Throughout the long and cold dark night''
* DrunkenSong: "Golden Age Of Leather"
--> ''Raise your can of beer on high''
--> ''And seal your fate forever''
--> ''Our best years have past us by''
--> ''The golden age of leather''
* FaceOnTheCover: The band seen around a table.
* GaiasVengeance: "Godzilla"
--> ''History shows again and again''
--> ''How nature points up the folly of men''
* GratuitousJapanese: The intermission of "Godzilla" has a Japanese newscaster talking about the beast's rampage in Tokyo and alerting listeners to run for shelter immediately. During live shows, Eric Bloom recites this part.
* HeavyMeta: "R.U. Ready 2 Rock"
* HeavyMithril: "The Golden Age of Leather", an operatic piece about a gang of bikers who ride out into the desert and fight to the death after an all-night [[HookersAndBlow orgy and meth party]], because they've realized they've grown too old to rock anymore. "Nosferatu" summarizes the plot of the [[Film/{{Nosferatu}} classic silent film of that name]].
* {{Kaiju}}: "Godzilla", about the [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Japanese film monster of the same name]].
* Letters2Numbers: "R.U. Ready 2 Rock".
* LyricalDissonance: "Golden Age of Leather" marries West Coast harmonies, surfer music and Beach Boys-style singing to the dark topic of old Hell's Angels going out with one last gang-bang of a ''wanton child, too dead to care, that each could find his pleasure as he might..." followed by a pitched battle to the death.
* OneManSong: "Godzilla" and "Nosferatu".
* OneWomanSong: "Celestial the Queen".
* OneWordTitle: The album title "Spectre" and the song "Fireworks".
* ThePowerOfRock: "R.U. Ready 2 Rock"
--> ''Come on come on thru the cities of night''
--> ''Come on come on everybody's praying''
--> ''Come on come on for the wonder of light''
--> ''Come on come on there's a new dance breaking''
* RecordProducer: Murrya Krugman, Sandy Pearlman and David Lucas.
* ShoutOut: "Godzilla" is a shout-out to Franchise/{{Godzilla}} and "Nosferatu" to ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}''. Interestingly enough two years after the release of this album would Creator/WernerHerzog make his acclaimed remake of the classic movie.
** "Godzilla" in itself has been used as the theme music of many promos for moster movie marathons on American TV.
* WholePlotReference: "Nosferatu" basically tells the plot of the film in song.
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