Blue Öyster Cult: Fire of Unknown Origin

LP Record Blue Öyster Cult's eighth album, "Fire of Unknown Origin" from 1981, features the hit single "Burnin' for You" (No. 1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart). For this work, they once again brought together their successful songwriting team of Patti Smith and dark fantasy author Michael Moorcock. The track "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" is considered by connoisseurs to be one of the band's finest works, partly due to its length and song structure. "Fire of Unknown Origin" was the last studio album with the original lineup before a seven-year hiatus. In many ways, it represents the end of an era, as Blue Öyster Cult struggled to find favour with critics and radio in the following years. Despite everything, this album is and remains an incredible masterpiece of their golden age.