#1069 Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation

BOC's 2nd album is hard rock in transition, holding onto the vestiges of stonesey, sneering swagger and whipping everything up to 80 miles an hour, filling every cranny with ripping guitar solos, and sounding presciently like the kind of goodtimes metal that would fill the next decade or two. It's ambitious, surprisingly sprightly rock and roll, too fun to be truly menacing, too metal for party music, but occupying some slanted, addled space in the night 3.5/5