Fire of Unknown Origin

Fire of Unknown Origin is an album by Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1981. It was produced by Martin Birch, a producer who worked with many heavy metal bands (with his works with Iron Maiden and the blues-era Whitesnake being amongst the most famous) of the early 80's.

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Blue Öyster Cult - 1981 - Martin Birch - Heavy metal - Iron Maiden - Blues - Whitesnake

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The album continues BOC's tendency to write quirky songs, from the title tracks's refrain of love lost to the strangely surreal "Joan Crawford (Has Risen From The Grave)".

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The album contains the second track that most people think of when their name is mentioned, "Burning For You", which showed that behind the quirky psychedelia there lurked a keen songwriting ability. Many of the songs came about for use with the animated film Heavy Metal such as the song "Vengeance (The Pact)", however only the song "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" ended up being used for the film.

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Psychedelia - Heavy Metal - Veteran of the Psychic Wars

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