"Agents of Fortune" is one of the three albums I picked up recently ("Haggard - Awaking the Centuries" and "Opeth - Damnation" being the other two), here's a short review:
The album has some very good songs on it (most noteable of course "Don't Fear the Reaper", but "Fire of Unknown Origin" is also a very good song) and some almost boring songs ("This ain't the summer of love" tends to annoy me very quickly, even though it does have some nice guitar work. "True Confessions" is another song I don't like).
But overall it is an album to check out if you are interested in the early history of rock and metal music. There are some very nice riffs and many good soli to discover on this album.
The only problem I have with this album is that some of the songs sound like your everday 70s pop music, which is not exactly my kind of music.
Overall, the album is worth to check out if you see it cheap somewhere. If you are into 70s rock/pop, then there's no way around this album for you (if you are into it, then you propably already own this album).
Rating: I give it 7 stars out of 10.
But I have the feeling that I like the album better the more often I listen to it.
Track list:
01. This Ain't the Summer of Love (2:21)
02. True Confessions (2:57)
03. (Don't Fear) The Reaper (5:08)
04. E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) (3:43)
05. The Revenge of Vera Gemini (3:52)
06. Sinful Love (3:29)
07. Tattoo Vampire (2:41)
08. Morning Final (4:30)
09. Tenderloin (3:40)
10. Debbie Denise (4:13)
11. Fire of Unknown Origin (original version) (3:30)
12. Sally (demo) (2:40)
13. (Don't Fear) The Reaper (demo) (6:20)
14. Dance the Night Away (demo) (2:37)
Songs to check out:
Obviously, "Don't Fear the Reaper". Also good: "Sinful Love" and "Fire of unkown origin".
Shanus
Last year my friends and I listened to Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult so much, they're an amazing band. And Agents of Fortune is equally amazing
Haggard
Yeah, the album is quite good and it's always nice to know some of the "history" of todays metal music. ^^