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Heaven Forbid is the thirteenth studio album by American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on March 24, 1998. It was the band's first studio album with new material in a decade (not counting the 1992 soundtrack to Bad Channels). American science fiction and horror writer John Shirley wrote lyrics to most of the songs on the album. While he is primarily known as an author for his cyberpunk stories, many of the lyrics on this album revolve around early science fiction and mystery motifs. The album's working title was 'Ezekiel's Wheel,' after the Biblical story that some take to reference an early visitation by UFOs.

Heaven Forbid
Studio album by
Blue Öyster Cult
ReleasedMarch 24, 1998
RecordedMillbrook Sound Studios, Millbrook, New York, U.S.
Genre
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
Length45:07
LabelCMC
Frontiers
ProducerBuck Dharma, Eric Bloom, Steve Schenck
Blue Öyster Cult chronology
Cult Classic
(1994)
Heaven Forbid
(1998)
St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings
(2001)
Alternative cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]

The album's live song "In Thee" was originally featured on Mirrors. "Still Burnin'" is a sequel to the song "Burnin' for You", which appeared on Fire of Unknown Origin.

The inspiration for the alternative cover is Morgan Fairchild. This image also appears on the reverse of the insert, and was originally intended to be the front piece as indicated by advertisements from the period.

"Harvest Moon", "Power Underneath Despair", "Cold Gray Light of Dawn" and "Still Burnin'" were debuted live during the 1992 tour.[3][4]

The album was re-released on April 17, 2020, by Frontiers.


Track listing


No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."See You in Black"Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser, John Shirley3:17
2."Harvest Moon"Roeser4:55
3."Power Underneath Despair"Bloom, Roeser, Shirley3:29
4."X-Ray Eyes"Roeser, Shirley3:48
5."Hammer Back"Bloom, Roeser, Shirley3:35
6."Damaged"Roeser, Shirley4:22
7."Cold Gray Light of Dawn"Bloom, Roeser, Shirley3:53
8."Real World"Roeser, Shirley5:11
9."Live for Me"Roeser, Shirley5:19
10."Still Burnin'"Roeser, Jon Rogers3:37
11."In Thee" (Live)Allen Lanier3:40

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References


  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Blue Öyster Cult - Heaven Forbid review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
  2. Popoff, Martin (August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 57–58. ISBN 978-1894959629.
  3. "Blue Öyster Cult Tour Statistics: 1992 | setlist.fm". setlist.fm.
  4. Blue Öyster Cult - Moscow ID 6/6/92 Full Concert. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.



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