ALBERT BOUCHARD – Imaginos 2 ; Bombs Over Germany [Minus Zero and Counting] (2021)

ALBERT BOUCHARD is one of the founding members of BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, a band that with the original line-up sold millions of albums for Columbia Records with such classic songs as “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” and the #1 hit “Burning For You”. Bouchard contributed to songwriting, drums, and lead vocals on some of their greatest songs, such as “Cites on Flame with Rock and Roll”.
With the success of his ‘Re-Imaginos’ album last year, Albert Bouchard is now back with “Imaginos 2 – Bombs Over Germany (minus zero and counting)”, continuing the Trilogy of Imaginos, a concept album about an alien conspiracy that is brought to fruition during the late 19th and early 20th century through the actions of Imaginos, an agent of evil.
The album weaves scripts and poems by the late Sandy Pearlman, features guests Ross The Boss (Dictators, Manowar), Joe Cerisano (Silver Condor, TSO), and reunites original Blue Öyster Cult members Eric Bloom, Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser and Joe Bouchard, as well current BOC member Richie Castellano, who all contribute to this latest installment.
The album also features reworks of classics like “Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll”, “The Red and the Black”, and “Dominance and Submission”.

Other reworked song is “OD’d On Life Itself” , a very different take on the song that was recorded for BOC’s second album, ‘Tyranny and Mutation’. It’s a return to the original lyrics written by Pearlman, much less sarcastic and much more spooky. The track reflects that change with a simpler and more spacious arrangement with just acoustic guitar, mysterious guitar, violin, drums and bass.
The stand out lyrics are “Don’t you fear this trade in lives” … “This wedding by heaven was made up in hell” which portend to the darker nature of this second act in the Imaginos saga.

‘Imaginos’ may be the album that closed the curtains on BÖC’s ‘classic’ period, but here at last it gets the chance to speak for itself. Bouchard continues with the saga he already started, and created a ‘different’ piece of music regarding classic rock. Fans of the genre – and of course, Blue Oyster Cult – need to listen to “Imaginos 2 – Bombs Over Germany (minus zero and counting)”
Highly Recommended

01 – When War Comes
02 – Independence Day
03 – 7 Screaming Dizbusters
04 – OD’d On Life Itself
05 – II Duce
06 – Bombs Over Germany
07 – Before the Kiss (A Redcap)
08 – Three Sisters
09 – Quicklime Girl (Mistress of the Salmon Salt)
10 – The Red and the Black
11 – Dominance and Submission
12 – Shadow of California
13 – Cities on Flame (With Rock and Roll)
14 – Half Life Time

Albert Bouchard; Drums, Vocals, Keys, Acoustic Guitar
David Hirschberg; Bass
Joe Bouchard; Lead Vocals, Guitars, Trumpet, Piano
Greg Holt; Violin
Jack Rigg; Lead Guitar
Richie Castellano; Lead Guitar
Vaughan Burton; Lead Guitar
Ross ‘The Boss” Friedman; Lead Guitar
RJ Ronquillo; Lead Guitar
Don Falcone; Organ
Geoff O’Connell; Narration
Eric Bloom; Narration
Joe Cerisano; Lead and Background Vocals
David Hirschberg; Bass, Background Vocals
Ace Bouchard; Keys, E Drums, Percussion, Tympani
Buck Dharma; Lead and Background Vocals, Guitars, Percussion

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