Editing Secret Treaties

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Secret Treaties''}}{{Infobox album
|title=''Secret Treaties''
|image=Secret treaties cover.jpg
|artist=[[Blue Öyster Cult]]
|released=April 1974
|recorded=1974
|length=38:35 (original)<hr>56:07 (reissue)
|label=Columbia Records
|producer=[[Murray Krugman]]<br>[[Sandy Pearlman]]
|previous-album=''[[Tyranny and Mutation]]''
|next-album=''[[On Your Feet or on Your Knees]]''}}
'''''Secret Treaties''''' is the third studio album by [[Blue Öyster Cult]]. It was released in April 1974 by Columbia Records, peaking at No. 54 on the Billboard 200 on June 1 and remaining on U.S. charts for 14 weeks. It was certified Gold by RIAA in 1992.

This album spawned one single, "[[Career of Evil]]" / "[[Dominance and Submission]]", which did not chart.

== Personnel ==
=== Blue Öyster Cult ===
* [[Buck Dharma|Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser]] – lead guitar, vocals
* [[Eric Bloom]] – lead vocals, keyboards, stun guitar
* [[Albert Bouchard]] – drums, vocals
* [[Joe Bouchard]] – bass, vocals
* [[Allen Lanier]] – keyboards, rhythm guitar, all synthesizers

=== Production ===
* [[Murray Krugman]] – producer
* [[Sandy Pearlman]] – producer
* Tim Geelan – engineer
* Jerry Smith – engineer
* Lehman Yates – recording
* Lou Schlossberg – recording
* Ron Lesser – cover art
* John Berg – cover design
* Special thanks to Al Simon of Simon Says T-Shirts, Los Angeles, CA

== Track listing ==
{| class="article-table"
!#
!Title
!
!Lead vocals
!Length
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Side one'''
|-
|1
|[[Career of Evil]]
|A. Bouchard, Smith
|Bloom, A. Bouchard
|3:59
|-
|2
|[[Subhuman]]
|Bloom, Pearlman
|Bloom
|4:39
|-
|3
|[[Dominance and Submission]]
|A. Bouchard, Bloom, Pearlman
|A. Bouchard
|5:23
|-
|4
|[[ME 262]]
|Bloom, Roeser, Pearlman
|Bloom
|4:48
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Side two'''
|-
|5
|[[Cagey Cretins]]
|A. Bouchard, Meltzer
|Bloom, A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard
|3:16
|-
|6
|[[Harvester of Eyes]]
|Roeser, Bloom, Meltzer
|Bloom
|4:42
|-
|7
|[[Flaming Telepaths]]
|A. Bouchard, Bloom, Pearlman, Roeser
|Bloom
|5:20
|-
|8
|[[Astronomy]]
|J. Bouchard, A. Bouchard, Pearlman
|Bloom
|6:28
|-
| colspan="5" |'''2001 reissue bonus tracks'''
|-
|9
|[[Boorman the Chauffeur]]
|J. Bouchard
|J. Bouchard
|3:13
|-
|10
|[[Mommy]]
|Meltzer
|Bloom
|3:32
|-
|11
|[[Mes Dames Sarat]]
|Lanier
|Bloom
|4:07
|-
|12
|[[Born to be Wild]]<font size=1> (studio version)</font>
|Mars Bonfire
|Bloom
|3:40
|-
|13
|Career of Evil<font size=1> (single version)</font>
|A. Bouchard, Smith
|Bloom
|3:00
|}
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