Editing Agents of Fortune

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Agents of Fortune''}}{{Infobox album
|title=''Agents of Fortune''
|image=Agents of fortune cover.jpg
|artist=[[Blue Öyster Cult]]
|released=May 21, 1976
|recorded=1975–1976 at Record Plant, New York City
|length=36:35 (original)<hr>51:42 (reissue)
|label=Columbia Records
|producer=[[Murray Krugman]]<br>[[Sandy Pearlman]]<br>[[David Lucas]]
|previous-album=''[[On Your Feet or on Your Knees]]''
|next-album=''[[Spectres]]''}}
'''''Agents of Fortune''''' is the fourth studio album by [[Blue Öyster Cult]]. It was released on May 21, 1976 by Columbia Records, peaking at No. 32 on the Billboard 200 on November 13. It was certified Platinum by RIAA, their only album to do so, and is their second best-selling album of all time, behind ''[[Some Enchanted Evening]]''.

This album spawned two singles. The first, "[[(Don't Fear) The Reaper]]" / "[[Tattoo Vampire]]", peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 6 and held for two weeks. The second, "[[This Ain't the Summer of Love]] / "[[Debbie Denise]]", did not chart.

== Personnel ==
=== Blue Öyster Cult ===
* [[Eric Bloom]] – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
* [[Albert Bouchard]] – drums, vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, harmonica
* [[Buck Dharma|Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser]] – lead guitar, vocals, synthesizer, percussion
* [[Allen Lanier]] – keyboards, vocals, guitar, bass
* [[Joe Bouchard]] – bass, vocals, piano

=== Additional musicians ===
* [[Patti Smith]] – vocals ("The Revenge of Vera Gemini")
* Randy Brecker – horns
* Michael Brecker – horns
* [[David Lucas]] – vocals, keyboards, percussion

=== Production ===
* [[Murray Krugman]] – producer, engineer
* [[Sandy Pearlman]] – producer, engineer
* David Lucas – producer, engineer
* Shelly Yakus – engineer
* Andy Abrams – engineer
* Tony Stevens – mastering
* John Berg – cover design
* Andy Engel – cover design
* Don Hunstein – Don Hunstein
* Lynn Curlee – cover art
* Special thanks to Renaldo Orlandoni, David Pastori, Max Bell, Laurence Najberg, and Freddy Hauser

== Track listing ==
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Title
!Writer(s)
!Lead vocals
!Length
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Side one'''
|-
|1
|[[This Ain't the Summer of Love]]
|Krugman, A. Bouchard, Don Waller
|Bloom
|2:21
|-
|2
|[[True Confessions]]
|Lanier
|Lanier
|2:57
|-
|3
|[[(Don't Fear) The Reaper]]
|Roeser
|Roeser
|5:08
|-
|4
|[[E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)]]
|Roeser, Pearlman
|Bloom
|3:43
|-
|5
|[[The Revenge of Vera Gemini]]
|A. Bouchard, Smith
|A. Bouchard, Patti Smith
|3:52
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Side two'''
|-
|6
|[[Sinful Love]]
|A. Bouchard, Helen Robbins
|A. Bouchard
|3:29
|-
|7
|[[Tattoo Vampire]]
|A. Bouchard, Helen Robbins
|Bloom
|2:41
|-
|8
|[[Morning Final]]
|J. Bouchard
|J. Bouchard
|4:30
|-
|9
|[[Tenderloin]]
|Lanier
|Bloom
|3:40
|-
|10
|[[Debbie Denise]]
|A. Bouchard, Smith
|A. Bouchard
|4:13
|-
| colspan="5" |'''2001 reissue bonus tracks'''
|-
|11
|[[Fire of Unknown Origin]] <font size=1>(original version)</font>
|Bloom, A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Roeser, Smith
|A. Bouchard
|3:30
|-
|12
|[[Sally]]
|A. Bouchard
|A. Bouchard
|2:40
|-
|13
|(Don't Fear) The Reaper <font size=1>(demo)</font>
|Roeser
|Roeser
|6:20
|-
|14
|[[Dance the Night Away]]
|Lanier, Jim Carroll
|Lanier
|2:37
|}
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