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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Club Ninja''}}{{Infobox album |title=''Club Ninja'' |image=Club ninja cover.jpg |artist=[[Blue Öyster Cult]] |released=December 10, 1985 |recorded=February–March 1985 at Bearsville Studio, Woodstock, NY<hr>Boogie Hotel, Port Jefferson, NY<hr>Tallysin Studios, Syosset, NY<hr>The Warehouse, New York City |length=44:26 |label=Columbia Records |producer=[[Sandy Pearlman]] |previous-album=''[[The Revölution by Night]]'' |next-album=''[[Imaginos (album)|Imaginos]]''}} '''''Club Ninja''''' is the tenth studio album by [[Blue Öyster Cult]]. It was released on December 10, 1985 by [[Columbia Records]], peaking at No. 63 on the Billboard 200 on April 5, 1986 and holding for two weeks. It is their only studio album to not feature [[Allen Lanier]] before his death, as [[Tommy Zvonchek]] replaced him prior to the album's recording. This album spawned two singles in the United States. The first, "[[Dancin' in the Ruins]]" / "[[Shadow Warrior]]", peaked at No. 9 on Billboard's Top Rock Tracks chart on March 8, 1986 and held for three weeks. The second, "[[Perfect Water]]" / "[[Spy in the House of the Night]]", did not chart. == Personnel == === Blue Öyster Cult === * [[Eric Bloom]] – lead vocals, guitar * [[Donald Roeser|Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser]] – lead guitar, vocals, keyboards * [[Joe Bouchard]] – bass, vocals, guitar * [[Tommy Zvonchek]] – keyboards, synthesizers, piano, organ * [[Jimmy Wilcox]] – drums, vocals === Additional musicians === * Thommy Price – drums * Phil Grande – guitar * Kenny Aaronson – bass * David Lucas – background vocals * Joni Peltz – background vocals * Dave Immer – background vocals * Joe Caro – background vocals * Howard Stern – spoken introduction ("When the War Comes") === Production === * [[Sandy Pearlman]] – producer, management * Paul Mandl – engineer, overdubs editor, programming, electronic wizardry * Toby Scott – engineer * John Devlin – engineer * David Lucas – aiding and abetting pre-production and background vocal arrangements * Brian McGee – mixing * Corey Davidson – keyboard consultant * Special thanks to Bruce Slayton, Don DeVito, Denise Gatto, Lisa Kramer, Andrea Finkelstein, George Geranios, Robin Scott, Marsha Vlasic, Bell Elson, Neil Warnock, Huw Price, Del Furano, ESP guitars and basses (Stephen Kaufman, Toshi Hayakawa), Sam Ash Music, Bruno Engl and Engl Digital Amps, St. Blues Guitars (Norwalk, CN), Veneman Music Training by Karate Center of Champions New York, Sensei Tokey Hill, Sensei Howard Frydman * Don Ivan Puntchaz – cover illustration * Frank Lovelace – logo design == Track listing == {| class="wikitable" !# !Title !Writer(s) !Lead vocals !Length |- | colspan="5" |'''Side one''' |- |1 |[[White Flags]] |Hugh Leggatt, Gordon Leggatt |Bloom |4:41 |- |2 |[[Dancin' in the Ruins]] |Larry Gottlieb, Justin Scanlon |Roeser |4:00 |- |3 |[[Make Rock Not War]] |Bob Halligan, Jr. |Bloom |3:58 |- |4 |[[Perfect Water]] |Roeser, Jim Carroll |Roeser |5:31 |- |5 |[[Spy in the House of the Night]] |Roeser, Meltzer |Roeser |4:23 |- | colspan="5" |'''Side two''' |- |6 |[[Beat 'Em Up]] |Bob Halligan, Jr. |Bloom |3:24 |- |7 |[[When the War Comes]] |J. Bouchard, Pearlman |Bouchard/Roeser |6:02 |- |8 |[[Shadow Warrior]] |Bloom, Roeser, Eric van Lustbader |Bloom |5:42 |- |9 |[[Madness to the Method]] |Roeser, Dick Trismen |Roeser |7:25 |} {{Albums}} [[Category:Albums]] [[Category:Studio albums]] [[Category:Columbia Studios]]
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