Editing Cultösaurus Erectus

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Cultösaurus Erectus''}}{{Infobox album
|title=''Cultösaurus Erectus''
|image=Cultosaurus erectus cover.jpg
|artist=[[Blue Öyster Cult]]
|released=June 14, 1980
|recorded=1980 at Kingdom Sound, Syosset, NY
|length=41:10
|label=Columbia Records
|producer=Martin Birch
|previous-album=''[[Mirrors (album)|Mirrors]]''
|next-album=''[[Fire of Unknown Origin]]''}}
'''''Cultösaurus Erectus''''' is the seventh studio album by [[Blue Öyster Cult]]. It was released on June 14, 1980 by [[Columbia Records]], peaking at No. 34 on the Billboard 200 on August 23 and holding for two weeks. Despite a return to the band's heavier roots following their experiment with a more radio-friendly sound on ''[[Mirrors (album)|Mirrors]]'', it did not receive Gold certification. ''Cultösaurus Erectus'' is the first of two albums produced by Martin Birch, who would return for the following album, ''[[Fire of Unknown Origin (album)|Fire of Unknown Origin]]''.

This album spawned one single in the United States, "[[The Marshall Plan|Here's Johnny (The Marshall Plan)]]" / "[[Divine Wind]]", which did not chart. The following tour to promote the album, the Black and Blue Tour, saw Blue Öyster Cult co-headlining arenas with Black Sabbath at the suggestion of [[Sandy Pearlman]], who was at the time managing both bands. The resulting video, ''[[Black and Blue]]'', contained footage from both bands' performance on October 17, 1980 and was released to theatres after the tour's conclusion in 1981.

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

=== Additional musicians ===
* Don Kirshner – vocals ("The Marshall Plan")
* Mark Rivera – saxophone ("Monsters")

=== Production ===
* Martin Birch – producer, engineer
* Clay Hutchinson – engineer
* Bruce Slayton – TCB
* George Geranios – TCB
* Paula Scher – cover design
* Richard Clifton-Dey – front cover art
* American Museum of Natural History – back cover photos
* Special thanks to Tony Cedrone, George Geranios, the Kingdom Sound Staff, Bob Se, See Factory Industry
* Very special thanks to Don Kirschner

== Track listing ==
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Title
!Writer(s)
!Lead vocals
!Length
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Side one'''
|-
|1
|[[Black Blade]]
|Bloom, Michael Moorcock, John Trivers
|Bloom
|6:34
|-
|2
|[[Monsters]]
|A. Bouchard, Caryn Bouchard
|Bloom
|5:10
|-
|3
|[[Divine Wind]]
|Roeser
|Bloom
|5:07
|-
|4
|[[Deadline]]
|Roeser
|Roeser
|4:27
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Side two'''
|-
|5
|[[The Marshall Plan]]
|Bloom, A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Lanier, Roeser
|Bloom
|5:24
|-
|6
|[[Hungry Boys]]
|A. Bouchard, C. Bouchard
|A. Bouchard
|3:38
|-
|7
|[[Fallen Angel]]
|J. Bouchard, Helen Robbins
|J. Bouchard
|3:11
|-
|8
|[[Lips in the Hills]]
|Bloom, Roeser, Meltzer
|Bloom
|4:24
|-
|9
|[[Unknown Tongue]]
|A. Bouchard, David Roter
|Bloom
|3:55
|}

== Trivia ==
* The cover art for ''Cultösaurus Erectus'' is an altered version of ''Behemoth's World'', painting by British artist Richard Clifton-Dey.
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