Editing Heaven Forbid

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Heaven Forbid''}}{{Infobox album
|title=''Heaven Forbid''
|image=Heaven forbid cover.jpg
|artist=[[Blue Öyster Cult]]
|released=March 24, 1998
|recorded=Millbrook Sound Studios, Millbrook, NY<hr>Minot Sound Studios, White Plains, NY<hr>Alpha & Omega Recording, San Rafael, CA
|length=45:07
|label=CMC International Records
|producer=[[Buck Dharma|Donald Roeser]]<br>[[Eric Bloom]]<br>Steve Schenck
|previous-album=''[[Cult Classic]]''
|next-album=''[[St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings]]''}}
'''''Heaven Forbid''''' is the thirteenth studio album by [[Blue Öyster Cult]]. It was released on March 24, 1998 by CMC International Records and was the first full studio album containing new material since 1988's ''[[Imaginos]]''. Science fiction author John Shirley contributed heavily to the album, writing lyrics for all except for two songs.

This album spawned three singles: "[[See You In Black]]", "[[Harvest Moon]]", and "[[Live For Me]]".

== Personnel ==
=== Blue Öyster Cult ===
* [[Eric Bloom]] – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, producer
* [[Donald Roeser|Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser]] – lead guitar, vocals, keyboards, producer
* [[Allen Lanier]] – keyboards, guitar
* [[Danny Miranda]] – bass ("See You In Black," "X-Ray Eyes"–"Live for Me," "In Thee")
* [[Jon Rogers]] – bass ("Harvest Moon," "Power Underneath Despair," "Still Burnin'")
* [[Chuck Burgi]] – drums
* [[Bob Rondinelli]] – drums ("Live for Me")

=== Additional musicians ===
* George Cintron – additional vocals
* Tony Perrino – additional keyboards

=== Production ===
* [[Steve Schenck]] – producer ("Harvest Moon," "Power Underneath Despair," "Still Burnin'"), manager
* Paul Orofino – engineer, mixing
* Marc Senesac – engineer, mixing ("Harvest Moon," "Power Underneath Despair," "Still Burnin'")
* Leon Zervos – mastering
* Alessandro Del Vecchio – remastering (2020 reissue)
* Rob Prior – cover painting
* Giulio Cataldo – design

== Track listing ==
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Title
!Writer(s)
!Lead vocals
!Length
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Side one'''
|-
|1
|[[See You In Black]]
|John Shirley, Bloom, Roeser
|Bloom
|3:17
|-
|2
|[[Harvest Moon]]
|Roeser
|Roeser
|4:55
|-
|3
|[[Power Underneath Despair]]
|Shirley, Bloom, Roeser
|Bloom
|3:30
|-
|4
|[[X-Ray Eyes]]
|Shirley, Roeser
|Roeser
|3:48
|-
|5
|[[Hammer Back]]
|Shirley, Bloom, Roeser
|Bloom
|3:35
|-
|6
|[[Damaged]]
|Shirley, Roeser
|Roeser
|4:22
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Side two'''
|-
|7
|[[Cold Gray Light of Dawn]]
|Shirley, Bloom, Roeser
|Bloom
|3:51
|-
|8
|[[Real World]]
|Shirley, Roeser
|Roeser
|5:08
|-
|9
|[[Live For Me]]
|Shirley, Roeser
|Roeser
|5:19
|-
|10
|[[Still Burnin']]
|Rogers, Roeser
|Roeser
|3:39
|-
|11
|[[In Thee]] <font size=1>(Live at Millbrook)</font>
|Lanier
|Roeser
|3:40
|}
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