Editing The Symbol Remains

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Symbol Remains''}}{{Infobox album
|title=''The Symbol Remains''
|image=The symbol remains cover.jpg
|artist=[[Blue Öyster Cult]]
|released=October 9, 2020
|recorded=2019–2020 at Mercy College Studio A, Dobbs Ferry, NY
|length=61:06
|label=Frontiers Records
|producer=[[Eric Bloom]]<br>[[Buck Dharma]]<br>[[Richie Castellano]]
|previous-album=''[[45th Anniversary Live in London]]''
|next-album=''[[Live at Rock of Ages Festival 2016]]''}}
'''''The Symbol Remains''''' is the fifteenth studio album by [[Blue Öyster Cult]]. It was released on October 9, 2020 by [[Frontiers Records]], and is their first studio album since 2001's ''[[Curse of the Hidden Mirror]]''. It is the first studio album to feature [[Richie Castellano]] (who had replaced [[Allen Lanier]] upon his retirement), Danny Miranda, and Jules Radino, and is also the first album to feature lead vocals from a non-founding member of the band since 1988's ''[[Imaginos]]''.

This album was the fifth of six releases planned for 2020, with four live concerts leading up to it and one final live album afterward.

== Personnel ==
=== Blue Öyster Cult ===
* [[Eric Bloom]] – guitars, keyboards, vocals
* [[Buck Dharma|Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser]] – guitars, keyboards, programming, vocals
* [[Richie Castellano]] – guitars, keyboards, programming, vocals
* [[Danny Miranda]] – bass, backing vocals
* [[Jules Radino]] – drums, percussion, backing vocals

=== Additional musicians ===
* [[Albert Bouchard]] – backing vocals, cowbell, percussion ("That Was Me")
* Andy Ascolese – keyboards ("Nightmare Epiphany", "Florida Man"), piano ("The Alchemist")
* David Lucas – backing vocals ("Edge of the World", "The Machine", "Florida Man", "Secret Road"), cowbell ("Fight")
* Phil Castellano – harmonica ("Train True (Lennie's Song)"), gang vocals ("Stand and Fight"), backing vocals and claps ("Florida Man"), choir programming ("Secret Road")
* [[Kasim Sulton]] – backing vocals ("The Return of St. Cecilia", "There's a Crime")
* Steve La Cerra – gang vocals ("Stand and Fight"), backing vocals and claps ("Florida Man")
* Kevin Young – gang vocals ("Stand and Fight"), backing vocals and claps ("Florida Man")
* John Castellano – backing vocals ("Florida Man")
* Jeff Nolan – theramin ("Florida Man")

=== Production ===
* Eric Bloom – producer
* Buck Dharma – producer, overdub engineer
* Richie Castellano – producer, chief engineer, pictures
* Steve Schenck – executive producer, pictures
* Sam Stauff – engineer
* Steve La Cerra – assistant engineer
* Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
* Ted Jensen – mastering
* Stan-W Decker – artwork, layout
* Special thanks to HP/Kevin Durrence; NVIDIA, Sean Cleveland; Sweetwater Music/Wayne and Jake; Gibson Guitars; Line 6/Frank Ricchoette and Matt Ferguson; Fodera Guitars/Vinny Fodera and Joey Lauricella; Dell Computers/Joseph Flynn; Dimarzio/Stephanie Wranovics and Rosemarie Gangemi; Ownhammer/Kevin Rowe; Paul Carter and William Macbayne; Sandra Roeser; Melne Murphy; Kiesel Guitars/Jeff Kiesel; Reverend Guitars; Ned Steinberger; Two-Notes/Guillaume Pille; Jetter pedals/Brad Jetter; D'Addario/Steve Lobimer; Supro Amplifiers/David Koltai; Peavey/Chris Kelley; Taylor Guitars/Tim Goodwin, Tony Sabatini

== Track listing ==
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Title
!Writer(s)
!Lead vocals
!Length
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Side one'''
|-
|1
|[[That Was Me]]
|Bloom, Castellano, John Shirley
|Bloom
|3:19
|-
|2
|[[Box in My Head]]
|D. Roeser, Shirley
|Roeser
|3:45
|-
|3
|[[Tainted Blood]]
|Bloom, Castellano
|Castellano
|4:18
|-
|4
|[[Nightmare Epiphany]]
|Shirley, D. Roeser
|Roeser
|5:31
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Side two'''
|-
|5
|[[Edge of the World]]
|Castellano
|Bloom
|4:52
|-
|6
|[[The Machine]]
|Castellano
|Castellano
|4:15
|-
|7
|[[Train True (Lennie's Song)]]
|D. Roeser, Zeke Roeser
|Roeser
|3:57
|-
|8
|[[The Return of St. Cecilia]]
|Castellano, Meltzer
|Castellano
|4:13
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Side three'''
|-
|9
|[[Stand and Fight]]
|Bloom, Castellano
|Bloom
|4:49
|-
|10
|[[Florida Man]]
|D. Roeser, Shirley
|Roeser
|4:09
|-
|11
|[[The Alchemist]]
|Castellano
|Bloom
|6:00
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Side four'''
|-
|12
|[[Secret Road]]
|Shirley, D. Roeser
|Roeser
|5:24
|-
|13
|[[There's a Crime]]
|Jeff Denny, Radino
|Bloom
|3:37
|-
|14
|[[Fight]]
|D. Roeser, Ira Rosoff, James Wold
|Roeser
|3:12
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Japan-exclusive CD bonus track'''
|-
|15
|That Was Me <font size=1>(acoustic version)</font>
|Bloom, Castellano, John Shirley
|Bloom
|3:11
|}

== Trivia ==
* This is the first studio album to include lead vocals from Richie Castellano, who had previously only performed lead vocals live, mainly on songs that were originally sung by [[Joe Bouchard]].
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