Blue Öyster Cult (album)

Blue Öyster Cult

Artist	Blue Öyster Cult
Released	January 16, 1972
Recorded	October 1971 at The Warehouse, New York City (tracks 1–10) July 21–September 11, 1969 at CBS Studio B, New York City (tracks 11–14)
Length	36:48 (original) 49:02 (reissue)
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	David Lucas Murray Krugman Sandy Pearlman

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Blue Öyster Cult is the debut studio album by Blue Öyster Cult. It was released on January 16, 1972 by Columbia Records and, despite positive reception, failed to chart in the United States until May 12, peaking at No. 172 on the Billboard 200.

This album spawned one single, "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll"/"Before the Kiss, a Redcap". It was reissued in 2001 with four bonus tracks, demos from the earlier Elektra sessions prior to the recording of what would later become St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings.

Personnel

Blue Öyster Cult

• Eric Bloom – lead vocals, stun guitar, keyboards
• Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser – lead guitar, vocals
• Albert Bouchard – drums, vocals
• Joe Bouchard – bass, vocals
• Allen Lanier – rhythm guitar, keyboards

Production

• Murray Krugman – producer
• Sandy Pearlman – producer
• David Lucas – associate producer, engineer
• Bill Robertson – engineer
• Jay Lee – producer (tracks 11–14)
• Bob Devere – producer (tracks 11–14)
• Bill Gawlik – cover art

Track listing

#	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
Side one
1	Transmaniacon MC	Pearlman, A. Bouchard, Roeser, Bloom	Bloom	3:21
2	I'm on the Lamb but I Ain't No Sheep	Pearlman, A. Bouchard, Bloom	Bloom	3:10
3	Then Came the Last Days of May	Roeser	Roeser	3:31
4	Stairway to the Stars	Meltzer, A. Bouchard, Roeser	Bloom	3:43
5	Before the Kiss, a Redcap	Pearlman, Krugman, Lanier, Roeser	Roeser	4:59
Side two
6	Screams	J. Bouchard	J. Bouchard	3:10
7	She's as Beautiful as a Foot	Meltzer, A. Bouchard, Lanier	Bloom	2:58
8	Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll	Pearlman, Roeser, A. Bouchard	A. Bouchard	4:03
9	Workshop of the Telescopes	Pearlman, Blue Öyster Cult	Bloom	4:01
10	Redeemed	A. Bouchard, Lanier, Harry Farcas, Pearlman	Bloom	3:51
2001 reissue bonus tracks
11	Donovan's Monkey	A. Bouchard, Meltzer	Bloom	3:50
12	What is Quicksand?	Lanier, Meltzer	Bloom	3:40
13	A Fact About Sneakers	A. Bouchard, Meltzer	Bloom	2:50
14	Betty Lou's Got a New Pair of Shoes	Bobby Freeman	Bloom	2:34