Blue Oyster Cult – The Revolution By Night
(CBS Records 1983 25686)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Sleeve & Insert in Nr MINT condition
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Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
Blue Öyster Cult (often abbreviated BÖC) is an American rock band formed in Long Island, New York in 1967, whose most successful work includes the hard rock and heavy metal songs “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”, “Godzilla” and “Burnin’ for You”. Blue Oyster Cult has sold over 24 million records worldwide, including 7 million records in the United States alone. The band’s music videos, especially “Burnin’ for You”, received heavy rotation on MTV when the music television network premiered in 1981, cementing the band’s contribution to the development and success of the music video in modern pop culture.
Blue Öyster Cult’s longest lasting and most commercially successful lineup included Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser (lead guitar, vocals), Eric Bloom (lead vocals, “stun guitar”), Allen Lanier (keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Joe Bouchard (bass, backing vocals) and Albert Bouchard (drums, percussion, backing vocals). The band’s current lineup includes Roeser and Bloom, as well as Jules Radino (drums, percussion), Richie Castellano (keyboard, rhythm guitar, backing vocals), and Kasim Sulton (bass, backing vocals).
The Revölution by Night is the ninth studio album by the American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1983.
The album was intended to capitalize on the unexpected success of Fire of Unknown Origin just two years prior, hence the album’s blend of straight-ahead rock and pop elements. This was the first album by the band not to feature all of the band’s classic members, drummer Albert Bouchard having been fired during the previous tour and replaced by Rick Downey.
“Shooting Shark” became a radio hit, and its accompanying video became one of MTV’s most requested clips upon its release. The lyrics to “Shooting Shark” were based on a poem by Patti Smith. The song “Take Me Away”, co-written by Eric Bloom with Canadian rock musician Aldo Nova, also received significant airplay on AOR radio. Nonetheless, the album failed to go Gold in the United States.
Track listing
| Side one | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
| 1. | “Take Me Away” | Eric Bloom, Aldo Nova | Bloom | 4:31 |
| 2. | “Eyes on Fire” | Gregg Winter | Bloom | 3:56 |
| 3. | “Shooting Shark” | Donald Roeser, Patti Smith | Roeser | 7:09 |
| 4. | “Veins” | Roeser, Richard Meltzer | Roeser | 3:59 |
| Side two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
| 5. | “Shadow of California” | Joe Bouchard, Sandy Pearlman, Neal Smith | Bloom | 5:10 |
| 6. | “Feel the Thunder” | Bloom | Bloom | 5:48 |
| 7. | “Let Go” | Bloom, Roeser, Ian Hunter | Bloom | 3:28 |
| 8. | “Dragon Lady” | Roeser, Broadway Blotto | Roeser | 4:08 |
| 9. | “Light Years of Love” | Bouchard, Helen Wheels | Bouchard | 4:05 |
Total length: | 41:44 | |||
Personnel
- Band members
- Eric Bloom – guitar, vocals
- Donald ‘Buck Dharma’ Roeser – lead guitar, keyboards, vocals, mixing (uncredited)[4]
- Allen Lanier – piano, keyboards
- Joe Bouchard – bass, electric and acoustic guitars, vocoder, vocals
- Rick Downey – drums
- Additional musicians
- Larry Fast – synthesizers, programming
- Aldo Nova – guitar and synthesizers on “Take Me Away”
- Gregg Winter – backing vocals on “Eyes on Fire”
- Randy Jackson – bass on “Shooting Shark”
- Marc Baum – saxophone on “Shooting Shark”
- Production
- Bruce Fairbairn – producer, mixing
- Dave Wittman – engineer
- George Geranios, Ken Kessie – additional engineering
- Chris Isca, Ron Coté, Ray Pyle – assistant engineers
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Sandy Pearlman – management, mixing (uncredited)[4]
- Steve Schenck – management
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