Blue Öyster Cult discography
| Blue Öyster Cult discography | |
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 The 1971–1981 lineup of Blue Öyster Cult, L-R: Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser; Eric Bloom; Albert Bouchard; Allen Lanier; Joe Bouchard | |
| Studio albums | 14 |
| Live albums | 5 |
| Compilation albums | 18 |
| Archive albums | 1 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
The following is the discography of the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult.
Blue Öyster Cult has released fourteen studio albums, the most recent one being released in 2001 entitled Curse of the Hidden Mirror (released 30 years after their debut in 1971). Sixteen of the song lyrics in the final two Blue Öyster Cult albums to date, Heaven Forbid and Curse of the Hidden Mirror, were written by novelist John Shirley. In 2012, the Blue Öyster Cult albums released by Columbia were re-released in a box set of sixteen CDs and one DVD.
Studio albums
| Year | Album | US | UK | CAN | Certifications | |||||
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| 1972 | Blue Öyster Cult | 172 | – | – | – | |||||
| 1973 | Tyranny and Mutation | 122 | – | – | – | |||||
| 1974 | Secret Treaties | 53 | – | – |
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| 1976 | Agents of Fortune | 29 | 26 | 28 | ||||||
| 1977 | Spectres | 43 | 60 | 58 |
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| 1979 | Mirrors | 44 | 46 | 49 | - | |||||
| 1980 | Cultösaurus Erectus | 34 | 12 | 77 | – | |||||
| 1981 | Fire of Unknown Origin | 24 | 29 | – | ||||||
| 1983 | The Revölution by Night | 93 | 95 | – | – | |||||
| 1986 | Club Ninja | 63 | – | – | – | |||||
| 1988 | Imaginos | 122 | – | – | – | |||||
| 1994 | Cult Classic | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 1998 | Heaven Forbid | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2001 | Curse of the Hidden Mirror | – | – | – | – | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album | US | UK | CAN | Certifications | |||||
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| 1975 | On Your Feet or on Your Knees | 22 | - | 22 |
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| 1978 | Some Enchanted Evening | 44 | 18 | 43 |
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| 1982 | Extraterrestrial Live | 29 | 39 | – | ||||||
| 1991 | Live 1976 | – | – | – | ||||||
| 2002 | A Long Day's Night | – | – | – | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
Compilation albums
- Career of Evil: The Metal Years (1990)
- On Flame with Rock and Roll (1990)
- Workshop of the Telescopes (1995)
- Super Hits (1998)
- Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult (2000)
- Then and Now (2003)
- Are You Ready To Rock? (2003)
- The Essential Blue Öyster Cult (2003)
- Extended Versions: The Encore Collection (2004)
- Shooting Shark – The Best of Blue Öyster Cult (2004)
- The Singles Collection (2005)
- Don't Fear the Reaper (2006)
- Collections (2007)
- The Best of Blue Öyster Cult (2007)
- Greatest Hits (2008)
- The Cöllection (2010)
- Playlist: The Very Best of Blue Öyster Cult (2010)
- Setlist: The Very Best of Blue Öyster Cult Live (2011)
- The Complete Columbia Albums Collectiön (2012)
Archive albums
Soundtrack albums
- Bad Channels (1992)
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
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| US | US Rock |
UK | CAN | |||||||
| 1972 | "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" | — | — | — | — | Blue Öyster Cult | ||||
| 1973 | "Hot Rails to Hell" | — | — | — | — | Tyranny and Mutation | ||||
| 1974 | "Career of Evil" | — | — | — | — | Secret Treaties | ||||
| "Flaming Telepaths" | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1975 | "Born to Be Wild" | — | — | — | — | On Your Feet or on Your Knees | ||||
| "Then Came the Last Days of May" | — | — | — | — | Blue Öyster Cult | |||||
| 1976 | "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" | 12 | — | 16 | 7 | Agents of Fortune | ||||
| "This Ain't the Summer of Love" | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Sinful Love" | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1977 | "I Love the Night" | — | — | — | — | Spectres | ||||
| "Godzilla" | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Goin' Through the Motions" | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1978 | "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" | — | — | — | — | Some Enchanted Evening | ||||
| 1979 | "In Thee" | 74 | — | — | — | Mirrors | ||||
| "Mirrors" | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "You're Not the One (I Was Looking For)" | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1980 | "Fallen Angel" | — | — | — | — | Cultösaurus Erectus | ||||
| "The Marshall Plan" | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Deadline" | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1981 | "Burnin' for You" | 40 | 1 | 76 | 47 | Fire of Unknown Origin | ||||
| "Joan Crawford" | — | 49 | — | — | ||||||
| 1982 | "Roadhouse Blues" | — | 24 | — | — | Extraterrestrial Live | ||||
| 1983 | "Take Me Away" | — | 11 | — | — | The Revölution By Night | ||||
| "Shooting Shark" | 83 | 16 | 97 | — | ||||||
| 1985 | "Perfect Water" | — | — | — | — | Club Ninja | ||||
| "White Flags" | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1986 | "Dancin' in the Ruins" | — | 9 | — | — | |||||
| 1988 | "Astronomy" | — | 12 | — | — | Imaginos | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Gold and Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- 1 2 "Gold/Platinum". Music Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
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