Workshop of the Telescopes (2-disc set)

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Workshop of the Telescopes
Studio album by Blue Öyster Cult
Released	September 26, 1995 (US)
Genre	Hard Rock
Label	Columbia Records (US)
Producer(s)	Compilation
Blue Öyster Cult chronology
Bad Channels Soundtrack (1992)	Workshop of the Telescopes (1995)	Heaven Forbid (1998)

Workshop of the Telescopes is a 2-cd pack released by Sony Music/Columbia Entertainment in 1995. It is a compilation album of material before Imaginos, with some of the material being either previously issued as promo only versions (shown below by (*)) and some of the tracks first appeared on CD with this album (shown below by(+)).

The CD comes with an explanatory booklet outlining the development of Blue Öyster Cult and their rise to fame throughout the 1970's and 1980's.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 2 Personnel

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" – 4:03
2. "Transmaniacon MC" – 3:20
3. "Before the Kiss, a Redcap" – 4:58
4. "Stairway to the Stars" – 3:43
5. "Buck's Boogie" – 5:17
6. "Workshop of the Telescopes" (*) – 3:46
7. "The Red and the Black" (*) – 4:35
8. 7 Screaming Diz-Busters – 7:00
9. "Career of Evil" – 4:07
10. "Flaming Telepaths" – 5:23
11. "Astronomy" – 6:15
12. "Subhuman" – 7:30
13. "Harvester of Eyes" – 5:00
14. "ME"-262 – 8:17
15. "Born to be Wild" (+) – 3:38 (Steppenwolf cover)

[edit] Disc two

1. (Don't Fear) The Reaper – 5:08
2. This ain't the Summer of Love – 2:21
3. E.T.I (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) – 3:42
4. Godzilla – 3:41
5. Goin' through the Motions – 3:12
6. Golden Age of Leather – 5:51
7. Kick out the Jams – 3:12 (MC5 cover)
8. We Gotta Get out of this Place. – 4:33 (The Animals cover))
9. In Thee – 3:48
10. The Marshall Plan – 5:24
11. Veteran of the Psychic Wars – 4:48
12. Burnin' for You – 4:30
13. Dominance and Submission – 5:56
14. Take Me Away – 4:30
15. Shooting Shark – 7:09
16. Dancin' In The Ruins – 4:00
17. Perfect Water – 5:29

[edit] Personnel

The album is a compilation encompassing Blue Öyster Cult from the early 1970's to 1986. It does not include material from 1988's Imaginos