Tyranny and Mutation

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Tyranny and Mutation
Studio album by Blue Öyster Cult
Released	February 1973
Recorded	???
Genre	Hard rock
Length	38:11
Label	CBS Records
Producer(s)	Murray Krugman & Sandy Pearlman
Blue Öyster Cult chronology
Blue Öyster Cult (1972)	Tyranny And Mutation (1973)	Secret Treaties (1974)

Tyranny and Mutation was the second album by hard rock band, Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music).

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Notes 3.1 Old CDs

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Red & The Black" – 4:24 - (A. Bouchard, E. Bloom, S. Pearlman)
2. "O.D.'d On Life Itself" – 4:47 - (E. Bloom, A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, S. Pearlman)
3. "Hot Rails To Hell" – 5:12 - (J. Bouchard)
4. "7 Screaming Diz-Busters" – 7:01 - (A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, D. Roeser, S. Pearlman)
5. "Baby Ice Dog" – 3:29 - (A. Bouchard, E. Bloom, P. Smith)
6. "Wings Wetted Down" – 4:12 - (A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard)
7. "Teen Archer" – 3:57 - (D. Roeser, E. Bloom, R. Meltzer)
8. "Mistress Of The Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl)" – 5:08 - (A. Bouchard, S. Pearlman)

Side A of the LP version (Tracks 1 to 4) was sub-titled "The Black", Side B (Tracks 5 to 8) was sub-titled "The Red".

Additional tracks on the 2001 remaster:

1. "Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll (Live)" – 4:44 - (S. Pearlman, D. Roeser, A. Bouchard)
2. "Buck's Boogie (Studio Version)" – 5:22 - (S. Pearlman, E. Bloom, A. Bouchard)
3. "7 Screaming Diz-Busters (Live)" – 14:01 - (A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, D. Roeser, S. Pearlman)
4. "O.D.'d On Life Itself (Live)" – 4:52 - (E. Bloom, A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, S. Pearlman)

[edit] Personnel

• Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser: guitar, vocals
• Eric Bloom: vocals, stun guitar and all synthesizers
• Joe Bouchard: bass, vocals and keyboards
• Albert Bouchard: drums, vocals
• Allen Lanier: keyboards, rhythm guitar

[edit] Notes

On the original record, one side had the original black text-on-red background style for the label of side A (called "The Black") where side B ("The Red") had the opposite - a black background with red text. On the 2001 remasters of this album and of Blue Öyster Cult, this red-on-black style is used on the disc. (Secret Treaties and Agents of Fortune use the black-on-red style.)

[edit] Old CDs

On at least one pressing of the album on CD prior to the 2001 Remaster, some of the segues between songs were mispositioned. This affects every track except for the last. Three of them (O.D.'d on Life Itself -> Hot Rails to Hell, Hot Rails -> 7 Screaming Diz-Busters, 7 Screaming Diz-Busters -> Baby Ice Dog) are minor, but all the other erroneous segues are fairly noticeable and a bit disruptive, especially if listening on MP3 format or any other format where gaps exist before or after songs.