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Club Ninja is a Blue Öyster Cult album released in 1986. The album sold over 150,000 copies, but because it represented a decline in BOC's average.[citation needed] Because of its high cost, Columbia Records executives pronounced it a failure.[citation needed] The song "Dancin' in the Ruins" was a minor radio hit single. "When the War Comes" features a brief spoken word introduction by radio personality Howard Stern, whose cousin was married to Eric Bloom. The album is currently out of print.
This is the only Blue Öyster Cult album without keyboardist Allen Lanier, who was replaced by Tommy Zvonchek, keyboardist for Aldo Nova's live band and also one of the many performers on the 1988 concept album Imaginos.
[edit] Track listing
- "White Flags" (Leggatt Bros.) – 4:42
- "Dancin' in the Ruins" (Larry Gottlieb, Jason Scanlon) – 4:01
- "Make Rock Not War" (Bob Halligan Jr.) – 3:58
- "Perfect Water" (Donald Roeser, Jim Carroll) – 5:31
- "Spy in the House of the Night" (Roeser, Richard Meltzer) – 4:23
- "Beat 'Em Up" (Halligan Jr.) – 3:24
- "When the War Comes" (Joe Bouchard, Sandy Pearlman) – 6:03
- "Shadow Warrior" (Eric Bloom, Roeser, Eric Van Lustbader) – 5:42
- "Madness to the Method" (Roeser, Dick Trismen) – 7:26
[edit] Personnel
with
- Thommy Price – drums
- Phil Grandé – additional guitars
- Kenny Aaronson – additional bass
- David Lucas – background vocals
- Joni Peltz – background vocals
- Dave Immer – background vocals
- Joe Caro – background vocals
- Howard Stern – opening to "When the War Comes"
