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The Revölution By Night is a Blue Öyster Cult album released in 1983.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one
- "Take Me Away" (Eric Bloom, Aldo Nova) – 4:31
- "Eyes on Fire" (Gregg Winter) – 3:56
- "Shooting Shark" (Donald Roeser, Patti Smith) – 7:09
- "Veins" (Roeser, Richard Meltzer) – 3:59
[edit] Side two
- "Shadow of California" (Joe Bouchard, Neal Smith, Sandy Pearlman) – 5:10
- "Feel the Thunder" (Bloom) – 5:48
- "Let Go" (Bloom, Roeser, Ian Hunter) – 3:28
- "Dragon Lady" (Roeser, Broadway Blotto) – 4:08
- "Light Years of Love" (Bouchard, Helen Robbins) – 4:05
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Additional personnel
[edit] Production
[edit] Miscellanea
- This was the first album not to feature all of the band's founding members. Drummer Albert Bouchard was fired during the previous tour.
- This was the first Blue Öyster Cult album longer than 42 minutes (discounting double live albums).
- This album was produced by Bruce Fairbairn, who would later go on to produce three of the most popular albums by the band Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation, Pump, and Get a Grip.
- Aldo Nova is a guest guitarist on the track "Take Me Away."
- Randy Jackson, of American Idol fame, plays the bass part on "Shooting Shark."
- The lyrics to "Shooting Shark" were based on a poem by Patti Smith.
