Tyranny and Mutation
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| Studio album by Blue Öyster Cult | |||||
| Released | February 1973 | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock Heavy metal Protopunk |
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| Length | 38:11 | ||||
| Label | CBS Records | ||||
| Producer | Murray Krugman & Sandy Pearlman | ||||
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Tyranny and Mutation (On the album cover: The Blue Öyster Cvlt: Tyranny and Mvtation) was the second album by hard rock band, Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music).
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[edit] Track Listing
- "The Red & The Black" – 4:24 - (Albert Bouchard, Eric Bloom, Sandy Pearlman)
- "O.D.'d On Life Itself" – 4:47 - (Eric Bloom, Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard, Sandy Pearlman)
- "Hot Rails To Hell" – 5:12 - (Joe Bouchard)
- "7 Screaming Diz-Busters" – 7:01 - (Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard, Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, Sandy Pearlman)
- "Baby Ice Dog" – 3:29 - (Albert Bouchard, Eric Bloom, Patti Smith)
- "Wings Wetted Down" – 4:12 - (Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard)
- "Teen Archer" – 3:57 - (Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, Eric Bloom, Richard Meltzer)
- "Mistress Of The Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl)" – 5:08 - (Albert Bouchard, Sandy 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".
[edit] 2001 Reissue Bonus Tracks
- "Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll" (Live) – 4:44 - (Sandy Pearlman, Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, Albert Bouchard)
- "Buck's Boogie" (Studio Version) – 5:22 - (Sandy Pearlman, Eric Bloom, Albert Bouchard)
- "7 Screaming Diz-Busters" (Live) – 14:01 - (Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard, Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, Sandy Pearlman)
- "O.D.'d On Life Itself" (Live) – 4:52 - (Eric Bloom, Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard, Sandy 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.)
This was the first BOC album to feature a contribution from punk poetess Patti Smith, who would go on to co-write several songs for the band.
The song "The Red and the Black" is a re-titled, re-recorded version of the band's "I'm on the Lamb But I Ain't No Sheep" from their first studio album. The lyrics are a reference to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
[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 -> Baby Ice Dog) are minor, but all the other erroneous segues are fairly noticeable and a bit disruptive, especially if listened to in MP3 format or any other format where gaps exist before or after songs.
[edit] Charts
| Year | Album | Billboard 200 |
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| 1973 | Tyranny and Mutation | #122 |
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