Agents of Fortune
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| Studio album by Blue Öyster Cult | ||||
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Publication |
January 1, 1976 |
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admission |
1975 |
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| Label (s) | Columbia Records | |||
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Format (s) |
CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
10 (+4) |
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running time |
36:35 |
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| occupation | Eric Bloom Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser Allan Lanier Joe Bouchard Albert Bouchard |
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Murray Krugman |
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Studio (s) |
The Record Plant (New York City) |
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Agents of Fortune is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult and was released on January 1, 1976. Together with the live album Some Enchanted Evening, it is one of the band's most commercially successful albums. It achieved gold status in the United States on October 26, 1976, and finally platinum status on July 17, 1978.
Track list
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- This Ain't the Summer of Love (A. Bouchard, Murray Krugman, Don Waller) - 2:21
- True Confessions (Lanier) - 2:57
- (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Roeser) - 5:08
- ETI (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) (Roeser, Sandy Pearlman) - 3:43
- The Revenge of Vera Gemini (A. Bouchard, Patti Smith ) - 3:52
- Sinful Love (A. Bouchard, Helen Wheels) - 3:29
- Tattoo Vampire (A. Bouchard, Wheels) - 2:41
- Morning Final (Joe Bouchard) - 4:30
- Tenderloin (Lanier) - 3:40
- Debbie Denise (A. Bouchard, Smith) - 4:13
In 2001 the album was re-released with additional songs.
- Fire of Unknown Origin (Original Version) (Bloom, A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Roeser, Smith) - 3:30
- Sally (demo) (A. Bouchard) - 2:40
- (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Demo) (Roeser) - 6:20
- Dance the Night Away (Demo) (Lanier, Jim Carroll ) - 2:37
Charts and reception
Agents of Fortune was the first Blue Öyster Cult album to make it into the top 30 in the USA. In the United Kingdom, it was ranked 26th for the first time ever. The released single (Don't Fear) The Reaper rose to number 12 in the US and to number 16. In Canada, the album reached number 28 on the charts while the single (Don't Fear) The Reaper rose to number 7 rose. In Sweden the album rose to number ten and stayed in the charts for four weeks.
Ken Tucker from Rolling Stone described the album as surprisingly successful, because you don't expect Blue Öyster Cult to sound like this: loud, crazy and melodic, but at the same time calm, confident and rocky. He identified Patti Smith's involvement in the songs Debbie Denise and The Revenge of Vera Gemini as a central and positive influence . Thom Jurek from Allmusic gave Agents of Fortune 4.5 out of 5 stars. It is a solid and coherent album, but fans of the previous sound should find it frightening.
Web links
Agents of Fortune at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ riaa.com: Agents of Fortune - Gold and Platinum Awards
- ↑ Charts UK Charts US
- ↑ collectionscanada.gc.ca: Album placement Canada ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ collectionscanada.gc.ca: Single placement Canada ( Memento from November 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ swedishcharts.com: Album placement Sweden
- ↑ Review by Ken Tucker ( Memento from October 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Allmusic.com: Review by Thom Jurek
