Blue Öyster Cult / Discography

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Blue Öyster Cult live 2008
Blue Öyster Cult live 2008
Publications
Arrow southwest blue.svgStudio albums 14th
Arrow southwest blue.svgLive albums 8th
Arrow southwest blue.svgSoundtracks 1
Arrow southwest blue.svgSingles 32
Arrow southwest blue.svgBox sets 1

This discography is an overview of the released records of the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult . During their career since 1967, the band has released a total of 14 studio albums. According to the sources, they have sold more than 4.5 million records in their careers, of which over four million in their home country alone.

Albums

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1972 Blue Öyster Cult
Columbia 		- - US172 (8 weeks)
US
First published: January 16, 1972
1973 Tyranny and Mutation
Columbia 		- - US122 (13 weeks)
US
First published: February 1973
1974 Secret Treaties
Columbia 		- - US53
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US
First published: April 1974
1976 Agents of Fortune
Columbia 		- UK26 (10 weeks)
UK 		US29
platinum
platinum

(35 weeks)US
First published: May 21, 1976
1977 Specters
Columbia 		- UK60 (1 week)
UK 		US43
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US
First published: November 1977
1979 Mirrors
Columbia 		- UK46 (5 weeks)
UK 		US44 (17 weeks)
US
First published: June 19, 1979
1980 Cultösaurus Erectus
Columbia 		- UK12 (7 weeks)
UK 		US34 (16 weeks)
US
First published: June 14, 1980
1981 Fire of Unknown Origin
Columbia 		- UK29 (7 weeks)
UK 		US24
gold
gold

(31 weeks)US
First published: July 1981
1983 The Revolution by Night
Columbia 		- UK95 (1 week)
UK 		US93 (16 weeks)
US
First published: November 1983
1985 Club Ninja
Columbia 		- - US63 (14 weeks)
US
First published: December 10, 1973
1988 Imaginos
Columbia / Sony 		- - US122 (8 weeks)
US
First published: July 1988
1994 Cult Classic
SPV 		- - -
First published: June 1994
1998 Heaven Forbid
CMC 		- - -
First published: March 23, 1998
2001 Curse of the Hidden Mirror
CMC / Sanctuary 		- - -
First published: June 5, 2001

Live albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE CH CH UK UK US US
1975 On Your Feet or on Your Knees
Columbia 		- - - US22nd
gold
gold

(13 weeks)US
First published: February 27, 1975
1978 Some Enchanted Evening
Columbia 		- - UK18 (4 weeks)
UK 		US44
platinum
platinum

(12 weeks)US
First published: September 1978
1982 Extraterrestrial Live
Columbia 		- - UK39 (5 weeks)
UK 		US29 (19 weeks)
US
First published: April 1982
1991 Live 1976
Castle 		- - - -
First publication: 1991
2002 A Long Day's Night
Sanctuary 		- - - -
First published: September 24, 2002
2020 Hard Rock Live Cleveland 2014
Frontiers Records 		DE79 (1 week)
DE 		CH98 (1 week)
CH 		- -
First published: January 24, 2020
40th Anniversary - Agents of Fortunes - Live 2016
Frontiers Records 		- - - -
First published: March 6, 2020
45th Anniversary - Live In London
Frontiers Records 		DE89 (1 week)
DE 		- - -
First published: August 7, 2020

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Compilations

  • 1990: Career of Evil: The Metal Years (Columbia / CBS)
  • 1990: On Flame with Rock and Roll (CBS)
  • 1994: Cult Classics (SPV)
  • 1995: Workshop of the Telescopes
  • 1998: Super Hits (Legacy / Columbia)
  • 2000: Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult (Legacy / Columbia)
  • 2001: St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings ( Elektra )
  • 2003: Then and Now (CMC International)
  • 2003: The Essential Blue Öyster Cult (Sony)
  • 2003: Are You Ready to Rock? (Sony)
  • 2004: Shooting Shark - The Best of Blue Öyster Cult (Sony)
  • 2004: Extended Versions: The Encore Collection (BMG)
  • 2005: The Singles Collection (BMG / Columbia)
  • 2006: Collections (BMG)
  • 2006: The Best Of (Direct Source)
  • 2007: Alive in America Pt. 1 (Rrdeg)
  • 2008: Greatest Hits (BMG)
  • 2010: The Cöllection (Camden)
  • 2010: Playlist: The Very Best of Blue Öyster Cult (Columbia / Legacy)
  • 2010: Setlist: The Very Best of Blue Öyster Cult Live (Columbia / Legacy)
  • 2017: Rarities Vol. 1 (Columbia)
  • 2017: Rarities Vol. 2 (Columbia)

Box sets

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
2012 The Complete Columbia Albums Collectiön
Legacy 		DE92 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: October 30, 2012

Soundtracks

  • 1992: Bad Channels (Moonstone / Angel Air / HiQ; German film title: Cosmo )

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1976 (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Agents of Fortune 		- UK16
gold
gold

(14 weeks)UK 		US12 (20 weeks)
US
1979 In Thee
Mirrors 		- - US74 (4 weeks)
US
1981 Burnin 'for You
Fire of Unknown Origin 		- - US40 (14 weeks)
US
1983 Shooting strong - UK97 (1 week)
UK 		US83 (3 weeks)
US

More singles

  • 1972: Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll
  • 1973: Hot Rails to Hell
  • 1974: Career of Evil
  • 1974: Flaming Telepaths
  • 1975: Born to Be Wild
  • 1975: Then Came the Last Days of May
  • 1976: This Ain't the Summer of Love
  • 1976: Sinful Love
  • 1977: I Love the Night
  • 1977: Godzilla
  • 1977: Goin 'Through the Motions
  • 1978: We Gotta Get Out of This Place
  • 1979: Mirrors
  • 1979: You're Not the One (I Was Looking For)
  • 1980: Fallen Angel
  • 1980: The Marshall Plan
  • 1980: deadline
  • 1982: Roadhouse Blues
  • 1983: Take Me Away
  • 1985: Perfect Water
  • 1985: White Flags
  • 1986: Dancin 'in the Ruins
  • 1988: Astronomy
  • 1988: In the Presence of Another World
  • 1998: See You in Black
  • 1998: Harvest Moon
  • 1998: Live for Me
  • 2001: Pocket

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE CH CH UK UK US US
Number one albums DE-DE CH-CH UK-UK US-US
Top 10 albums DE-DE CH-CH UK-UK US-US
Albums in the charts DE3DE CH1CH UK8thUK US14thUS
DE DE CH CH UK UK US US
Number one singles DE-DE CH-CH UK-UK US-US
Top 10 singles DE-DE CH-CH UK-UK US-US
Singles in the charts DE-DE CH-CH UK2UK US4thUS

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1977: for the album Agents Of Fortune
    • 1982: for the album Fire Of Unknown Origin

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 100,000 musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 4,000,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 400,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Gold record icon.svg 7 × gold7th Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d chart sources: