| Secret Treaties | |||||
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| Studio album by Blue Öyster Cult | |||||
| Released | April, 1974 | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 38:35 | ||||
| Label | CBS Records | ||||
| Producer | Murray Krugman & Sandy Pearlman | ||||
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Secret Treaties is Blue Öyster Cult's third studio album, released in 1974. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2008 A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music This article is about the record label founded in 2006 For the earlier CBS Records label see Columbia Records. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Sandy Pearlman (born Samuel C Pearlman August 8 1943 is an American Music producer, Manager, Poet, and Songwriter. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2008 Tyranny and Mutation (On the Album cover: The Blve Öyster Cvlt Tyranny and Mvtation was the second album by Hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult On Your Feet or on Your Knees is Blue Öyster Cult 's first Live album released in 1975 Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2008
In 1975, a Melody Maker poll of critics voted Secret Treaties as the "Top Rock Album of All Time. Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly Music Newspaper " The album spent 14 weeks in the US charts, peaking at #53. It went gold in 1992.
The cover depicts the band standing beside and sitting on a German Me 262; this scene is inspired by the song of the same name. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
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Lyrics to the lead-off track "Career of Evil" were written by punk poetress Patti Smith, a longtime contributor to the band. Eric Bloom (born December 1, 1944) is an American Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist and Keyboardist. Albert Bouchard (born May 24 1947 in Watertown, New York) is a Drummer, Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter. Joe Bouchard (born Joseph Bouchard 9 november 1948, in Watertown, NY) joined in the band that would become Blue Öyster Cult as Allen Lanier (born June 25, 1946) is a member of Blue Öyster Cult. Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (born November 12 1947, in Long Island New York) is an American Guitarist and Songwriter Patricia Lee Smith ( born December 30 1946 is an American Singer-songwriter and poet Smith co-wrote tracks for at least five other B. Ö. C albums.
A few changes were made to "Career of Evil" on the Single version. The vocals are different, replacing Albert Bouchard's with Eric Bloom's. Also one verse was removed (Starting from "Pay me" and ending with ". . . kneeling in the rain"). The lines were also changed from ". . . do it to your daughter. . . " to ". . . do it like you ought to. . . ". (The single version is included on the 2001 remaster. )
There is a recording error in the solo during the song "Cagey Cretins", which has since been repaired in the remasters.
There is a version of Flaming Telepaths without the "music box" sound effects on the compilation "Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult". There is also a version with these sound effects completed on the collection Workshop of the Telescopes (2-disc set). Workshop of the Telescopes is a 2-cd set released by Sony Music/Columbia Entertainment in 1995
The psychedelic folk group, Espers covers Flaming Telepaths on their CD, The Weed Tree (2005). An esper refers to an individual capable of Telepathy and other similar Paranormal abilities The Weed Tree is the second album from Espers, released on Locust Music in 2005
| Year | Album | Billboard 200 |
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| 1974 | Secret Treaties | #53 |
| Year | Album | Certification |
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| 1992 | Secret Treaties | Gold |