Blue Öyster Cult Timeline

1972 Jan Blue Öyster Cult releases their self-titled debut album
Blue Öyster Cult is the eponymous debut album by hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in January 1972 (see 1972 in music). The album featured songs such as "Cities on Flame with Rock...
1973 Feb Blue Öyster Cult releases Tyranny and Mutation
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, released in 1973.
1974 Apr Blue Öyster Cult releases Secret Treaties
Secret Treaties is Blue Öyster Cult's third studio album, released in 1974. In 1975, a Melody Maker poll of critics voted Secret Treaties as the "Top Rock Album of All Time." The album...
1975 Feb Blue Öyster Cult releases On Your Feet or on Your Knees
On Your Feet or on Your Knees was Blue Öyster Cult's first live album, released in early 1975. Each of the band's first three studio albums are represented by three songs each, two other ...
1976 May Blue Öyster Cult releases Agents of Fortune
Agents of Fortune is the fourth studio album released by Blue Öyster Cult, originally released in a gatefold sleeve in 1976. The platinum selling album peaked at #29 on Billboard's Pop...
1977 Nov Blue Öyster Cult releases Spectres
Spectres is the fifth studio album by Blue Öyster Cult, released in November 1977. The album was certified gold in January 1978 and contained the album rock hits "Godzilla", "Death Valley...
1978 Sep Blue Öyster Cult releases Some Enchanted Evening
Some Enchanted Evening is a Blue Öyster Cult live album released in September 1978. Their best selling album, it sold two million copies, including over a million in the United States. Th...
1979 Jun Blue Öyster Cult releases Mirrors
Mirrors is the sixth studio album by Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). The album is notable for a collaboration with British fantasy/science-fiction author Michael M...
1980 Jun Blue Öyster Cult releases Cultösaurus Erectus
Cultösaurus Erectus is a Blue Öyster Cult album released in 1980. Following the experiment with Mirrors, it was an attempt to return to the band's earlier hard-rock sound. The lead track ...
1981 Jun Blue Öyster Cult releases Fire of Unknown Origin
Fire of Unknown Origin is the ninth album by Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1981. It was produced by Martin Birch. The album, which included the top 40 hit "Burnin' for You" represented...
1982 Apr Blue Öyster Cult releases Extraterrestrial Live
Extraterrestrial Live is a Blue Öyster Cult live album released in 1982. It documents their 1981 tour in support of Fire of Unknown Origin. Midway through the tour, the band fired drummer...
1983 Oct Blue Öyster Cult releases The Revölution by Night
The Revölution By Night is the 10th Blue Öyster Cult studio album, released in 1983. The album was intended to capitalize on the unexpected success of Fire Of Unknown Origin just two y...
1986 Jan Blue Öyster Cult releases Club Ninja
Club Ninja is a studio album by the U.S. hard rock group Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1986. The album was intended as a comeback for the band, whose previous album The Revölution by Nigh...
1988 Jul Blue Öyster Cult releases Imaginos
Imaginos is a 1988 concept album by Blue Öyster Cult. The "Imaginos" concept was originally begun by producer Sandy Pearlman in 1967, before BÖC was even formed. Drummer Albert Bouchar...
1992 Blue Öyster Cult releases Bad Channels
Bad Channels is the soundtrack album of the science fiction spoof film of the same name, It featuring songs by the bands Blue Öyster Cult, Fair Game and Sykotik Sinfoney, and released in ...
1998 Mar 24 Blue Öyster Cult releases Heaven Forbid
Heaven Forbid is a Blue Öyster Cult album released in 1998. It was the band's first studio album in a decade (not counting the 1992 soundtrack to Bad Channels). American science fiction a...
2001 Jun 5 Blue Öyster Cult releases Curse of the Hidden Mirror
Curse of the Hidden Mirror is an album by rock band Blue Öyster Cult released in 2001. The only single from the record was the poorly received "Pocket." Lackluster sales led to the band b...