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Released
  
February 11, 1973

Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
  
Secret Treaties (1974)

Release date
  
11 February 1973

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
38:11

Artist
  
Blue Öyster Cult

Producer
  
Sandy Pearlman

Genres
  
Heavy metal, Hard rock

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Recorded
  
Columbia Studios, New York City, 1972

Similar
  
Blue Öyster Cult albums, Heavy metal albums

Tyranny and Mutation (stylized on the cover as THE BLVE ÖYSTER CVLT: TYRANNY AND MVTATION) is the second studio album by the American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on February 11, 1973 by Columbia Records.

Contents

Blue oyster cult the red and the black


Composition and songs

The album was recorded from songs written while touring in support of their eponymous debut album.

"Baby Ice Dog" features lyrics by poet Patti Smith, who would make several more lyrical contributions to the band's repertoire over their career.

The song "The Red and the Black" is a re-titled, re-recorded version of "I'm on the Lamb But I Ain't No Sheep" from their previous album. The lyrics are a reference to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Critical reception

The Rolling Stone Album Guide has described the album as "one molten hook after another" and praised the four-song "opening suite" comprising the first side of the album.

Track listing

On at least one pressing of the album on CD prior to the 2001 remaster, some of the segues between songs are mispositioned. This affects every track except for the last.

Personnel

Band members
  • Eric Bloom – stun guitar, synthesizers, vocals
  • Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser – guitar, vocals
  • Allen Lanier – keyboards, rhythm guitar
  • Joe Bouchard – bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Albert Bouchard – drums, vocals
  • Production
  • Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman – producers
  • Tim Geelan, Lou Schlossberg, Phil Giambalvo – engineers
  • Jack Ashkinazy – mastering
  • Bruce Dickinson – reissue producer
  • Vic Anesini – re-mastering
  • Songs

    1The Red & the Black4:21
    2OD'd on Life Itself4:49
    3Hot Rails to Hell5:11

    References

    Tyranny and Mutation Wikipedia