Album US 1981 on Columbia label
Rock (Hard Rock, Heavy Metal)
© 1981 CBS Inc. ® 1981 CBS Inc. All songs © 1981 B. O'Cult Songs ASCAP Karla DeVito appears courtesy of Epic Records Back Cover courtesy of Inner Traditions Books Fire Of Unknown Origin originally by Patti Smith Printed inner sleeve. If promo, gold stamp on back upper right corner.
![]() | Blue Öyster Cult , *1967 US arranged by, album by |
![]() | Joe Bouchard voc, b, *1948 US bass, vocals, written by |
![]() | Albert Bouchard dr, voc, *1947 US drums, synthesizer, vocals, written by |
![]() | Allen Lanier key, g, 1946-2013 US keyboards, written by |
![]() | Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser voc, g, US lead guitar, vocals, written by, percussion, additional, bass, sounds, sound effects |
![]() | Eric Bloom voc, g, key, lead vocals, written by, bass |
![]() | Jesse Levy vc, US arranged by, strings |
![]() | Bill Civitella dr, US percussion, additional |
![]() | Tony Cedrone , percussion, additional |
Greg Scott artwork, front cover, back cover |
Clay Hutchinson engineer |
Martin Birch engineer, producer |
Paul Stubblebine mastered by |
Paula Scher sleeve, design |
Karla DeVito backing vocals |
Sandy Jean backing vocals |
No | ![]() |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | ![]() | Fire Of Unknown Origin | Blue Öyster Cult | Albert Bouchard, Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, Eric Bloom, Joe Bouchard, Patti Smith | 4:09 |
2 | ![]() | Burnin' For You | Blue Öyster Cult | Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, Richard Meltzer | 4:29 |
3 | ![]() | Veteran Of The Psychic Wars | Blue Öyster Cult | Eric Bloom, Michael Moorcock | 4:48 |
4 | ![]() | Sole Survivor | Blue Öyster Cult | Eric Bloom, John Trivers | 4:04 |
5 | ![]() | Heavy Metal: The Black And Silver | Blue Öyster Cult | Albert Bouchard, Eric Bloom, Sandy Pearlman | 3:16 |
6 | ![]() | Vengeance (The Pact) | Blue Öyster Cult | Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard | 4:40 |
7 | ![]() | After Dark | Blue Öyster Cult | Elizabeth Myers, Eric Bloom, John Trivers | 4:24 |
8 | ![]() | Joan Crawford | Blue Öyster Cult | Albert Bouchard, David R. Roter, John Lennert Rigg | 4:54 |
9 | Don't Turn Your Back | Blue Öyster Cult | Albert Bouchard, Allen Lanier, Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser | 4:07 |
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