Spectres (album)

Spectres
Studio album by Blue Öyster Cult
Released	October 1977 (original LP) February 13, 2007 (remastered CD)
Recorded	July - September 1977, New York City
Genre	Rock, Hard rock
Length	40:29
Label	Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings
Producer	Blue Öyster Cult Murray Krugman Sandy Pearlman David Lucas
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Blue Öyster Cult chronology
Agents of Fortune (1976) Spectres (1977) Some Enchanted Evening (live) (1978)

Spectres is a rock 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 Nights", and "I Love the Night". A remaster of this album was released on CD in early 2007, which included four previously unreleased outtakes from Spectres sessions as bonus tracks. The outtakes were recorded July–September 1977 in New York.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Godzilla" (Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser) – 3:41
2. "Golden Age of Leather" (Bruce Abbott, Don Roeser) – 5:53
3. "Death Valley Nights" (Richard Meltzer, Albert Bouchard) – 4:07
4. "Searchin’ for Celine" (Allen Lanier) – 3:35
5. "Fireworks" (A. Bouchard) – 3:14

Side two

1. "R.U. Ready 2 Rock" (Sandy Pearlman, A. Bouchard) – 3:45
2. "Celestial the Queen" (Helen Wheels, Joe Bouchard) – 3:24
3. "Goin’ Through the Motions" (Eric Bloom, Ian Hunter) – 3:12
4. "I Love the Night" (Roeser) – 4:23
5. "Nosferatu" (Wheels, J. Bouchard) – 5:23

CD reissue bonus tracks

11. "Night Flyer" (J. Bouchard, Murray Krugman) – 3:48
12. "Dial M For Murder" (D. Roeser) – 3:11
13. "Please Hold" (A. Bouchard) – 2:47
14. "Be My Baby" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 3:01

Personnel

• Eric Bloom—vocals, guitar
• Joe Bouchard—bass guitar, vocals, guitar
• Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser—lead and rhythm guitars, vocals
• Albert Bouchard—drums, vocals, harmonica
• Allen Lanier—keyboards, guitar
• Newark Boys Chorus—vocals (on "Golden Age of Leather")

Production credits

• Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman, David Lucas, and Blue Öyster Cult—producers
• Shelly Yakus—engineering, mixing
• John Jansen—engineering
• Corky Stasiak—engineering
• Thom Panunzio—engineering
• Roni Hoffman—design
• Eric Meola—photos
• David Infante—laser effects and photo assistance
• Joe Brescio—mastering
• Gray Russell—assistant engineer
• Dave Thoener—assistant engineer
• Jay Krugman—assistant engineer
• Rod O’Brien—assistant engineer
• Sam Ginsberg—assistant engineer
• Andy Abrams—other engineer

Trivia

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• The song "Godzilla" was covered by the band Racer X on their album Superheroes, it was also remixed by Thunderpuss in 1998.
• "Godzilla" also has been used in the hit PlayStation 2 game Guitar Hero.
• The New York Yankees outfielder, Hideki Matsui, has used "Godzilla" as his plate appearance music.
• The Newark Boys' Chorus, who provide ethereal backing vocals on "Golden Age of Leather" may, a year or so before, have provided a similar service for Van Morrison on his Hard Nose the Highway album. They performed ethereal fade-out vocals on a track called "Snow in San Anselmo."