Summary
Workshop of the Telescopes is a two-disc compilation album by the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released by Sony Music/Columbia Entertainment in 1995. All of the material on this album was recorded prior to the Imaginos sessions; some of it was previously only available on promo discs (marked (*)), and a few others were previously unavailable on CD (marked (+)).
| Workshop of the Telescopes | ||||
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 Cover art by Greg Scott | ||||
| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | September 26, 1995 (US) | |||
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| Length | 148:56 | |||
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| Blue Öyster Cult chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
The CD comes with an explanatory booklet outlining the development of Blue Öyster Cult and their rise to fame throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
The album served as a basis of the double-disc reissue of The Essential Blue Öyster Cult in 2012, sharing 21 tracks, substituting some tracks with their live counterparts.
Track listing edit
Disc one edit
- "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" – 4:03
- "Transmaniacon MC" – 3:20
- "Before the Kiss, a Redcap" – 4:58
- "Stairway to the Stars" – 3:43
- "Buck's Boogie (Live)" – 5:17
- "Workshop of the Telescopes (Live)" (*) – 3:46
- "The Red and the Black (Live)" (*) – 4:35
- "7 Screaming Diz-Busters" – 7:00
- "Career of Evil" – 4:07
- "Flaming Telepaths" – 5:23
- "Astronomy" – 6:15
- "Subhuman (Live)" – 7:30
- "Harvester of Eyes (Live)" – 5:00
- "ME 262 (Live)" – 8:17
- "Born to Be Wild" (+) – 3:38 (Steppenwolf cover)
Disc two edit
- "Don't Fear the Reaper" – 5:08
- "This Ain't the Summer of Love" – 2:21
- "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" – 3:42
- "Godzilla" – 3:41
- "Goin' Through the Motions" – 3:12
- "Golden Age of Leather" – 5:51
- "Kick Out the Jams (Live)" – 3:12 (MC5 cover)
- "We Gotta Get Out of This Place (Live)" – 4:33 (The Animals cover)
- "In Thee" – 3:48
- "The Marshall Plan" – 5:24
- "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" – 4:48
- "Burnin' for You" – 4:30
- "Dominance and Submission (Live)" – 5:56
- "Take Me Away" – 4:30
- "Shooting Shark" – 7:09
- "Dancin' in the Ruins" – 4:00
- "Perfect Water" – 5:29
Some of these songs were later included on the remastered editions of BÖC's studio albums.
Personnel edit
The album is a compilation encompassing Blue Öyster Cult from the early 1970s to 1986. It does not include material from 1988's Imaginos.
References edit
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Blue Öyster Cult Workshop of the Telescopes review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-03-22.