Some Enchanted Evening (Blue Öyster Cult album)
Some Enchanted Evening is the second live album by the American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in September 1978 (see 1978 in music). It is Blue Öyster Cult's best-selling album, having sold two million copies, including over a million in the United States.[6] The album's seven original tracks were recorded at various locations in the United States and England.
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Released | September 1978 | |||
Recorded | December 31, 1977 – June 1, 1978 | |||
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Length | 36:04 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Released | 2007 | |||
Recorded | Capital Centre, Largo, Maryland, 1978 | |||
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Length | 56:55 | |||
Label | Legacy Recordings | |||
Producer | Bruce Dickinson | |||
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Source | Rating |
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Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[3] |
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Rolling Stone | (favorable)[5] |
The album was re-issued on CD in early 2007 on Legacy Recordings and included seven previously unreleased bonus tracks recorded in various locations around the US, along with a DVD entitled Some OTHER Enchanted Evening, which featured a previously unreleased performance videotaped at the Capital Centre in Largo, Maryland on July 14, 1978.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recorded at | Length |
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1. | "R.U. Ready 2 Rock" | Albert Bouchard, Sandy Pearlman | Atlanta, Georgia, April 13, 1978 | 5:29 |
2. | "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" | Donald Roeser, Pearlman | Columbus, Georgia, April 11, 1978 | 5:04 |
3. | "Astronomy" | A. Bouchard, Joe Bouchard, Pearlman | Columbus, Georgia, April 11, 1978 | 8:18 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recorded at | Length |
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4. | "Kick Out the Jams" (MC5 cover) | Michael Davis, Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis Thompson, Rob Tyner | Atlanta, Georgia, April 13, 1978 | 3:03 |
5. | "Godzilla" | Roeser | Newcastle, England, June 1, 1978 | 4:10 |
6. | "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" | Roeser | Little Rock, Arkansas, April 9, 1978 | 5:51 |
7. | "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (The Animals cover) | Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil | Newcastle, England, June 1, 1978 | 4:09 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recorded at | Length |
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8. | "ME 262" | Eric Bloom, Roeser, Pearlman | Rochester, New York, December 31, 1977 | 3:24 |
9. | "Harvester of Eyes" | Bloom, Roeser, Richard Meltzer | Little Rock, Arkansas, September 4, 1978 | 4:35 |
10. | "Hot Rails to Hell" | J. Bouchard | Detroit, Michigan, January 30, 1978 | 5:01 |
11. | "This Ain't the Summer of Love" | A. Bouchard, Murray Krugman, Don Waller | Detroit, Michigan, January 30, 1978 | 2:48 |
12. | "5 Guitars" | Detroit, Michigan, January 30, 1978 | 8:34 | |
13. | "Born to Be Wild" (Steppenwolf cover) | Mars Bonfire | Detroit, Michigan, January 30, 1978 | 6:30 |
14. | "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (alternate version) | Boston, Massachusetts, January 31, 1978 | 4:36 | |
Total length: | 71:32 |
Some OTHER Enchanted Evening (DVD)
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "R.U. Ready 2 Rock" | 5:42 |
2. | "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" | 5:09 |
3. | "Harvester of Eyes" | 3:54 |
4. | "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" | 4:05 |
5. | "Golden Age of Leather" | 6:48 |
6. | "Astronomy" | 8:30 |
7. | "ME 262" | 3:08 |
8. | "Kick Out the Jams" | 2:55 |
9. | "This Ain't the Summer of Love" | 5:38 |
10. | "5 Guitars" | 5:05 |
11. | "Born to Be Wild" | 5:56 |
- Filmed on July 14, 1978 at the Capital Centre, Largo, Maryland
Personnel
Blue Öyster Cult
- Eric Bloom – lead vocals on tracks 1-4, 7-9, 11, 13-14, stun guitar, keyboards
- Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser – lead guitar, lead vocals on tracks 5-6
- Allen Lanier – keyboards, guitar, mixing
- Joe Bouchard – bass, lead vocals on track 10
- Albert Bouchard – drums, guitar, backing vocals
Production
- Sandy Pearlman – producer, mixing
- Murray Krugman – producer
- Corky Stasiak – engineer, mixing
- Jay Krugman – engineer
- George Geranios – live sound, DVD live mix
- Bruce Dickinson – re-issue producer
- Vic Anesini – remastering
Charts
Year | Chart | Position |
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1978 | Billboard 200 (United States) | 44[7] |
UK Albums Chart | 18[8] | |
RPM100 Albums (Canada) | 43[9] |
Certifications
Year | Country | Organization | Sales |
1988 | U.S. | RIAA | Platinum (1,000,000+)[6] |
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References
- Ruhlmann, William. "Blue Öyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- Jurek, Thom. "Blue Öyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening (Bonus DVD) review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 978-1894959025.
- Mongredien, Phil (April 2007). "Blue Öyster Cult – Some Enchanted Evening". Q. No. 249.
- Schneider, Mitchell (February 22, 1979). "Album Reviews: Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 19, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- "RIAA Searchable Database - search for Blue Oyster Cult". RIAA. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
- "Some Enchanted Evening Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- "Blue Oyster Cult Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
- "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 30, No. 10, December 02 1978". Library and Archives Canada. December 2, 1978. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
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