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The Revölution By Night is the ninth studio album by the American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1983.
The album was intended to capitalize on the unexpected success of Fire of Unknown Origin just two years prior, hence the album's blend of straight-ahead rock and pop elements. This was the first album by the band not to feature all of the band's founding members, drummer Albert Bouchard having been fired during the previous tour.
"Shooting Shark" became a radio hit, and its accompanying video became one of MTV's most requested clips upon its release. The lyrics to "Shooting Shark" were based on a poem by Patti Smith. The song "Take Me Away," co-written by Eric Bloom with Canadian rock musician Aldo Nova, also received significant airplay on AOR radio. Nonetheless, the album failed to go Gold in the United States.
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- "Take Me Away" (Eric Bloom, Aldo Nova) – 4:31
- "Eyes on Fire" (Gregg Winter) – 3:56
- "Shooting Shark" (Donald Roeser, Patti Smith) – 7:09
- "Veins" (Roeser, Richard Meltzer) – 3:59
[edit] Side two
- "Shadow of California" (Joe Bouchard, Neal Smith, Sandy Pearlman) – 5:10
- "Feel the Thunder" (Bloom) – 5:48
- "Let Go" (Bloom, Roeser, Ian Hunter) – 3:28
- "Dragon Lady" (Roeser, Broadway Blotto) – 4:08
- "Light Years of Love" (Bouchard, Helen Wheels) – 4:05
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- Eric Bloom – guitar, lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7
- Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser – lead guitar, keyboards, lead vocals on tracks 3, 4, 8, mixing (uncredited)[2]
- Allen Lanier – piano, keyboards
- Joe Bouchard – bass, electric and acoustic guitars, vocoder, lead vocals on 9
- Rick Downey – drums
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- Larry Fast - synthesizers, programming
- Aldo Nova – guitar and synthesizers on "Take Me Away"
- Gregg Winter - backing vocals on "Eyes on Fire"
- Randy Jackson – bass on "Shooting Shark"
- Marc Baum - saxophone on "Shooting Shark"
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- Bruce Fairbairn – producer, mixing
- Dave Wittman - engineer
- George Geranios, Ken Kessie - additional engineering
- Chris Isca, Ron Coté, Ray Pyle - assistant engineers
- Bob Ludwig - mastering
- Sandy Pearlman - management, mixing (uncredited)[2]
- Steve Schenck - management
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