On Your Feet or on Your Knees

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On Your Feet or on Your Knees
Murray Krugman
  • Sandy Pearlman
    • Blue Öyster Cult chronology
    Secret Treaties
    (1974)     		On Your Feet or on Your Knees
    (1975)     		Agents of Fortune
    (1976)
    Professional ratings
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[1]
    Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]
    Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[3]
    Rolling Stone(mixed)[4]

    On Your Feet or on Your Knees is the first live album by American

    Capitol Theatre
    in New Jersey, although it is not clear which songs came from which venues and on what dates.

    The cover lettering designed by Gerard Huerta, also used on the 2012 boxed set, was one of the first "Heavy Metal" logo designs. The cover art, photographed by John Berg, prominently features St Paul's Episcopal Chapel in South Salem, New York.[5]

    The album reached No. 22 on the Billboard 200,[6] in so doing becoming the band's highest-charting album in the United States.[7]

    Track listing

    Side one
    No.TitleWriter(s)Length
    1."Subhuman"
    Joe Bouchard
    		5:55
    Side two
    No.TitleWriter(s)Length
    4."The Red and the Black"Albert Bouchard, Bloom, Pearlman4:33
    5."7 Screaming Diz-Busters"A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Pearlman, Roeser8:27
    6."Buck's Boogie"Roeser7:40
    Side three
    No.TitleWriter(s)Length
    1."Then Came the Last Days of May"Roeser4:35
    2."Cities On Flame"Roeser, A. Bouchard, Pearlman4:08
    3."ME 262"Bloom, Roeser, Pearlman8:47
    Side four
    No.TitleWriter(s)Length
    4."Before the Kiss, A Redcap"Allen Lanier, Murray Krugman, Roeser, Pearlman5:05
    5."I Ain't Got You"Calvin Carter8:59
    6."Born to Be Wild"Mars Bonfire6:36
    Total length:78:13

    Personnel

    Band members
    • Eric Bloom - lead vocals on tracks 1–2, 4–5, 9, 11–12, stun guitar, synthesizer
    • Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser - lead guitar, lead vocals on "Then Came The Last Days of May" and "Before the Kiss (A Redcap)"
    • Allen Lanier - rhythm guitar, keyboards
    • Joe Bouchard
      - bass, lead vocals on "Hot Rails to Hell"
    • Albert Bouchard - drums, guitar, lead vocals on "Cities on Flame With Rock-And-Roll"
    Production

    Charts

    Chart (1975) Peak
    position
    Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[9] 22
    French Albums (
    SNEP)[10]
    		 19
    US Billboard 200[11] 22

    Certifications

    Region Certification Certified units/sales
    United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000^

    ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

    References

    1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Blue Öyster Cult - On Your Feet or on Your Knees review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
    2. ISBN 089919026X
      . Retrieved February 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
    3. ISBN 978-1894959025
      .
    4. ^ Miller, Jim (May 8, 1975). "Album Reviews: Blue Oyster Cult - On Your Feet or on Your Knees". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 19, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
    5. ^ "Blue Oyster Cult Founders Explain Back Story on Classic Live Album On Your Feet or On Your Knees". Retrieved 2024-03-06.
    6. ^ "On Your Feet or on Your Knees Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 9, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
    7. ^ "Blue Öyster Cult Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 12, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
    8. ^ "Musical Maps".
    9. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3959a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
    10. ^ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – B". Infodisc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012. Select Blue Oyster Cult from the menu, then press OK.
    11. ^ "Blue Oyster Cult Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
    12. ^ "American album certifications – Blue Öyster Cult – On Your Feet or on Your Knees". Recording Industry Association of America.
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