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Blue Öyster Cult discography#Compilation albums

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{{Infobox artist discography

| Artist = Blue Öyster Cult

| Image = Blue Oyster Cult 1977 publicity photo.jpg

| Caption = The 1971–1981 lineup of Blue Öyster Cult, L-R: Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser; Eric Bloom; Albert Bouchard; Allen Lanier; Joe Bouchard

| Studio = 16

| Live = 10

| Compilation = 21

| 1Option = 1

| 1Option name = Box sets

| Singles = 32

| 2Option = 1

| 2Option name = Soundtrack albums

| Music videos = 11

}}

The following is the discography of the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult.

Blue Öyster Cult has released 16 studio albums, the most recent being released in 2024, entitled Ghost Stories. In 2012, the Blue Öyster Cult albums released by Columbia were re-released in a box set of 16 CDs and one DVD. The band has sold more than 24 million records worldwide, including 7 million in the United States alone.{{cite web|url=https://tahoesouth.com/events/blue-oyster-cult-at-harrahs-lake-tahoe/|title=Blue Oyster Cult, Harrah's South Shore Room - Tahoe South|access-date=2018-04-09|archive-date=2018-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615214618/https://tahoesouth.com/events/blue-oyster-cult-at-harrahs-lake-tahoe/|url-status=dead}}

Albums

=Studio albums=

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scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certification

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
{{cite magazine|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/blue-oyster-cult/chart-history/tlp/|title=Blue Öyster Cult Chart History|access-date=April 29, 2018}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| CAN
{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/search.aspx |title=Search: RPM|publisher=Library and Archives Canada |access-date=April 29, 2018|date=2013-07-17}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER
{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |access-date=May 29, 2018 |publisher=GFK Entertainment }}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWE
{{cite web |url=http://www.swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Boi+feat%2E+Big+K%2ER%2EI%2ET%2E+%26+UGK+%26+Blue+Oyster+Cult&titel=GossipZilla&cat=s |title=Blue Öyster Cult in Swedish charts |access-date=May 29, 2018 |publisher=Hung Medien }}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
{{cite web|publisher=Official Albums Chart|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16925/blue-oyster-cult/ |title=Blue Öyster Cult – Full Official Chart History|access-date=April 29, 2018}}

scope="row"| Blue Öyster Cult

|

  • Released: January 16, 1972
  • Label: Columbia

| 172 || — || x || — || —

|

scope="row"| Tyranny and Mutation

|

  • Released: February 11, 1973
  • Label: Columbia

| 122 || — || x || — || —

|

scope="row"|Secret Treaties

|

  • Released: April 5, 1974
  • Label: Columbia

| 53 || — || x || — || —

|

  • US: Gold{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Blue Oyster Cult|access-date=June 30, 2024}}
scope="row"|Agents of Fortune

|

  • Released: May 21, 1976
  • Label: Columbia

| 29 || 28 || x || 10 || 26

|

  • CAN: Gold"[https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=Blue%20Oyster%20Cult Certified Blue Oyster Cult Awards]
  • US: Platinum
scope="row"|Spectres

|

  • Released: November 10, 1977
  • Label: Columbia

| 43 || 58 || x || 47 || 60

|

  • US: Gold
scope="row"|Mirrors

|

  • Released: June 19, 1979
  • Label: Columbia

| 44 || 49 || x || — || 46

|

scope="row"|Cultösaurus Erectus

|

  • Released: June 14, 1980
  • Label: Columbia

| 34 || 77 || x || — || 12

|

scope="row"|Fire of Unknown Origin

|

  • Released: June 22, 1981
  • Label: Columbia

| 24 || 21 || x || — || 29

|

  • CAN: Gold
  • US: Gold
scope="row"|The Revölution by Night

|

  • Released: November 8, 1983
  • Label: Columbia

| 93 || — || x || — || 95

|

scope="row"|Club Ninja

|

  • Released: December 10, 1985
  • Label: Columbia

| 63 || — || x || 41 || —

|

scope="row"|Imaginos

|

  • Released: July 15, 1988
  • Label: Columbia

| 122 || — || x || — || —

|

scope="row"|Cult Classic

|

  • Released: June 10, 1994
  • Label: Herald

| — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"|Heaven Forbid

|

  • Released: March 24, 1998
  • Label: CMC

| — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"|Curse of the Hidden Mirror

|

  • Released: June 5, 2001
  • Label: CMC / Sanctuary

| — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"|The Symbol Remains

|

| 192 || — || 39 || — || —

|

scope="row"|Ghost Stories{{cite web|title=[2024-04-12] Blue Oyster Cult "Ghost Stories" (Frontiers)|url=http://www.imwan.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=120290|website=imwan.com|access-date=February 7, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/blueoystercult/posts/pfbid0xDzpsJh4WeCGrSiGXFsrV2CL6FrN6x5sFrQmqGeZyPN3nWPBd9oK8vm7ZwrmrVXhl|title=Blue Oyster Cult|website=Facebook.com|access-date=February 7, 2024}}

|

  • Released: April 12, 2024
  • Label: Frontiers{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSR4MDLB/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=Blue+Oyster+Cult+Ghost+Stories&qid=1707300347&sr=8-5|title=Amazon.com: Ghost Stories [Explicit] : Blue Öyster Cult: Digital Music|website=Amazon.com|access-date=February 7, 2024}}

| — || — || — || — || —

|

colspan="11" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes that the recording did not chart, was not released in that territory, or is uncertified.
"×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

=Soundtrack albums=

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scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Details

scope="row"| Bad Channels

|

  • Released: August 4, 1992 (US) • 1996 (UK and Germany)
  • Label: Moonstone (US) • Angel Air (UK) • HiQ (GER)
  • Film: Bad Channels (released June 25, 1992)

=Live albums=

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scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certification

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| CAN

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWE

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK

scope="row"|On Your Feet or on Your Knees

|

  • Released: February 27, 1975
  • Label: Columbia

| 22 || 22 || x || — || —

|

  • US: Gold
scope="row"|Some Enchanted Evening

|

  • Released: September 1978
  • Label: Columbia

| 44 || 43 || x || — || 18

|

  • US: Platinum
scope="row"|Extraterrestrial Live

|

  • Released: April 1982
  • Label: Columbia

| 29 || — || x || — || 39

|

scope="row"| Live 1976

|

  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Castle (Europe)

| — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"|A Long Day's Night

|

  • Released: September 24, 2002
  • Label: Sanctuary

| — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"|Hard Rock Live Cleveland 2014

|

  • Released: January 24, 2020
  • Label: Frontiers

| — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"|iHeart Radio Theater N.Y.C. 2012

|

  • Released: March 3, 2020
  • Label: Frontiers

| — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"|40th Anniversary – Agents of Fortune – Live 2016

|

  • Released: March 6, 2020
  • Label: Frontiers

| — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"|45th Anniversary – Live in London

|

  • Released: August 7, 2020
  • Label: Frontiers

| — || — || 89 || — || —

|

scope="row"|Live at Rock of Ages Festival – July 30th 2016

|

  • Released: August 27, 2020
  • Label: Frontiers

| — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"|50th Anniversary Live – First Night

|

  • Released: October 4, 2023
  • Label: Frontiers

| — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"|50th Anniversary Live – Second Night

|

  • Released: Aug. 9, 2024
  • Label: Frontiers

| — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"|50th Anniversary Live – Third Night

|

  • Released: Dec. 13, 2024
  • Label: Frontiers

| — || — || — || — || —

|

colspan="11" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes that the recording did not chart, was not released in that territory, or is uncertified.
"×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

=Video albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Details

scope="row"| Black and Blue

|

scope="row"| A Long Day's Night

|

scope="row"| Some OTHER Enchanted Evening

|

=Compilation albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Details

scope="row"| Career of Evil: The Metal Years

|

  • Released: April 1990
  • Label: Columbia (US; Canada) • CBS (Europe)
scope="row"| On Flame with Rock and Roll

|

  • Released: January 1, 1990
  • Label: CBS Special Products
scope="row"| Workshop of the Telescopes

|

  • Released: September 26, 1995
  • Label: Columbia / Sony
scope="row"| Don't Fear The Reaper{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Blue-%C3%96yster-Cult-Dont-Fear-The-Reaper/release/8772856|title=Blue Öyster Cult – Don't Fear The Reaper|website=www.discogs.com|date=1997 |access-date=2021-08-14}}

|

  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Sony Music Special Products
scope="row"| Super Hits

|

  • Released: June 21, 1998
  • Label: Legacy / Columbia (Europe)
scope="row"| Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Fear-Reaper-Best-%C3%96yster/dp/B00004HYKZ|title=Don't Fear The Reaper: The Best Of Blue Öyster Cult|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=2019-02-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-blue-%25C3yster-cult-dont-fear-the-reaper-mw0002115984|title=The Best of Blue Öyster Cult: Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2019-02-25}}

|

  • Released: 1983 (Original); February 8, 2000 (Remastered)
  • Label: Legacy / Columbia • SME (Japan)
scope="row"| St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (2001)
(as "Stalk-Forrest Group")

|

scope="row"| Then and Now

|

scope="row"| The Essential Blue Öyster Cult

|

  • Released: April 1, 2003
  • Label: Sony
scope="row"| Are You Ready to Rock?

|

  • Released: August 21, 2003
  • Label: Sony
scope="row"| Shooting Shark – The Best of Blue Öyster Cult

|

  • Released: May 24, 2004
  • Label: Sony (Germany)
scope="row"| Extended Versions: The Encore Collection

|

  • Released: October 5, 2004
  • Label: BMG
scope="row"| The Singles Collection

|

  • Released: July 12, 2005
  • Label: BMG / Columbia (Europe)
scope="row"| Collections

|

  • Released: April 3, 2006
  • Label: BMG (Germany; Russia)
scope="row"| The Best of Blue Öyster Cult

|

  • Released: June 6, 2006
  • Label: Direct Source (Canada)
scope="row"| Alive in America: Pt. 1

|

  • Released: October 3, 2006
  • Label: Rdeg
scope="row"| Greatest Hits

|

  • Released: July 28, 2008
  • Label: BMG (Europe)
scope="row"| The Cöllection

|

  • Released: November 2, 2010
  • Label: Camden (Europe)
scope="row"| Playlist: The Very Best of Blue Öyster Cult

|

  • Released: January 26, 2010
  • Label: Columbia / Legacy
scope="row"| Setlist: The Very Best of Blue Öyster Cult Live

|

  • Released: July 13, 2010
  • Label: Sony / Legacy
scope="row"| Rarities Vol. 1

|

  • Released: November 24, 2017
  • Label: Columbia / Real Gone Music
  • Format: LP
  • Limited edition
scope="row"| Rarities Vol. 2

|

  • Released: April 28, 2018
  • Label: Columbia / Real Gone Music
  • Format: LP
  • Limited edition

=Box sets=

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scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER
scope="row"| The Complete Columbia Albums Collectiön

|

  • Released: October 30, 2012
  • Label: Legacy (Europe)

| 92

Singles

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scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Title

! scope="col" colspan="7"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US (Cashbox)
{{cite web |url=http://98.130.35.56/archives/70s_files/19761106.html |title=Cashbox Top 100 – Week ending November 6, 1976 |access-date=May 21, 2018 |publisher=Cashbox }}{{cite web |url=http://98.130.35.56/archives/70s_files/19790915.html |title=Cashbox Top 100 – Week ending September 15, 1979 |access-date=May 21, 2018 |publisher=Cashbox }}{{cite web |url=http://98.130.35.56/archives/80s_files/19811017.html |title=Cashbox Top 100 – Week ending October 17, 1981 |access-date=May 21, 2018 |publisher=Cashbox }}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/blue-oyster-cult/chart-history/hsi/|title=Blue Öyster Cult Chart History|access-date=April 29, 2018}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US Main. Rock
{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/blue-oyster-cult/chart-history/ark/|title=Blue Öyster Cult Chart History|access-date=May 23, 2018}}[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Roadhouse+Blues+by+Blue+%C3%96yster+Cult&id=53015 Roadhouse Blues chart performance]

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US Rock
{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/blue-oyster-cult/chart-history/rtt/|title=Blue Öyster Cult Chart History|access-date=April 29, 2018}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Burning+for+You+by+Blue+%C3%96yster+Cult&id=5672 Burnin' for you UK chart performance]

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| CAN

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| IRL
{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Search the Charts|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association |access-date=April 29, 2018}}

1972

! scope="row"| "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll"

| —

—xx———

|

| Blue Öyster Cult

1973

! scope="row"| "Hot Rails to Hell"

| —

—xx———

|

| Tyranny and Mutation

rowspan="2"| 1974

! scope="row"| "Career of Evil"

| —

—xx———

|

| rowspan="2"| Secret Treaties

scope="row"| "Flaming Telepaths"

| — || — || x || x || — || — || —

|

rowspan="2"| 1975

! scope="row"| "Born to Be Wild"

| —

—xx———

|

| rowspan="2"| On Your Feet or on Your Knees

scope="row"| "Then Came the Last Days of May"

| — || — || x || x || — || — || —

|

align=left rowspan=2|1976

! scope="row"|"(Don't Fear) The Reaper"

| 7

12x11{{efn|name=hotrock|"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" peaked on the Rock Charts on November 18, 2017{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/blue-oyster-cult/chart-history/ark/|title=Blue Öyster Cult (Don't Fear) The Reaper Chart History|access-date=April 29, 2018}}}}16717

|

  • RIAA: 6× Platinum
  • UK: Platinum{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Blue Oyster Cult|access-date=June 30, 2024}}

| rowspan="3"| Agents of Fortune

scope="row"| "Sinful Love"

| — || — || x || x || — || — || —

|

rowspan="2"| 1977

! scope="row"| "This Ain't the Summer of Love"

| —

—xx———

|

scope="row"| "Goin' Through the Motions"

| — || — || x || x || — || — || —

|

| rowspan="3"| Spectres

rowspan="3"| 1978

! scope="row"| "Godzilla"

| —

—xx———

|

  • RIAA: Platinum{{cite certification|region=United States|title=|artist=Blue Oyster Cult|type=|access-date=August 7, 2024}}
scope="row"| "I Love the Night"

| — || — || x || x || — || — || —

|

scope="row"|"We Gotta Get Out of This Place"

| — || — || x || x || — || — || —

|

| Some Enchanted Evening

rowspan="3"| 1979

! scope="row"| "In Thee"

| 92

74xx———

|

| rowspan="3"| Mirrors

scope="row"| "Mirrors"

| — || — || x || x || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "You're Not the One (I Was Looking For)"

| — || — || x || x || — || — || —

|

rowspan="3"| 1980

! scope="row"| "Fallen Angel"

| —

—xx———

|

| rowspan="3"| Cultösaurus Erectus

scope="row"| "The Marshall Plan"

| — || — || x || x || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Deadline"

| — || — || x || x || — || — || —

|

1981

! scope="row"|"Burnin' for You"

| 34

401x7647—

|

  • RIAA: 2× Platinum

| Fire of Unknown Origin

1982

! scope="row"| "Roadhouse Blues"

| —

—24x———

|

| Extraterrestrial Live

rowspan="2"| 1983

! scope="row"| "Take Me Away"

| —

—11x———

|

| rowspan="2"| The Revölution By Night

scope="row"| "Shooting Shark"

| — || 83 || 16 || x || 97 || — || —

|

1985

! scope="row"| "White Flags"

| —

——x———

|

| rowspan="3"| Club Ninja

rowspan="2"| 1986

! scope="row"| "Dancin' in the Ruins"

| —

—9x———

|

scope="row"| "Perfect Water"

| — || — || — || x || — || — || —

|

rowspan="1"| 2024

! scope="row"| "So Supernatural"

| —

—112x———

|

| rowspan="1"| Ghost Stories

colspan="11" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

Other charted songs

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Title

! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US Main. Rock
1980

! scope="row"| "Black Blade"

| x{{fact|date=April 2021}}

| Cultösaurus Erectus

1981

! scope="row"| "Joan Crawford"

| 49

| Fire of Unknown Origin

colspan="10" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title

! scope="col"| Ref.

! scope="col"| Notes

rowspan="3"| 1981

! scope="row"| "The Marshall Plan"

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhvf1ERI5E link]

| {{efn|name=bnb|Released as part of the film Black and Blue}}

scope="row"| "Burnin' for You"

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn-8n4QKUS4 link]

|

scope="row"| "Joan Crawford"

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQBJfQhpw_U link]

|

rowspan="2"| 1983

! scope="row"| "Take Me Away"

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1NYhbiiiFw link]

|

scope="row"| "Shooting Shark"

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvsthsbbLfM link]

|

1986

! scope="row"| "Dancin' in the Ruins"

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlVWprYozR8 link]

|

1988

! scope="row"| "Astronomy"

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOOi9y-1c0g link]

| {{efn|name=astronomy|Unreleased in the United States; Released in the United Kingdom}}

rowspan="4"| 2020

! scope="row"| "That Was Me"

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPW7KhN_ZM4 link]

|

scope="row"| "Box in My Head"

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQoWfQ_3txA link]

|

scope="row"| "Tainted Blood"

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H0iX-_Vts0 link]

|

scope="row"| "The Alchemist"

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4TFfTSUbto link]

|

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