Spectres (album)

Spectres is the fifth studio album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in November 1977 by Columbia Records. The album features one of the band's biggest hits, concert staple "Godzilla," and was certified gold by the RIAA on January 19, 1978.

The cover art features lasers, which Blue Öyster Cult used in their live shows at that time.

A remastered version was released on February 13, 2007, which included four previously unreleased outtakes from the Spectres sessions as bonus tracks.

Critical reception
Record World called the single "Goin' Through the Motions," which was co-written by Mott the Hoople singer Ian Hunter, a "thumping, hand-clapping pop-rocker."

Cover versions
Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler covered "Goin’ Through the Motions" on her album Faster Than the Speed of Night.

Personnel

 * Blue Öyster Cult
 * Eric Bloom – stun guitar, vocals
 * Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser – lead guitar, vocals
 * Allen Lanier – keyboards, rhythm guitar, vocals
 * Joe Bouchard – bass, vocals, keyboards
 * Albert Bouchard – drums, harmonica, percussion, vocals


 * Additional musicians
 * Newark Boys Chorus – vocals on "Golden Age of Leather"


 * Production
 * Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman, David Lucas – producers
 * Shelly Yakus – engineer, mixing
 * John Jansen, Corky Stasiak, Thom Panunzio, Andy Abrams – engineers
 * Gray Russell, Dave Thoener, Jay Krugman, Rod O’Brien, Sam Ginsberg – assistant engineers
 * Joe Brescio – mastering
 * Roni Hoffman – design
 * Eric Meola – photos
 * David Infante – laser effects and photo assistance