On Your Feet or on Your Knees, Blue Öyster Cult's first live album (there would be two more), was also their first to peak inside the Top 40 best-sellers, which is more of an indication of the audience the group was building up through extensive touring than of its quality.
Songs that had a tight, concentrated impact on studio albums got elongated here, and that impact was dissipated.
And the song selection left a great deal to be desired if this was to be a fitting summation of the band's career so far.
Perhaps by their 1974 tour, BÖC had dropped such classics from their first album as "Transmaniacon MC," and "Stairway to the Stars," but the less impressive material from the third album was no substitute.
The album did mark the first commercial release of a version of "Buck's Boogie" as well as covers of the Yardbirds' "I Ain't Got You" and Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild.".
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The SubhumanEric Bloom | Blue Öyster Cult | Play | 07:29 | 17 MB | 44 MB |
| 2 | Harvester of EyesEric Bloom, Richard Meltzer, Donald Roeser | Blue Öyster Cult | Play | 04:58 | 11 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | Hot Rails to HellJeff Bouchard, Joe Bouchard | Blue Öyster Cult | Play | 05:29 | 12 MB | 32 MB |
| 4 | Buck's BoogieAlbert Bouchard, Donald Roeser | Blue Öyster Cult | Play | 07:06 | 16 MB | 39 MB |
| 5 | Me 262Eric Bloom, Sandy Pearlman, Donald Roeser | Blue Öyster Cult | Play | 08:18 | 19 MB | 46 MB |
| 6 | Before the Kiss, a RedcapMurray Krugman, Allen Lanier, Sandy Pearlman, Donald Roeser | Blue Öyster Cult | Play | 05:12 | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| 7 | Maserati GT (I Ain't Got You)Calvin Carter | Blue Öyster Cult | Play | 09:02 | 20 MB | 50 MB |
| 8 | Born to Be WildMars Bonfire | Blue Öyster Cult | Play | 06:21 | 14 MB | 37 MB |
| 9 | The Red & The Black | Blue Öyster Cult | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 10 | Seven Screaming Dizbusters | Blue Öyster Cult | Play | 08:49 | 20 MB | 50 MB |
| 11 | Last Days Of May | Blue Öyster Cult | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 12 | Cities On Flame | Blue Öyster Cult | Play | 04:05 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 76 mins | 174 MB | |||||
| 76 mins | 436 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Baron | Engineer |
| 2 | Eric Bloom | Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals |
| 3 | Blue Öyster Cult | Primary Artist |
| 4 | Mars Bonfire | Composer |
| 5 | Albert Bouchard | Composer, Drums, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals |
| 6 | Jeff Bouchard | Composer |
| 7 | Joe Bouchard | Bass, Composer, Guitar, Piano, Vocals |
| 8 | Calvin Carter | Composer |
| 9 | Jack Douglas | Engineer |
| 10 | Tim Geelan | Engineer |
| 11 | Murray Krugman | Composer, Producer |
| 12 | Kurt Kuntzel | Engineer |
| 13 | Allen Lanier | Bass, Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Keyboards, Vocals |
| 14 | Richard Meltzer | Composer |
| 15 | Sandy Pearlman | Composer, Producer |
| 16 | Donald Roeser | Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals |
| 17 | Tom Scott | Engineer |
| 18 | Jerry Smith | Engineer |
| 19 | Peter Weiss | Engineer |
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| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |