| On Your Feet or on Your Knees | ||||
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| Released | February 27, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | April 27, 1974 October 5–21, 1974 | |||
| Venue | Academy of Music, New York City Paramount Theatre, Portland, Oregon Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington Show Palace, Phoenix, Arizona Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia Capitol Theatre, New Jersey | |||
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| Length | 78:13 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[3] |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed)[4] |
On Your Feet or on Your Knees is the first live album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on February 27, 1975 by Columbia Records. The album features three songs from each of the band's first three studio albums, two covers ("I Ain't Got You", albeit with modified lyrics, and "Born to Be Wild"), and one ("Buck's Boogie") original instrumental that remains a staple of the band's live shows to this day. The 12 songs include performances at the Academy of Music in New York City, the Paramount Theatre in Portland, the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, the Show Palace in Phoenix, the Long Beach Arena, the P.N.E. Coliseum in Vancouver and the 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]
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Blue Öyster Cult - On Your Feet or on Your Knees review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 54. ISBN 978-1894959025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Blue Oyster Cult Founders Explain Back Story on Classic Live Album On Your Feet or On Your Knees". Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ "On Your Feet or on Your Knees Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 9, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
- ^ "Blue Öyster Cult Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 12, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2012.