Blue Öyster Cult - Imaginos (1988) [Full Album]

Imaginos is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult. It was released in 1988, and was their last recording with their original record label, CBS/Columbia Records.

The album took nearly eight years to complete and was originally intended to be the first in a trilogy of solo albums by Blue Öyster Cult drummer and songwriter Albert Bouchard. Bouchard was fired in August 1981, and CBS rejected the album in 1984, but a re-worked version was eventually published as a product of the band. Many guest musicians contributed to the project over this eight-year span, including Joe Satriani, Aldo Nova, and Doors guitarist Robby Krieger, but some band members were barely involved in the recording process. Thus, Imaginos is often considered more as a project of producer and lyricist Sandy Pearlman than as a true album of the band.

Tracklist:
1) I Am the One You Warned Me Of - 0:00
2) Les Invisibles – 5:04
3) In the Presence of Another World – 10:37
4) Del Rio's Song – 17:06
5) The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria – 22:43
6) Astronomy – 29:30
7) Magna of Illusion –36:22
8) Blue Öyster Cult – 42:20
9) Imaginos – 49:42

Band members
Eric Bloom – vocals
Albert Bouchard – guitar, percussion, vocals, associate producer
Joe Bouchard – keyboards, backing vocals
Allen Lanier – keyboards
Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser – guitars, vocals

Session musicians
Phil Grande – guitars
Tommy Zvoncheck – keyboards
Kenny Aaronson – bass
Thommy Price – drums
Joey Cerisano – vocals
Jon Rogers – vocals
Jack Secret (aka Tony Geranios) – backing vocals
Shocking U – backing vocals on track 3
Daniel Levitin – guitar sounds (uncredited)

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