Extraterrestial Live

Description

Extraterrestrial Live is the third live album by the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1982 by Columbia Records. It primarily documents the band's 1981 tour in support of the studio album Fire of Unknown Origin, but also includes two tracks recorded in 1980 during the Mirrors Tour and the North American leg of Black Sabbath's Heaven & Hell Tour. Midway through the "Fire of Unknown Origin" tour in 1981, the band fired drummer and founding member Albert Bouchard, replacing him with roadie Rick Downey. Of the three live albums by Blue Öyster Cult, "Extraterrestrial Live" is the one to have. This live album, partially recorded in Long Island, the headquarters of Blue Öyster Cult, features the band's biggest hits, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (which makes its second live appearance) and "Burnin' For You," the cover of "Roadhouse Blues" by the Doors, as well as long-time concert favorites like "Cities On Flame," "The Red And The Black," and "Godzilla." The album reached #29 on Billboard's 200 chart in May 1982.