| 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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| Blue Öyster Cult chronology | ||||
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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]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Subhuman" | Eric Bloom, Sandy Pearlman | 7:30 |
| 2. | "Harvester of Eyes" | Donald Roeser, Bloom, Richard Meltzer | 4:55 |
| 3. | "Hot Rails to Hell" | Joe Bouchard | 5:55 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 4. | "The Red and the Black" | Albert Bouchard, Bloom, Pearlman | 4:33 |
| 5. | "7 Screaming Diz-Busters" | A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Pearlman, Roeser | 8:27 |
| 6. | "Buck's Boogie" | Roeser | 7:40 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Then Came the Last Days of May" | Roeser | 4:35 |
| 2. | "Cities On Flame" | Roeser, A. Bouchard, Pearlman | 4:08 |
| 3. | "ME 262" | Bloom, Roeser, Pearlman | 8:47 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 4. | "Before the Kiss, A Redcap" | Allen Lanier, Murray Krugman, Roeser, Pearlman | 5:05 |
| 5. | "I Ain't Got You" | Calvin Carter | 8:59 |
| 6. | "Born to Be Wild" | Mars Bonfire | 6:36 |
| Total length: | 78:13 | ||
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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| Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[9] | 22 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[10] | 19 |
| USBillboard 200[11] | 22 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[12] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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