Agents Of Fortune  by Blue Öyster Cult

The band Blue Öyster Cult recorded its fourth studio album in 1975 and 1976, the one that would be titled Agents Of Fortune and would become the album that would establish the band as one of the top representatives of American hard rock in the mid-1970s.

The album was recorded at the Record Plant studio in New York City. The album's producers were David Lucas, Murray Krugman, and Sandy Pearlman. Agents Of Fortune was the band's only album that did not contain any compositions by Eric Bloom. The two singles from the record, (Don't Fear) The Reaper and This Ain't the Summer of Love, have become some of the most iconic songs by Blue Öyster Cult. The equally characteristic album cover was an idea by artist Lynn Curlee, who presented an image of Belgian magician Servais Le Roy (1865-1953), who was holding four tarot cards. And so, Blue Öyster Cult supported their image as a rock group interested in the occult and the metaphysical.

Agents Of Fortune reached No. 29 on the Billboard chart and No. 26 in the United Kingdom. It has gone platinum in the U.S. and gold in Canada. All of this makes it the most popular album by the New York band.