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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name name = Workshop of the Telescopes|
| Type type = Greatest |
| Artist artist = [[Blue Öyster Cult]] |
| Cover cover = Workshop of the Telescopes.jpg|
| alt =
Caption = Cover art by Greg Scott |
| Releasedcaption = SeptemberCover 26,art 1995by (US)|Greg Scott
| released = September 26, 1995 (US)
Recorded = |
| recorded =
Genre = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]|[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]}} |
| Lengthvenue = 148:56 |
| studio =
Label = {{hlist|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Sony]]}} |
| Genre genre = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]|[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]}} |
Producer = |
| length = 148:56
Last album = ''[[Bad Channels]]''<br />(1992) |
| Label label = {{hlist|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Sony]]}} |
This album = '''''Workshop of the Telescopes'''''<br />(1995) |
| producer =
Next album = ''[[Heaven Forbid]]''<br />(1998) |
| prev_title = [[Cult Classic]]
| prev_year = 1994
| Next album next_title = ''[[Heaven Forbid]]''<br />(1998) |
| next_year = 1998
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/workshop-of-the-telescopes-r232693/review | title = Blue Öyster Cult Workshop of the Telescopes review | accessdateaccess-date = 2012-03-22 | last = Ruhlmann | first = William | work = [[Allmusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
 
'''''Workshop of the Telescopes''''' is a 2two-disc [[compilation album]] by the American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Blue Öyster Cult]], released by Sony Music/Columbia Entertainment in 1995. All of the material on this album was recorded prior to the ''[[Imaginos]]'' sessions; some of it was previously only available on promo discs (marked (*)), and a few others were previously unavailable on CD (marked (+)).
 
The CD comes with an explanatory booklet outlining the development of Blue Öyster Cult and their rise to fame throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
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#"Subhuman (Live)" – 7:30
#"Harvester of Eyes (Live)" – 5:00
#"M. E.ME 262 (Live)" – 8:17
#"[[Born to beBe Wild]]" (+) – 3:38 ([[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]] cover)
 
===Disc two===
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# "[[This Ain't the Summer of Love]]" – 2:21
# "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" – 3:42
# "[[Godzilla (Blue Öyster Cult song)|Godzilla]]" – 3:41
# "Goin' Through the Motions" – 3:12
# "Golden Age of Leather" – 5:51
# "[[Kick Out the Jams (song)|Kick Out the Jams (Live)]]" – 3:12 ([[MC5]] cover)
# "[[We Gotta Get Out of This Place|We Gotta Get Out of This Place ](Live)]]" – 4:33 ([[The Animals]] cover)
# "In Thee" – 3:48
# "The Marshall Plan" – 5:24
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# "Dominance and Submission (Live)" – 5:56
# "[[Take Me Away (Blue Öyster Cult song)|Take Me Away]]" – 4:30
# "[[Shooting Shark]]" – 7:09
# "Dancin' in the Ruins" – 4:00
# "Perfect Water" – 5:29
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== Personnel ==
The album is a compilation encompassing [[Blue Öyster Cult]] from the early 1970s to 1986. It does not include material from 1988's ''[[Imaginos]]''.
 
== References==
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