# Bad Channels (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Bad Channels
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [Blue Öyster Cult](/source/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult)
| cover = BOC bad channels.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1992|08|4}}
| recorded = [Alpha & Omega Recording](/source/Alpha_%26_Omega_Recording), [San Rafael, California](/source/San_Rafael%2C_California), 1992
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|[Heavy metal](/source/Heavy_metal_music)|[punk rock](/source/punk_rock)|[film score](/source/film_score)}}
| length = 71:20
| label = Moonstone Records
| producer = {{hlist|[Donald Roeser](/source/Buck_Dharma)|[Eric Bloom](/source/Eric_Bloom)|Steve Schenk|Mark Nawara (Sykotik Sinfoney)|Joker|John Bogosian (Fair Game)|[Sandy Pearlman](/source/Sandy_Pearlman) (DMT)}}
| prev_title = [Imaginos](/source/Imaginos)
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = [Cult Classic](/source/Cult_Classic)
| next_year = 1994
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}[{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/bad-channels-mw0000100244 | title = Blue Öyster Cult: Bad Channels review | accessdate = 2018-10-08 | last = Ruhlmann | first = William | work = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | publisher = [Rovi Corporation](/source/Rovi_Corporation)}}]
| noprose=yes
}}
'''''Bad Channels''''' is the [soundtrack album](/source/soundtrack_album) of the [science fiction](/source/science_fiction) [spoof](/source/parody_film) [film of the same name](/source/Bad_Channels), released in 1992. It features ten songs by the bands [Blue Öyster Cult](/source/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult), Joker, Fair Game (with [Ron Keel](/source/Ron_Keel)), [Sykotik Sinfoney](/source/Sykotik_Sinfoney) and DMT and a [film score](/source/film_score) written and performed by Blue Öyster Cult.
==Critical reception==
''[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)'' said: "There's a lot of music here [...] but little of it is memorable."[{{cite web |last1=Dome |first1=Malcolm |last2=Lewry |first2=Fraser |title=One of the most fascinating and intelligent metal bands ever: The Blue Öyster Cult albums you should definitely listen to... and one to avoid |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-to-buy-the-very-best-of-blue-oyster-cult |website=[Louder Sound](/source/Louder_Sound) ([Classic Rock](/source/Classic_Rock_(magazine))) |publisher=[Future plc](/source/Future_plc) |access-date=8 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250612150422/https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-to-buy-the-very-best-of-blue-oyster-cult |archive-date=12 June 2025 |date=30 May 2025 |url-status=live}}]
==Track listing==
{{track listing
| headline = Featured songs
| extra_column = Original artist
| title1 = Demon's Kiss
| writer1 = [Eric Bloom](/source/Eric_Bloom), [Donald Roeser](/source/Buck_Dharma), [John Shirley](/source/John_Shirley)
| length1 = 3:53
| extra1 = [Blue Öyster Cult](/source/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult)
| title2 = The Horsemen Arrive
| writer2 = Bloom, Roeser, Shirley
| length2 = 6:12
| extra2 = Blue Öyster Cult
| title3 = That's How It Is
| length3 = 3:07
| extra3 = Joker
| title4 = Jane Jane (The Hurricane)
| length4 = 3:03
| extra4 = Joker
| title5 = Somewhere in the Night
| length5 = 4:30
| extra5 = Fair Game
| title6 = Blind Faith
| length6 = 4:24
| extra6 = Fair Game
| title7 = Manic Depresso
| length7 = 4:03
| extra7 = Sykotik Sinfoney
| title8 = Mr. Cool
| length8 = 3:38
| extra8 = Sykotik Sinfoney
| title9 = Myth of Freedom
| length9 = 5:07
| extra9 = DMT
| title10 = Touching Myself Again
| length10 = 3:59
| extra10 = DMT
| title11 = Little Old Lady Polka
| length11 = 3:04
| extra11 = The Ukelaliens[Sykotik Sinfoney disguised as The Ukelaliens]
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Original score by Blue Öyster Cult
| title1 = Bad Channels Overture
| length1 = 2:01
| title2 = Power Station
| length2 = 2:02
| title3 = Power Station II
| length3 = 1:38
| title4 = Shadow
| length4 = 0:26
| title5 = V.U.
| length5 = 0:52
| title6 = Cosmo Rules, but Lump Controls
| length6 = 1:09
| title7 = Battering Ram
| length7 = 1:25
| title8 = This Dude Is F****d
| length8 = 2:24
| title9 = Pick Up Her Feed
| length9 = 1:53
| title10 = Spray That Scumbag
| length10 = 1:54
| title11 = Out of Station
| length11 = 1:22
| title12 = Tree Full of Owls
| length12 = 1:08
| title13 = Cookie in Bottle
| length13 = 0:40
| title14 = Corky Gets It
| length14 = 1:01
| title15 = Eulogy for Corky
| length15 = 0:43
| title16 = Spore Bomb
| length16 = 1:06
| title17 = Remodeling
| length17 = 2:14
| title18 = Ginger Snaps
| length18 = 1:35
| title19 = Moon Gets It
| length19 = 0:39
}}
==Personnel==
;Blue Öyster Cult
*[Eric Bloom](/source/Eric_Bloom) – vocals, guitar, keyboards
*[Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser](/source/Buck_Dharma) – lead guitar, vocals, keyboards
*[Allen Lanier](/source/Allen_Lanier) – guitar, keyboards
*Jon Rogers – bass, background vocals
*[Chuck Burgi](/source/Chuck_Burgi) – drums, background vocals
==Additional notes==
Catalogue: (CD) Moonstone 12936
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Blue Öyster Cult}}
Category:Blue Öyster Cult albums
Category:1992 soundtrack albums
Category:Science fiction film soundtracks
{{soundtrack-stub}}
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