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Song: Tattoo Vampire - was also the B-Side for the single (Don't Fear) The Reaper which spent 20 weeks on Billboard's top 100 chart. It peaked and held at #12 for two weeks: November 6 & 13.

Agents of Fortune is a 1976 hard rock album by Blue Öyster Cult. Upon its release, and the success of the song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", Blue Öyster Cult became the center of a controversy surrounding the supposed pro-suicide lyrics of the song, which is actually a love ballad concerning love that lasts beyond death, and a call to seize the day.

The platinum selling Agents of Fortune peaked at #29 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart, while the single "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" peaked at #12 on the Pop Singles chart, making it Blue Öyster Cult's biggest hit.

Track listing

1. This Ain't the Summer of Love
2. True Confessions
3. (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Roeser)
4. E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
5. The Revenge of Vera Gemini
6. Sinful Love
7. Tattoo Vampire
8. Morning Final
9. Tenderloin
10. Debbie Denise

'Tattoo vampire' lyrics:

I went down last night with a tattoo madam
To a nude dagger fantasy domain
Wrapped in hell, I lost my breath
Chest to stimulating chinese breast

Grisly smiles, that don't flake off
Corny-colored demons leering
Vampire photos, sucking the skin

Seeding the night at the inker's parlor
Flash permabrand pricked for a dollar
Her wrist surreal a heart and flying skull
Lettered "Life and love pass swiftly"

Grisly smiles, that don't flake off
Corny-colored demons leering
Vampire photos, sucking the skin


Submitted by Daverat1