Agents of Fortune

The album cover (created by artist Lynn Curlee) depicts Belgian magician, Servais Le Roy holding four tarot cards. ==Critical reception==

Rolling Stone wrote that "Agents of Fortune is a startlingly excellent album — startling because one does not expect Blue Öyster Cult to sound like this: loud but calm, manic but confident, melodic but rocking." Cash Box said of the single "This Ain't the Summer of Love" that "growling guitars churn out this realistic message with brief and pointed expression" ... "a mood of evil created in a humorous fashion." ==Track listing==

; Band members • Eric Bloom – guitar, vocals, keyboards, percussion • Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser – lead guitar, vocals, synthesizer, percussion • Allen Lanier – keyboards, rhythm guitar, bass on "Morning Final", vocals • Joe Bouchard – bass, vocals, piano on "Morning Final" • Albert Bouchard – drums, percussion, acoustic guitar, vocals, harmonica ; Additional musicians • Patti Smith – vocals on "The Revenge of Vera Gemini" • Randy Brecker – horns • Michael Brecker – horns • David Lucas – vocals, keyboards, percussion • The cowbell on "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" may have been played by Albert Bouchard, David Lucas, or Eric Bloom. ; Production • David Lucas, Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman – producers • Shelly Yakus, Andy Abrams – engineers • Tony Stevens – mastering • John Berg, Andy Engel – design • Lynn Curlee – paintings ==Charts==