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The cover depicts someone holding 4 Tarot cards: Death, The Queen, The King, The Sun. Stories say that these cards were part of an actual Tarot card reading done for the band.
Agents Of Fortune*
This Ain't The Summer Of Love -- (M. Krugman, A. Bouchard, D. Waller)
True Confessions -- (A. Lanier)
(Don't Fear) The Reaper -- (D. Roeser)
E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) -- (D. Roeser, S. Pearlman)
The Revenge Of Vera Gemini -- (A. Bouchard, P. Smith)
Sinful Love -- (A. Bouchard, H. Robbins)
Tattoo Vampire -- (A. Bouchard, H. Robbins)
Morning Final -- (J. Bouchard)
Tenderloin -- (A. Lanier)
Debbie Denise -- (A. Bouchard, P. Smith)
Notes: Released May 1976 on Columbia. Produced by Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman, and David Lucas. The album went platinum, reaching #32, and spending 35 weeks on the U.S. charts (it reaches #26 on the U.K. charts). As a single, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" reached #12 on the Billboard charts. Instruments: Eric Bloom (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion), Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (guitar, vocals, synthesizer, percussion), Joe Bouchard bass, vocals, piano), Albert Bouchard (drums, vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, harmonica), Allen Lanier (keyboards, vocals, guitar, bass), Patti Smith (vocal on "The Revenge of Vera Gemini"). Helen Robbins also goes by (and has been credited on BOC albums) as "Helen Wheels".
The remaining information was provided by Albert Bouchard:
The lead vocal on "True Confessions" is Allen Lanier -- his only lead vocal on all of BOC's albums.
Also according to Albert Bouchard, Randy Brecker plays saxophone on "True Confessions". His brother Michael Brecker also played a fluglehorn part for "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", but it was edited out of the final mix. The riff to "This Ain't The Summer Of Love" was inspired by the song, "Ascension Day" by Third World War.
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