The album was released on April 12, 1973, by Atlantic Records.

It was the breakthrough release for the band, reaching #10 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States, a peak that the band would not surpass until their 1981 multi-platinum album Freeze Frame.

Billboard Hot 100 and #15 on the Cash Box Top 100.

[4] Original US vinyl copies of Bloodshot were issued using red vinyl instead of the customary black, and utilized matching red 1950s style Atlantic Records labels.

All tracks are written by Seth Justman and Peter Wolf, except where noted.Additional personnel Production Album Singles