Pete Turned me onto secret treaties which has become my favourite BOC and maybe one of my favourite albums, every track is interesting and some are absolute killers
It's also unusual where the isn't really any 'silence' between tracks, almost like a 35 minute piece of music. Just makes the experience better. My favourite Cult album, with Spectres close behind.
I’m surprised nobody mentioned Imaginos. I think it’s a masterpiece. I don’t care about the strange history of how it came to be. If this is just about the records and the quality, especially if you’re into the heavy side of the band, you have to give it up for Imaginos. It’s the hard laft turn that took them into their third act
Loved this episode! I was going to say that I could listen to Martin and Pete talk BÖC all day, but the truth is that I could probably listen to almost anyone who’s a genuine fan talk BÖC all day. My top five haven’t really shifted much in the past 40 years or so. 1. Spectres 2. Mirrors 3. Fire of Unknown Origin 4. Agents of Fortune 5. Cultosaurus Erectus Tyranny and Mutation is my favorite of the black-and-white albums, but I like The Symbol Remains as well as any of those. In reality, there isn’t a bad BÖC album.
A great, great band, full of creation & outstanding musicians. I'll go ; 1. Spectres. 2. Secret Treaties 3. Fire Of Unknown Origin 4. Cultosaurus Erectus 5. Blue Oyster Cult (Debut) ... many others not far behind.
Ha! I must've seen them on that exact same tour. My first BOC concert. October 1974, Long Beach Arena. Except T-Rex was supposed to open for them, but cancelled.
There are no bad B.O.C. records...one of my all-time favorite bands. Surprising how everyone had similar favorites. 1. Fire of Unknown Origin 2. Cultosaurus Erectus 3. Spectres 4. Secret Treaties 5. Agents of Fortune
I love BOC My favorite band Those first 3 albums were groundbreaking for me But I love most of their songs Because they are always experimenting with new sounds One of your best shows The Symbol Remains an amazing comeback
My favorite band since the 70's, and have seen them 12 times.. #5. Fire Of Unknown Origin #4. Spectres #3. Tyranny and Mutation #2. Agents Of Fortune #1. Secret Treaties ____
I'm seeing B.O.C. in a few weeks in Boston, and looking forward to talking to longtime fans that know a LOT about their studio albums and have seen them numerous times. I bought the first album when I was 15 and proceeded to tell every one of my friends about their amazing sound, which isn't easy to do...but I tried. I wore out the first three masterpieces before I saw them during the Agents of Fortune tour when people were trying to grab the green lasers that looked like solid tubes around their heads...this was before they banned all that stuff, fearing it was too dangerous. Fuck it, don't fear the green lasers!! I was so amazed I will never ever forget that surreal feeling. O.K., that's where it started and I won't go through the following decades, which had their highs and lows, but right up until their recent and most likely last masterpiece. Can't wait to see them play some of it. 1. Debut 2. Tyranny and Mutation 3. Secret Treaties 4. Agents of Fortune 5. Cultasaurus Erectus 6. The Symbol Remains
5. Agents Of Fortune 4. Heaven Forbid 3. Cultosaurus Erectus 2. Spectres 1. SECRET TREATIES( All time top 5 album for me) I agree with Martin. The Vigil is their finest moment and one of the greatest songs ever. Saw them live for the first time on the Spectres tour and many more times through the years. My all time favourite band.
Great episode! BÖC is one of my two top favourite bands. My top 5: 1. Secret Treaties 2. Tyranny and Mutation 3. Blue Öyster Cult 4. Agents of Fortune 5. Fire of Unknown Origin
1.Tyranny and mutation 2. Fire of unknown origin 3. Secret treaties 4.Agents of fortune 5. The Symbol remains. Very hard to pick really as most of their albums are pretty consistent quality wise !
For me, this is a relatively easy exercise: #1-#3 are absolute classics. 1. Secret Treaties 2. Blue Oyster Cult 3. Tyranny And Mutation 4. Agents Of Fortune 5. Spectres
I love the Munsters Martin! 😂 Secret Treaties is my number one album, I have to agree with you Pete. Thanks to the pandemic, I discovered BOC and KISS.
1 - Secret Treaties, 2 - Agents of Fortune, 3 - Blue Oyster Cult, 4 - Spectres, 5 - Imaginos. (My one weak song on each of these: Cagey Cretins, Tenderloin, She's As Beautiful As A Foot, Searchin For Celine, Imaginos)
1: Secret Treaties 2: Fire of Unknown Origin 3: Spectres 4: Cultosaurus Erectus 5: Blue Oyster Cult (S/T) My least favorite album is Heaven Forbid, but I'd still give that a 7/10. My love started in the summer of 1981 when one of my brothers brought home an album, with a cool looking cover, called Fire of Unknown Origin. I own an actual glossy picture, which I framed, of that cover. I want a glossy of the first album cover to frame.
Great episode! For me its: 1. Secret Treaties 2. Spectres 3. Mirrors 4. Agents of Fortune 5. Fire of Unknown Origin (completely agree with Martin on "After Dark"!)
Secret Treaties, Tyranny , Fire of Unknown Origin, Cultosaurus, Self titled.. I have really grown to love Club Ninja lately, and album I didn't like ever before.
Great episode, guys. For me: 1. Fire of Unknown Origin 2. Agents of Fortune 3. Secret Treaties 4. Spectres 5. Mirrors My 4 and 5 always seem to rotate with Cultasarus Erectus and The Symbol Remain. My top 3 has always been the same for years, with Fire and AOF always rotating in the top 2 spots.
Wonderful show with great and knowledgeable guests in Martin and Pete. Blue Oyster Cult is an amazing rock band where not one album sounds the same as any other. Individual songs within each album, all sound different. Thanks to different writers, singing, and eclectic playstyles. Blue Oyster Cult can do it all and do it all well. B○C is my favorite rock band, and my top 5 list as of now is: 1. Fire of Unkown Origin (these are all tight) 2. Agents of Fortune 3. Spectres 4. Cultosaurus Erectus 5. Secret Treaties
That’s my number 5 I think it’s a great album cities on flame with rock n roll, then came the last days of May, before the kiss a redcap, Transmaniacon MC, Stairway to the stars are my favorites on the album
5. Mirrors 4. Revolution By Night 3. Fire Of Unknown Origin 2. Club Ninja 1. Imaginos I've always loved the live versions of the songs from the earlier albums, I have trouble putting them in a top 5 list.
I'm new to them too Mr Guitar Hack and like you Fireworks puts a real smile on my face.....like all of Albert's songs. Also love Bucks twin descending guitar pattern. I see Agents and Spectres as very similar albums......my top 2. And another band I'm new to this year.....Max Webster! How funny.
1) Secret Treaties 2) Tyranny & Mutation 3) Fire Of Unknown Origin 4) Blue Oyster Cult 5) Agents of Fortune, Heaven Forbid, The Symbol Remains (tie) My first BOC LP was Secret Treaties and then On Your Feet Or On Your Knees (live double album). Saw them twice in 1976 during my High School years and they were beyond outstanding. The second time included the famous BOC laser light show. My first concert was Aerosmith, second concert was Led Zeppelin and BOC was probably my third or fourth concert and they were far better live than the aforementioned groups.
When I was 16 BOC was the heaviest band in the US. My first show that I was able to drive to was Kansas (1st album)/BOC(Secret Treaties)/Jefferson Starship(DragonFly) at Winterland 11/23/74. I was there for BOC first and foremost, and Kansas. The debut of Craig Chaquico....distant 3rd. I tuned out after Reaper. Never looked back.
Before watching: 1 Tyranny & Mutation 2 Secret Treaties 3 Spectres 4 Cultosaurus Erectus 5 Heaven Forbid/Mirrors (tie) Mirrors took years for me to appreciate.
Great choices guys. I’m not a big metal fan but I’ve always loved Blue Oyster Cult’s music because they encompass so much more than most heavy metal bands. My favourites are: 1. Spectres 2. Secret Treaties 3. Fire Of Unknown Origin 4. Cultosaurus Erectus 5. The Symbol Remains
Saw them twice. 1973 backup for Savoy Brown. 1976 backup for Uriah Heep. Both very good but liked the 1973 the best because of the venue. Around 600 capacity.
For some reason the only Blue Oyster Cult album that has clicked with me so far is Fire of unknown origin. I love that album all the way through. But everything else so far has been a song I like here and there but not complete albums. I'll revisit it from time to time and see how I grow with it though :)
1 Cultosaurus Erectus (by a mile)... totally agree with everything Martin says about it 2 Spectres 3 Agents of Fortune 4 Debut album 5 Any of the rest except Tyranny or Ghost Stories
1. Fire of Unknown Origin 2. The Revolution by Night 3. Spectres 4. Club Ninja 5. Tyranny and Mutation 6. Blue Öyster Cult 7. The Symbol Remains 8. Mirrors 9. Agents of Fortune 10. Heaven Forbid
1) Fire of Unknown Origin 2) Cultosaurus Erectus 3) Secret Treaties 4) Agents of Fortune 5) Tyranny and Mutation Runners-up are Heaven Forbid and Spectres
Got into BOC in the 70's from my older brother who liked them. Really like all the albums up to and including Fire of UO - after that is hit and miss. Top 5 is: 1. Secret Treaties, 2. Cultosaurus Erectus, 3. Fire of UO, 4. Debut, 5. Tyranny and Mutation. Love the heavier rock stuff. Didn't originally like Mirrors, but Like Pete, have warmed up to it.
I am a huge BOC fan one of my top 5 all time bands. I saw them last Friday Night at Twin River Casino in Rhode Island. Great show. I agree with you back I am not a fan either of 7 Dizz Busters. Too long LOL. Don’t agree with Martin on Divine Wind, it a nice song.
5. Blue Öyster Cult 4. Spectres 3. Fire Of Unknown Origin 2. Tyranny and Mutation 1. Secret Treaties Honorable mention: Cultosaurus Erectus and Agents of Fortune
Nailed a lot about BOC there Pete in those opening few minutes, try & pigeon hole these guys, try & find another band that sounds anything like them over the whole discography, no chance ...
BÖC is one of my favorite bands, and made some of my favorite songs, but I never liked their albums! But if I had to pick an album, I'd go with Spectres.
Funny to hear Martin say the third first LP's are dated... how about Fire of unknown origin's synths sounds (not mentioning Revolution by night, Club Ninja and Imaginos sounds, sad 80's) ??? But I agree with him about Afterdark, I had a crazy rock n' roll dancing on it with one of the nicest girl I've ever met, 1981, Thibodeaux... lonely teardrops...!
“The Revolution By Night” has 2 of my favorite BOC songs (“Take Me Away” and “Shooting Shark”) but the rest of the album is subpar, IMO. That could’ve been a classic.
....not too hard to find is a 10" BOC-issued live bootleg EP (usually on clear blue vinyl) "In My Mouth or On The Ground"...supposedly recorded by the then-Soft White Underbelly at a pizza parlor. First appearance of Buck's Boogie.
Mine are 1. Secret Treaties. 2. Blue Oyster Cult. 3. Tyranny And Mutation. 4. Heaven Forbid. 5. Agents Of Fortune. Spectres has been growing on me. Songs like R U Ready 2 Rock & Golden Age Of Leather are better live. I've tried to like Mirrors since it came out but other than The Vigil, I Am The Storm & Great Sun Jester it's very weak & disco-poppish sounding. Maybe There's hope for you Martin now that Mirrors is falling from #1. 7 Screaming Diz Busters is a great rocker.
Tyranny&Mutation loses points for shortening the title of I'm on the Lamb but I Ain't no Sheep -- from the previous, debut album! -- and renaming it The Red and the Black. I will always like Blue Oyster Cult's debut album better than Tyranny. When I listen to T&Mutation I begin to feel juvenile. Feeling young is one thing ... juvenile is another. Dude! How can you NOT STAND Two songs on an album and THAT's your second favorite of 14 Blue Oyster Cult albums? Cultosaurs in top 5 ...? Ok! and you explained why it should NOT be any higher. anyways Guitar Hack great job. Spectres is his #1. I entirely agree.
Pete Turned me onto secret treaties which has become my favourite BOC and maybe one of my favourite albums, every track is interesting and some are absolute killers
It's also unusual where the isn't really any 'silence' between tracks, almost like a 35 minute piece of music. Just makes the experience better. My favourite Cult album, with Spectres close behind.
I’m surprised nobody mentioned Imaginos. I think it’s a masterpiece. I don’t care about the strange history of how it came to be. If this is just about the records and the quality, especially if you’re into the heavy side of the band, you have to give it up for Imaginos. It’s the hard laft turn that took them into their third act
I like it a lot too. It wouldn't be in my top 5 just because there are others I like better, but it would probably be number 7 or 8.
Loved this episode! I was going to say that I could listen to Martin and Pete talk BÖC all day, but the truth is that I could probably listen to almost anyone who’s a genuine fan talk BÖC all day.
My top five haven’t really shifted much in the past 40 years or so.
1. Spectres
2. Mirrors
3. Fire of Unknown Origin
4. Agents of Fortune
5. Cultosaurus Erectus
Tyranny and Mutation is my favorite of the black-and-white albums, but I like The Symbol Remains as well as any of those. In reality, there isn’t a bad BÖC album.
This band is so versatile if they were giving out awards for the most versatile band I would nominate them
1. Cultosaurus Erectus (1980)
2. Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
3. Spectres (1977)
4. Secret Treaties (1974)
5. Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
6. Heaven Forbid (1998)
7. The Symbol Remains (2020)
8. Imaginos (1988)
9. Blue Oyster Cult (1972)
10. Agents of Fortune (1976)
11. Mirrors (1979)
12. The Revolution By Night (1983)
13. Club Ninja (1985)
14. Curse of The Hidden Mirror (2001)
15. Ghost Stories (2024)
A great, great band, full of creation & outstanding musicians. I'll go ; 1. Spectres. 2. Secret Treaties 3. Fire Of Unknown Origin 4. Cultosaurus Erectus 5. Blue Oyster Cult (Debut) ... many others not far behind.
1)Fire of an unknown Origin
2)Debut
3) Tyranny & Mutation
4)Secret Treaties
5)Agents Of Fortune
i love BOC ! saw them in ,74 on the secret treaties tour. they opened for T REX. blew marc away in my opinion in Calgary cheers..
Ha! I must've seen them on that exact same tour. My first BOC concert. October 1974, Long Beach Arena. Except T-Rex was supposed to open for them, but cancelled.
There are no bad B.O.C. records...one of my all-time favorite bands. Surprising how everyone had similar favorites.
1. Fire of Unknown Origin
2. Cultosaurus Erectus
3. Spectres
4. Secret Treaties
5. Agents of Fortune
I love BOC My favorite band
Those first 3 albums were groundbreaking for me
But I love most of their songs
Because they are always experimenting with new sounds
One of your best shows
The Symbol Remains an amazing comeback
My favorite band since the 70's, and have seen them 12 times..
#5. Fire Of Unknown Origin
#4. Spectres
#3. Tyranny and Mutation
#2. Agents Of Fortune
#1. Secret Treaties
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I'm seeing B.O.C. in a few weeks in Boston, and looking forward to talking to longtime fans that know a LOT about their studio albums and have seen them numerous times. I bought the first album when I was 15 and proceeded to tell every one of my friends about their amazing sound, which isn't easy to do...but I tried. I wore out the first three masterpieces before I saw them during the Agents of Fortune tour when people were trying to grab the green lasers that looked like solid tubes around their heads...this was before they banned all that stuff, fearing it was too dangerous. Fuck it, don't fear the green lasers!! I was so amazed I will never ever forget that surreal feeling. O.K., that's where it started and I won't go through the following decades, which had their highs and lows, but right up until their recent and most likely last masterpiece. Can't wait to see them play some of it.
1. Debut
2. Tyranny and Mutation
3. Secret Treaties
4. Agents of Fortune
5. Cultasaurus Erectus
6. The Symbol Remains
@@roydemarais Beware that seeing BOC in concert can be addicting. I started in 1976 and have now seen them just 23 times, not nearly enough.
Nice conversation. And it’s QuickLIME Girl!
As mentioned in the show, BOC newbie here.
"Teen Archer" is the most underrated song in the BOC catalog.
I'd go Death Valley Nights myself, but Teen Archer is up there. Love it live!
Teen Archer is the best jam
Ever IMHO
Those first albums were were insanely great
That intro gets me every time. And it's fun to play those chords.
1. Secret Treaties
2. Fire Of Unknown Origin.
3 Cultasarus
4 Spectres
5 Curse of the Hidden Mirror.
5. Agents Of Fortune
4. Heaven Forbid
3. Cultosaurus Erectus
2. Spectres
1. SECRET TREATIES( All time top 5 album for me)
I agree with Martin. The Vigil is their finest moment and one of the greatest songs ever. Saw them live for the first time on the Spectres tour and many more times through the years. My all time favourite band.
Great episode! BÖC is one of my two top favourite bands. My top 5:
1. Secret Treaties
2. Tyranny and Mutation
3. Blue Öyster Cult
4. Agents of Fortune
5. Fire of Unknown Origin
1 Secret Treaties
2 Tyranny and Mutation
3 Agents of Fortune
4 Blue Oyster Cult
5 Fire of Unknown Origin
5. Specters
4. Tyranny And Mutation
3. Fire Of Unknown Origin
2. Cultosaurus Erectus
1. Secret Treaties
1.Tyranny and mutation
2. Fire of unknown origin
3. Secret treaties
4.Agents of fortune
5. The Symbol remains.
Very hard to pick really as most of their albums are pretty consistent quality wise !
For me, this is a relatively easy exercise: #1-#3 are absolute classics.
1. Secret Treaties
2. Blue Oyster Cult
3. Tyranny And Mutation
4. Agents Of Fortune
5. Spectres
Your list is about as close to my list as possible. Great choices, brother.
@@mcbeezee2120 Thanks my friend.
1) Secret Treaties
2) Tyranny and Mvtation
3) BOC
4) Spectres
5) Agents of Fortune
Your top 2 are hands down my favorites! 3 I have Fire of Unknown Origin 3rd, Cultosaurus 4th and St 5
1. Spectres
2. Secret Treaties
3. Blue Öyster Cult
4. Cultosaurus Erectus
5. Fire of Unknown Origin
I love the Munsters Martin! 😂 Secret Treaties is my number one album, I have to agree with you Pete. Thanks to the pandemic, I discovered BOC and KISS.
1. Fire of Unknown Origin
2. Agents of Fortune
3. Secret Treaties
4. Spectres
5. Imaginos
1 - Secret Treaties, 2 - Agents of Fortune, 3 - Blue Oyster Cult, 4 - Spectres, 5 - Imaginos. (My one weak song on each of these: Cagey Cretins, Tenderloin, She's As Beautiful As A Foot, Searchin For Celine, Imaginos)
1. Secret Treaties
2. Fire of unknown Origin
3. Cultosaurus Erectus
4. Mirrors
5. Blue Oyster Cult self titled debut
@@tylerpatterson4787 good choices.
For me:
1. Spectres
2. Secret Treaties
3. Cultosaurus Erectus
4. Fire of Unknown Origin
5. Mirrors
Other than Spectres you have excellent choices.
@@dwightcrapson135specters is great Death Valley nights and fireworks sell it for me
1: Secret Treaties
2: Fire of Unknown Origin
3: Spectres
4: Cultosaurus Erectus
5: Blue Oyster Cult (S/T)
My least favorite album is Heaven Forbid, but I'd still give that a 7/10. My love started in the summer of 1981 when one of my brothers brought home an album, with a cool looking cover, called Fire of Unknown Origin. I own an actual glossy picture, which I framed, of that cover. I want a glossy of the first album cover to frame.
1. Fire of unknown origin
2. The symbol remains
3. Imaginos
4. Secret treaties
5. Revolution by Night
Interesting.
Great episode! For me its:
1. Secret Treaties
2. Spectres
3. Mirrors
4. Agents of Fortune
5. Fire of Unknown Origin (completely agree with Martin on "After Dark"!)
Secret Treaties, Tyranny , Fire of Unknown Origin, Cultosaurus, Self titled.. I have really grown to love Club Ninja lately, and album I didn't like ever before.
Great episode, guys. For me:
1. Fire of Unknown Origin
2. Agents of Fortune
3. Secret Treaties
4. Spectres
5. Mirrors
My 4 and 5 always seem to rotate with Cultasarus Erectus and The Symbol Remain. My top 3 has always been the same for years, with Fire and AOF always rotating in the top 2 spots.
Secret Treaties is the absolute number one.🎶🤘
What is the best BOC song, in your view,?
@@dwightcrapson135 Astronomy
Great show , love this group 👍
Wonderful show with great and knowledgeable guests in Martin and Pete. Blue Oyster Cult is an amazing rock band where not one album sounds the same as any other. Individual songs within each album, all sound different. Thanks to different writers, singing, and eclectic playstyles. Blue Oyster Cult can do it all and do it all well. B○C is my favorite rock band, and my top 5 list as of now is:
1. Fire of Unkown Origin
(these are all tight)
2. Agents of Fortune
3. Spectres
4. Cultosaurus Erectus
5. Secret Treaties
Great episode gentlemen! Welcome to the BOC catalog Hack! Some great picks. My only disappointment is that no one picked the self-titled debut.
That’s my number 5 I think it’s a great album cities on flame with rock n roll, then came the last days of May, before the kiss a redcap, Transmaniacon MC, Stairway to the stars are my favorites on the album
5. Mirrors
4. Revolution By Night
3. Fire Of Unknown Origin
2. Club Ninja
1. Imaginos
I've always loved the live versions of the songs from the earlier albums, I have trouble putting them in a top 5 list.
1. Cultösaurus Erectus
2. Fire of unknown origin
3. Secret Treaties
4. Mirrors
5. Agents of fortune
6. Imaginos
7. Blue Öyster Cult
8. Spectres
9. Heaven Forbid
10.Tyranny and mutation
( top 10 )
I'm new to them too Mr Guitar Hack and like you Fireworks puts a real smile on my face.....like all of Albert's songs. Also love Bucks twin descending guitar pattern. I see Agents and Spectres as very similar albums......my top 2. And another band I'm new to this year.....Max Webster! How funny.
1) Secret Treaties
2) Tyranny & Mutation
3) Fire Of Unknown Origin
4) Blue Oyster Cult
5) Agents of Fortune, Heaven Forbid, The Symbol Remains (tie)
My first BOC LP was Secret Treaties and then On Your Feet Or On Your Knees (live double album). Saw them twice in 1976 during my High School years and they were beyond outstanding. The second time included the famous BOC laser light show. My first concert was Aerosmith, second concert was Led Zeppelin and BOC was probably my third or fourth concert and they were far better live than the aforementioned groups.
1. Secret Treaties
2. Tyranny & Mutation
3. Agents of Fortune
4. Cultosaurus Erectus
5. Blue Oyster Cult
When I was 16 BOC was the heaviest band in the US. My first show that I was able to drive to was Kansas (1st album)/BOC(Secret Treaties)/Jefferson Starship(DragonFly) at Winterland 11/23/74. I was there for BOC first and foremost, and Kansas. The debut of Craig Chaquico....distant 3rd. I tuned out after Reaper. Never looked back.
"Fire of Unknown Origin" is the correct #1 not even close
Amen brother
1) Secret Treaties
2) Cultosaurus Erectus
3) Fire of Unknown Origin
4) Tyranny and Mutation
5) Agents of Fortune
Before watching:
1 Tyranny & Mutation
2 Secret Treaties
3 Spectres
4 Cultosaurus Erectus
5 Heaven Forbid/Mirrors (tie)
Mirrors took years for me to appreciate.
Great choices guys. I’m not a big metal fan but I’ve always loved Blue Oyster Cult’s music because they encompass so much more than most heavy metal bands.
My favourites are:
1. Spectres
2. Secret Treaties
3. Fire Of Unknown Origin
4. Cultosaurus Erectus
5. The Symbol Remains
Great episode. Mine:
1. Fire of Unknown Origin
2. The Symbol Remains
3. Specters
4. Mirrors
5. Agents of Fortune
Thank you Martin, I love After Dark!!! Amazing guitar solo
"Revolution by Night" was 1983
My favorite outfit easy. My top 5 move around, but I'd go:
1. Secret Treaties
2. Spectres
3. On Your Feet
4. Agents of Fortune
5. Cultasaurous
Very cool ranking! And cool band. I would like them even more if Buck had sung more songs. he has the best voice in my opinion.
Saw them twice. 1973 backup for Savoy Brown. 1976 backup for Uriah Heep. Both very good but liked the 1973 the best because of the venue. Around 600 capacity.
@@michaelmiller7574 BOC blew Uriah Heep away here in Albuquerque, much like Sammy Hagar blew away Boston.
1. Fire of Unknown Origin
2. Secret Treaties
3. Cultosaurus Erectus
4. Spectres
5. Debut
Wow for once I agree with martin on everything ,and the vigil my fav song clasd
For some reason the only Blue Oyster Cult album that has clicked with me so far is Fire of unknown origin. I love that album all the way through. But everything else so far has been a song I like here and there but not complete albums. I'll revisit it from time to time and see how I grow with it though :)
1 Cultosaurus Erectus (by a mile)... totally agree with everything Martin says about it
2 Spectres
3 Agents of Fortune
4 Debut album
5 Any of the rest except Tyranny or Ghost Stories
You mentioned the harmonies: I've always described them as the Evil Beach Boys.
The Beach Boys were an influence
@halfabee64 Check out the bridge section in Golden Age of Leather - it's got a lot in common with the opening verse of Good Vibrations.
Yes ... Golden Age of Leather would be the result of The Beach Boys after an occult evening on Hawthorn beach in the late 1960s ....
1. Fire of Unknown Origin
2. The Revolution by Night
3. Spectres
4. Club Ninja
5. Tyranny and Mutation
6. Blue Öyster Cult
7. The Symbol Remains
8. Mirrors
9. Agents of Fortune
10. Heaven Forbid
Close!
1) Fire of Unknown Origin
2) Cultosaurus Erectus
3) Secret Treaties
4) Agents of Fortune
5) Tyranny and Mutation
Runners-up are Heaven Forbid and Spectres
1 Fire of Unknown Origin
2. Tyranny & Mutation
3. Secret Treaties
4. Cultosaurus Erectus
5 Blue Oyster Cult
1. Secret Treaties.
2. Fire Of Unknown Origin.
3. On Your Feet Or On Your Knees.
4. Cultosaurus.
5. Revolution By Night.
Can't decide which is worse Spectres or Only The Symbol Remains
🤔
Got into BOC in the 70's from my older brother who liked them. Really like all the albums up to and including Fire of UO - after that is hit and miss. Top 5 is: 1. Secret Treaties, 2. Cultosaurus Erectus, 3. Fire of UO, 4. Debut, 5. Tyranny and Mutation. Love the heavier rock stuff. Didn't originally like Mirrors, but Like Pete, have warmed up to it.
I am a huge BOC fan one of my top 5 all time bands. I saw them last Friday Night at Twin River Casino in Rhode Island. Great show. I agree with you back I am not a fan either of 7 Dizz Busters. Too long LOL. Don’t agree with Martin on Divine Wind, it a nice song.
I know I'm late watching this.......The Symbol Remains and the Debut album would have been in there for me
🌠Good Video Guys....
5. Blue Öyster Cult
4. Spectres
3. Fire Of Unknown Origin
2. Tyranny and Mutation
1. Secret Treaties
Honorable mention: Cultosaurus Erectus and Agents of Fortune
Spectres #1 for me.
Nailed a lot about BOC there Pete in those opening few minutes, try & pigeon hole these guys, try & find another band that sounds anything like them over the whole discography, no chance ...
Awesome show, Hack! And kudos for putting Heaven Forbid in your top five, such a great album…and Fireworks rules, LOVE that song. Cheers
Easy 1. Fire of unknown origin 2. Cultasaurus 3. Secret treaties
Great show and topic and guests Mr Guitar Hack! Thank you!
Agree on After Dark. LOVE IT
BÖC is one of my favorite bands, and made some of my favorite songs, but I never liked their albums! But if I had to pick an album, I'd go with Spectres.
Yeah, no 7 Screamin Diz Busters for me either 🤣
WHAT?? You just don't get it. You shouldn't be proud of that.
@@roydemarais i get it and i dont care
Going by my playlist, I have more songs from Club Ninja than any other BOC album. That one and Mirrors are very underrated albums.
Funny to hear Martin say the third first LP's are dated... how about Fire of unknown origin's synths sounds (not mentioning Revolution by night, Club Ninja and Imaginos sounds, sad 80's) ??? But I agree with him about Afterdark, I had a crazy rock n' roll dancing on it with one of the nicest girl I've ever met, 1981, Thibodeaux... lonely teardrops...!
“The Revolution By Night” has 2 of my favorite BOC songs (“Take Me Away” and “Shooting Shark”) but the rest of the album is subpar, IMO. That could’ve been a classic.
Shadow of California is a great song.
1. Tyranny & Mutation w extra tracks
2. OYFOOYK
3. Mirrors
4. Secret Treaties
5. Agents
6. Some Enchanted Evening
7. BOC
8. Cvltasavrvs Erectvs
9. Fire
0. Specters
....not too hard to find is a 10" BOC-issued live bootleg EP (usually on clear blue vinyl) "In My Mouth or On The Ground"...supposedly recorded by the then-Soft White Underbelly at a pizza parlor. First appearance of Buck's Boogie.
My Top 5 BöC albums
1. Spectres 👻
2. Cultosaurus Erectus
3. Secret Treaties
4. Mirrors
5. Club Ninja 🥷
Good for you with Club Ninja. It's underrated to this day.
@russellgentile4719 Yeah! I have always love it 🥷
@Redrum1981 in your honor, I just put it on to listen while I go to bed.
It brings me right back to 1986 and when I first bought it. Awesome!
They are an acquired taste for sure. If looking for an album to review that you may not have heard, Colin James - Bad Habits.
Fire of Unknown Origin
Spectres
Cultosaurus Erectus
The Symbol Remains
Mirrors
It's very hard to rank the BOC albums, all of them deserves the #1, but for me could be Cultusaurios or Agents
The Marshall Plan !
Have you guys done a top 5 Judas Priest?
Yes. Check the Album Rankings Playlist.
Made me laugh, Martin you are such a hoser eh? Max Webster yah 🇨🇦
Mine are 1. Secret Treaties. 2. Blue Oyster Cult. 3. Tyranny And Mutation. 4. Heaven Forbid. 5. Agents Of Fortune. Spectres has been growing on me. Songs like R U Ready 2 Rock & Golden Age Of Leather are better live. I've tried to like Mirrors since it came out but other than The Vigil, I Am The Storm & Great Sun Jester it's very weak & disco-poppish sounding. Maybe There's hope for you Martin now that Mirrors is falling from #1. 7 Screaming Diz Busters is a great rocker.
Funny about BOC, the production on many of their albums isn’t really that great, it’s rather thin until “Fire of Unknown Origin”.
CULTOSAURUS ERECTUS Masterpiece
Cultosaurus Wrecks?
Don't know why mirrors doesn't get the love?
Tyranny&Mutation loses points for shortening the title of I'm on the Lamb but I Ain't no Sheep -- from the previous, debut album! -- and renaming it The Red and the Black. I will always like Blue Oyster Cult's debut album better than Tyranny. When I listen to T&Mutation I begin to feel juvenile. Feeling young is one thing ... juvenile is another.
Dude! How can you NOT STAND Two songs on an album and THAT's your second favorite of 14 Blue Oyster Cult albums? Cultosaurs in top 5 ...? Ok! and you explained why it should NOT be any higher.
anyways
Guitar Hack great job. Spectres is his #1. I entirely agree.
I really did think Martin may have gone for Club Ninja 😂
Club Ninja really isn't a terrible album. It holds up well for an 80's rock album.
wtf is a "dizz buster"??
You’re not the one sounds like a Fountains of Wayne tune
BOC are the biggest nothing burgers in music but they have really good singles (3).
Top 40 is not always the goal. Nothing burger bands do not last 50 years, and their influence continues to this day.
1. Cultosaurus Erectus
2. Secret Treaties
3. Fire of Unknown Origin
4. Blue Oyster Cult
5. Spectres
1. Secret Treaties
2. Cultosaurus Erectus
3. Fire of Unknown Origin
4. Spectres
5. Agents of Fortune