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Poll Question: Which is your favourite album?
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BOC....I don't know if I can pick a favorite album as I love them all, but "Imaginos" is definitely one of them.

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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

man that is hard... one of my alttime top favorite bands with great songs and great albums all the way across their career arc.

but I would have to pick from one of the first 3 .. not because they may have been more.. (god I hate that f**kign word)  proggy.. but I simply enjoyed the sound and the energy of those.  Lanier became more prominent on later albums which wasn't a bad thing.. but it did correspond perhaps intentionally in the way Bouchards drumming became less prominent after the first three.  Perhaps it was the adjustment drummers often make as they have to tone down their playing in large arena/stadium settings which BOC was hitting with their 4 album but as great as many of the later albums were.. and they were.. and the great thing of the band.. even the less than great albums still had lots of great songs you'll never hear on the radio or some damn compilation album

but alas they simply didn't flat out sonic assault you the way the first 3 albums did..

the way my favorite especially did.. Tyranny and Mutation.

I suggest you revisit Cultosaurus Erectus and turn it up to "11"! Get ready for "Black Blade"...!
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Fire of Unknown Origin
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Coincidentally I listened to Cultasaurus Erectus just a few hours ago. Not a favorite but quite good anyway.
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Secret Treaties - but the first three are superb. The debut especially is an overlooked classic. I remember a rock encylopedia in the 80's calling it 'one of the most extraordinary debut albums of all time'.

Imaginos is another overlloked classic.

Always thought 'Cultosaurus' was easily the best of their mid period ones.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote verslibre Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2020 at 10:44
There's supposed to be a new album coming soon, hopefully before the end of the year.

Their last one, Curse of the Hidden Mirror was a rock-solid entry on par with their early '80s albums, IMHO. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2020 at 15:11
I'm not familiar with enough of their albums to vote but I do like Agents of Fortune and Fire of Unknown Origin quite a bit.
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What this song needs is more cowbell! Smile
 
 
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BTW Albert Bouchard is my favourite drummer of all time. 

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On your feet or on your knees! .... Here they are, the amazing Blue Oyster Cult! 😄
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Psychedelic Paul Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 05 2020 at 16:12
Originally posted by Squonk19 Squonk19 wrote:

On your feet or on your knees! .... Here they are, the amazing Blue Oyster Cult! 😄
That's the first Blue Öyster Cult album I ever heard, after a friend at school played it for me. It's good to see all of the Live albums have picked up some votes. I'm glad I remembered to include them. I'll have a Top 5 Blue Öyster Cult songs poll coming up before too long, just as soon as I've written the introduction. Smile


Edited by Psychedelic Paul - June 07 2020 at 00:19
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote dr wu23 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 06 2020 at 21:56
Secret Treaties....for Telepaths and Astronomy....then BOC, Fortune, Fire, Tyranny,  etc
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Tyranny.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote miamiscot Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 08 2020 at 13:30
I don't normally vote for live albums but On Your Feet Or On Your Knees is so good!!!
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Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

I don't normally vote for live albums but On Your Feet Or On Your Knees is so good!!!
That particular Live album was my introduction to Blue Oyster Cult, so I just HAD to include it in the poll, along with their other two Live albums.  Smile
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote zeuhl1 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 08 2020 at 14:07
Secret Treaties. I still have the lyrics they sent via mail if you wrote them and requested them. Printed by computer on that 70's green and white striped paper that predated dot matrix printers....


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Originally posted by Braka1 Braka1 wrote:

BTW Albert Bouchard is my favourite drummer of all time. 

got to meet them after a 1996 show and pump them for info. Bouchard quit the band and went back to teaching High School in New York. Lanier said kids would yell from their seats with hands raised "Mr. Bouchaaaad Mr. Bouchaaaad! Izzit true you was in Blue Oyster Cult?" 
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I went to see Blue Oyster Cult in the early 1980's at the Birmingham Hippodrome during their "Mirrors" tour. I remember they had mirrors on the back of their guitars which they used to reflect the lights back at the audience. Smile
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote kenethlevine Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 08 2020 at 14:52
"Fire of Unknown Origin" for me.  I'm familiarizing myself with the others and thus far none compare.  The second best might be "Spectres"
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote micky Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 08 2020 at 16:56
^ yeah the shear awesomeness of Golden Age of Leather and Nosferatu raise the level of Spectres to greatness.  The rest of songs are good enough to keep it there.. ie no junk to bring it down.  though Goin' Through the Motions walked a fine line of doing that. Not bad.. just not the very good you expect and they delivered on pretty much everything to that point (their first 4 albums. .with no a single damn weak spot)
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