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SECRET TREATIES

Blue Öyster Cult

 

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4.16 | 341 ratings

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friso
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3 stars Blue Oyster Cult's first three album have a certain flair, but all fail to deliver a high-fi rock experience due to poor recording and mixing. 'Secret Treaties' does however represent a high-light in de bands early career because of the strong run of great creative (hard)rocksongs with pop and psychedelic influences. The band flirted with the heavy metal genre label, but ended up nowhere near the intensity of even early Black Sabbath. Perhaps Blue Oyster cult anno '74 is closest in sound to Spirit's 'Twelve Dreams' record. As many groups of the mid-seventies the band has a significant influence of glamour (mainly in the cheeky vocals), though the band never becomes a gimmick. The song-writing is catchy and the overall atmosphere is rather innocent, but the band does deliver some fine memorable heavy riffs. The last two songs of the album are probably most interesting for fans of progressive rock. For a more progressive record in the same vein I would recommend the first 'Captain Beyond' album, which was also released in 1972.
friso | 3/5 |

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