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

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

1)Fire of an unknown Origin 2)Debut 3) Tyranny & Mutation 4)Secret Treaties 5)Agents Of Fortune

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

This band is so versatile if they were giving out awards for the most versatile band I would nominate them

For me: 1. Spectres 2. Secret Treaties 3. Cultosaurus Erectus 4. Fire of Unknown Origin 5. Mirrors

"Teen Archer" is the most underrated song in the BOC catalog.

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)

1. Secret Treaties 2. Fire Of Unknown Origin. 3 Cultasarus 4 Spectres 5 Curse of the Hidden Mirror.

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.

1. Secret Treaties 2. Fire of unknown Origin 3. Cultosaurus Erectus 4. Mirrors 5. Blue Oyster Cult self titled debut

5. Specters 4. Tyranny And Mutation 3. Fire Of Unknown Origin 2. Cultosaurus Erectus 1. Secret Treaties

1. Fire of unknown origin 2. The symbol remains 3. Imaginos 4. Secret treaties 5. Revolution by Night

You mentioned the harmonies: I've always described them as the Evil Beach Boys.

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. Agents of Fortune 3. Secret Treaties 4. Spectres 5. Imaginos

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

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

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.

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.

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 !

1. Cultosaurus Erectus 2. Secret Treaties 3. Fire of Unknown Origin 4. Blue Oyster Cult 5. Spectres

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.

Great show , love this group 👍

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"!)

1) Secret Treaties 2) Tyranny and Mvtation 3) BOC 4) Spectres 5) Agents of Fortune

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 ____

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 Tyranny and Mutation 3 Agents of Fortune 4 Blue Oyster Cult 5 Fire of Unknown Origin

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'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

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 )

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.

Great episode gentlemen! Welcome to the BOC catalog Hack! Some great picks. My only disappointment is that no one picked the self-titled debut.

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

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..

Nice conversation. And it’s QuickLIME Girl!

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

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

Easy 1. Fire of unknown origin 2. Cultasaurus 3. Secret treaties

"Fire of Unknown Origin" is the correct #1 not even close

Yeah, no 7 Screamin Diz Busters for me either 🤣

"Revolution by Night" was 1983

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Spectres #1 for me.

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. Secret Treaties 2. Tyranny & Mutation 3. Agents of Fortune 4. Cultosaurus Erectus 5. Blue Oyster Cult

1 Fire of Unknown Origin 2. Tyranny & Mutation 3. Secret Treaties 4. Cultosaurus Erectus 5 Blue Oyster Cult

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

My Top 5 BöC albums 1. Spectres 👻 2. Cultosaurus Erectus 3. Secret Treaties 4. Mirrors 5. Club Ninja 🥷

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.

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.

Thank you Martin, I love After Dark!!! Amazing guitar solo

Wow for once I agree with martin on everything ,and the vigil my fav song clasd

🌠Good Video Guys....

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

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.

Going by my playlist, I have more songs from Club Ninja than any other BOC album. That one and Mirrors are very underrated albums.

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 ...

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

“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.

Agree on After Dark. LOVE IT

Great episode. Mine: 1. Fire of Unknown Origin 2. The Symbol Remains 3. Specters 4. Mirrors 5. Agents of Fortune

Awesome show, Hack! And kudos for putting Heaven Forbid in your top five, such a great album…and Fireworks rules, LOVE that song. Cheers

1. Secret Treaties 2. Cultosaurus Erectus 3. Fire of Unknown Origin 4. Spectres 5. Agents of Fortune

It's very hard to rank the BOC albums, all of them deserves the #1, but for me could be Cultusaurios or Agents

Great show and topic and guests Mr Guitar Hack! Thank you!

The Marshall Plan !

CULTOSAURUS ERECTUS Masterpiece

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.

Funny about BOC, the production on many of their albums isn’t really that great, it’s rather thin until “Fire of Unknown Origin”.

I really did think Martin may have gone for Club Ninja 😂

Have you guys done a top 5 Judas Priest?

Cultosaurus Wrecks?

You’re not the one sounds like a Fountains of Wayne tune

wtf is a "dizz buster"??

BOC are the biggest nothing burgers in music but they have really good singles (3).

1. Fire of Unknown Origin 2. Secret Treaties 3. Cultosaurus Erectus 4. Spectres 5. Debut

1. Spectres 2. Secret Treaties 3. Blue Öyster Cult 4. Cultosaurus Erectus 5. Fire of Unknown Origin