Blue Oyster Cult - We Pick Our Top 5 Albums with Pete Pardo and Martin Popoff! 

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

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

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

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

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

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.

1 Secret Treaties 2 Tyranny and Mutation 3 Agents of Fortune 4 Blue Oyster Cult 5 Fire of Unknown Origin

1) Secret Treaties 2) Cultosaurus Erectus 3) Fire of Unknown Origin 4) Tyranny and Mutation 5) Agents of Fortune

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 :)

🌠Good Video Guys....

I know I'm late watching this.......The Symbol Remains and the Debut album would have been in there for me

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

Yeah, no 7 Screamin Diz Busters for me either 🤣

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

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

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

1. Secret Treaties. 2. Fire Of Unknown Origin. 3. On Your Feet Or On Your Knees. 4. Cultosaurus. 5. Revolution By Night.

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.

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

“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.

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

Made me laugh, Martin you are such a hoser eh? Max Webster yah 🇨🇦

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.

wtf is a "dizz buster"??

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.

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

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

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..

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.

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

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.

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

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. Fire of Unknown Origin 2. Agents of Fortune 3. Secret Treaties 4. Spectres 5. Imaginos

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

Great show , love this group 👍

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

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"!)

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 ____

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

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

1) Secret Treaties 2) Tyranny and Mvtation 3) BOC 4) Spectres 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

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.

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 ...

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

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 )

Nice conversation. And it’s QuickLIME Girl!

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

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'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.

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

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.

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.

Fire of Unknown Origin Spectres Cultosaurus Erectus The Symbol Remains Mirrors

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

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

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

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

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 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

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.

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.

They are an acquired taste for sure. If looking for an album to review that you may not have heard, Colin James - Bad Habits.

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

"Revolution by Night" was 1983

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)

Spectres #1 for me.

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.

Secret Treaties is the absolute number one.🎶🤘

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

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

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

CULTOSAURUS ERECTUS Masterpiece

Have you guys done a top 5 Judas Priest?

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...!

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.

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

Don't know why mirrors doesn't get the love?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Agree on After Dark. LOVE IT

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

Cultosaurus Wrecks?

The Marshall Plan !

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

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

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