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The Best Blue Öyster Cult Albums, Ranked

We're ranking the top Blue Oyster Cult albums of all time. One of best hard rock bands of all time, and a key American influence in the proto years of heavy metal, Blue Oyster Cult's discography features several popular hit songs, like "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" and "Godzilla", along with myriad classic album tracks. In the late Seventies and early Eighties, BOC headlined arenas, mostly on the basis of their devoted album-rock following. With a diversity of sounds, and cowriting credits from every bandmember, BOC's studio albums were hard to pigeonhole, and fan opinions differ, making the question what is the greatest Blue Oyster Cult album ever an impossible one to pin down. From their self-titled debut album to their 2001 album Curse of the Hidden Mirror, this list of Blue Oyster Cult albums also includes what are regarded as some of the greatest live hard rock albums of their era, as BOC were a band who really shined in a live setting. Vote up the best Blue Oyster Cult albums, and vote down the ones that were disappointing.

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  1. 1

    Secret Treaties

    1. Career of Evil 2. Subhuman 3. Dominance and Submission 4. ME 262 5. Cagey Cretins 6. Harvester of Eyes 7. Flaming Telepaths 8. Astronomy

    81% upvoted
  2. 2

    Blue Öyster Cult

    1. Transmaniacon MC 2. I'm on the Lamb but I Ain't No Sheep 3. Then Came the Last Days of May 4. Stairway to the Stars 5. Before the Kiss, a Redcap 6. Screams 7. She's as Beautiful as a Foot 8. Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll 9. Workshop of the Telescopes 10. Redeemed

    80% upvoted
  3. 3

    Tyranny and Mutation

    1. The Red & the Black 2. O.D.'d on Life Itself 3. Hot Rails to Hell 4. 7 Screaming Diz-Busters 5. Baby Ice Dog 6. Wings Wetted Down 7. Teen Archer 8. Mistress of the Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl)

    80% upvoted
  4. 4

    Agents Of Fortune

    1. This Ain't the Summer of Love 2. True Confessions 3. (Don't Fear) The Reaper 4. E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) 5. The Revenge of Vera Gemini 6. Sinful Love 7. Tattoo Vampire 8. Morning Final 9. Tenderloin 10. Debbie Denise

    78% upvoted
  5. 5

    Fire of Unknown Origin

    1. Fire of Unknown Origin 2. Burnin' for You 3. Veteran of the Psychic Wars 4. Sole Survivor 5. Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver 6. Vengeance (The Pact) 7. After Dark 8. Joan Crawford 9. Don't Turn Your Back

    78% upvoted
  6. 6

    Spectres

    1. Godzilla 2. Golden Age of Leather 3. Death Valley Nights 4. Searchin' for Celine 5. Fireworks 6. R. U. Ready 2 Rock 7. Celestial the Queen 8. Goin' Through the Motions 9. I Love the Night 10. Nosferatu

    78% upvoted
  7. 7

    Cultösaurus Erectus

    1. Black Blade 2. Monsters 3. Divine Wind 4. Deadline 5. The Marshall Plan 6. Hungry Boys 7. Fallen Angel 8. Lips in the Hills 9. Unknown Tongue

    77% upvoted
  8. 8

    On Your Feet or on Your Knees

    1. Subhuman 2. Harvester of Eyes 3. Hot Rails to Hell 4. The Red and the Black 5. 7 Screaming Diz-Busters 6. Buck's Boogie 7. Then Came The Last Days of May 8. Cities on Flame With Rock-And-Roll 9. ME 262 10. Before the Kiss (A Redcap) 11. Maserati GT (I Ain't Got You) 12. Born to Be Wild

    72% upvoted
  9. 9

    Some Enchanted Evening

    1. R.U. Ready 2 Rock 2. E.T.I (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) 3. Astronomy 4. Kick Out the Jams 5. Godzilla 6. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper 7. We Gotta Get Out of This Place

    71% upvoted
  10. 10

    Extraterrestrial Live

    1. Dominance and Submission 2. Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll 3. Dr. Music 4. The Red and the Black 5. Joan Crawford 6. Burnin' for You 7. Roadhouse Blues 8. Black Blade 9. Hot Rails to Hell 10. Godzilla 11. Veteran of the Psychic War 12. E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) 13. (Don't Fear) The Reaper

    71% upvoted