Blue Oyster Cult Albums Ranked

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  • Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2024

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  • @PhilipCaporale
    @PhilipCaporale 7 месяцев назад +3

    I AM THE STORM on Mirrors is a CLASSIC in my book 🤟

  • @elfman5176
    @elfman5176 11 месяцев назад +4

    I think Randy Jackson played bass on Shooting Shark
    An Incredible Song

  • @stevenappleman
    @stevenappleman Год назад +4

    1. Spectres
    2. Secret Treaties
    3. Agents of Fortune
    4. Blue Öyster Cult
    5. Tyranny and Mutation
    6. Cultosaurus Erectus
    7. Fire of Unknown Origin
    8. Imaginos
    9. Mirrors
    10. The Symbol Remains
    11. Club Ninja
    12. Heaven Forbid
    13. Revolution by Night
    14. Curse of the Hidden Mirror

  • @elfman5176
    @elfman5176 2 года назад +3

    OMG The Symbol Remains is one of my favorite BOC albums In my top 5
    They’ve really ramped up their live shows to include some deep cuts
    Saw them a month ago and they blew the roof off

  • @galinor7
    @galinor7 2 года назад +5

    Well here's my list and boy it is differen to yours.
    1. Secret Treaties.
    2. Imaginos.
    3. Heaven Forbid.
    4. Cultaraus Erectus.
    5. Specters.
    6. Agents of Fortune
    7. Curse of the hidden mirror.
    8. Mirrors
    9. Tranny and Mutation
    10. BOC
    11. Fire of unknown origin
    12. The Symbol remains
    13. Club Ninja
    14. Revolution by night.
    I thought Imaginos was heavy, super natural and the culmination of the hinted at parallel world BOC had hinted at for decades. Truly excellent. Heaven Forbid, was for me filled with classics and twilight zone-esque. RBN was half filled with electronic pop music, Club Ninja at least had guitars. Secret Treaties was simply fantastic. However I still like RBN. Top live album Some Enchanted Evening then ET live.but several others are very good.

  • @tedjones403
    @tedjones403 Год назад +1

    Great interpretation of Blue Oyster Cult's studio catalogue - right on key!

  • @brucefolkerth3978
    @brucefolkerth3978 2 года назад +1

    Love the Drive by Truckers' reference! Used to live in Athens, GA, and saw the live premiere at Tasty World of DBT perfoming Southern Rock Opera in its entirety. My fave line is "And I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw AC/DC
    With Bon Scott singing,"Let There Be Rock Tour"

    • @theopinionatedhippie470
      @theopinionatedhippie470  2 года назад

      That band is ridiculous. My favorite line, possibly in their entire catalog (and boy are there a lot of gems) is from Zip City:
      "Keep your drawers on, girl, it ain't worth the fight
      By the time you drop them I'll be gone
      And you'll be right where they fall the rest of your life"
      What an utterly devastating put down!

  • @torsigvaldjohansen1338
    @torsigvaldjohansen1338 2 года назад +4

    You have un untraditional taste in that you rate "Club Ninja" so high, but I like that. It's an underrated album, and although I rank it lowest I still like a lot of it. Cool that you emphasize the greatness of "When the War Comes". Love that song! "Perfect Water" is my favourite though, and would probably rank that in my personal top 10 of BÖC songs. BÖC and Zeppelin are my two favourite bands of all time.
    My ranking is as follows:
    1. Secret Treaties
    2. Tyranny and Mutation
    3. Blue Öyster Cult
    4. Agents of Fortune
    5. Fire of Unknown Origin
    6. Spectres
    7. Imaginos
    8. Cultösaurus Erectus
    9. Mirrors
    10. The Symbol Remains
    11. The Revölution by Night
    12. Heaven Forbid
    13. Curse of the Hidden Mirror
    14. Club Ninja
    The first five on the list are stone-cold masterpieces that I rate 10/10. Number 6-8 I award 9/10 (yeah, I love "Imaginos" even though it's not a "proper" BÖC album). Number 9 and 10 I award 8/10. "Mirrors" I think is criminally underrated. Yeah, it's poppy or AOR-ish, but has great songwriting, catchy melodies and good production. "The Symbol Remains" was a very solid comeback. "The Alchemist" is amazing, and there are a lot of other great tunes. Number 11-13 are interchangeable in the ranking. All of them I award 7/10. I ranked RBN highest of them because I've listened to it more than the others. No. 14 "Club Ninja" may be their weakest due to a couple of duds, but is still good. 6/10, I could perhaps stretch it to a 7.

  • @nicknick2578
    @nicknick2578 11 месяцев назад +1

    The video was made with soul, it's great ! The first and second places are the same as mine, further variations are possible, everything is tight there.

  • @toddhill7483
    @toddhill7483 11 месяцев назад +3

    I have never been one to not talk about Mirrors. IMO, would rate it much higher.

  • @stevewalker422
    @stevewalker422 2 года назад +5

    I think maybe you should give Symbol Remains a few more listens.

  • @donlynch8285
    @donlynch8285 2 года назад +3

    Hi. Great video! Doyou know of any albums similar to Club Ninja? Doesn't have to be BOC. Something like a 70s band making an 80s album with 80s production and reverb but 70s musicianship...if that makes sense?

    • @theopinionatedhippie470
      @theopinionatedhippie470  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for the comment. Interesting question and off the top of my head, I am not sure. Maybe Deep Purple’s Perfect Strangers….or their House of the Blue Light. Or maybe Maiden’s Seventh Son. That is a little more hard rock than metal. I’ll comment again if something else comes to me.

    • @donlynch8285
      @donlynch8285 2 года назад

      @@theopinionatedhippie470 Thanks. :) I will check em out. I'm a bit rusty with my Deep Purple anyway haha.

  • @johnspokus
    @johnspokus 2 года назад +3

    I put The Symbol Remains somewhere in their top 6 or 7 albums. Richie Castellano deserves more credit. They probably wouldn't have released anything more had he not joined the band.

  • @MisterGameFreakFREAK
    @MisterGameFreakFREAK 2 года назад +3

    I just picked up Tyranny and Mutation on vinyl. I haven’t had the chance to play it yet, but I picked it up because one of my favorite musicians Mike Watt covers The Red and The Black a lot! And now that it has the hippie seal of approval I’ll definitely give it a listen !

    • @MisterGameFreakFREAK
      @MisterGameFreakFREAK 2 года назад +1

      Oh just got to the part where you mention Minutemen and Firehose, two of my favorite bands!!

    • @theopinionatedhippie470
      @theopinionatedhippie470  2 года назад +2

      Double Nickels on the Dime is one of my all time top 5 albums....and easily one of the best double albums of all time also.

    • @MisterGameFreakFREAK
      @MisterGameFreakFREAK 2 года назад +1

      @@theopinionatedhippie470 100% AGREE. an explosion of musical and political ideas!

    • @elfman5176
      @elfman5176 2 года назад +1

      Tyranny and Mutation is genius

  • @russellgentile4719
    @russellgentile4719 2 года назад +5

    My albums ranked:
    1. Fire of Unknown Origin
    2. Agents of Fortune
    3. Spectres
    4. Cultosaurus Erectus
    5. Secret Treaties
    6. Blue Oyster Cult
    7. Club Ninja
    8. Imaginos
    9. Revolution By Night
    10. Tyranny and Mutation
    11. Heaven Forbid
    12. Mirrors
    13. Curse of the Hidden Mirror
    Now granted I don't think they have one terrible album. Some of these have more influence on me by timing as I discovered them as a kid starting in the 80's.
    Their albums are all so distinct and different thanks to the varied musical talent, writing and singing influencing each song. One album could have 10 distinctively different sounding tracks but that all fit a creepy or dark element. The next album totally different. Their vibe has yet to be repeated by any other band.
    That's what made this band so different and cool!
    There's only 1 BOC!

  • @grantkelley3372
    @grantkelley3372 2 года назад +3

    Club ninja deserves a lot of flack but it’s also deserving of a lot more love too! You should give the symbol remains another chance though! Very underwhelmed my first listen but I’ve come to appreciate it more as it’s own thing. It’s certainly my favorite of the last 3 studio albums!

  • @BruceWalther-s2l
    @BruceWalther-s2l 3 месяца назад +1

    I've heard that Mirrors analysis/criticism a few times now in the last 3 decades: First, when the album was initially released; and about 20 years later when I heard somebody proclaim Mirrors failed cuz it was too disco! Finally, I heard In Thee live (by the way ... Dr Music worst song on Mirrors... huh? Let me guess: because of the harmonica?) in 2017 and I went out of my way to find Mirrors on vinyl. Now, upon reflection (yes on obvious pun) Mirrors is being regarded as the overlooked BOC gem. It's a finely textured fun, rocknroll album that still jams 'heavy' at the appropriate time and/or occasion (The Vigil, I am the Storm). Just stopped listening to Opinionated Hippie. I put my Mirrors record on. 😎
    Ok I couldn't tune out Opinionated Hippie:
    Why don't people who know Red and the Black was originally titled I'm on the Lamb but I ain't no Sheep
    mention this, especially, when raving about Tyranny&Mutation.
    Good to see Debut album (see I'm on the Lamb...) ranked so high, but way too much love for the black&white period: They are 1,2,3 on the list.😏. This opinion feels that is far too nearsighted/narrow mind-listening.

  • @BillsBoxOfSound
    @BillsBoxOfSound 2 года назад +2

    You ask who else writes about lips in the hills? Billy's jaw was a cliff that would go up and down....sound familiar?

  • @ronaldheussen2603
    @ronaldheussen2603 Год назад +1

    Feels like a 'mainstream' ranking Imaginos on 12th position?! I love the album because of excellent songs and bringing me in to a psychedelic journey wich no previous BOC album did before.

    • @theopinionatedhippie470
      @theopinionatedhippie470  Год назад

      OR….and maybe this is a possibility….I really do like 11 other BOC albums more?!?! I have tried so many times with that album and sadly, have never felt the joy you have felt. Thanks.

  • @davecrowson448
    @davecrowson448 2 года назад +2

    BOC! I haven’t listened to them in a long time. One of the most popular bands with the stoner crowd I hung out with in my early days as a rock fan, but I never saw them. Not sure why, I was probably broke when they came through. I spent a big chunk of the nineties going to Widespread Panic shows, though, and they do a pretty mean Godzilla cover.

    • @davecrowson448
      @davecrowson448 2 года назад +1

      I remember they had a pretty creepy video for Joan Crawford. I never saw it on MTV, but they used to show it on Night Flight.

    • @theopinionatedhippie470
      @theopinionatedhippie470  2 года назад +1

      Tried to get into Panic many a time but they never really clicked for me. Seen em live at Bonnard a number of times and enjoyed the shows, but I never “got” them. Though I do like that album that has that Firehose cover....Don’t Tell the Band?

    • @davecrowson448
      @davecrowson448 2 года назад

      @@theopinionatedhippie470 yeah, that’s a good one. Mikey’s last record. I went to the first Bonaroo, and their sets the first night were pretty good, but the second night was fantastic, with Steve Winwood sitting in on Glad and Lowspark. The last shows I saw before Mikey died, a few months later. I haven’t seen them as often as I used to, but I always enjoy it when I do. Jimmy Herring is a fantastic guitar player, but I’m old now, and I still miss Mikey. There’s probably a show out there that might do it for you, though. From ‘97 to 2002, they could do no wrong, every show was at least really good, and a lot of them were incredible. My personal highlight was May 5th, 1999, at the House of Blues in N Myrtle Beach. The second of three shows. Unreal show, and probably the most fun 24 hours of my entire life. Too much fun! And I dig the cover of Sometimes, too. They always killed that one live, they had really good taste in covers. Except when they covered Hot in Herrre, but that was at least funny.

  • @boburso5637
    @boburso5637 2 года назад +2

    Ah yes. Nice detour. How about some Cheepnis for the Zappa connection? There is definitely the monster movie connection with BOC. Have you checked out the St. Cecilia Demos? You would totally dig it. (Available on RUclips). It has that 60's California psychedelic sound. A Fact About Sneakers and St. Cecilia are such great jams that deserve the Shaggy stamp of approval. I didn't get into them until a couple years back so I love the new stuff too, including Club Ninja (with the exception of Make Rock Not War - yeah that's a bad 80's song). Totally great underrated band. Oh - and Robbie Krieger plays with some of the Zappa alumni and BOC both, so there is another connection. I seen him do Changa's. The connections are all over the place if we look deep enough for them.

    • @theopinionatedhippie470
      @theopinionatedhippie470  2 года назад

      I do like the demos and also appreciate the random bonus tracks they included on the reissues....and the live sets from the early 80s.

  • @thesaneparty4079
    @thesaneparty4079 2 года назад +2

    1. Spectres

  • @lumpygravy52
    @lumpygravy52 2 года назад +3

    Hey Shaggy, it would be cool if you went through the Captain Beefheart catalog.

    • @theopinionatedhippie470
      @theopinionatedhippie470  2 года назад +2

      I have plans.....😀

    • @lumpygravy52
      @lumpygravy52 2 года назад +1

      @@theopinionatedhippie470 Great! It is time for a Beefheart Renaissance.

    • @johnstallings4049
      @johnstallings4049 2 года назад

      @@theopinionatedhippie470 hey Shaggy this is John greetings from Annapolis Maryland the last two live concerts I attended were both Blue Oyster Cult 2020 at Maryland hall for the creative arts in Annapolis Maryland and 2021 at Alexandria Virginia at The Birchmere also I've been to 322 Grateful Dead concerts and 149 Phish shows! 💘 ur BOC rating too! I think my top three BOC are the same as they were released though but agree with ur top 5! Glad I found your channels. Saw Zappa 11 times too! ❄️🌎❄️❣️🤣❣️

  • @kevinbrown1893
    @kevinbrown1893 2 года назад +4

    1. Cultosaurus Erectus (1980)
    2. Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
    3. Secret Treaties (1974)
    4. Spectres (1977)
    5. Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
    6. Heaven Forbid (1998)
    7. Agents of Fortune (1976)
    8. Blue Oyster Cult (1972)
    9. Imaginos (1988)
    10. The Symbol Remains (2020)
    11. Club Ninja (1985)
    12. Mirrors (1979)
    13. The Revolution By Night (1983)
    14. Curse of The Hidden Mirror (2001)

  • @curly_wyn
    @curly_wyn Год назад +2

    1. Secret Treaties (1974)
    2. Agents of Fortune (1976)
    3. Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
    4. Cultösaurus Erectus (1980)
    5. Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
    6. Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
    7. Spectres (1977)
    8. The Symbol Remains (2020)
    9. Club Ninja (1986)
    10. Imaginos (1988)
    11. Heaven Forbid (1998)
    12. Mirrors (1979)
    13. The Revölution by Night (1983)
    14. Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)

  • @thekivster
    @thekivster 2 года назад +1

    The problem with Od on life itself is that it’s a complete ripoff of long cool woman by the Hollies.

    • @theopinionatedhippie470
      @theopinionatedhippie470  2 года назад +1

      If it was a COMPLETE rip off, I would love the song. Instead, it is the shadow of a half-assed rip off. But yeah....agreed.

    • @thekivster
      @thekivster 2 года назад

      @@theopinionatedhippie470 yeah I’m over exaggerating. I like the song but the first time I heard it, it sounded exactly like that song.

    • @deanjonasson6776
      @deanjonasson6776 2 года назад

      @@thekivster Back in my high school days, I had a really cool friend who was into Beefheart, Ry Cooder, Leon Redbone, etc. Very eclectic tastes. One Xmas, he gifted me TYRANNY & MUTATION. I put it on but by "Od on Life Itself", it was off my turntable. I gave it back to him with muted "thanks, but..." The next year, he gifted me an album by Harry Chapin! "Message received!" The shrink-wrap on that puppy never got broken and we stopped exchanging gifts.
      Now that I'm all grow'd-up, I'm kicking myself over the Blue Oyster Cult debacle. Sure wish I'd kept that vinyl.

    • @galinor7
      @galinor7 2 года назад

      Three dozen Brit twangy pop glam rock bands were making that kind of sound in the early seventies. Are you saying they were all rip offs of just one song? I though it sounded a bit T Rex. The melody is rather different to long cool woman. It is 12 bar and really all 12 bar sounds rather similar. I play thei low whistle, (Trad folk instrument), so I'm no expert but isn't the chord progression different?

    • @choptop81
      @choptop81 2 года назад

      The new version of it on Albert Bouchard's Imaginos 2 is great

  • @ZalMoxis
    @ZalMoxis Год назад +1

    The reason why the last couple of albums are not memorable is because the music doesn't matter anymore to most people and there's no real scene. It's been dead like this since the late 990's. My list would be - 1. Secret Treaties, 2. Tyranny and Mutation 3. Cultosarus 4. Spectres 5. Fire of Unknown Origin 6. BOC 7. Some Enchanted Evening 8. Agents of Fortune 9. Mirrors. 10. On Your Feet . Don't care for the rest, too patchy and boring. The great tracks on the later albums can't save the rest...... sorry.