Favourite Blue Öyster Cult Album

Braka1 wrote: micky wrote: Braka1 wrote: I remember an interview with BOC in 1980 when Cultosaurus was released, and the band said they hated 'Mirrors' so much they were using copies of it as frisbees.  It wasn't that bad. no it wasn't bad..honestly... BOC simply did not make bad albums... but the production of it they did detest. it was the first album they did without Sandy producing it and they didn't like the overly polished sound of it so they went more to their classic sound with Cultosaurus. Yes, I'll go along with that.  But it was Martin Birch, wasn't it? It's not like his production style was unexpected. It had a very clean style, which made the proggy-metal tracks like 'The Vigil' sound very BIG, but there were a couple of tracks (e.g. 'In thee') that just sounded MOR.  Mind you, that song would have been MOR if it'd been recorded on a mono cassette deck in someone's garage.

mathman0806 wrote: micky wrote: and when you say.. who? You get the idea...  It wasn't this guy? "More cowbell!"

I love this band! One of those bands that are corny and sophisticated at the same time. They are also underrated. My favourite is 'Secret Treaties', which is simply one of the best albums ever made. But BÖC has so many great albums. 'Spectres' has become a huge favourite too. It's more pop oriented than the early stuff, yes, but what songs! I still haven't heard 'Fire of Unknown Origin', often considered to be one of their very best albums. Have to buy it on vinyl one day.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^^ I love the "Mirrors" album. It's Blue Oyster Cult's "Club Ninja" album which I thought was most disappointing of all.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Braka1 wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^^ I love the "Mirrors" album. It's Blue Oyster Cult's "Club Ninja" album which I thought was most disappointing of all.   Yeah, 'Club Ninja' was the only BOC album from their original period which I couldn't find anything to really like about.   Even the poorly received 'Revolution By Night' had several excellent songs (Shadow of California, for instance) in between the dross. "Shooting Shark" was another favourite of mine from the Revolution by Night album, but I'd be hard-pressed to name a stand-out song on the Club Ninja album. Maybe it's time to give it another listen.

micky wrote:   wow man.. i need to fire one up after reading that at times Paul.. I do wonder if you are Pedro's long lost son... perhaps you'll tell me which planet you all came here from... and don't pull a Pedro on me and tell me you don't heavily smoke you some mother nature man.. you do know that even if whole albums may not be.. the individual tracks are..

^^ "Frankenstein" is the only Blue Oyster Cult song that's ever featured Joey Cerisano on vocals.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: I can start with this track though: my all-time favourite BOC song, from the Imaginos album, featuring one of the finest rock singer's that no one's ever heard of: Joey Cerisano

In May of 1972 I was at college in IU , Bloomington,  Indiana.....my brother rented a house (Sept 1971) on one of the main roads into school by the football stadium so I spent a lot of time there . We would watch the cars come in with parents and kids heading into town. I remember one sunny May afternoon when they were on the big front porch watching the traffic, smokin' weed and blasting this hard rock lp...it was different and weird but good,..the debut by BOC ; became a fan that day and went to Karma Records and bought the vinyl the next day.

Edited by dr wu23 - June 14 2020 at 10:00