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The Doctor 
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 19:24 |
How do they measure up in your opinion? Here's mine:
1. Imaginos
2. Secret Treaties
3. Fire of Unknown Origin
4. Cultosaurus Erectus
5. Spectres
6. BOC
7. Tyrrany and Mutation
8. Agents of Fortune
9. Mirrors
10. Curse of the Hidden Mirror
11. Revolution by Night
12. Heaven Forbid
13. Club Ninja
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Raff
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 19:29 |
OK, here's mine: 1. Imaginos 2. Secret Treaties 3. Tyranny and Mutation 4. Fire of Unknown Origin 5. Cultosaurus Erectus 6. BOC 7. Spectres 8. Curse of the Hidden Mirror 9. Agents of Fortune 10. The Revolution by Night 11. Mirrors 12. Club Ninja Haven't heard Heaven Forbid yet, but I'm not particularly encouraged to do so 
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 19:32 |
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Here we go!
1. Secret Treaties
2. Cultosaurous Erectus
3. Imaginos
4. Tyranny & Mutation
5. Revolution By Night
6. Agents Of Fortune
7. Spectres
8. Blue Oyster Cult
9. Fire Of Unknown Origin
10. Club Ninja
11. Curse Of The Hidden Mirror
12. Heaven Forbid
13. Mirrors
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Epignosis
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 20:31 |
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I don't own all their albums, but I don't see the "poorly ratedness" of Heaven Forbid. I like that album a good bit, especially "Harvest Moon." Dharma's voice is amazing there.
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 20:35 |
I am severely BOC deficient. With my recent purchase of Secret Treaties, I now have that, Mirrors, Agents of Fortune, and a couple of greatest hit compilations.
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 21:34 |
 Epignosis wrote:
I don't own all their albums, but I don't see the "poorly ratedness" of Heaven Forbid. I like that album a good bit, especially "Harvest Moon." Dharma's voice is amazing there.
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It's not 'bad' it's just nothing special. I got bored with it after 3 listens because it's just so generic. The rest of BOC's discography is a lot more deep and has more to offer.
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 22:48 |
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Never was a big BOC fan myself. The tunes I play most often by them are "Shadow of California" and "Shooting Sharks", and a few of the tracks from Imaginos gets regular spins too.
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tszirmay
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Posted: April 07 2009 at 22:54 |
1- Secret Treaties
2- Tyranny & Mutation
3- debut
4- Spectres
5- Cultusaurus
6- Los Imaginos (haven't heard it in ages)
7- Agents of Fortune
8- Mirrors
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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Zargus
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Posted: April 09 2009 at 08:13 |
Lets see:
1. Agents of Fortune (one of my all time favorite albums)
2. Spectres
3. Fire of Unknown Origin
4. Cultosaurus Erectus
5. Blue Oyster Cult
6. Secret Treaties
7. Tyrrany and Mutation
8. Heaven Forbid
9. Imaginos
10. Mirrors
still need to hear Curse of the Hidden Mirror, Revolution by Night and Club Ninja. Overall BÖC is one of my favorite classic rock bands.
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Zargus
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Posted: April 09 2009 at 08:17 |
Raff wrote:
OK, here's mine:
Haven't heard Heaven Forbid yet, but I'm not particularly encouraged to do so
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I think you shuld look it up its a pretty good album. you might be surprised.
Edited by Zargus - April 09 2009 at 08:20
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aapatsos
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Posted: April 09 2009 at 14:42 |
Zargus wrote:
Raff wrote:
OK, here's mine:
Haven't heard Heaven Forbid yet, but I'm not particularly encouraged to do so
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I think you shuld look it up its a pretty good album. you might be surprised. |
Yes Raff, you definitely should
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AlbertMond
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Posted: April 09 2009 at 15:01 |
Agreed. It's ridiculous how 'Heaven Forbid' gets rated badly, then 'Curse of the Hidden Mirror' comes out and gets very good ratings. 'Heaven Forbid' was BOC at their heaviest, and still preserved their unique style fairly well, while incorporating '90s elements. I think it's one of their best, especially considering it was long after their popular peak.
Anyway, I've heard all of their albums, I think (mainly through their Myspace page). Unfortunately, I've only purchased one so far, as I'm rather lazy.
Out of what I've heard though, I'd say it's something like this:
1. Tyranny and Mutation
2. Fire of Unknown Origin
3. Blue Oyster Cult
4. Agents of Fortune
5. Secret Treaties
6. Spectres
7. Cultosaurus Erectus
8. Imaginos
9. Heaven Forbid
10. The Revolution by Night
11. Club Ninja
12. Curse of the Hidden Mirror
13. Mirrors
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Promotion so blatant that it's sad:
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aapatsos
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Posted: April 09 2009 at 16:28 |
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I am missing some, but from the ones I've heard I will make a top 5
1. Revolution by night
2. Fire of unknown origin
3. Secret treaties
4. Heaven forbid
5. Cultosaurous
Not crazy about the rest in my collection
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aapatsos
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Posted: April 09 2009 at 16:30 |
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Is Imaginos that good btw? I might be missing sth great here...
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Raff
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Posted: April 09 2009 at 16:41 |
Listening to it now... It is definitely their best album, and their proggiest. An underrated masterpiece  !
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wetton fan
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Posted: April 09 2009 at 17:09 |
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1.Secret Treaties 2.Tyranny and Mutation 3.Blue Oyster Cult 4. Cultosaurus Erectus 5.Agent of Fortune 6.Fires of Unknown Origin 7. Mirrors 8. Revolution By Night 9. Spectres ....Imaginos and Club Ninja didn't do anything for me....Dominance and Submission,indeed!
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AlbertMond
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Posted: April 09 2009 at 18:07 |
aapatsos wrote:
Is Imaginos that good btw? I might be missing sth great here... |
That's up for debate. Some can't get into it, but I think it's pretty good. The plot's pretty muddled, though, as the record company reorganized the songs or something.
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Promotion so blatant that it's sad:
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BroSpence
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Posted: April 09 2009 at 22:17 |
1. BOC 2. Agents of Fortune 3. Secret Treaties 4. Fire of Unknown Origins 5. Tyranny and Mutation 6. Spectres
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Posted: April 10 2009 at 00:58 |
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Fire of Unknown Origin is my favourite with Secret Treaties a close second. Mirrors ends up last for me.
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The Doctor
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Posted: April 10 2009 at 07:08 |
aapatsos wrote:
Is Imaginos that good btw? I might be missing sth great here...
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It's definitely their proggiest as Raff said. I also consider it to be their heaviest and darkest album. While the story is a bit muddled, that shouldn't detract from the listening experience as I think it works well as both a concept album and as individual songs. And you can always google the album to get the story, I think there's a wikipedia entry telling the story of the album.
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