Secret Treaties (studio album) by Blue Öyster Cult

Secret Treaties by Blue Öyster Cult
Year: 1974
Overall rank: 1,552nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 228 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1974 (31st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (303rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,552nd)
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80/100 (from 228 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 79.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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85/100
From 05/31/2023 12:39
BOC is probably one of the least-known and most underrated hard rock bands. This album has lots of riffs, great solos, and aggressive drive. A splendid party album.
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From 01/28/2022 23:09
A criminally underrated album from a criminally underrated band. The weakest song is just average, the best songs are the highlights of hard rock genre. The downside is production, which is of it's era. Should be rated higher.

Top 3 Tracks
ME 262
Flaming Telepath
Astronomy
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75/100
From 07/24/2019 02:27
Great rock tunes with a bit of added uniqueness and experimentation. Nothing outstanding, but it could grow on me in time.
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From 12/12/2018 21:42
Brilhante joia da geração entre o blues-rock e heavy metal. O rock cada vez mais envolvido com o místico.
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95/100
From 09/22/2017 16:31
This is where it all comes together for BOC. There is not a bad song on here and really this might be their best collection of songs. The one drawback I have, as with the first two BOC albums, is a production that sounds dated and weak as it ages. If this had the production of Spectres with these songs it would be the best album ever.
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90/100
From 12/15/2016 15:55
Lots of good, dark fun on this album. By this time BOC had fully evolved, but not yet gone commercial, and the result is quite possibly the best album in their catalog.
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From 02/03/2015 04:23
Best Track: Flaming Telepaths
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70/100
From 06/05/2014 04:56
Whatever else you say about this album...it's definitely unique. The lyrical content has a certain sense of of humor and the music is certainly different from most of the heavy arena rock bands of the day. It's a bit corny at times, but it definitely gets points for originality.
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From 11/07/2011 18:47
The band's better cover to cover offering.
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