Secret Treaties
by Blue Öyster Cult

Secret Treaties by Blue Öyster Cult
Year: 1974
Release date: 1974-04-05
Overall rank: 1,529th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 232 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (31st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (292nd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,529th)

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Secret Treaties is ranked as the best album by Blue Öyster Cult.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,529th | 1970s rank: 292nd | 1974 rank: 31st

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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 232 votes)
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75/100
 
03/02/2026 19:48 Fritz  Ratings distribution  1,25577/100
 
65/100
 
02/19/2026 22:34 serge1957  Ratings distribution  23566/100
 
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12/29/2025 07:44 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,81270/100
 
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11/23/2025 07:24 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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10/04/2025 01:57 Olli  Ratings distribution  6,75563/100

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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 79.9/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.

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85/100
From 05/31/2023 12:39 | #297318
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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85/100
From 01/28/2022 23:09 | #280244
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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Rating:  
75/100
From 07/24/2019 02:27 | #240308
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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85/100
From 12/12/2018 21:42 | #226942
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 | #198532
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 | #180206
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 | #133821
Best Track: Flaming Telepaths
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70/100
From 06/05/2014 04:56 | #113790
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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100/100
From 11/07/2011 18:47 | #30062
The band's better cover to cover offering.
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