Tyranny And Mutation
by Blue Öyster Cult
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Blue Öyster Cult bestography
Tyranny And Mutation is ranked 5th best out of 34 albums by Blue Öyster Cult on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Blue Öyster Cult is Secret Treaties which is ranked number 1590 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,079.
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Tyranny And Mutation track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tyranny And Mutation rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 54 Music Albums of 1973 | 50/54 | 0 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 15 Music Albums of 1973 | 2/15 | 5 |
| 2026 | spigelwii | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 44/100 | 55 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (65), #0401-0500* | 16/30 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | 1973: Part 2- #101-200 | 25/42 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 1973 | 36/80 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 53 Music Albums of 1973 | 44/53 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 35/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 97 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 290 | |||
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Tyranny And Mutation ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 35 hours ago | FrancK | 564 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2026 21:53 |  EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2026 16:34 | adbrack1988 | 1,129 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
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Tyranny And Mutation forum mentions
Fischman 08/15/2023 01:13 in The Romanelli Music Diary: The Way I ShouldView all forum mentions
Tyranny And Mutation comments
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/09/2016 04:48 | #179792 | TOP COMMENT
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The rawness of this album will be a bit of a shock for those who grew up on The Reaper and Burnin' For You. But more so than those hits, this album is what BOC is all about. Overall, this is a very consistent and excellent outing; 8 cuts and not a dog among them.
I only knew about BOC from Don't Fear the Reaper and Godzilla. This sounds like a totally different band. Romanelli is right, it is an interesting listen.
When it clicks, "Hot Rails To Hell," its good. The record suffers from inconsistent songwriting and a production that sounds dated.
Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/27/2011 19:16 | #31525 | TOP COMMENT
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Until they made "Don't Fear The Reaper" and became an annoyance, BOC made some interesting records like this one.
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