Tyranny And Mutation (studio album) by Blue Öyster Cult
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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 1544 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,116.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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80/100 ![]() | 01/18/2025 06:18 | matterhornrider | ![]() | 81/100 |
75/100 ![]() | 11/26/2024 14:39 | Philly28 | ![]() | 69/100 |
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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 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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When it clicks, "Hot Rails To Hell," its good. The record suffers from inconsistent songwriting and a production that sounds dated.

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.

Until they made "Don't Fear The Reaper" and became an annoyance, BOC made some interesting records like this one.
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