Spectres
by Blue Öyster Cult

Spectres by Blue Öyster Cult
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 6,506th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 117 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (96th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,012th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,506th)

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Blue Öyster Cult bestography

Spectres is ranked 8th 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 1529 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,111.

Blue Öyster Cult album bestography « Higher ranked (5,131st)
Cultösaurus Erectus
This album (6,506th)
Spectres
Lower ranked (6,974th) »
The Symbol Remains

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,506th | 1970s rank: 1,012th | 1977 rank: 96th

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Spectres ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 117 votes)
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01/06/2026 15:06 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,46770/100
 
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09/20/2025 12:07 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,25985/100
 
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01/18/2025 05:48 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  4,97481/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.

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75/100
From 09/21/2023 14:32 | #299193
Godjira
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65/100
From 04/07/2022 19:11 | #283904
Still have the tape. Because of Godzilla, I could never take this album that seriously. There are some reasonable tracks but nothing to grab my attention.
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70/100
From 09/18/2020 00:46 | #258347
Some good tracks on this. Very generic 70's sounding rock. The album as a whole, good, not great
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80/100
From 12/16/2018 02:31 | #227225
Mostly solid BOC album with just one dud; one of their better overall outings.
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From 09/22/2017 16:48 | #198537
The perfect BOC record and my favorite of all time. "Golden Age Of Leather" may be their best track ever but even the laid back tracks have a strong appeal here. "Death Valley Nights" and "I Love The Night" almost suggest a Gothic Eagles. Very cool record.
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80/100
From 12/15/2016 15:56 | #180207
Like most BOC of this era, this one is a little inconsistent, but there's enough classic cuts to make this a classic album overall.
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From 03/15/2015 03:24 | #136898
Best Track: Godzila
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70/100
From 06/07/2014 03:48 | #113951
Starts pretty strong with Godzilla (a classic), Celestial the Queen and RU Ready to Rock)...but the second half is entirely forgettable.
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