Fire Of Unknown Origin
by Blue Öyster Cult
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Blue Öyster Cult bestography
Fire Of Unknown Origin is ranked 2nd 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 1571 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,092.
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Fire Of Unknown Origin track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Fire Of Unknown Origin rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  MetalMan67 | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s | 53/99 | 9 |
| 2026 | Guigou | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 6/100 | 93 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 25 Music Albums of 1981 | 17/25 | 2 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 51 Music Albums of 1981 | 28/51 | 2 |
| 2026 | Andras | Top 36 Music Albums of the 1980s | 5/36 | 18 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Missed The Cut- 1981 | 5/6 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 56 Music Albums of 1981 | 9/56 | 4 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 83/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 25/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 117 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 771 | |||
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Fire Of Unknown Origin ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/29/2026 12:20 | cicadelic | 13,815 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2026 16:19 | markl73 | 631 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/22/2026 07:50 | Liks_on_music | 656 | 81/100 |
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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 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Forum mentions
Rhyner 08/26/2026 18:20 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
pedro1976 04/20/2023 14:19 in What album are you listening to right now?Fire Of Unknown Origin comments
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Music in the 6th track is from Russian folk (Edited)
Jboy56 02/15/2024 18:03 | #302013
BOC has always made an solid impression. Such a good lp (Edited)
As a teenager this vinyl saw a lot of spins and having recently given it a good clean I am pleased that it plays as well as ever. I don't think I would describe any of the tracks as weak. Joan Crawford and Burnin for You are my favourite tracks.
The last truly great BOC record. Martin Birch turns in a great job behind the board. For BOC, it is one of their more consistently heavy records...and love that album cover.
Fischman 11/30/2016 20:42 | #179405 | TOP COMMENT
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The first three cuts alone make a great album. Then throw in Joan Crawford and a host of other solid songs and this is a BOC classic.
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