The Revolution By Night
by Blue Öyster Cult

The Revolution By Night by Blue Öyster Cult
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 20,868th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 38 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (262nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (2,685th)
Award Best albums of all time (20,868th)

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Blue Öyster Cult bestography

The Revolution By Night is ranked 12th 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 1564 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,097.

Blue Öyster Cult album bestography « Higher ranked (17,955th)
Some Enchanted Evening
This album (20,868th)
The Revolution By Night
Lower ranked (21,560th) »
Extraterrestrial Live

(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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The Revolution By Night track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Revolution By Night rankings summary
Overall rank: 20,868th | 1980s rank: 2,685th | 1983 rank: 262nd  Overall chart history
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The Revolution By Night ratings

Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 38 votes)
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09/28/2023 15:28 fabm0  Ratings distribution  7,00958/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 70.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.1.


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75/100
From 09/22/2017 17:19 | #198546
A lot better album than its reputation. Bruce Fairbairn inputs a production style that is all too eighties. It sounds entirely too...joyful...for a BOC record. Still, "Take Me Away" and "Shooting Shark" are among BOC's best compositions. (Edited)
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From 12/15/2016 16:05 | #180215
While definitely a product of its age, this is still a fine album. Each of the first four cuts are great examples of BOC at their best in terms of mixing their unique dark musical vision with a touch of mainstream commercial appeal. After that, the album does go downhill. (Edited)
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