The Revolution By Night
by Blue Öyster Cult
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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 1590 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,078.
(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
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Revolution By Night 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 | svk4ever | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Rank 'Em: Blue Oyster Cult | 2/3 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 99/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1980s | 56/60 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1983 | 100/100 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 77 Music Albums of 1983 | 76/77 | 0 |
| 2025 | Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 58/100 | 9 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 50 | |||
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The Revolution By Night ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/20/2024 07:43 | acoustic-horn | 246 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2023 23:58 | iann97 | 2,228 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/16/2023 01:58 | spigelwii | 677 | 84/100 |
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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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Repo 02/07/2026 17:17 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)The Revolution By Night comments
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 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)
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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