Imaginos
by Blue Öyster Cult
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Imaginos is ranked 6th 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 1557 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,101.
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Imaginos track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 20:42 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,327 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 08:48 | spinout | 3,465 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/10/2025 04:36 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 05/30/2024 23:49 | Proto | 4,220 | 33/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2023 03:20 | dhbarrett | 8,604 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.6/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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spigelwii 07/04/2020 20:58 | #255025 | TOP COMMENT
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Though the songwriting is inconsistent at times, Imaginos actually contains some of the best compositional work of BOC's (excellent) career of evil. The production is terrible, but what else would you expect from a late 80's studio mess? The album's inarguable intrigue defines its strongest moments to create something that's at least memorable enough to be worth the time.
After all those years hearing about the Imaginos idea this record just sounds like a patchy and inconsistent record. I expected more.
Despite its messy gestation and indifference to it on its release, this is BOCs lost classic. If only we could have had the 3 volume complete Soft Doctrines of Imaginos as Albert Bouchard envisaged.
Fischman 12/15/2016 16:01 | #180211 | TOP COMMENT
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The story is a little convoluted, but the musicianship is tight and there are some excellent cuts here. A welcome addition to the BOC catalog.
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