Blue Oyster Cult: The Vigil

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• rock
• boc
• blue
• oyster
• cult
• heavy
• metal
• pop
• hard
• mirrors
• the
• vigil

[Spoxjox]

The arpeggio series starting at 3:53 is possibly the greatest guitar riff of the 1970s.

[gameguy2500]

Actually, now that I have listened more to a few of the songs on this album, I realized I am wrong... "Mirrors" and "Lonely Teardrops" are quite good.

[ElChevelle]

Probably the most underrated albums of the 70's



[GeorgVanHalen]

@Jlipnicki - Basically all legendary bands has a "cult" that holds a certain era very high. Which is OK, I guess. Everyone is entitled to an opinion.. BUT the shame is that much of the material that isn't supported by "the cults" is being forgotten. Material that often is worth a listen or two! I like all of Blue Öyster Cult's work. Some more, some less.. And I think all albums is at least worth two listens !

[znogypogy]

buck with another monster hook

[AngryPostmanSthlm2]

SO FUKKEN HEAVY! ..yet smooth, the tm of BOC

[DickLodge68]

@BasswipeNC You have to realize something....I was just a kid and Secret Treaties and Spectres were awesome. Mirrors was a much an adult sounding album and I hated it...ummm, because I was a kid? Later Fire of Unknown Origin came out and WOW! They didn't sound like a tired '70's garage band that only had one hit that someone recognized. Most BOC albums had a good single or two....every song on FIre was great!

[Jlipnicki]

There is almost a 'cult' around the first three albums but in my giant swelling opinion it was this the middle period, when they were at their very best, playing innumerable gigs as well as making these superb hard rock albums with both the music and lyrics being well crafted and do not insult the listener's intelligence. No other hard rock band did this, including Zeppelin, who produced far less material and were sometimes quite throwaway in the lyric department.

[mswaking]

@BasswipeNC Jimmy page said Buck Dharma is his favorite guitarist!

[c0rnp0p5]

This whole LP kicks so much ass, not a single song I dislike.

[1234roadking1]

my favorite album of all time and quite possibly the most underated

[BasswipeNC]

This was a great album; I don't understand how this is considered a debacle to some people. I was in the front row next to the stage at a BOC concert in 2006 and Buck is one of the best guitarists out there. It was great to just watch him and not even pay attention to anything else. He played the CheeseBerger almost the whole concert.