Label: Legacy Records (Europe), 502236 2
Style: Hard Rock, Rock
Country: Stony Brook, New York, U.S.
Time: 56:08
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 375 Mb
Secret
Treaties is the last and best of the so-called “black-and-white”
trilogy of albums that kicked off Blue Oyster Cult’s career: a trio of
mysterious, monochrome-covered rock albums that peaked with this 1974
release. It’s dark, esoteric and also a bit of a hoot. It’s an album of
parodic garage-rock horror reminiscent of Alice Cooper’s Killer, full of
psychedelic monster mashes like Career Of Evil, the oddly cute Cagey
Cretins and the seismic, psychotic Harvester Of Eyes. And those aren’t
even the best tracks. Overdriven boogie rocker ME262 puts you in the
pilot’s seat of a Junkers Jumo 004 (“Hitler’s on the phone from Berlin,
he’s gonna make you a star”) and Dominance And Submission has a superb,
swinging groove, an unforgettable climax (“radios appear”) and some
creepy interjections from Charles The Grinning Boy… “it will be time”.
But the album truly peaks with its closing tracks, Flaming Telepaths and
Astronomy. Both are grand, magnificent masterpieces with affecting
muscianship and beautifully cryptic imagery. Astronomy in particular is a
complete head-scratcher. I’d love to know what “the nexus of the
crisis, the origin of storms” really means but then… I feel like not
knowing is kind of the point. And the reason Secret Treaties remains so
eternally fascinating and alluring.
(heavymetaloverload.com/2020/02/04/blue-oyster-cult-secret-treaties-review/)
01. Career Of Evil (04:00)
02. Subhuman (04:38)
03. Dominance And Submission (05:22)
04. Me 262 (04:47)
05. Cagey Cretins (03:16)
06. Harvester Of Eyes (04:41)
07. Flaming Telepaths (05:19)
08. Astronomy (06:28)
09. Boorman The Chauffer (Previously Unissued Outtake) (03:12)
10. Mommy (Previously Unissued Outtake) (03:32)
11. Mes Dames Sarat (Previously Unissued Outtake) (04:06)
12. Born To Be Wild (Non LP Single B-Side - Studio Version) (03:40)
13. Career Of Evil (Single Version) (03:00)
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