I like the live version on Extraterrestrial Live a lot, too, but that was outside the scope of this list.ģ - The Red and The Black (Tyranny and Mutation) - Canadian Mounted, baby. The 12-beat repeat of the call and response starting at 3:12 was passed up for a regular 8 beat repeat (to make it more singable, I’d guess) in the live recordings, which is a bummer. It drives me crazy how much I hate it, but Dominance and Submission is such a good song that it makes up for it. I love this song so much that I rated it #2 even though (WARNING: HERESY ALERT!) I can’t stand Albert Bouchard’s voice. The Metallica cover is soulless and empty and never happened.Ģ - Dominance and Submission (Secret Treaties) - Great guitar riff, soloing that gets along really well with the rhythm guitar, cool lyrics, great flow and breaks. Great build through the guitar solo to an epic sing-along ending.
Abuse me for my terrible taste.ġ - Astronomy (Secret Treaties) - What else can be said? Epic song. I sorted the songs into roughtly the correct third of the list, and then bubble sorted.
I started this project December of 2017 and have worked on it on and off in binges. That will explain how I recognize the importance of the earlier stuff, but some of it might not rank as highly as some of you other fans would place it. I didn’t get BOC or Tyranny and Mutation until my 4th or 5th album. Some information on how my tastes evolved: My first BOC album was my brother’s copy of Fire of Unknown Origin, and I played it hundreds of times before hearing any other BOC. My criteria are strictly personal (“How much do I like this song?” “How likely am I to skip it if it comes up in shuffle?”) with a few other factors like “Does this represent a typical BOC sound?”, and “Are there other factors (like radio play) that should be recognized?”. I listed every song on a studio album, and added songs off the live albums that weren’t recorded anywhere else ( Maserati GT, Born to Be Wild, Kick Out the Jams, Buck’s Boogie and We Gotta Get Out of This Place) and the two songs from the Bad Channels soundtrack ( Demon’s Kiss and The Horsemen Arrive) then tried to rank them in order.