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Recorded in New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Pat Gilbert.
ELECTRIC was the Cult's mainstream breakthrough album in the United States, where the UK band's previous records, DREAMTIME and LOVE, had been embraced by college radio. After unsatisfying sessions with LOVE producer Steve Brown, the Cult hooked up with superstar hip-hop producer (and unapologetic 1970s-boogie fan) Rick Rubin to re-record the tracks, and his changes make the album. Adding a drum sound as loud as his previous work with the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC and beefing up Billy Duffy's lead guitar riffs into full-on Led Zeppelin territory, Rubin completed the Cult's makeover from psych-tinged goths into '70s-inspired hard-rockers (with a heavy Doors influence as well). The revved-up singles "Love Removal Machine" and "Lil' Devil" best exemplify ELECTRIC, which is arguably the band's best album.
ELECTRIC was the Cult's mainstream breakthrough album in the United States, where the UK band's previous records, DREAMTIME and LOVE, had been embraced by college radio. After unsatisfying sessions with LOVE producer Steve Brown, the Cult hooked up with superstar hip-hop producer (and unapologetic 1970s-boogie fan) Rick Rubin to re-record the tracks, and his changes make the album. Adding a drum sound as loud as his previous work with the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC and beefing up Billy Duffy's lead guitar riffs into full-on Led Zeppelin territory, Rubin completed the Cult's makeover from psych-tinged goths into the '70s-inspired hard-rockers (with a heavy Doors influence, as well). The revved-up singles "Love Removal Machine" and "Lil' Devil" best exemplify ELECTRIC, which is arguably the band's best album.
Reissue digitally remastered from the original masters with expanded artwork which includes new photos & liner notes. Beggars Banquet.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
The Cult: Ian Astbury (vocals, tambourine); Bill Duffy (guitar); Jamie Stewart (bass); Les Warner (drums).
Personnel: Ian Astbury (vocals, trombone, tambourine); Billy Duffy (guitar); Jamie Stewart (bass guitar); Les Warner (drums).
Audio Mixer: Andy Wallace.
Liner Note Author: Pat Gilbert.
Recording information: Electric Lady Sound Studios.
Photographers: Peter Anderson ; Rob Brimson; Tony Mottram.
The Cult: Ian Astbury (vocals, percussion); Bill Duffy (guitar); Jamie Stewart (bass); Les Warner (drums).
Engineers: Bruce Buchalter, Andy Wallace.
Electric Music Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   Fantastic Cult!!
Great CD......KO'd me as soon as I slipped it into my player!!!
Don't go rockin' the town without this CD!!
Submitted by dragstripfreaky (Sydney,NSW,Australia)
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 Sitting on a mountain, staring at the sun...
Dudes, if you're into heavy metal and hard rock, you've gotta get this album.
I've always been of the mind that this album, "Electric" by The Cult, has got to be one of the best all-around rock albums of the 80's.
While none of the tracks top "She Sells Sanctuary," this album, taken as a whole, is excellent rock fare.
"Aphrodesiac Jacket" is like nothing before or since, baybee.
Submitted by redskinStu (Alberta, Canada)
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Superiority stands the test of time
At least this album ruled with a simple guitar riff (simple) :(
Submitted by skank992002 (Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA)
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Purchase Electric CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Cult Love CD (1985) Remastered
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Principally recorded at Jacob's Studio, Farham, England in July & August 1985. Includes liner notes by Pat Gilbert.
The Cult's 1984 debut, DREAMTIME, proved to be an intriguing, if sometimes muddled, combination of early U2 and the Doors, topped off with Ian Astbury's ongoing lyrical fascination with Native American mythology. The immediate follow-up, LOVE, was a notable improvement. Ditching the most overt Doors references in favor of moody neo-psychedelia that sounds like a harder-rocking version of Echo & the Bunnymen, LOVE includes "She Sells Sanctuary" and "Rain." These driving singles introduced the UK band to the American college-radio market and laid the foundation for the group's mainstream commercial breakthrough later in the decade. The rest of the album is nearly up to the level of the singles, with Astbury's less-mannered vocals and Billy Duffy's powerful ...
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The two-year gap between the release of Sonic Temple and 1991's Ceremony saw the Cult become victims of their own success. With Temple, the band had finally achieved the mass commercial acceptance that they had pined after for so long. Touring U.S. arenas (as headliners) and as Metallica's special guests, the Cult had officially "arrived." With Billy Duffy having assumed the musical direction of Sonic Temple, it was clear from the get-go that Ceremony would be Astbury's baby. Now reduced to a duo, Duffy and Astbury had their work cut out for them. The ensuing sessions that would make up the bulk of Ceremony would turn out to be a sonic triumph (the record sounds as if were recorded yesterday), and at the same time, a creative, blithering mess. Things start off promisingly with the record's title track, which is quickly followed by a classic Cult single, "Wild Hearted Son." Unfortunately, what follows the stomp and chant of "Earth Mofo" are eight of the most contrived, lyrically mundane songs that the Cult ever released. Although noble in his intentions, Asbury's ongoing fascination with the plight of the Native American Indian accounts for the majority of the lyrical content of Ceremony. Another promising ballad-turn-rocker, "If" quickly evaporates into nowhere land as the song's main guitar riff sounds like ...
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