Electric

Yet another album I've never in a million years heard of. This cover obviously infers a hard rock or metal album, but that year of release is what's throwing me. I do know there's an Aerosmith album as well as one or two other 80s hard rock albums on the list, so I'll go strong with my prediction. On with the music. This was alright. If there's one thing I'll always be appreciative of when it comes to hard rock, it's that these albums are always short and sweet. It makes for an easy out whenever one of these things don't go my way. Such wasn't the case with this album, fortunately. It's easy, unpretentious fun, but man if it isn't derivative. Hard rock is already samey as is, yet this band really wear their influences on their sleeves. Not that I'm complaining. Those influences are, fortunately, pretty decent. The guitars are solid across the board, with plenty of punchy power chords and appropriate levels of growl. Good percussion, too. The pattering sound complements the methodical, billowing guitars without distracting from their focus. Decent vocals, too. Overall, yeah. This was a solid album. Book time. "Electric was the sound of The Cult abandoning their self-conscious indie-goth roots and making a memorable bid for stadium credibility." Rick Rubin produced this album, who I still don't have a feel for. In my as-of-yet unreleased review of Yeezus I mentioned that I thought Rick Rubin had always been a rock producer until I learned that he was more prominently known for producing hip-hop albums, yet here he is producing another rock album. Very elusive. "...their career peak." The album cover is a homage to Grateful Dead. "...the album stands tall on this list thanks to its array of shining singles." Rubin intended this album to be a departure from the "...English indie scene and its pussy jangly guitar sound", which is BASED in all caps no less. Wikipedia says this album was their best-performing release, charting for a total of 27 consecutive weeks in the UK. It was also well-received by critics, albeit only moderately. The album peaked at No. 4 in the UK yet found even more success in Canada, climbing up to No. 3. It had a respectable, yet more modest chart performances in the remaining Western countries and the same can be said about the few European countries where it charted. It didn't make any year-end charts at the time of release, but had somewhat of a resurgence in 2023, peaking at No. 58 on the Scottish charts and No. 19/No. 7 on the UK Indie/UK Rock & Metal charts. I'm split on this. I think 80s hard rock has an interesting place in music history, but I'm not knowledgeable enough about it to really understand why. It likely has something to do with the music remaining defiantly analogue at a time when digital production had completely engulfed popular music. Looking into it now, it seems that hard rock reached its commercial peak in the 1980s, whereas the acclaimed and influential bands primarily released their material in the 70s. I wasn't expecting that - I thought the genre would have been past its prime by the 80s. There's got to be a better example of a smash hit hard rock album from the 80s, though I don't mind this pick. If it's emblematic of where popular music was at during the time, then I think it can stay. I cosign this inclusion.

This was fine, electric guitar heavy. Enjoyable enough but nothing here is sticking with me

I have never heard a more generic rock album in my life. It left zero impression on me.

A decent hard rock album but their cover if Born to be Wild is weak

It was pretty fun but why is it on the list. Just put the one with she sells sanctuary on it if you have to

I got The Cure and The Cult mixed up so was expecting emo and took me 3 tracks to realise The Cure hadn't created a hard rock album. Maybe it's because I've had 3 weeks of below average albums but I quite enjoyed this album. A foot tapper.

Something doesn't sit completely right with me on this. Read on Wiki that they aimed for a very Led Zeppelin raw sound, and while I can see that, it lacks originality and identity to me. None of the songs are particularly interesting, and it all feels quite generic and soulless to me. As I always say, this would work well as background noise in a rock bar, but not particularly interesting when standing on its two legs. 1987 also feels quite late for an album like this to be released, when AC/DC and Zeppelin did it way better ten years earlier. Strong 2. Not because it sounded bad, but just because it felt boring and unimpressive.

Nice guitar tone and the vocals work well too. If you are in the mood for some generic hard rock, this fits the bill! The two songs I know by The Cult - “She Sells Sanctuary” and “Rain” are not on this album. Both those songs are good and I didn’t find any good replacements on this album. This album just lacks any real hits. Generic rock, not bad but not on the levels as some of their contemporaries. Mid 3.

The cult were a second rate goth band who suddenly turned into a third rate pub rock band. One of the worst singers ever.

I enjoyed the Cult stuff I heard on MTV and the radio but never really got into them. Reading their Wikipedia page was interesting - I didn't know how tumultuous the '80s were for them. I had always known that when Matt Sorum joined GnR he came from the Cult, but I didn't know that he had basically just joined the Cult. This is alright. I liked Sonic Temple more. Covering "Born to be Wild" seems unnecessary.

It was fine, no takeaways from me, but they did have some that sounded familiar. Nothing crazy, but not bad by any means.

It could be 500 hundred band from that time, and no one understands why you would pick that one

For some reason, I thought The Cult was a goth band like The Cure? Wildly off on that one. Decent 80s hard rock.

I don't guess I'd ever heard The Cult before. It sounds like pretty standard 80's hard rock.

Missed this band. Obviously didn’t miss much.

Good for the genre but not my favorite kind of music

Another band I’ve never heard of, another curious selection for the 1001. Not much stands out from others of the same genre. I’m sure some of these tracks will end up on my 80’s rock playlist eventually.

álbum bem mediano, mas love removal machine é ótima!!!! 2/5.

A nota na realidade é pelo album ser extremamente comum. Se eu tropeço numa árvore aqui em Bairro de Fátima cai umas 5 bandas que fazem o mesmo rock. Não entendi o pq estar nessa lista

The songs start blending together pretty quickly and then it becomes quite tedious. Especially since the singer's voice is aggressively 80s. Very Billy Idol.

The Cult is a weird band for me. Growing up, I didn't know if they were alt, metal, or Goth. Still kinda don't as they change looks quite a bit over the years. I like them, but I never think about listening to them. This is a solid record, but a little heavy on the cock rock for me.

Bit conflicted about this one. On the one hand they are clearly selling out and I do prefer their more gothic stuff, on the other hand it’s classic straight ahead rock which has clearly been influential (Royal Blood anyone?). Really want to go for a 3.5

Not for me.

Generally enjoy Cult but this album is too generic. Rick Rubin ruined their sound in an attempt to make them more popular. Still has a few great songs and the musicianship is still there.

It was fine. 3*

Album Review 087 Electric by The Cult (1987) Rating 1.5/5 The Cult take a new direction for this album and that direction is signposted “meat and potato pub-rock”. Whilst most of it isn’t truly awful, their cover of Born To Be Wild sets the benchmark for how bad a song can be.

After rejecting an initial album (released years later) they teamed up with Rick Rubin (fresh from Slayer) and created a sound more akin to AC/DC and ZZ top than the more 'Goth' approach of 'she sells sanctuary'. The drums almost sound like demo recordings they're so organic. There is a lacklustre Steppenwolf cover and a better single in 'love removal machine'. I remain unconvinced by this band as the real deal and Ian Astbury was a distinctive yet limited rock voice. Memories, but not of total musical excellence.

I think you have to be in the right mood and frame of mind to listen to more than three Cult songs in a row. Many breaks taken to finish off this album.

At first I was worried that this was going to be a tiresome retread of AC/DC that somehow made the cut. I was pleasantly surprised by the actual album. It’s like AC/DC if someone told them their sound is actually annoying and tiring to listen to for an entire album and they tried to make it more interesting and palatable. I realized I had heard Love Removal Machine before and liked that song, and I won’t flog the album for what everyone’s reviews always hate, having the gall to do a cover. This was a good listen, and I’m fine with it being on the list.

Pleasantly surprised to enjoy this all the way through. No standout faves.

3/10/26 - listened while walking the dog. LIked this much better than I expected. It was fun and had me jamming out. Can't go the full five because there were no classic hits but a solid four that I will probably keep thinking about. Lil' Devil was copied by STP on Heaven and Hotrods, to an obvious extent. Top Song - Electric Ocean, but enjoyed a number of them fairly equally

2.75 - Decent. Not what I expected.

whats the difference between this and any 80s hard rock albums 3/5

Standard colour by Numbers hard rock. Always Imagined the CULT would be more interesting

iconic rock

I'm surprised a Cult album is on the list. I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but Love is probably the better choice. Most of this is solid rock and roll with some great leads, but what were they thinking with that lame Born To Be Wild cover??? Liked Songs Added: Wild Flower Love Removal Machine

Powerful sounding band🎸

Not my thing

This is like the platonic ideal of rock to me. If aliens came down to Earth and asked me what rock music is I'd give them this album. No sappy ballads, no guitar noodling, just straightforward, no-nonsense rock. Incredibly sharp, tight playing. Lyrics are sometimes goofy but that's to be expected.

The bangers bang as much as any top tier rock can, but the majority of the songs here are "just fine". That said, this album still has more than enough vibes, tunes, riffs and elemental rock and roll to carry it! They gained some energy and focus here, but misses the superior songwriting of their previous and next albums. Did the world really need another cover of Born To Be Wild by this point? Favourite tracks: Wild Flower, Lil Devil, Love Removal Machine

Not my cup of tea, but it's refreshing to hear some hard rock that isn't wildly misogynist and/or racist.

Standard stuff. Quite like the genre, don’t think they did anything particularly interesting with it but solidly played and fairly well enjoyed. Hated the born to be wild cover.

unfortunately my feelings abt this album are very influenced by the question of why it was included on this list in the first place. i did not need to hear this album before i died. did the compilers get to like number 950 and run out of albums? nothing original or pioneering or interesting abt this record - by the late 80s this style of music was already trite and overcommercial, and unlike the bon jovi album (which is also trite and overcommercial and on this list) electric does not have any staying power or relevance. im just listening as a goth band actively sells out and is manhandled by rick rubin into becoming poundland ac/dc it was a tolerable listen but with nothing remarkable & barely anything to distinguish the songs from each other. awful born to be wild cover. album gets a lot more entertaining when u realise 1. it was recorded in a gorgeous 1700s manor in oxfordshire 2. the vocalist's yea-yuhs throughout the record sound distinctly lil-jon-esque

61/100. If you are in the mood for no nonsense hard rock with strong production, it absolutely does the job.

Favorite Track: Peace Dog

hørte ikke færdigt, er lidt træt af rock-genren nu

Incredibly boring hair metal

Garage blasting rock at its finest.

pretty nice

veel van t zelfde maar leuk. rifje van Love Romoval Machine is dezelfde als Start Me UP?!??

wel leuk opzich

Quite a lot "yeah-hahs," but nice.

This is my first time listening to an album by The Cult start-to-finish. Right from the start, this just feels generic, but not good enough to be considered classic or iconic. And there's just something off-putting about Ian Astbury's vocals. It sounds like he's just always flat of the note he should be hitting. And "Born to be Wild" was just a bad idea. _Someone_ should have stopped them.

Really? How in the hell did this make the grade? Horrid...I am only 4 songs in and I can't believe I've made it this far. Banal "hard" rock, if I'm being generous. This is a travesty...make it stop, please. And then reading the lyrics...I am laughing. At least as (rock) comedy, this works! 2 generous stars because I'm a nice guy...and admit that at least they can play their instruments.

I don´t know what this album is on this list for. not good at all.

Hard rock by numbers. It's not BAD, it's just not interesting at all.

4/10 This is a really strange move from The Cult, stepping away from their more psychedelic, goth rock edged material to produce this selection of middle of the road hard rock tracks. Anything that was interesting about them feels like it’s been stripped away here and the album, while not being particularly bad, is also in no way innovative, exciting or memorable. The best way to describe this album is that it sounds like it’s entirely made up of the filler songs that they play on radio stations like Planet Rock because they can’t only play the really good bands. There are hints of AC/DC in there, but none of the hooks, attitude or humour. It also leans into more 80s cock rock, but without any of the grandiosity or pizzazz. Ian Astbury seems to have decided that he’;s going to be a gravel voiced hard rocker on this record and it completely neuters his voice. I can’t quite believe that this is the same guy who sang She Sells Sanctuary. Or that this is a band from bloody Bradford. It just lacks any kind of unique identity at all. The band are all very proficient, the performances are all decent, the production (weirdly by Rick Rubin who had mostly done hip-hop records at this point, as well as Reign in Blood) is passable, but again, it’s all just very middle of the road. I personally think Rubin can’t have thought much of Astbury’s voice, as it’s not been made particularly prominent within his mix. I suppose the fact that I can’t remember a single hook or melody from this record only 10-15 minutes after finishing it probably says it all. It feels like I’ve woken up in the morning after having seen a half decent pub rock band, thought about them for about a minute and they have subsequently never crossed my mind ever again. Wild Flower - It’s quite an AC/DC opening, but it doesn’t have the same drive, intensity or attitude, particularly from the vocals. The riffs are pretty simple, but ok. It’s just quite by the numbers stuff, kind of like a band that you would expect to run into on a random week night in a music pub. Peace Dog - The beat is ok, but the riffs and chord structure are very rhythmically dull and uninspired. In this track, Ian Astbury seems to be trying to bring more force to the vocal performance that doesn’t quite jive with the pace of the rest of the music, at least at the beginning. The band does pick things up a little in the second half of the track. Again, it’s ok, but there’s nothing particularly memorable or hooky about this. Lil' Devil - The riff here is better. It’s still not a patch on an AC/DC riff, but it’s a step in the right direction. And then we find ourselves in a fairly milquetoast verse that just bobs along doing its thing. I just feel like I’ve heard about 500 bands doing this exact thing before, and this lot probably sit somewhere in the middle of that number in terms of quality. Aphrodisiac Jacket - Ah, at least we’re getting a bit more of a rhythmic mix up here and it’s way more interesting because of it. The riffs aren’t bad, but there’s nothing massively standout about them either. Ian Astbury’s vocal is decent enough, but it’s a very put on style for a bloke from Cheshire singing for a band formed in Bradford! I mean, it’s really not bad, it’s also just not that interesting either. Electric Ocean - This has got a little bit more to it, but then it doesn’t really go anywhere. The composition is all very static, in that they come up with a riff or groove and just play it round and round for three minutes and call it a song, which is fine, I suppose. It’s just not that interesting. The blend of the guitar solo and beat in this jars quite a lot too. Meh. Bad Fun - This is much better. It’s got good pace to it, the riff is more engaging and the instruments drop in and out to give it a bit more movement. But again, it’s the same thing over and over again, but not in a hypnotic, engaging way that repetition can sometimes work, but in a bit of a lazy way. This album is very one dimensional, and even when there are bits that pop out, they quickly get swamped into the rest. To be fair, the pace and groove to this at least carries it better than some of the other tracks. King Contrary Man - This is better again, although I expect to be burned by my initial thoughts. Actually, there’s a bit more range to this composition finally, with more development between sections. There’s some rhythmic interest in there and some decent riffs. They really are a solid act as a band and when they get into it, it’s pretty good. Love Removal Machine - I’m sure this is a riff from somewhere else, but I can’t put my finger on it. Anyway, it’s not bad. Driving cock rock with some decent enough riffs and a bit of swagger. There’s a bit of range between sections here and an extra bit of development after the solo, where they crank up the pace a bit, which is quite nice. Born To Be Wild - The vocal here is particularly terrible He oversings it massively and tries to pull off a gravely tone that he can’t manage. The chugging guitars don’t really work with the song either. It’s stripped any nuance out of the original composition, made it dynamically and rhythmically flat and then they’ve added a terrible solo on to it. This is one of those covers that just makes you think “why”? Outlaw - More half decent riffs, the vocal is really starting to grate on me at this point though. It’s more passable pub rock with reasonable driving grooves, but it feels like they’ve got nothing to say here at all, and it’s all so samey that I’m struggling to have anything to write about the tracks now. Memphis Hip Shake - When Astbury’s vocal is exposed, it gets worse. In the mix, he’s not that bad, but I think there’s a reason he’s actually not that prominent in the mix. Aside from that, this is stilted, disjointed and plodding. It feels like they’ve decided they wanted to stick another song on the end but didn’t bother to fully develop this final track at all. It has its moments, but none of them feel connected and we didn’t need him saying “shake” so many times at the end.

Always have a soft spot for The Cult. If this album had “Fire Woman” on it I’d be forced to give star it.

4.3/5 very good heavy rock prolly their best

Good straight ahead rock

They sound like they're having fun but it's too much shouting without nice sounds.

makese miss the old cult :(

Didn't like this album. The production isn't good, drums are very forward and boring in my opinion and the bass guitar is too low and hard to hear at times. There are some decent guitar riffs throughout. The band mostly seems confused on the sound they want to create, the singer sounds like Danzig and the music sounds like Poison. There are maybe 2 songs I would add to a playlist, other than that this is repetitive and not interesting.

Not exactly AC/DC or Iron Maiden.

Air guitarists must love this album.

Reminded me of eating wings in a loud and dark restaurant

Did nothing for me

(5/7) hard (but not too hard) rock

Pretty generic tbh

fine

What an uninteresting album. The hard rock sound is fine, but it is basically a variation on a theme the whole way through. It sounds like something you’d hear on in the background of a Hard Rock Cafe and not really think about twice.

Why is this on the list? It obviously invites comparison with Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, etc., but doesn't do anything new or interesting that those bands didn’t do earlier, and better. They’re just reheating 70s heavy/bluesy rock, and do a perfectly decent job of it, but I’m not sure what the point is, when I could just listen to the original, superior bands within that genre. Worse, the lyrics are mostly cliche-ridden and frankly embarrassing. Still, I was going to be (very) generous and give 3 stars, but then I heard that diabolical cover of ‘Born to Be Wild’.

Day777 - i started with the cult at sonic temple and went back to this album. i really expect them to be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame some day

Very generic 80s hard rock and their Goth stuff is much better...having sad that, Ian Astbury's vocals always sound good and that helped here

love their goth era but this is meh

Sounds like the default rock I hear on copyright free music sites

I love The Cult but this is nothing compared to Love, where’s that on this list?

Not really my thing

Very good and then that cover of born to be wild spoiled it

Meh. The Cult walked so Nickleback could run. Dude-rock / butt-rock / whatnot-rock or whatever this is certainly has its place on this list, but there are other examples of the genre far more deserving than this album that deserve to be on this list. This might be the worst cover of Born To Be Wild I’ve heard. I’d rather hear The Wiggles or Kidz Bop perform that song. For some reason I thought this band was cooler than they came across as. Or was that their reputation from their earlier work I was aware of?

Fine. I don’t mind this kind of thing, but I generally prefer it to be more interesting

I didn’t like it.

I don't like this. Not very interesting, sorry.

I liked this one! Catchy 4 ⭐️

Generic hard rock

Generic cock rock. No idea how this made the 1001 albums list in 1987 given people like AC/DC had already been doing it for a decade by then. Sounded it like it could have been the soundtrack to This Is Spinal Tap if the lyrics had been funny and the band had been in on the joke.

Bruh. I got better things to do rn.

Great 80's classic rock option if you somehow get tired of other stuff

The Cult! Awesome! She Sells Sanctuary, Rain, this is going to be great cheesy rock fun. . . . It's not Love? Okay, okay, I can understand that. Then it must be Sonic Temple. Fire Woman, Sweet Soul Sister - the fuck you mean Electric? Because reasons? Because Rick Rubin? Did the editor actually listen to these albums or just pick shit he likes, bands he has to include to be relevant, and things that sound important to him (i.e. the one album from an uber-popular band that was produced by a famous guy)? FML, now I have to rate an album with no business on the list from a band that absolutely should be on the list. And I have no idea if Love or Sonic Temple will appear later. Sigh. Influence 2. Hits 3. Quality 2. Intangibles 4. It's still The Cult, but I'd skip this one in the rotation. Ugh. 3.

This is such generic, radio friendly rock.

Good stuff!

British rock (hard?). It's okay.

Instrumental Toe tapper Vocals

The Cult always had 2 strikes against them for me: I loathed everything about hard rock and their name was before The Cure in the CD bins, further obstructing me from seeing if Entreat or some other rarity was at that particular store. Despite having some guitar effects/aesthetic overlap with bands I liked - The Cure, U2, INXS, Ocean Blue - they just always scanned as yet another hard rock band. And folks, that’s still what they are. Just the most blatant AC/DC rip-off act ever, it’s embarrassing!

"Love Removal Machine" is the song that got me in to The Cult. Electric is still a personal fave, but I wouldn't say it's their most influential (Love), or their most popular (Sonic Temple). It is, however, their first (only?) time working with Rick Rubin, so that's something.

It's Electric ... I'll give it that! I enjoy the Cult, I really do, but I have not really taken a deep dive into their discography. I know the songs that were on the radio, but not much else. One day I will do that deep dive and maybe earn this album another star. This album is good, its also just sounds like a well produced Rick Rubin rock album from 1987. So I kind of need to listen to what came before as a reference. But still a fun listen, especially of course, Love Removal Machine.

I don't love this, but it's ok.

perfect length

good rock album with decent riffs

When I first saw the album cover of this I thought I was finally getting a metal album. But no, this is the most generic hard rock I've ever heard. It's by no means bad since I love this type of music (Led Zeppelin is one of my favourite bands) but there's nothing new or special here

hard rockin 80s tunes

Fairly generic 80’s hard rock. It’s a genre that doesn’t seem to have aged well. I don’t dislike the album but didn’t think there was anything too special about it.

A little slice of 80s rock that isn't all that groundbreaking nor influential. What makes this album more important than anything made by Great White Lion Snake or even Winger? Nothing....not terrible, but a must listen?

Fantastic album

Well constructed songs. Just a bit samey and dated. Of its time.

Great album. I had the pleasure of seeing these guys live in the 90's.

just seems like a random hair metal band? like it's fine but doesn't stand out to me. 2 stars for me

Meh. Love is a better record, top to bottom, so I don't get why this one got the nod.

As Trouser Press apparently said, "cornball retro-moronic". If they were teenagers playing this stuff at my local pub, I'd say "okay they can play ... but why are they choosing to play this rubbish? and could the singer not find a better role model?" Will I ever choose to play this album for myself? No, never again. 1/10

2,1 Highlights: Wild Flower, Born to Be Wild

This is a pretty derivative and cliched album of lightweight heavy rock (if that's not a contradiction!). To my ears there are no standout tracks (except maybe the Steppenwolf cover - and that's only OK).

Really not good... 2 stars.

I can see why my dad liked this album so much. I mean, OK, I don't think I'd say any of this is particularly **great** 80's hard rock; I wouldn't lie and tell you that there **aren't** a few of songs on here that're a bit samey. Even at 39 minutes, there comes a point where it feels like you could be listening to something with a bit more variety in its sound. AC/DC they are not. But all the same, it's like cheap pizza: it doesn't hafta be great to still satisfy. And I think 'Electric' does, despite its faults. I can't say I'd ingest the whole thing all at once again, but on a slice-by-slice basis I'd get a kick out of it. And if I were more like my dad, I'd maybe even love the thing. And if nothing else, I know I enjoyed this album more than I would've any of their previous, "post-punk goth rock" material. It's not a high bar to clear, sure, I'm aware, but the point still stands; it's a better introduction than the alternative would've been.

Honestly, not the biggest fan of this one. Just seems a little bit too much of your standard "cookie-cutter" 80s rock. 2.5 bumped up to 3.

I’m at a 3.5 that I’ll bump down to a 3, even though I did enjoy a lot of this. It’s just too safe, really. I appreciate an album that knows what genre it is, what strengths they have, and how to consistently execute it. Hard rock just requires a little more variety behind it, and unless you’re AC/DC and can get away with it in dazzling fashion like on “Highway to Hell”, it needs a bit more variety than what’s present here. I do like all of these tracks, don’t get me wrong, but as an album experience, the level of focus needed to enjoy this album is rather minimal, which is the same amount of focus put into the lyrics. They’re practically useless here, acting as a gateway for the vocals. The vocals are good, but Ian Astbury never really leaves his specific range, leaving each track just too similar by the halfway point of the album. The guitar & percussion work are good, but there’s such a minimal focus on extra flair (driven by Rick Rubin’s production choice to cut out every effect other than the wah-wah pedal) that each track feels a bit more devoid for ‘80s rock. I mean, it really does just boil down to feeling “too safe” – if you’re not throwing a little more at the wall, all you’re doing is spinning the wheel. I’m not opposed to spinning the wheel, since not EVERYTHING has to feel reinvented, but if 90% of your album is spinning the wheel at the same pace without even a slower track involved (or a hyper-fast one), then you’ve accidentally just made a Merry-Go-Round. It’s a fun ride, but if you’re on a merry-go-round for too long, the appeal will fade, and unfortunately, it fades here to the point of dropping down to a 3. It has all the potential in the world; cut a few tracks, be a little riskier here & there, or just do literally anything different, and it’d probably be a strong 4. It just doesn’t do enough to make itself feel like a classic, and ultimately, it doesn’t do anything special enough to feel like it’s worth being on the list. I did enjoy it, but… yeah, it’s just a 3. A higher 3, mind you, but just a 3.

I've always been a fan of The Cult since the early day of Death Cult/Southern Death Cult and so on. But when this album came out it absolutely blew my mind! The songs are well crafted the riffs are a plenty & Billy Duffy kicks ass all over the place!! His solos are raw bluesy & in your face with so much emotion that they speak to you. The whole band is on fire & Ian Asbury vocals are just incredible. The album definitely has the Rick Rubin touch but shit a band has to perform to make it sound good & The Cult took that shit to the peak!!

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One of the most boring by the numbers sub-ac/dc level hard rock albums imaginable. Bunch of British guys saw Bad Company and thought what if do that, but really take the edge off. No swag. Tedious riffs. Dull sounding. Not even any flashy wanky guitar. The musical equivalent of the bamboo they put in sausages to make them coagulate.

theyre all the same, boring

I'm not big into 80s cock rock. There's not a whole lot for me here. It's kind of rock made by boys for boys and sometimes that can be appealing to an individual woman, but I'm generally not that woman. It sounds like David Lee Roth Van Halen, probably bc that was commercially successful. I don't like it though.

Average.

Really not my cup of tea, but I can see its appeal

Was actually pretty solid 80s rock album, i was surprised

- not bad but not great, not a sound I never heard before; very generic classic rock - les guitar riffs sont vrm catchy tho - meilleure chanson: wildflower

Good

This is entirely without anything unique. This sounds like the dude who sings that Billy passed the 3rd grade in Billy Madison

I’ll start with positives, I actually really like the cover. I normally find “pictures of the band” type of covers to be boring and underwhelming but the masterful work with the font on this album is really sharp and eye catching. I also think The Cult is an underrated band amongst hair metal bands, and I think apart of that is they don’t come across quite as cringey as other glam metal bands because they don’t dress as ridiculous as their contemporaries like Dokken and Poison, and they don’t have as much of a cringey sex obsessed pest vibe as bands like WASP and Crüe do. But the biggest problem this album does have is the same as all other hair metal bands, the whole album is held up by the radio singles and everything else is either forgettable or just filler. You can take the vast majority of their contemporaries’ albums to prove that. So for their genre they are above average, which is NOT saying much.

Dumb fun

Meh, a bit generic hair metal sounding to me.

How the hell did it take 3 full weeks to get an 80’s album? This one was a blast, you gotta love that 80s guitar sound. Wild Flower and Love Removal Machine were my favorites but I don’t think there’s a single bad song on this album. I don’t think there’s a ton of range on this one but that’s not a huge problem when they’re so good at executing what they excel at. Not gonna pretend like this is special music or that it has any kinda real depth; maybe it’s because I’m so inundated with 70s albums but I had a lot of fun with this one. Had not heard of The Cult before but will definitely check out more of their stuff later

first 80s album wooo There's something really nice about just having a good old rocker. It's tight, clean, got good energy, and can really get you grooving. After a lot of more slow-paced, artsy albums, this was really what I needed. Is it the most deep, complex music? No. The song compositions are a little simpler than I'd like, but I can't deny this is very, very listenable. Can't imagine putting it on and someone having an issue with it.

I remember the first time I heard Electric, someone at college putting it on and saying, "You gotta hear these guys!" I was instantly impressed. Electric is the 3rd Cult album, and it really announced their ascension. Strong stuff from a 3-man combo, especially considering one guy only sings and plays the damn tambourine. Banger after banger on this album. I remember the most popular song being Love Removal Machine, but over time my favorite song has become King Contrary Man. If you haven't, turn this one up and let it rip. Good power chords, changing time signatures, and strong vocals on just about every song. Good old fashioned rock and roll. 4 stars.

This album is high energy and I love it. I know that I’ve fallen behind in these albums, but this album is totally baller, it’s not boring and the songs have enough variation between them that it’s enjoyable throughout the whole album. This is a good album to have as the first 80s album. The reason this album gets a 4 instead of a 5 is because none of the songs really hit me and made me think that it was really good.

I am, more than anything, confused about this album. Why is it here? Like, on this list but also in the world in general. Why did the band that made she sells sanctuary suddenly sell out and become ac/dc lite in the late 80s? Are any of these songs actually popular or do they just feel familiar to me because they lift riffs from other, better songs? Why did they feel a need to cover steppenwolf? Overall, none of these songs were particularly special in any way, but I did like what I heard 3/5.

This is sounds like a cover band of 80s bar rock. Bleh

Holy mother of dad rock, they really pulled out every cliche in the book for this one. This just feels like a full 40 minutes of "oooo baby yeah baby yeah ooooo yeah baby baby ooo yeah baby" all while the most uninteresting guitar riff you've ever heard plays again for the 100th time. How this was ever popular I'll never understand, and the fact that it's still getting attention 40 years later is proof that people only like certain music because they associate it with their youth. But trying to look at this as objectively as possible, it's a complete pile of shit.

そもそもハードロックをほとんど聞いてきていないので興味深く聴いた。典型的なハードロックの中でも高品質だからこのリストに乗ってるんだと思うけど、あまり面白くないアルバムだなと感じた。ジャンルが好きな人にとってはシンプルな楽器隊が一周回って良いという感じなのだろうか。 このアルバムのレビューでよく引き合いに出されているAC/DCを自分は一切聞いたことないんだけど、AC/DC聞く前にこれを先に聞いていいのか？

1/5 Hard rock genérico da década de 80 produzido por Rick Rubin. O fato de ser um álbum do The Cult torna tudo pior.

Really fun 80s rock album. Really enjoyed it.

Not saying this is dull, generic, 80s British dad rock, but I accidentally had my player on repeat and it took me 3 songs to realise it had started back over...

While I appreciate getting a British band doing glam metal American-style (apparently courtesy of Rick Rubin), I'm not at all surprised this album didn't last through all that many editions of the "1001 Albums" book. Despite Rubin's insistence that they model themselves after AC/DC and Zeppelin on this album, nearly every track reminded me more of a kind of anemic version of Guns N'Roses (probably more for how similar Ian Astbury's voice is to Axl Rose). There's nothing wrong with their take on 80s hard rock, but there's also very little to distinguish them, aside from what one (modern) reviewer hilariously (and perhaps a bit unkindly) described as "one of history's worst versions of 'Born to Be Wild.'" Kind of interesting to read the tortured path Astbury and company went to get from Southern Death Cult to Death Cult to just "The Cult", as well as the evolution of their sound from muddy doom-punk to muddy heavy metal to less-muddy glam rock.

Nothing about this album stood out for me: generic classic rock. They can play and they can sing; they're kind of like Kansas but without Dust in the Wind.

The Cult make great music for when you’re in the mood to hear something loud, but you don’t want to think about it all that much.

Good ol’ rock for when you need it; however, they really should not have covered “Born to Be Wild.”

Solid rock album. My least favorite of the first three Cult albums, though.

I’m so glad I listened to this before I die. It’s not going to be for everyone, but for those who don’t hate it, it’s fun!

Is necessary, yet, dangerous.

Meat and potatoes hard rock. Great drums and vocals throughout, but didn't move me.

Meh

It rocks, but not really in a way that is memorable or would make me want to listen again.

Big dumb fun!

5/10 Best songs: Wild Flower, Outlaw A perfectly fine album. Very '80s rock vibes: heavy bass, lots of drums, yelling/forceful singing. There really aren't any standout songs. It's just kind of... average, honestly.

At least it's not Appetite for Destruction.

I always get this band confused with another band that came out around the same time (The Church) so I wasnt sure what to expect. But...I really dug this album. The have a power pop sound and the songs have lots of hooks. This will be an album I may seek out for my collection.

That was fun! I like the singer's enthusiasm!

2 - some extremely generic hard rock

Added kudos for the Yorkshire connection. Strays too far into rawk for my liking.

Not bad but not my thing. It’s funny that this really just sounds like “rock”

I actually kind of liked it… This kind of music definitely has its place in the world.

A perfectly cromulent hard rock 80's album. I'm curious about their earlier albums, since there's talk about them being darker and more brooding. Ah well.

All of the songs blurred into one and it was just like a wall of sound which I did not like

Classic 80s Rock ... but British (Points deducted)

Enjoyed it. 3.5/5

Some good drumming

2.5

Very 80s sounding rock, I found it a bit bland to be honest

I though it was good but it just wasn't special. I feel like it blends into every other rock album in a kind of unmemorable way with no stand out hits, however, I did listen again to see whether it was one of those albums that needs some repetition to make an impact, but having done that I still feel exactly the same way. Slightly disappointed as this is the kind of music I normally really enjoy and this one came up short.

Not the biggest fan but got into it by the end

Ahh

6/10 straight forward 80's rock with a cool name 1-2-2025

classic rock album

Not my favourite Cult album, but still some crackers on here

Grew up with this one and yeah it's not gourmet but sometimes a greasy cheeseburger really hits the spot.

It’s maybe not a great record but, damn, it rocks. I resisted this record at first when it came out, I was of a “She Sells Sanctuary” Cult fan and figured this was selling out. Eventually I came around and loved cranking this LOUD, especially in the car. Definitely took some notes from the Angus Young guitar book.

Solid 80s rock. Hit the spot for me today.

Nothing here to really dislike, but it's like exactly what you think of when you think of 80s hard rock. I mean it's totally fine, but it's totally forgettable.

Overall: 5/10 I wouldn't say this album is terrible, but it's incredibly bland and generic. There were very few moments of energetic excitement for me. It's honestly like an even blander version of late era AC/DC. The high points were pretty great though, the guitar solos are much better than the riffs. Fav Song: Love Removal Machine

I really thought - based on the one Cult song that I and 90% of the human race know - that this would be much better than this. For the vast majority it just brought to mind three middle-aged men in AC/DC t-shirts playing bad pub rock, stomping their feet and pointing their guitars in time. And that's not an image I've ever thought I wanted. Also, one of the all time disgusting covers on here - I don't think it's possible to ruin Born To Be Wild (a hippy anthem you idiots!) more than The Cult have here. Similar to the Black Crowes, this isn't horrible per se, but it's not something I need in my life.

Decent, like a C-tier Def Leppard. "Aphrodisiac Jacket" sounds like White Room by Cream

I can't explain it, but I find The Cult to be both very distinct and very generic sounding. The "Born to be Wild" cover cements that.

I'm as mad as that other guy about not being sold any sanctuary

Decent stuff

Serviceable rock

its fine.

They were better at goth. The singer is good, everything else is very generic hard rock. Motley Crue's Girls Girls Girls is from the same year and not on the list...

The worst yet! Absolutely did not need to listen to this album before I die.

Electric is The Cult at their most stripped-down and muscle-bound, but also at their least interesting. The AC/DC-by-way-of-Rick-Rubin approach delivers blunt, crunchy riffs and plenty of swagger, yet the album rarely rises above competent hard rock pastiche. Ian Astbury’s charisma carries a lot of the weight, and there are moments where the raw energy hits just right, but too many tracks blur together into mid-tempo stompers that feel interchangeable. It’s not bad—just aggressively generic, especially when compared to the atmosphere and ambition of the band’s other work. Solid background rock, but far from essential.

I used to be a lot more into that back in the days. But it's still OK. Solid rock music with a glam vibe.

Sonically, it’s generally a mixture of AC/DC and Van Halen. Tom drum tones are a bit odd. Vocals are a bit repetitive and “yeah yeah yeaaaah!” Seems like a pretty solid album for ‘87, but hasn’t aged well. 2.2/5.0

When it comes to straight forward rock music in it’s most raw and truest form, this is a classic album.

Good old rock and roll.

No. This is like if you told Cory Feldman to start a GOOD band, and they are still not good (my opinion). It’s as metal as Ghost. To put it simply as quoted by one of my favorite holiday movies: “Buzz, yer girlfriend…WOOF!”

“Mi no like dat.”- Bumba Clause

Not for me

always overrated for me

Pure unadulterated dad-rock

Decent listen.

Pretty generic overall but it’s my style of music so I jive with it. If you asked me to imagine an 80s hard rock album, I could probably replicate this note for note. Some good guitar grooves and I love the singers voice. I had never heard of The Cult but I actually really enjoyed this album. I did think the cover of Born To Be Wild was a bit abstract. The rest of the album was really quite good. Standout Songs: Wild Flower Lil’ Devil Aphrodisiac Jacket King Contrary Man Love Removal Machine Outlaw Memphis Hip Shake

ik dacht een gothic plaatje te horen, bleek het een glam-hair metal plaatje van 13 in een dozijn te zijn... jammer

heard before: No Fav tracks: Wild flower Would I listen again: unlikely Decent rock n roll album. nothing super stand out but a fun listen. Rating: 3

They sound like second rate Led Zeppelin, Doors and AC/DC. Listen to the real thing and ignore this group.

noice!

Listened June 2022 Solid hard rock record but not really much here for me.

Boring dad rock, but good enough that I didn’t need to turn it off. I do fw a mean tambourine tho

Rubin: Watch, imma impugn their masculinity till they turn into a fourth derivative hair metal outfit

A guilty pleasure. Yes it's big, dumb and dated. But it's a ton of fun and brings back memories. I might be the only person on the planet who prefers this version of Born To Be Wild over Steppenwolf's. I know. I know. it's not for sophisticated tastes but hey, you gotta let loose sometimes.

Generic rock, with the vocals being a bit annoying. I didn't really care much for it.

The top comments on this album have pretty much nailed it. Generic and I dont see why this is on the list. 2/5.

Interesting record, but a little samey, a little macho, a little Tenacious D

OK.

Interesting album, because while Ian Astbury's distinctive vocals tell you that you're listening to The Cult, the musical style is a throwback to the 1970s and you can definitely hear starins of Led Zeppelin. Nothing really grabbed my attention though. As for their cover of Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" being the worst ever according to one critic, I disagree - musically it's good but it's let down by the insipid vocals which are devoid of any feeling.

fun album and a great word to describe it is consistent. lots of fun guitars and drums and has a cohesive sound with some replayable tracks in my liked songs

Peak dad rock woooo

It sounds pretty good but also pretty middle of the road? I don't think there's anything worth returning to here really but I wouldn't turn it off, just sounds pretty generic now.

Ça a été pour une grande part une épreuve. Alice était d'accord que c'était irritant. Born to be wild était aussi une version très mauvaise.

Des bons riffs mais on dirait une longue chanson. Peu de variété

Very classic stadium rock, again, hard to listen to it seriously but I can't knock it

Can't say that I really knew The Cult before this, but it's not bad. Very raw classic rock. I could see myself listening to this again if I remember that it exists Standouta Born To Be Wild 4/5

Some people say this is a one star album but it's bread and butter rock and does it in a way that feels honest. It's not great but it's not the worst thing.

This album cover art is repelling. Mostly your average hard rock sound nothing special. The cover of Born to be Wild is terrible. Which was foreshadowed by the terrible album cover. This lost it 1 star.

not my kind of music anymore, but well done.

It’s ok

This is them getting pretty mainstream but I like ‘Love’ better

This album is fine for what it is, hard rock from the 80’s. There’s nothing that stands out or makes this an album I would think you need to hear before you die. I understand there are going to be plenty of albums on here that I don’t like because it’s just not my style, but some are just baffling in their banality. This album is one of those.

The rock music is good and the bravado of the lead singer fits in nicely. I don’t see anything overly special about this album that would make it a must-listen but it’s not bad either.

It’s fine, if trying too hard. No need to come back to anything on here, as it all sounds the same - just stripped down hard rock, no harm, no foul … except for that Born to be Wild shitburger… ooof.

Happy to see The Cult on the list, always liked them, although never liked them enough to buy the cassette. Instead, they were the cassette I'd borrow from a friend to dub a copy of. Couple of classic bangers on here, Wild Flower and Love Removal Machine. Rest of the album is solid 80s hard rock, good stuff. I question why this album and not either Love, which has their biggest hit, or Sonic Temple which has loads of bangers and is far better than Electric. Not sure if we'll have another Cult album, but doubt we'll get two more so including Electric isn't my favorite choice. Solid album regardless, enjoyed listening.

Not a huge “classic rock” fan but this was solid. Felt like sitting in a biker bar in the late 80s

Just sounds like fairly bog standard generic eighties rock. Lacks the fun of something like AC/DC or the electricity of prime GNR. lil Devil at least injects a level of catchiness not provided elsewhere but still feels very paint by numbers. Love Removal Machine manages to sound like a rip up of AC/DC and the Rolling Stones in one song. Astbury’s vocals on Born to be Wild sound as if youve stumbled into a bar where the local drunk is belting it out on karaoke for the hundredth time

I will never be able to hear “Born to be Wild” again without thinking of this album, and not in a good way.

I assumed I wasn't going to have fun with this album because it would be all gothy as that's how I think of The Cult, and traditionally, I have not enjoyed goth. Well, it turns out I didn't have fun with this album because it was uninspired classic rock. Mostly, even if I don't enjoy an album, I understand why it ended up on this list. Not this time. Mind you, I wasn't hating it, just not seeing the point of it, so in my self imposed marking system that should mean it gets a 2. However the Born To Be Wild cover was so indescribably horrific it's getting: 1/5

Classic divorced dad rock, pretty nice.

The Cult, I believe, are the band or musicians actually on this list who originated or lived closest to where I live. I’ve got to whisper this but that location is Bradford. Despite it being the capital of culture 2025 it is a bit of a dismal place to live. Thankfully I don’t live there but in a place where the band Embrace live. In fact I can wave to the band’s drummer from my bedroom window. It is a gross mis-justice that Embrace do not feature on this list as they are head and shoulders better and more deserving than a lot of what does actually appear on the list and that includes The Cult. This album is standard MOR mid 80’s radio friendly rock. Which surprised me because I always thought of them as producing Goth rock type stuff. But overall not a bad way to spend an hour but not an album I will return to. Worth a top end two stars but as they are from Bradford and despite its present state it is a place I have very fond memories of I will promote it to three. 3/5 3/12/25

youtube links didnt' work mostly, what I heard didn't wow me

Hard rock. Britain.

Quite cool. Same line as ACDC, Airbourne, etc.

3.4 stars rounded down

It’s fine, doesn’t stand out to me, but doesn’t do anything that’s bad

The nice thing about an album that knows it’s stupid is you can’t really be mad about how stupid it is. This is a stupid album. It’s also really great. Bad Fun is outstanding. I think one reason I like the Cult is they sound a lot like the early to mid 2000s garage revival which wasn’t very good but was the defining sound of my childhood. This is like that but much better. And dumber.

This felt like a perfectly enjoyable rock album, but I’m unsure on what about it necessitated its placement on this list. I’d consider it a cool find if I discovered it organically, but there’s nothing on here that Kiss or a similar band weren’t doing a good decade prior.

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6.5/10

3.0

I've never heard a whole Cult album before. I've heard this first one. I like the dudes voice, and I like the name Cult for a band.

Great Rock album if that's what you're into. I didn't know about The Cult but it's like a comically rock band name for the 70's. Like this is the shit that parents were freaking out about their good Christian children listening to in the 70's and 80's.

The Cult sound like the kind of band that you'd hear in a movie about a fictional rock band. The filmmakers hire someone to write music that sound like a stereotypical hair metal band from the 80s. The thing is, these things are fun while you're watching the movie and you exist in that world, but you wouldn't necessarily buy the soundtrack and even remember the songs afterward. It requires a small degree of suspension of disbelief to work. But of course, this isn't a soundalike, this is the real thing. This is what soundalikes are based off of. It just doesn't feel real any more because its time as passed. Instead of a movie, it works as a vehicle for nostalgia now. But what's wrong with that? The Cult sought out Rick Rubin to create a stripped back rock and roll album. We might be tempted to make fun of The Cult as four decades out of date and full of toxic egos, but let's be honest. Given the opportunity to go back in time and see them live, it would be pretty fun.

5 Not big love for this but did not hate it

Not bad but the most stand out song here is "born to be wild" and it's not a good song to be your standout

Pretty solid rock album. Highlights: "Peace Dog" and "Memphis Hip Shake"

This wasn’t super memorable. It was like AC/DC but less interesting

thank god they brought in Rick Rubin, or else they never would have been able to land on their true sound: hard rock that sounds like it should be in a royalty free music library

Eh some hard rock dad rock whateverness. Good production at least.

The Cult turned into the caffe latte of pub rock covers bands and this album is the proof.

Like an hybrid between Led Zeppelin and AC/DC and possibly every heavy rock band you’ve ever heard. Not particularly original but reasonably effective

Predictable 80s straightforward rock, with a couple of decent tracks.

Hell yeah! Rock and fuckin rooooollll! I enjoy a lot of different hard rock and heavy metal, but this is right in that glorious sweet spot between classic rock and metal. The energy is stadium-sized. Lead singer Ian Astbury wails like he has a wind machine behind him. The music is blues-centric but heavy. It's got all the fun of a band like AC/DC, but with the politically conscious anti-war lyrics you'd expect on a Sabbath record. Ohh, okay, Rick Rubin produced this! I heard Rubin say in an interview that his main talent isn’t musical skill. It’s having great taste. I think that's on display here. This feels like the product of a band and producer with impeccable taste. It absolutely rocks, but it's smart music too. The performances are incredible with some killer solos, but the songs are also tight and focused. They get in and get out, packing a wallop in fairly short amount of time. Nice cover of “Born to Be Wild” too!

Just a real hard rockin' good time. I enjoyed this as I felt like I needed some hard hitting drums to power me through today. The singer's voice is great, the guitar parts are great, and it's consistent throughout. Produced really well too, which is nice, as sometimes with this kind of hard / classic rock I can get a bit bored with the same old instrumentation. When I hear this singer's wail I can't help but think of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and little 12 year old me driving around in the game and listening to bands like this. It's a great nostalgia hit hearing this singer.

pretty repetitive and generic, no standouts. 2/5

Das kommt also dabei heraus wenn man einer KI sagt: Erstelle mir ein Album mit 80er-Jahre Vorstadt-Rockmusik. Und vergiss nicht. einen alten, zu Tode genudelten "Classic-Rock" Song als Cover einzubauen. Schlimm.

This is not a top album from this band. Gone are the goth / industrial intrigue, replaced with late 80's guitar riffs. Still a solid band for the era!

Nothing special so 2/5

If AI was given the prompt to make an 80s hair metal album this is it... Lacks any kind of creativity or differentiation. How can you sound vanilla being hard rock???

Not a lot of variety, many of the songs sounded the same, but that sound was ok

It was fine. Simpsons: No

I quite like this. Heard of the band before but never listened to any of the songs on this album. I might add a couple to my Spotify playlist. Sadly, I think it just misses out on full marks.

So middle of the road I couldn’t tell if this was a 3 star or a 1 star. I’ll be generous

Boring, by the book 80s metal. Some decent riffs but nothing memorable. A totally mediocre Born To Be Wild cover is one of the best songs on here by default.

Mid review for mid metal. 3/5

Couldn't stop jamming to this one.

Stock standard rock but sounds great

Not for me.

It's derivative as hell, but it's undeniable fun. And given the period (and Rubin's own list of crimes), produced/mixed very well.

The first few songs are by far and away the standouts on this album. Its not bad per se but nothing stands out.

Average Generic

Nah, not for me

Every song is just a mid-paced rocker à la AC/DC. Very boring.

Nochmal hören Rock

I enjoyed this. Not sure when I’ll play it again though.

Always thought the Cult were a goth band, I might never have actually heard them. Turns out they are just another dull rock band. 2.5 rounded down Heard before? No Owned: No: 29/108 (26%) Will I get? No

Bit samey and not really my genre of choice.

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Listen, it's rock. It's pretty uninspiring but it's fun at times. It's basically AC/DC without the really annoying vocals, and that's alright by me. & I do dig that chugging bass sound. 6 / 10 Best track/s: Peace Dog, Bad Fun

Not my cup of tea

A onako mi je album hard rock doordi

Pretty good rock album. Doesn't feel super dated, but definitely has a little bit of hair band vibes. Enjoyable. 6/10

It’s a rock album. You could tell there influences, (ac/dc , zeppelin) but overall I didn’t feel like they had their own sound. It was just sort of vanilla

I liked the song peace dog. It was vocally interesting. The songs overall were pretty good, but I wouldn't seek them out.

One of the most underrated bands of their style and era. Caught them live this year and glad that I could before their indefinite hiatus from touring.

Det står 1987 men det låter inte särskilt mycket 1987, fet är pá pluskontot. The Cult är ett märkligt band som börjar som nån slags svartrock (så du va inte helt fel ute Fredrik) för att bli det här för att senare transformera igen till yttetligare nåt annat med nån slags påklistrad indian och vilda västern image. Här slungas stelopererade köttbensriff ut som vore det konfetti, helt distanslöst och osvängigt. Några gånger höjs tempot (t.ex. "Bad fun") då blir det aningen mer aptitligt. Annars är det här en trist historia med mycket manér, men det är aldrig genomuselt. Svag tvåa

Jag köpte en gång i min ungdom ett Cult album. Jag var inne i period av Cure, Cave, Joy division, Sisters of Mercy och utifrån omslag och bandnamn trodde jag att det var något i samma stil. Men så fick jag… vanlig sketen 80-talsrock med tuffposerande kille på sång. Jag lyssnade aldrig mer på den. Och jag tänker göra det samma med det hör albumet.

Blir positivt överraskad. Hade förväntat mig renodlad pudelrock utifrån omslaget. Lite roligare än så är det. Funkar att lyssna igenom, men sätter inget bestående avtryck. Tydligen Rick Rubin som producerat.

Tråkrock. Underkänt enbart genom att de tycker ty det är en bra idé att spela in en cover av born to be wild. I bästa fall låter de som ett coverband som fått en spelning på Strandhotellet.

It's meh, I wouldn't pay to see them live nor would I ever go out of my way to buy or put on an album of theirs. But nothing offensively shit and some of the solos, riffs etc were actually pretty good.

This was shit. I could hear better music if I went to my local on a Thursday night

I've been a big fan of The Cult for decades. Personally, I would have included LOVE and SONIC TEMPLE on this list as well. Anyone who thinks they are a AC/DC derivative or just another pub rock band, is not listening closely enough. Faves: "Wild Flower", " Peace Dog", "Lil' Devil", and "Love Removal Machine"

The inclusion of this record on this list is an abomination. I mean, 1-star for the crisp sound, but it's sterile butt-rock that AC/DC did 100x better a decade earlier.

Not terrible but felt like a waste of time

Great album. Nothing revolutionary, just good rock'n roll. Lil' Devil and Love Removal Machine are absolute bangers

3 absolute bangers and 8 of the most deeply mediocre rock-by-numbers filler tracks you'll ever hear in your life. Can't give it more than three stars in good conscience.

Great album, perhaps nostalgia bias but a big favourite of my dad’s. Wild Flower and Love Removal Machine absolute classics. Every song on the album is good at worst and great at best. If I could give 4.5/5 I would, not quite a full 5/5.