Electric

This is a tight band, but the songs aren't particularly great and dude's voice is rather Muppet/Ray Romano-like. 3/5

I liked it. Guitar centric, so that makes sense. Didn't realize they did "Fire Woman". I would listen - the music holds up.

Nice sound

I was hoping it'd be a bit better than what it was - it's a nice short album which is fine, but they sound 10 years older than their release date. It all kind of sounded the same and there weren't any tracks that jumped out at me. Also included the cover of "Born to be Wild" which I don't like on albums in general. 5/10

Classic old hard-rock

helt anstændigt musik, lidt forgettable, men bliver løftet af en virkelig god sanger. Jeg troede det var fra 90'erne, han ville passe godt ind i et grungeband

Another one for the air guitar hall of fame. Sleazy and fun with shades of Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and probably a bunch of other hard rocking and drinking, tight leather pants wearing bands. Sure, it’s generic but when it’s this much fun, who cares?

Ganz viel Rock. Das kann ich schon mal hören aber nicht über längere Zeit

Pour comprendre le choc "Electric", il faut rembobiner de deux petites années. En 1985, The Cult, mené par le duo mystico-macho Ian Astbury et le guitar hero Billy Duffy, sortait "Love". Et "Love", mes amis, c'était la grande classe. Un disque de post-punk grandiloquent, teinté de psychédélisme, de romantisme gothique, avec des arpèges qui tombaient comme une pluie fine sur un cimetière londonien. C'était un album pour les poètes maudits en perfecto, pour les filles qui lisaient du Rimbaud en fumant des clopes. C'était beau, c'était ample, c'était... sophistiqué. On avait "She Sells Sanctuary", "Rain", des morceaux avec des tiroirs, des ambiances, des subtilités. The Cult, c'était le rock intelligent qui pouvait quand même te faire taper du pied. On les aimait pour ça. Et puis, 1987. Le drame. La trahison. "Electric" débarque et c'est un parpaing. Fini la dentelle, les atmosphères éthérées, les questionnements existentiels. Astbury et Duffy sont partis aux États-Unis et ils ont ramené dans leurs valises un type. Un barbu en short, qui s'appelle Rick Rubin. Ce nom vous dit quelque chose ? C'est le mec qui, à la même époque, produisait les Beastie Boys, Run-DMC et Slayer. C'est le pape du son brut, le boucher du rock, le type qui te prend une chanson, lui arrache toute la graisse, les fioritures, les chichis, pour ne garder que l'os, le nerf et le muscle. Et c'est exactement ce qu'il a fait avec The Cult. Les premières sessions de l'album, qui devait s'appeler "Peace", sonnaient encore comme une suite logique à "Love". Rubin a tout écouté, a hoché sa grosse tête et a dit, en substance : "C'est de la merde, on jette tout et on recommence". Et ils ont recommencé. De zéro. Avec un seul dogme : AC/DC. Oui, vous avez bien lu. Le but était de faire un album qui sonne comme AC/DC. Et le pire, c'est qu'ils ont réussi. "Electric" est un album de hard rock dans sa plus simple, sa plus pure, sa plus jubilatoire expression. C'est court, c'est direct, ça ne s'embarrasse d'aucune fioriture. Chaque morceau est construit sur un riff de guitare de Billy Duffy, un riff gros comme un camion, joué sur une Gretsch White Falcon ou une Les Paul qui semble avoir été directement branchée dans un réacteur d'avion. La batterie de Les Warner martèle un rythme binaire, caverneux, sans pitié. Et par-dessus, Ian Astbury, qui a rangé ses atours de chaman poétique, se transforme en pur chanteur de hard rock, un croisement entre Bon Scott et Jim Morrison sous stéroïdes. Le résultat est d'une efficacité redoutable. Des titres comme "Wild Flower", "Lil' Devil" ou leur reprise démoniaque de "Born to Be Wild" sont des leçons de rock'n'roll. Ça ne pense pas, ça fonce. C'est une décharge d'adrénaline, un coup de boule musical. C'est l'album qui prouve que The Cult n'était pas juste un groupe post-punk maniéré, mais une authentique machine de guerre rock, capable d'incarner le genre mieux que 90% des groupes à cheveux longs et aux pantalons en cuir de l'époque. Ils ont fait un album de hard rock américain plus authentique que la plupart des groupes américains. C'est un tour de force. Alors, pourquoi ce 3 sur 5, bordel ? Eh bien, c'est là qu'intervient mon ressenti personnel. Et le hard rock, même quand il est fait avec ce talent-là, ça reste... du hard rock. Pour nous, les enfants de la new wave, les apôtres de l'indie-rock, les disciples du post-punk tortueux, cette musique, aussi brillante soit-elle, a toujours eu un arrière-goût de... simplicité. De binarité. C'est une musique qui ne doute pas. Qui ne pose pas de questions. Elle affirme. Elle roule des mécaniques. C'est la bande-son parfaite pour boire des bières en faisant des doigts d'honneur, et c'est très bien comme ça, mais ça manque de ce vague à l'âme, de cette complexité qui nous faisait vibrer chez The Smiths, Joy Division ou même sur l'album "Love". On respectait la puissance de feu, mais on regrettait la poésie. C'était comme si notre pote intello et sensible était revenu de vacances transformé en quarterback décérébré. On était content pour lui, il avait l'air de s'éclater, mais ce n'était plus vraiment notre pote. Et c'est tout le paradoxe de cet album, et la raison de cette note bâtarde. Objectivement, "Electric" est une bombe. Un 5/5 sans hésiter pour l'énergie, l'intégrité, l'exécution. C'est un disque essentiel dans la discographie du Cult, le pont brûlant entre le sommet artistique qu'était "Love" et le sommet commercial que sera "Sonic Temple". C'est la preuve par le feu que ce groupe avait des couilles grosses comme des pamplemousses. Mais subjectivement, pour le coeur du vieux con que je suis, c'est un 2/5. Parce que le coeur, lui, est resté de l'autre côté de l'Atlantique, dans les brumes de 1985, à écouter "Rain" en se demandant ce que l'avenir nous réservait. L'avenir, c'était ce disque. Une claque, certes. Mais une claque qui nous a laissé un peu sonnés, et un peu orphelins. La moyenne, donc. Un 3 sur 5. Une note de respect, pas une note d'amour. Et dans le projet "1001 Albums", le respect, c'est déjà pas si mal. Allez, santé.

Spicy stuff

Menestyksen toivossa bändi ja Rick valjastavat käyttöönsä raskaimmat aseet: AC/DC, Zep, Stones... Lopputuloksena on kova aloituskolmikko, pari muuta erottuvaa hetkeä ja miellyttävä vaikutelma huumorintajusta. Terävyys ei kestä ihan koko levyn ajan, mikä on näin peruspalasista kootussa musiikissa ymmärrettävää - helvetin vaikea laji.

A pretty solid rock album. Nothing to write home about, but I did enjoy it. Not a fan of the Born to be Wild cover if I'm honest.

It was an all right album but wasn't something I could get all the way through

I was able to catch these guys live at a festival just recently. Very cool. Very rock n roll. I do know some of their tunes, not all.

Pretty cool

Great pure rock stuff that brings me back to my GTA years.

I have learned a few things. 1. Contrary to what I thought there must be not many more than 1001 albums in this world. If even an album as un-original, un-inspiring, un-interresting and boring as this makes the cut choice must have been very limited indeed. 2. Even cults can apparently be un-inspiring. I always thought a succesful cult had to have an inspiring leader. Maybe that is one of the problems here. 3. There are more albums containing music I don't give a crap about than I ever thought possible. PS. Born to be Wild nah, Born to be Mildly Irritating at best (or worst depending on how you look at it).

Good albeit a little samey. I always pictured the cult (technically speaking) as a step between AC/DC and The Doors, if that makes any sense

Quite fun British hard rock from the 1980s, though it is samey throughout and nothing stood out or was very memorable.

HL: "Peace Dog", "Love Removal Machine", “Electric Ocean”

It was middle of the road old school rock but I still quite enjoyed this. The singer was a bit of a Jimmy Page rip off, this whole sound must have been on the way out in 1987, and there were no stand out tracks but I had a good time all the same. Hard to recommend it really, you may as well listen to led zep and have a much better time, but it was a painless listen. 2.5.

Can't say much more than what the others have said. Not as good as AC/DC, but good enough to pass the time.

A very bog standard Rock album. I'm surprised this is on the list, not because it was bad but it just felt more like "babies first rock band". Highlights: Peace Dog Lil' Devil Love Removal Machine

This isn't bad at all, in fact it's hard not to enjoy a lot of it, but I find it hard to be excited about this kind of rock. Much like AC/DC and the like, I knew what I was going to get before I started listening. Didn't disappoint I guess. I wouldn't have known it was these guys who did "she sells sanctuary"..... What a tune that is, not on this album unfortunately though :( The wiki says this was their transition from Gothic rock to hard rock, think the former would've been more interesting... 3.5

Didn't hate it, but it didn't really stand out. A couple songs were good enough to give this a 3

Klassisk rock.

vittukun näyttää homolta bändiltä. jotain välillä rolling stones ja AC/DC... heh ei tiedä hyvää bändille kun ensimmäinen mieleenjäävä asia on se että kuulostaa muilta bändeiltä.. noh imitoidut bändit ovat miellyttävää musiikkia ja kopiokone on jättänyt erityisen hyvää jälkeä joten onnistunut albumi tämähän on... tainsitten kaiken tämän viimeaikaisen meiokriteetin ympärillä tämä kuulostaa paremmalta.... meh, kolme wild flower

Pretty standard 80s cock rock. It’s not terrible. 6.2/10

This be some 80s rock

Surprised that I hadn't heard of this band previously. Nothing jumped out to me that made them distinctive from other 80's rock bands, but still thought the music was good.

I think I always had The Cult earmarked as a goth outfit &, although I quite liked their hit single, She Sells Sanctuary(1985), I paid them scant attention. I’d never heard this album before & was delighted to find that, really, it’s pretty much just a loud rock’n’roll album.it’s a good listen. But very derivative. The big single off the album, Love Removal Machine, could be a Led Zeppelin outtake. And they make a reasonable fist of Steppenwolf’s Born To Be Wild. I enjoyed it more than I expected to.

I like King Contrary Man, I kind of like Bad Fun

I liked this one but not as much as other, similar albums of this time/genre.

Pretty good British pub rock album. Doesn't take itself too seriously.

Global avg oikeassa.. Aikoihin elettu... samaa biisiä 10 kertaa.. vai kuknka monta.m jaksa laskea.. kiva lopetys.. muutama tunenttu biisi siellä..

🎧Well I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to. Wild Flower thru Bad Fun had me pretty locked in, it loses steam in its second half half though. Singer sounds like Billy Idol, I’m almost positive I’ve heard songs from this record in bars/restaurants and assumed it was him

Fun album but not something I’ll seek out.

Not bad rocker to end my work week.

Pretty good. I'd listen to more. I don't think it breaks any ground or anything though

3.5

I enjoyed it more than I thought but nothing unique about it. Rating: 3.3

Of it's time. Not a tonne wrong with it. Bery up the middle rock n roll that doesn't do much to separate itself from the he pack.

"AI, please generate a hard rock album." And that's how this album was created. Nice guitar riffs.

61%

This is kind of fine - a bit of a throwback and a bit of a forerunner of those oh-so-clean studio polished 90s rock tracks. The Steppenwolf cover is entirely unnecessary and feels like the band run out of steam. Once you get them in the first few tracks, you kind of don't need the rest.

Some reasonably good late 80s rock.

Fun rock, not very memorable

Like a lot of bands (Wolfmother, The Strokes) these guys didn't bring anything all that new to the table. Still, if you like AC/DC & Zeppelin (or at least their most simple hard rockers) this shouldn't be too much of a slog.

All kind of blends together for me, but some pretty good stuff in here.

I enjoy this rock. So parts of tracks are a little dated, but otherwise it's a good middle of the road album! Even with the rocked out version of Born to be Wild. High 3/5

Gran Turismo introduced me to The Cult, and although none of those songs are on this album, it started a musical path that would lead me to discover many other bands I wouldn't have otherwise. In terms of this album, I just like the unique flair to the singer's voice. It has a certain haunting quality that I can't quite pinpoint the comparison here, but it's in a range of dio, Danzig, or idol. None of those sound quite right. The majority of the album sounds kind of corny now, but in a better way than that description would normally fit (save the born to be wild cover, that wasn't great). Overall a okay album, curious about why this was the album picked out of the Cults catalog, unless there is more than one on the list. Favorite track "Love Removal Machine" 3/5

they are only on the list because of their nationality. (bri'ish)

Generic must a few good songs

You know Turning this on and hearing 'Wildflower' I said, alright now we're talking. This was the kind of Rock I was hoping for from Hanoi Rocks. This is the rock and roll I can appreciate. Driving home on thursday afternoon with the windows down, Cult blaring, arm rested out the window throwing winks and peace signs to the cancer patients waiting outside my girlfriend's workplace to pick her up. I felt cool. That being said, I don't think its that great. It's good filler rock music and I could imagine going to a show of these guys and having a fantastic time, but it wasn't particularly memorable or replaceable. This would seemlessly slip into a rock playlist but it won't stand out very much. I wanted to give this a 4 but I think 3.5 is about right. It's better than middle of the road, but this is the best of the best and I don't see myself revisiting it any time soon.

Ok

I would play Dungeons and Dragons with Eddie Munson with this on in the background. Forgettable but not bad.

It was okay.

Very generic.

it's generic, it's pub rock, it's fish and chips, but the fish is juicy and the chips is crispy. it's OK

Such a joyous day, for we have been blessed by yet another british rock!!!!!!!!! This is truly the most amazing thing to ever happen. Favourites: wild flower, aphrodisiac jacket, love removal machine. It was just okay, good instrumentals but nothing groundbreaking. 3/5

This is truly one of the rock albums of all time. Its instrumentals were playing, and the vocals were performed by one of the most singers I've ever heard. 3/5.

Ok here we go with another generic British rock album. Don't hate it, I actually liked some of the songs, but overall I'm just kind of indifferent to it. Also had some cool guitar solos. It's been a good run the past 6 days but all good things must come to an end, we are back to the default score of 3. Favourites were Wild Flower, Love Removal Machine, Born To Be Wild, and Outlaw

Good album, good songs.

Album 379 of 1001 The Cult - Electric Rating : 3 / 5 If you traveled to another part of the country to visit your cousin and he raved all about some band who he thought was the greatest thing since sliced bread but they were only known in that region...this could be them.

Strong out of the gate with Wild Flower. Peace Dog is a bit of a louder, more straight-forward rock song. Something about it hits really right for me -- could be the punchiness of the drum fills. The intro guitar riff sounds super familiar on Bad Fun. Took me a minute, but I was able to place it: it sounds very similar to Superunknown by Soundgarden, but is slightly different. Can't say I loved the Born to Be Wild cover. They made it their own, but I prefer the original. Memphis Hip Shake was a fun one. Really enjoyed the sway to the song; guitar reminded me a bit of Billy Squire for some reason. I'm glad for having listened to this one. I don't think I'll go back any time soon, but I really did enjoy this dip into 80s metal this morning. Solid drum and guitar work throughout and very crisp production. This sits somewhere around a high 3 for me. Plenty to enjoy with only a few standout moments.

Pretty mid.

Perfectly fine hard rock album with some drum smacking and booming power cords. I know a few Cult songs that I really like but sadly none were on here.

Would've thought this was Rick Rubin's first production credit and not even close. This dude has been around forever. Opening riff reminds me of that AC/DC song. The Born to Be Wild isn't as good as the original but still solid. Just doesn't flow as well. Pretty solid hard rock album. Nothing crazy but just reminded me of some AC/DC throughout.

that cover of born to be wild is bad

I liked this album very much. I can see where some may say it sounds a little one note, but it was a rockin good time and great production by the great Rick Rubin. Billy Duffy’s guitar work is distinct and awesome. I would have loved to have seen them live back in the day. Fav tracks are “Lil Devil” and “ Love removal machine”. So-so rendition of “born to be wild”, I prefer the classic there. Above average though.

When I bought this album the week it came out I had very high expectations and hopes. Primarily driven from my love of the band’s previous efforts. Most notably their 2nd album “Love” which produced such timeless numbers as “She Sells Sanctuary” and “Rain.” But I was confused then and remain confused today why the band would make such a drastic stylistic change given the breakthrough success of Love. Billy Duffy’s guitar work is always great but I think this was a failed attempt to change their sound and probably only makes the list due to the Rick Rubin tie in, who was known for literally matching the guitar tones to those of AC/DC and Zeppelin when the sessions were underway. Giving it a 3 because admittedly they did rock on these numbers when I got a chance to see them live.

I’m just a sucker for some good ol fashion rock. Get a fat guitar with distortion, add some nice riffs and solid solos and I’m in man.

Straight forward Rock

3-4

Pretty standard cock rock on this one. There were several impressive moments of wailing guitars. Overall decent, 3 stars

Pretty rocking, a nice change in pace from the previous albums I’ve been listening to in this list.

Solid album but nothing that stood out as transcending or culture shifting. That sounds harsh for an album I enjoyed but with this list you have to grade on a curve.

Storms out of the gates with 3 crunchy, OTT, winning tracks - Wild Flower, Peace Dogs, Li'l Devil. Followed by 4 bland, underwhelming songs that never needed to be recorded. Track 8 -Love Removal Machine- offers a moment of hope. Can they rally and pull this back? But then a disappointing cover of Born to Be Wild and 2 more tracks that aren't even worthy of being called filler finish off an album that feels like it could have been so much better. The production is great - vocals, guitars, drums and bass clearly separated out letting the band sound tight and focussed. A simple approach that Rick Rubin did very well with at a time when bands were mushing everything together in a distortion-pedal wall of sound to try to sound like Led Zep.. It works great for the Cult on tracks 1,2,3,8 - This was a cracking EP.

Rocking it

There's nothing exceptional about this album, nor anything completely awful. There's solid musicianship, the singing isn't that bad, and the vibe is good. It's just nothing special, especially for an album released in 1987 when you couldn't change the radio dial without stumbling onto a band with the exact same sound.

Extremely average and generic.

Just forget it quickly.

Un culte en tout cas pas voué par mon père qui a qualifié cette musique de "sautillante", ce qui est probablement le pire jugement qu'on puisse porter sur un album de hard rock. Puisque que vous n'aurez à partir de jeudi prochain plus aucune nouvelle de mon père, le père de robvipère, je vous laisse ici une adresse courriel qui vous permettra de vous enquérir de ses nouvelles robertestleperedemikeladd@gmx.com

Un album un peu trop sautillant pour être qualifié de hard rock... Il s'agirait de grandir... Si vous aussi, comme le père de robcrémière, vous aimez prendre un air hautain pour mépriser les avis musicaux peu éclairés de votre fils, vous pouvez postuler à la prochaine vague de recrutement pour la caverne aux vinyles à l'adresse mail suivante: robertestleperedemikeladd@gmx.com

In the 80s, being a dedicated Goth, I was in love with the Love album. She sells sanctuary and Rain were classics and dance anthems in my world. Then The Cult went Hard and they lost me. They seem to be channelling the Rolling Stones crossed with Guns N’ Roses. If this was Love it might be a 5. Not so Electric for me.

I'm a big fan of The Cult, but this album does not rank among my favorites in their catalog. Astbury is a bit too raw, the riffs are a bit too derivative — not to mention the cover of Born To Be Wild. Where Love, the predecessor, is way more alternative (and much better IMO) and the album after this is magnificent (Duffy's guitar tone is superb on that), as are others after this release, Electric lacks the defining characteristics that make me love the band and I don't understand why this album is so revered.

The Cult is a really solid rock band, and this is no exception. It's not Top 10, but it'll get a re-listen.

Very 80s rock sound, I quite enjoyed it though

I didn't love this. I didn't hate it. It was indeed hard rock.

I wasn't impressed by the looks of this hard rock from '87, but when it started, I thought that it may not be so bad...yeah, but is also was not so good. I don't know what it was that I was supposed to take away from this, but I must of missed it because there was nothing there for me and I don't think that I am any better off in life.

I don't know if The Cult would've been a more interesting band if they'd followed their earlier approach. It's a good album but I didn't find it very impressive.

Fairly generic Rock, like a lower league AC/DC, but still thought it was all right

Fun rock album. Though I wonder if they realized Rubin was trying to turn them into AC/DC. It works in their favor, and especially for this list, but in general I would rather listen to AC/DC.

I imagine that this is the type of music Wayne and Garth were reviewing on Wayne's World.

Two albums in a row with absolutely abominable cover songs smack in the middle. What are the odds? Also: this is not an essential album! It's just fine!

I like big, dumb, fun rock music, and this is pretty big, pretty dumb, and pretty fun.

i feel like you can only get the full picture of a record like this if you listen while riding a motorcycle, not like a full on chopper, but a classic harley or something like that

Slightly heard of them, I expect some generic hard rock, but if there something unique in it I will see. I'm thinking of listening to albums twice, before I rate them, because first listen isn't fulfilling, but idk about that yet. (I didn't do that(future me)) First song, male vocalist I see. Already feel the hard rock pumping. It feels like the guitar is doing the same thing, I mean it's permanent wave. I like his emphasized vocal delivery. The production exists with that clinking sound when chorus(?) comes in. I see a woman in the cover, she better sing too. Also the cover is weirdly satisfying to look at. I want more lyrics. Second song, almost same vibe, but the drums are more superior. Higher vocals and longer too. He talked fast there, if he could keep that up almost to rap, would have been nice, but that's linkin park. Long outro. Ooh riffiing was too good in the background. That mumbling baby, though vocally high, was amazing, I think bridge. Dramatic finish off, and I was wrong about it being an outro fully at the end. Third song, seems catchy. The guitar is the best between the songs I've listened. The progression when the chorus starts is remarkable. Solo is just a without-vocal version of instrumentals, nevermind the riff came in. Too much lyrical repeating, at this point I can only like his voice. Fourth song, aphrodisiac, I've heard that word in another song today, dk which. As a lover of rock, I don't find this different from other songs in the genre, as in it doesn't give me something new or remotely catchy, nevertheless I would bang my head to this if it came up. I wonder if I should also see the visuals to this, seems funner. There's three videos, but I've missed two of them already basically. Well I'll watch em later. Fifth song, production is quite good I can everything clearly and in a very satisfying way. velvet underground let the girl sing in one of their albums once, I want the same here. Particularly the song isn't drastically different from other ones, if we forget the lyrics. Sixth song, energetic start. I don't find lyrics my style, idk what that means exactly, but there are some lyrics that I can sing and feel like a different or me character, this one's none, or I'm just not understanding them. Solo is soloing, kinda scratched my ears. The "ow"s are too good. Seventh song, another song about the devil, might be about something else symbolically. I do like that they don't feel restricted in that matter. Oh wow that solo ending BAM BAM BAAM, reaaaly enjoyed that. Added this to my playlist. 8th song, this is one of the most popular of the album. The classic start of the drummer. It ain't as good I thought it would be. Solo is amazing, but it doesn't stand out. 9th song, catchyy. His delivery is different here I like it more. The after chorus drum Bamming is lovely. What a long solo. Forgot to say before he's screaming a lot, and he's got the vocals for it in a hard rock way though. Nothing beats that 7th song pause-everything-Bam-the-drums moment yet. 10th song, energetic again. Rough vocal start. I don't know what more to say about these songs. They're good, however, they're too many of them already. I like the almost transitions in a way that the energy never stops. 11th song, I like the drums, the background ones. Loooong solo, and I'm kind of sick of it already. It's progressive in some parts, but the tempo stays the same, it's almost too annoying. I've heard no chorus or bridge that was mesmerising, nor the lyrics that I would want to repeat, they didn't let the girl sing. Howeveer I like hard rock and I can see the work, just not my everyday vibe I suppose. So I give this 3 stars for being too repetitive, but not boring.

I enjoyed the drums and guitar! Dad rock rocks!

I thought it was bland arena rock, it seemed formulaic. Aphrodisiac jacket was good 3*

Half a star lost for the awful Born To Be Wild cover

Just some old-fashioned straight guitar rock and roll. Sometimes dumb, mostly fun, always loud. There are some questionable lyrics here and there that have aged poorly, but these moments are few and far between enough to not detract heavily from the experience.

this was pretty cool, ngl.

competent, dare say workmanlike rock. Young boy sounds like a low rent danzig though. One of the songs, I think love removal machine has got the start me up, ie worst stones song riff. Still they are masters of the stop/start either exiting or entering noise with the boom/crack 16ths. And low rent danzig is still on the danzig spectrum.

Not bad. Reminds me of a more classic rock oriented Misfits. I don't love his voice but it's fast and energetic.

Average to be honest, I liked a few tracks but it was a bit samey.

Why does The Cult songs all sound so close to the same thing?

Nothing spectacular, but still a solid hard rock record. Fun catchy riffs and decent vocals.

Standard run of the mill hard rock

Enjoyed it

This feels like the dad version of that a-ha album where there’s one famous song and then the rest is just ok. I don’t really have anything negative to say about this but I already barely remember anything about it despite listening to it this morning.

not bad but also not my best listen

In the course of doing this project, I've realized something important about '80s metal: it is the inverse of '80s movies ratings. If I go back and watch a movie from the '80s that is rated PG-13, I often find myself thinking, "man, there sure is a lot of language and innuendo in this for something rated PG-13!" Movie ratings back then were just not quite as strict as they are now. The opposite is true when it comes to MUSIC from the '80s. I listen to these '80s metal bands that were so controversial back in the day and think, "Man, these are really tame. I hear worse than this on the radio in the grocery store." The big, bad, scary metal is just... safe. Nothing to get fussed about. Anyway, this was... fine. Glammy hair metal isn't my jam but it's alright for what it is.

Consistently good, but maybe because the songs are so similar, they all blend in and I can't really tell them apart.

Typical rock band fair, it's OK, not something I would add to my listening plan. The cover of Born to be Wild is awful.

Das Album davor ist besser

Pretty good although nothing too special. I probably won't listen to it again tho.

Rockin album, not bad at all

Starts interesting, but feels mediocre and repetitive after a few songs.

Right ear...Left ear. Guitar front and center. Pretty straight forward rock 'n' roll capturing the guitar sounds and licks of other earlier bands. Solid voice for the style and enjoyable. Not the best of lyrics but good enough.

The guitar riffs are solid but the vocals just sound like they're trying too hard to be ACDC. I feel like this could've been very good with a little more originality; I've heard this kind of music done better by several other bands. I listened to Love after this and I really feel like that's the one that should've made this list. 2.5 because it's unoriginal but at least enjoyable. Highlights: Lil' Devil, King Contrary Man, Love Removal Machine

Pretty cool album, I dug the vibes! Recognized one song (if not two) but wasnt sure if they were the original songs or covers (I assume the former). Not sure Id really ever heard The Cult before so Im interested in checking them out more.

Ok, nothing special.

Pretty fun listen

You Rock

3/5. The description I heard of the Cult picking up an AC/DC sound rings really true with this album.

Rating: 6/10

No she sells sanctuary!? No hits? It was OK.

It's fun to be bad to the bone.

I really enjoyed this.

This is just rock. Kind of weird to hear almost in the context of the late 80s. Just plain old rock. Not bad.

This kind of immediately fell into the background as I listened, filed under British proto-metal/heavy rock. After the fact, while reading the unusual song titles, I wondered if there was more going on lyrically that I failed to pay attention to.

It's ok. Kinda like a slightly goth Thin Lizzy.

Solid

This record sounds like hair metal but better. It was actually pretty enjoyable to me. This genre from this time period can often times come across as super cheesy to me but this record didn't feel as cheesy. I don’t think I’d ever revisit the album but it was easy to listen to. Born to be Wild is a classic but it’s a bit cheesy. Reminds me of my dad.

Quite generic rock

A solid album but left me wanting a little more.

Sounds like Billy idol et al, from that period. Upbeat and unfiltered rock

Hard rock, met een uitstekend begin van het album (eerste twee nummers). Daarna wordt de gitaarmuziek toch wel veel van hetzelfde.

Ach ik ben in een goede bui en kon de energie die de Cult bracht wel waarderen.

3.5

Mix of classic and new age rock. Hint of inxs .

Decent, in every sense of the word.

After second o third song is kind of the same thing Bad Fun is very badass

Tykkäsin! Muutaman 2000-luvun bändin selkeä esikuva.

First thought was it sounded rather generic. But it won me over, would have loved to hear this stuff live.

A fun listen yet again. Might listen again, born to be wild is a banger.

I hear Guns n Roses, AC DC and Led Zepp tones in there. Was decent

6/10. I quite liked this one

3.1

Very good. Doesn’t age that badly.

Ach, toto som nepocul roky a pritom to bol celkom smak

3,5

They are very competent, this is a good band, but they feel like if Danzig's voice was boring, or Led Zeppelin was less charismatic. Born to be Wild is a rock standard, but I don't see myself listening to the rest of the album again.

3.5 would be a4 if I liked 80s Rick more

Never had listened to the Cult. Pretty standard 80s hard rock. I really liked the vocalist, reminded me of Danzig.

Court, solide, efficace

3/5. I did enjoy this album, and it's glam and hard rock vibes. Definitely trying to be multiple different bands but hey, it was fun to listen to. The songwriting, pretty basic, but they rocked out and the production was amazing. Felt fresh and new despite the 80's release date.

All the songs sound the same but it's a good heavy beat.

Holy ACDC!! But while the guitar riffs are very similar, I prefer Ian Astbury's voice, and the lyrics aren't as dumber down. 100,000 more Canadians bought this than Brits!

3.5. I haven't listened to much of their stuff before, and this was good fun

Mid tempo riff-rock, with some nifty guitar solos and a gruff sounding vocalist. It's all a tad to mainstream sounding for a band that named themselves "The Cult". Also I couldn't really hear much of the words but I'm pretty sure I haven't missed anything that important.

Didnt have the one song i know but still enjoyable rock and big hats

Some songs sound like they have AC/DC style riffs. Pretty damn good. Had no clue I was going to like this! 3.5

3.4

This surprised me. My first thought was ok, let's get this over with.... But, surprisingly - I enjoyed it. I even liked their version of Born to be Wild. I do know the Cult, and I think I have heard one of their other albums, but I look forward to listening to this one again. Strong first listen. 3/5

Regular stuff

Reminds me of Danzig. This is an above standard Hard-Rock album. However, it gets quite monotonous after about 3/4. 3.5/5

Seems like pretty standard 80's rock. Nothing really stood out to me.

very fun album! 3*

Pretty standard popular 80s rock. You have the edgy band members with the I don’t care attitude jamming out. But in all that edginess, they still cover a song that’s a classic about being wild. That doesn’t seem wild to me. That’s why this album is good but nothing great. 6.4/10

usually classic rock is offensively bland. This was just bland, so that is a plus. Shouldn't have read the review about the yeahs before listening, it was all i could hear!

Wasn't very interested in this album, it has some good energy and the vocals are not bad, but it doesn't have anything to make it more than a generic British rock album. Final thoughts: Eh. Generic. Genre: Hard rock, 1987. Rating: 3.1/5

2 3

AC/DC style riff rock with Jim Morrison vocals. I like it. Electric Ocean reminds me of Alice in Chains and the Cult is likely an influence for them.

Listened Before? N These guys are great hard rockers. Similar to AC/DC in the US with a better vocalist. I enjoyed this album, and I wasn't familiar with any of the songs other than the big hit "Love Removal Machine". I will say, I do like the vocalist but his voice gets a bit old IMO. Also, the cover of Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild" is horrible. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Love Removal Machine

Not for me but not as headache inducing as expected

I'd say an average hard rock album. At some point I couldn't even distinguish when one song ended and another started.

THE cliche 80s rock. Time capsule record right here. This should he a soundtrack to a retro 80s movie.

Rubin communes with the gloriously dumb, to a production certainty that covers many other uncertain sins.

Generic 80s hair band stuff that I enjoyed until I got to their cover of Born to Be Wild, which is so laughably bad that it made me realize that I could have spent today listening to a better 80s hair band

I honestly think that going from a post punk band to a hard rock band feels a bit like they’re getting worse as a band in my opinion. I’m honestly not a big fan of the band or anything so this might be better than the post punk stuff but this is generic as fuck 3/5.

It's funny, I know one album quite well by The Cult, but only one. I've never heard any of these before. You have to say the guitar is slammin' and just a great rock sound throughout alongside the driving drums. This is a hard partying, hard working band. But, it lacked the emotion of songs like "She Sells Sanctuary" for me. Were the ones I love better or just attached to memories. I can't say for sure.

I don't know what The Cult sounded like on their first two albums, but apparently their third album, "Electric," embraced a hard rock style that strayed from their gothic roots. It seems that producer Rick Rubin may be to thank for that. Rubin was incredibly influential in the evolution of hip hop in the early 80s before becoming a hard rock hitmaker, but "Electric" seems like a bit of a miss compared to his catalog. It has almost all of the hallmarks of 80s hard rock, but it's missing something that is hard to place. I think it lacks catchiness? Singer Ian Astbury has the vocal wails to fit the genre. The guitars and drums are fine, if unspectacular. But there are no bombastic choruses that get stuck in your head despite your best efforts. In fact, the catchiest song is "Born to be Wild," a cover of a Steppenwolf song written by Mars Bonfire that doesn't quite match the original. Steppenwolf gets no placement on the 1001, and I'm not sure The Cult needed to be either.

Rick Rubin worked his magic. This is a really good 80s hard rock album. Up until the last two tracks, I was ready to give it a 4. But those last two tracks made me reevaluate the album again…twice. And the more I listen, the more it sounds like AC/DC’s little brothers. It just sounds a bit derivative in the end.

Nice rock music that wasn’t too hard/heavy.

Quality 80s rock that thankfully doesn’t sound too 80s. I don’t think I need to return to this one but it was fun Great album cover. Great guitar work 3

Pretty decent hard rock with some cool moments

Sött

That was unexpectedly good. I was expecting dumb hard rock from late 80s and that’s exactly what I got only it somehow sounded really good. I wonder what made the difference and I think that it was this characteristic vocal tone. I read that they were doing more gothic stuff before making this record so that makes sense. It made the album stand out among all of the bands that sounded almost exactly the same. A nice dose of refreshing fun. Only the Born to be wild cover is reaaaally bad. 3.5/5

Awesome guitar riffs. Great heavy metal, but nothing original.

Pure fun rock and roll. Fave tracks, Electric Ocean and Love Removal Machine.

Buttrock with eyeliner!

+1 for "Love Removal Machine" -1 for "Born to Be Wild" 3/5

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generic hard rock

This sounds like a generic 80's rock album, trying to be the next ACDC. Electric starts off strong then falls flat early in and turns to average riffs and samey-songs, although I cannot deny some songs are pretty perfect. Astbury's vocals are nothing special and sound rather generic, this is a mountain of consistency. Favorites: Wild Flower / Peace Dog / Lil' Devil / Outlaw

Situat entre 'Love', on van sublimar i donar per acabada la seva etapa gótica, i 'Sonic Temple', que els va impulsar a la primera divisió de bandes de rock als 80, 'Electric' és més un meritori exercici de génere que una obra mestra del rock, com de vegades se l'ha volgut catalogar. Les seves virtuts són les pròpies de la banda: riffs potents, composicions originals i diferents, i la veu inigualable d'Astbury

I'm into the 80s glam rock sound, but that Born to Be Wild cover is the kind of mistake that casts a shadow over the whole project. I shudder just thinking about it. Best track: Wild Flower

Sounds like a perfect Lost Boys soundtrack

Ok album cover, on the verge of being bad. This album is pretty generic, it blends into exactly what I imagine when I think of rock. While some may think of this as a good thing, for me, it is boring. This clearly has some merit to it, but personally I would never listen to this again. Not much else to say. Given a 2 and not a 1 because its not bad at all, just not for me. It did feel a little short. Best Song: Love Removal Machine. Worst Song: Memphis Hip Shake.

What makes this album unique? The hard guitar riffs are present on every song, but The Cult does not experiment with changing any of the production. All of the song structures are repetitive and common. Sure, the vocals go well with the backing, but the lead singer sings the same notes over and over again, making replay ability low. The whole sound is stolen from AC/DC, so I can't grant even the littlest bit of creativity. Each song is tolerable, but no song stands out. This album suffers from adequacy.

The Cult are kinda shite. The singer is really the only thing they have going for them. They have better albums than this one and those are also not that great. I get it tho, but you'd be better off listening to Danzing really if you like the idea of gothic hard rock/ heavy metal and also I have to say that their """"post-punk"""" albums aren't really post-punk for my taste (nor are they that good).

Not for me this, I feel thicker having listened to it

Having this album here is absolutely perplexing. The Cult's previous album is so much better and recognizable, while this one is quite boring. It feels like an aggregated version of every 80s hard rock band you can imagine, and I hate this. Rick Rubin is to blame as he was hired to rethink the band's sound and make it more pop. He did a good job with this, but that's how the band lost something and turned into just another rock band. I'm giving it a two because I like Ian Astbury's voice, but it's an otherwise listenable bad album.

This wasn't inspirational for other albums, this was just an amalgamation of other albums.

2.5, the songs just kinda all sound the same

Just generic rock really. I don’t know why you’d put this album on here instead of something which is actually good

Again, this just isn’t an album I HAD to listen to

Under no circumstances did I need to hear this before I die, disagree. This is the beigest 80s hard rock you could have given me. It could have been made by anyone ever (particularly anyone with excruciating lyrics) and I felt my soul leave me as the cover of Born to Be Wild began to play…

Nope.

Lil' Devil decent, not sure about the rest (2.5)

All the songs are almost good but not

Standouts Wild Flower

I had to do a double take when I saw this album came out in 1987. Had I not known better, I would have placed this album in the latter years of glam rock. It really sounds a bit like something one would have heard after Detroit Rock City on the radio, tapped their foot to, and then promptly forgotten after the radio host moved to commercials. Electric, unfortunately, takes a detour through post punk to arrive at the sound of late 70s glam rock in a most unsatisfying way. I have seen some comparisons to Led Zeppelin and their ilk but it strikes me as well downstream of any of those influences. With that said, I did notice my head bobbing to "King Contrary Man" and "Outlaw" but did not feel anything for the big single tracks.

OK. Not a big fan, but they have AC/DC down without the Brian Johnson screech (Bon Scott whole different animal, RIP). Good for lifting weights and getting out some anger issues. “Wild Flower” would make a good running song. I have Sonic Temple” which is similar in texture, but it’s not on any rotation except when a song from that album randomly plays in shuffle mode. “Electric Ocean” has a decent beat. Rick Ruben produced, but that brings their best assets to the front without hiding the limitations: pedestrian guitar licks and solos, average vocals, very basic rhythm section. Hard to believe this rates being in anyone’s top 1001 albums. I was reading the user reviews in AllMusic, and most call it a great rock and roll album. I prefer Highway to Hell or Deep Purple in Japan any day. I can’t get into the lyrics either, mostly macho misogyny and bravado. In 1987, I was in the Marines, and even with that mindset, I didn’t find this very interesting, even if I mindlessly enjoyed it when someone or the radio played it. I was more interested in The Replacements and Husker Du. Oh my god, “Born to be Wild” just came on. This song really shows their weakness, especially the singer, who can’t even imitate John Kay much less put a spin on it, and the guitarist just phones it in. Why did Rubin let them put this on the album. I’ve heard bar bands do this much better. I just can’t. It gets worse with “Outlaw” where they can’t even keep the AC/DC pace. Guitar wise, the last song “Memphis Hip Shake” is the most interesting, but mainly because Duffy actually overdubs some more guitar work, but the vocals and lyrics are pointless. That’s over. Next please.

I found this to be pretty disappointing. I love she sells sanctuary but this just sounded so generic, other than the love removal one. Reading about it it seems that they went to rick rubin who changed their sound trying to mimic acdc. Well that makes sense with what I'm hearing. But it feels like a bunch of songs that were written with a different sound in mind. The cleaner guitars don't feel like they give the right grooves with these riffs. I'm quite intrigued to hear the abandoned manor session where they used the old sound on the same songs. Might still be a bit dull, but I am intrigued. I just put she sells sanctuary on. It makes this album feel like total crap. For disappointment alone it's a 2 from me.

I think highschool me wouldve loved this album. Sadly, I'm about 20 years older today.

As hair metal goes, this was pretty enjoyable. Lost interest after a couple tracks though.

Eh, these guys were just kind of also-rans in the hair metal scene at the time as far as I know. I don't think they are essential listening at all. Normally, I like this genre of hard rock, but these guys just can't pull it off. It's competent enough musically, but it lacks the same sort of cool feel that makes AC/DC a great band. The lyrics are just straight shit("Peace Dog" sounds like incoherent babble that tries to sound meaningful), often even more so than other hard rock of the period(which is saying something). Riffs are very generic, though OK to listen to. However, I have one glaring question: Why is this album on the list? It's not anywhere close to the best example of the period's hard rock sound, and it utterly lacks merit in any other capacity. This album has the highest number of appearances of the word "generic" of any on this site, and it's pretty obvious why. This album is ranked #17 of 25 albums for 1987. Other 1987 albums rated by me: Bad(1/25)-4 Appetite for Destruction(2/25)-5 Document(4/25)-4 Sign o' The Times(5/25)-4 Strangeways, Here We Come(6/25)-4 Music for the Masses(7/25)-4 Trio(9/25)-3 Darklands(10/25)-4 You're Living All Over Me(13/25)-4 The New Tango(19/25)-2 Warehouse: Songs and Stories(21/25)-4 Opus Dei(24/25)-4 Scum(25/25)-5

Since time immemorial (about 50 years ago), the cross-section between Aerosmith, AC/DC and Led Zeppelin has provided immeasurably fertile ground for simple hard blues-infused rock all about how much a singer wants to fuck women. And here is yet another fruit of that ground, lifted somewhat by Ian Astbury’s vocals, but ultimately still the same 40 minutes of music, spread across 13 very similar tracks, as you’d expect from this. For me though, I’m not 15 years old trying to get myself geed up for a boy/girl party where I want to seem cool and I’m not a 45 year old trying to ride a Harley and pretend I could pick up women to get through a midlife crisis, so I’m quite happy to call it a one and done listen.

Sounds like the cash grab it is. Just empty, soulless, and reeking of late ‘80s hair metal. There is nothing memorable, artistic or creative here. Rick Rubin brings his unerring production sense to this, adding some undeniable hookiness to the pounding drums and guitar. That alone earns the additional star.

Oh boy. Hair "metal". Some competent guitar work here, but overwhelmed by the underwhelming package of shit its wrapped in.

sanding any rough edges off of (the already not exactly intellectually rigorous listening experience of) 80s hard rock would be bad enough with a lead vocalist who could actually sing well. it's made even worse with deliberate references to other, better, albums.

This was okay. Not my favorite, but then again I'm not a huge fan of AC/DC and the ilk.

born to be wild cover was sooooo horrible

This is hard rock humour. Peace dog is obviously a joke. I really don't think I needed to hear this before I die as this is the most generic hard rock band ever. But it's so cliché it borders on humour and thus it ends up being OK. Favorite songs: Peace Dog

It’s a no for me dog.

I was excited when this album came up as the next one in rotation. She Sells Sanctuary and Fire Woman are great songs, I’ve just never listened to any of their catalogue. I was interested to hear what this would be like. Man was just disappointing. I really like late 80s rock, but this was just very very bland. There’s no excitement, there’s no crazy riffs, the songs are pretty plain, as is the singing. Not unlistenable, but getting there.

Let me start by saying my husband loves the Cult and I love him. I laughed so hard I cried watching him enjoy the eff out of this album. He always tries to get me to listen to them and I just can’t. I don’t mean to yuck his yum but blech. He tells me Rick Ruben fixed it and it’s much better but there’s alotta versions and I’m sure he loves them. Yikes too much widdly wah screaming guitar licks for me. This just isn’t for me.

Danzig did it better... Not even a She Sells Sanctuary? Only a Brit trying to rip off a Native American persona? Go back to being Goth, ain't no place for this Yah Rock BS from the 80's that Aerosmith did right with Eat The Rich.

So generic I couldn't work out when the album stopped and the radio kicked in.

Pretty generic sounding rock but the mixing is nice. A whole lotta 1s turn into 2s or even 3s just by mixing well. However, it didn't save this one too much. If every song on a rock album is going to be a high-energy head banger it gets really tiring. There was one song where he just said "YEAH" like 20 times in a row and it was kinda driving me nuts. Favorite(s): Least: Bad Fun King Contrary Man (the "yeah" song) 1.5/5

Fav: Aphrodisiac Jacket L: King Contrary Man, Outlaw 2 Not very interesting and annoying at times. Maybe it’s a good showcase for generic hard rock, great value hard rock perhaps.

Boring, whiny blah blah blah

This may be the best 2 I will ever give on this platform. There weren't any songs on the album that were particularly bad (except for the cover of Born to Be Wild), and some riffs I actually enjoyed. In fact, it may be the most listenable cock rock album that I've ever heard. The main problem is just that the album is generic, a facsimile of real hard rock albums that are much better than it. It's not bad. It just made me want to listen to other albums, which may be a more damning inditement than if I didn't like the album. But I have heard every riff, every drum beats, and every lyric before somewhere else. And in general I'd rather listen to those. If these songs were played at a bar, I wouldn't roll my eyes (except for the aforementioned cover). I may even enjoy myself. But that last thing I would ever do is consciously turn it on.

Not bad. Reminds of David Lee Roth at times. Lyrics are sometimes quite bad, something prevalent in this style of music. Musically it’s not bad. 2.5

Sounds like a parody of itself, and the Birn to be Wild cover is atrocious. I bet they’re great fun live though

The kind of music that plays during a barfight in Steven Seagal movies.

Nothing to particularly dislike, just didn't really do it for me. Don't really see myself ever trying to listen to any of these songs again. 2/5

Rating this with 30 seconds left on the album because I don’t think my opinion is going to change here. It’s a nothing album, like yeah I guess vaguely enjoyable rock n roll but I really think I could have died without listening to this and felt the same. And yeah those last 30 seconds really didn’t do anything.

Meh. I just listened to this album twice and I don’t remember much of it. The vocalist sounds like Billy Idol sometimes. This is fine, but I will probably not go back to it.

Of little note

Eh this is a big nothing burger for me. Well minus bad fun but everything else is fine but doesnt do anything for me. And bad fun only exists in my world because of some video game. It might be some tony hawk game or maybe brutal legend. Im not sure. But anyways, this record feels like the death of glam rock and hair metal. Like these guys were a little more flamboyant on their last recoed and now are going a more guns and roses way now. And its fine just feels a bit disingenuous to me. I could be wrong. But it feels like they are doing thier best motley crue impression. Its fine but not really for me nor really that good either. Ive for sure heard worse but its still on the bad side for me.

Generic

Perfectly serviceable rock but didn't have much remarkable for me. Felt stronger at the end.

Got better as it went, but it did feel a bit like B sides to school of rock at times. High 2

Meh. Generic sounding metal noise and an abysmal cover of "Born to be Wild"

Generic rock, easy listening, not entirely exciting

Decent, just not for me

2 1/2 Stars: Honestly, if this band was on stage at the Buffalo Chip during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, I'd probably be into it while downing my Bud Light and taking hits off the nitrous oxide balloon making its rounds around the crowd. This music isn't terrible -- the music skill is actually pretty good. The bigger question is what it's doing in this list in particular. I could've died without ever hearing this album.

That I thought this album was from the 70's based on the sound, but came out in the late 80's kinda tells the whole story. A dated sound with really nothing of note about it.

el hard rock mas average ever me quiero pegar un tiro 3/10

I wouldn't have bought this one based on the album art alone. The musicianship is extremely competent, and almost immediately forgettable. Maybe 2, if not for the timbre of the vocalist. YEEEAAAAHH is genuinely my favorite aspect of the Cult and worth a star. OK. I wrote this before I heard their cover of Born to be Wild. Dreadful and unnecessary. Minus one star.

This list needs a major overhaul. Not just a minor tweaking, but an actual overhaul. Because why the ever loving fuck is this album on here?

I really got nothing with this. I feel like that’s the case with half of the rock albums on this list. There’s only so many ways to be creative within the genres… maybe would be cooler if it was made 20 years prior

The album was not, in fact "Electric", but instead rather mediocre rock.

Found this to be pretty generic. It almost sounds like a parody actually. Not to say it sounds bad or anything, but there's a certain edge that's missing here.

Generic and boring

The Cult is every hard rock glam era stereotype rolled into one. Felt like a scene from Wayne’s World. It wasn’t bad, but wasn’t a fun listen.

This list is a cult. A cult of music I am not liking very much. 2

I feel like I’ve listened to this exact album 20 times already.

Booooring

Feels like some pretty average 80s hair and rock. 2.5/5

I was going to say that if you like one of their songs you will like them all because they all sound the same but I like Sanctuary a lot. Maybe it’s just too much of the same thing when you have to listen to a whole album.

Ei mun juttu tääkään. Semmosta ok autotallimusiikkia mutta ei mulla lähteny mihinkään. Kaipasin nopeampaa tai mielenkiintosempia melodioita tms. Aika polkevaa vaan.

Seems like basic throwaway “hard” rock

4.5/10

No offense to the guys but this just wasn’t anything of note

Painfully generic. This sounds like the music that would be playing in the background of a comedy set in the 80s that couldn't get the rights to more well known songs, so the filmmakers had to just get someone on the crew to make something that sounded 80s-enough.

Yeah, yeah, yeaaaahh. It would probably be fitting to listen in the car on a drive with friends to the keg party.

At their best, this album songs like it could be Danzig or Billy Idol... but I'm not a huge fan of either of those. So, here we are.

Danzig-style vocals (but pre-dating Zandig) with generic rock backing. Imagine this could be the soundtrack to the b-roll of a reality show about a tattoo shop in Detroit.

Ingen høydare...

this ain't it chief

Remarkably average generic 80s rock, their previous and following albums are better generic 80s rocks

suede for guys with tribal tattoos

Not sure why this 1987 album sounds indistinguishable from bad albums that are 15 years older.

Decent rock album. Not my thing.

Boring and generic album Standout song: Electric Ocean

Yeah this is kinda funny because the last time I checked these guys were a post-punk band! I harbor a healthy amount of disdain for Rick Rubin's unsavory comments regarding "English pussy music" and the fact that this album sounds churned out of the same bullshit hard rock machine that kickstarted itself in the early 70s (when I say that, I don't mean Zeppelin, I'm talking about bands like Bad Company). Rubin is an admirable producer who gets fantastic results (Reign in Blood and Blood Sugar Sex Magik, case in point) but the whole idea of a goth/post-punk group flipping itself on its head and leaning into cock rock more than anything is laughable to me. This is so bland it's not even funny. Recorded about 10 years too late.

I don't dislike it, it's just kind of unremarkable, after listening I couldn't remember any details of any of the songs. Didn't enjoy the Born To Be Wild cover but it led me to the existence of an Ozzy Osbourne and Miss Piggy cover of it. Favourite song: Love Removal Machine Least: Born To Be Wild

⭐⭐+ Kan höra varför man kan gilla detta. Det är inte dåligt men jag tycker inte det är något speciellt. Gillar dock sångrösten vilket är den tydligaste identifikationen för The Cult. Finns Cult låtar jag gillar men de är inte med på detta albumet. Det blir en stark 2a.

The fur hat on the album cover was the highlight. The music is overshadowed by bands that did it better.

Sad for a metal album to be this deeply disappointing. One of the worst covers of Born to Be Wild I’ve ever heard so it’s not even on the notable cover versions list. Unorginal reheated Metallica nachos, I hated the vocalist and lyrics for their original stuff. It sounded the same and I didn’t like that sound. Minor recuperation for good bass and guitar, but it’s Kiss without the subtlety or musicianship; which is saying something.

Meh

Ha Ha, I remember when this came out and it was considered quite edgy! Lol, pretty average stuff.

The Cult, but ironically couldn't be more middle of the road mainstream. Surprisingly dull. Hard agree with the reviewer who said this is what AI would give you if asked for a hard rock album.

Hmm. This was played on the local alternative station when it came out even though it was classified as “hard rock.” The singles got a lot of airplay, but I never bought the album.

I like She Sells Sanctuary, but I've never really listened to anything else by The Cult, so I was looking forward to this. Sadly I was very disappointed. This album sounds like Status Quo doing hair metal.

It’s crazy how many British rock bands I just don’t know. Not sure what this is going to be, so will be a fresh listen. Sounds very AC/DC inspired type of hard rock. First track is solid but gets more generic after that. It’s very 70s/80s hard rock/heavy metal. Nothing is bad and it’s very easy to listen to but it doesn’t stand out much at all. Obviously every era of music is going to have bands that sound like other bands without standing out much on their own, but it doesn’t mean the music is bad. This is exactly that. Not memorable or original enough. A few solid guitar riffs and solos though. Somewhere between a 2 and a 3. It’s fun enough to get over the lack of something distinctive and original. Was really leaning 3 until the Born to be Wild cover which kind of sucks. Will probably never listen again to this album though and it’s tiring by the end of it. Think I’ll go with 2. It’s all fine, but doesn’t feel necessary for this list.

too rock type shit not in that

This all seemed kind of opaque to me… like half of it didn’t even connect with my brain as songs. There were a few riffs I liked here and there but overall felt disappointed.

Wasn't The Cult a gothic/post-punk band? Why are they making generic cock rock? Why is this album here over the previous one, Love? What the hell is happening? Key tracks: Love Removal Machine

Decent vocals. Good hair. The rest is entirely average.

So generic

It’s fine. A perfectly 80s rock album but nothing more than generic

It was fine… gave up about three songs away from the end and put on Pearl Jam lol

Hair metal may be for some but not for me.

just not my vibe at all