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This is so mediocre, blant, stale, boring hard-rock. They just copied stuff from other bands. Bad.
I'm definitely not the biggest fan of 80s hard rock, but this was actually fairly enjoyable. The riffs are great throughout and the vocals have that 80s hair metal style but a bit subdued instead of sounding like parody like usual.
Generic and bland
Some decent energy and easy to listen to. I didnt get through it all but it seemed to give me enought to go on.
This is really fun, sounds a lot like ACDC with distinctive and crunchy riffs plus heavy rock vocals that are catchy enough for the pop charts. I guess it wasn't that ground breaking for 1987 but I enjoyed it. One criticism is that the lyrics are kinda basic.. with all the "yeah" and 'baby" it's like Austin Powers came up with them. Fun album though
naaaaaa de locos los the cult
3.4 1x catch up 10/1 on plane
Not that it was bad but what are they doing on here 💀
Sounds better to me than it did 20 years ago, but doesn’t necessarily sound good.
It wasn’t genre changing, but I liked the straight ahead Van Halen/ Bon Jovi style. 4/5!
1 bu ne ya. ilk sarki guzel devami zzzfest
ikinci sarki basimi agritti agggg album fena deildi ama dunyanin en generic seyi literal
herhangi bi rock albümü ama daha çok dinlesem severim bence
Офигенный альбом, открыл для себя группу!
The Cult drop the post-punk/gothic rock influences of their previous album Love in favour of this sell-out, cock rock, derivative garbage.
Eh not bad but definitely the type of music my dad would have on his playlists and ask "you ever heard of this band?" Love removal machine Born to be wild (lost points bc its a cover of the original and the original is better, but its still a *good* cover)
Just an 80s hard rock album where all the songs sound so same. Sounds just like it's awful album cover.Boomer rock. No standouts. Tired of listening to all these boomer music.
Really solid hard rock album with production that still sounds fresh today. Lacks some variety but consistent at what it does
Awful. Sounds like a fake band that would be playing in a bar scene in a new Wayne’s World movie made for Netflix.
Some fun vibes in here, but falls a little short of being truly 'electric'.
Straightforward rock, reminded me of AC/DC at points
Not really my favorite thing, but this was some competent hard rock
My Ears: MAKE IT STOP! THE HUMANITY
It’s like they knew Guitar Hero was coming and wanted to get all their songs on there
not for me
Not bad!
way better than I thought it'd be. and then it has any right to be, really!
Favourite songs: Love Removal Machine, Bad Fun, Lil' Devil, Peace Dog, Born To Be Wild, Aphrodisiac Jacket, Electric Ocean, Wild Flower, Outlaw Least favourite songs: Memphis Hip Shake 5/5
Fairly generic but still a good listen
A bit generic to be fair
This was a pretty straightforward, 80s rock and roll record, and I mean that in a great way. Very catchy hooks, choruses you can sing along to, and some killer guitar solos that were the highlight of the album for me. Also have some 80s punk influence in there as well which is always a welcome addition for me. I might just have to throw some of these songs into the rotation every once in a while. Notable Tracks: - Wild Flower - Peace Dog - Bad Fun - shout out Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 - Love Removal Machine - should out Guitar Hero: World Tour 6/10
Inoffensive and rather boring hard rock. The "Born to Be Wild" cover seemed rather pointless.
Fun “hair metal” or semi punk vibes. Not my jam but I would’ve vibed hard to this in my teens!
430 albums in, and this might be the most confusing and worst pick I've seen so far. For context, The Cult were originally a post-punk and goth rock band that blended those genres with psychedelia and hard rock, and it resulted in a pretty interesting take on the genre. The album before this - called Love - has one has their most popular song (She Sells Sanctuary) and is their most critically celebrated album, which is why I question why they instead included this, which is nothing but generic hard rock front to back. I would have given this a 2 because Love Removal Machine is pretty good, but it's immediately followed by the most unnecessary cover of Born to Be Wild. Fuck you Cult, for selling out, and fuck you book author for choosing yet another hard rock album instead of something interesting.
I realized during this album how little time I spend listening to uncaveated rock music. This is like, rock music. No prefixes, nothing. Vocal wailing, guitar neck slides, lots of the same tempo. Overall well crafted i guess, just extremely generic.
This sounded like royalty free 80s rock and then it went to absolute hell with a born to be wild cover kill me before subjecting me to that again please
This sounded very imitative of a lot of other 80s hard rock. Like, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't special. I didn't feel like they did anything on this album that I hadn't heard before.
having never heard of the cult before, this feels like it was answering a call for "please give me the rock and roll i know and crave, but new" would have loved for born to be wild not to be there tho. 3.5
if they trimmed down the songs at/over four minutes and maybe killed the steppenwolf cover this would be perfect "in the garage" music
Classic rock
Best Song: Bad Fun. Exactly the kind of rolling rhythm that works with this style of music. Worst Song: Born To Be Wild. This cover is truly awful. It strips the original of all its speed and intensity (i.e., its wildness) and turns it into a plodding stomp. Born to be Mild. Overall: It isn't bad, but it also just kind of sounds like AC/DC if they rolled around in the dirt for a little bit.
Not bad, not stellar. Pretty standard fare angsty rock music, but well put together.
It's actually not that often we get a hard rock album on here, which is a bit mad really, and so I'm happy to see Electric on here even if it's not my favourite album by The Cult; I very slightly prefer Sonic Temple that came just after this, it has the epic Fire Woman and Edie on it for starters. This is pretty good in itself though, with Lil' Devil and Love Removal Machine being the famous songs a lot of people will know, the rest of it is good, tight rock (except for a piss poor cover of Born To Be Wild), solid if unspectacular riffs and solos that don't extend into silliness, easily listenable any day of the week (I listen to Planet Rock most of most days and they're on regular rotation on there), an easy low 4 for me, it's punchy, fun and bursting with energy.
This is fine, it's listenable, but it's not in the same class as some of the better rock that we've had. Sounds quite rock-by-numbers really, it's a bit too smooth around the edges to be really interesting, a bit tribute act really. That said, it's pretty listenable, I like the singer's voice, just not enough going on. A low 3/5.
I like the Cult style but... This album isn't that exciting. Lots of very similar tracks, and the few catchy tunes are very cheesy to 2024 standards. Rated "Cool but won't listen again".
Holy generic rock and roll Batman. Listen I won't deny the musicianship. They seem really good at what they do. It's just what they do does not interest me in the slightest. Much of this just sounds like royalty free rock music.
Pretty decent but there was a very not great cover of born to be wild.
This one really surprised me. I remember the cult from she sells sanctuary. which was a absolute cracking tune. That was blasted on many a nights out. The album really showed me how tight these guys are and musically talented. The individual songs were nothing out of the ordinary but it will make me come back round to them and listen to some other of their albums.
2.5
Generally okay, although that Born To Be Wild cover was... something. Maybe that shouldn't have been included.
Not very good.
It doesn't even have 'She sells sandwiches' on it. I managed 5 tracks, basic straight ahead rock, nothing to complain about apart from Astubury's nasal vocals. Nothing to be excited about either. 1980s replacement for Bad Company, or The Darkness without the humour, screeching and swearing.
Can't really do hair metal. I like sanctuary by this band but that's about. Shame this wasn't even that album. The fact this was coming out the same time as Metallica were releasing stuff makes me wonder who on earth was going to see the cult. Slightly different genre, yet 10x worse. 2.5*, first track the only one worth saving down.
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Honestly, fairly surprised by this one. It's better than I expected, but people are all saying it's not the best Cult album so I'll have to check them out. It's a good mix of 70s and 90s rock even though it came before the 90s. However, the first song that autoplayed after this for me was Led Zeppelin and it put it all into context. It's good, but it isn't legendary.
Decent album, not putting it on again though. The cover is useless.
Not in the same league as their previous album, Love (5 star / 10/10 album) but still this is a great Cult album of course, in particular Lil Devil and Love Machine and Peace Dog and Little Flower and King Country Man and.. etc score in 1987: 9/10 score in 2024: 9/10
Tightly produced, straight up rock album. Well made, but not for me.
On this occasion the music struck me as quite monotonous, although there is a good energy. The Born to be wild version doesn't add anything.
There are some stinkers on this record and it marks a departure from some of the darker more overt goth vibes of their previous work... But, hear me out, if a cool older brother passes the CD along to his younger brother and you all spend a Summer with this as your soundtrack street skating the best curbs and other little bits of your suburban American town then this album is going to become an irrational, emotional favorite that you will still want to throw on 35 years later. Nothing beats the feeling of a Summer breeze on your face with your friends cheering an impossibly landed sick skate trick while Love Removal Machine is blasting out a cheap speaker. Sometimes music is made better by the moment and method of introduction. Five Stars for the feels on a Three Star record.
Ummm. Part AC/DC part Stones. It's done well but so derivative.
The cover of Born to Be Wild felt like low hanging but unripe fruit - gorge, puke. I think Tom Hibbert, of blessed memory, would have had lots of fun with Rick Rubin. There’s less to him than meets the eye, I sometimes think.
Hard rock bem produzido, mas repetitivo.
Heavily indebted to AC/DC, and with a pointless cover of "Born To Be Wild", this record has delusions of grandeur. All rock. No roll.
This is pretty solid!
I remember having this on cassette back on the day, probably close to the time it came out. It rocked back then, and it still rocks now. Astbury really channels The Doors and Steppenwolf (obviously with the cover there), but kicks it up a notch or two. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed this band, I think it's the "yeah"s that I got a bit tired of in EVERY SINGLE SONG. But if that's what you got, that's what you got. Really goo hard rock album, everyone seems to be clicking on each track. Top tracks: "Wildflower," "Born To Be Wild," "Love Removal Machine"
I wanted to see their previous album Love on this list because of how much She Sells Sanctuary came out of nowhere and knocked people's socks off with its deft musicianship and Ian Astbury's howling vocals. But it's only a so-so album, sort of a Joy Division/The Cure goth wannabe. And this album is not that - it's hard rock / hair rock through and through. But it hurts a little that they sort of sold out to be a Bon Jovi/Def Leppard (even AC/DC) retread thanks to Rick Rubin's production. It is a damn fun album but it has no authenticity, simplifying their playing and doling out not-at-all subtle sex-fused, bad boy lyrical drivel to emulate that 80's rock style. This one had me so torn because I crapped all over Bon Jovi's over-produced Slippery When Wet and gave it a 3. But I think this album is better and more in line with Def Leppard's also over-produced but super slick Hysteria. Based on pure song count, this album has a lot of head bangers - the worthy big singles Wild Flower, L'il Devil, and Love Removal Machine as well as other fun lesser knowns like Peace Dog, Electric Ocean, Bad Fun, King Contrary Man, Outlaw, and Memphis Hip Shake. If it wasn't for the downright awful Born to Be Wild remake, there's pretty much no holes on this album. So maybe I should give Rubin and the Cult some credit for making a catchy rock album.
Wow, this is super generic hard rock with nearly every hard rock cliche present and accounted for. Love Removal Machine sounds like a ripoff of Start Me Up. And how did they manage to make a boring version of Born to be Wild? A few tracks had moments I liked but then also had moments of pure cheese, so take my "favorite tracks" with a grain of salt. Favorite tracks: Peace Dog, King Contrary Man, Memphis Hip Shake.
queen ripoff, not bad tho
Like a better version of AC/DC.
This is a tight band, but the songs aren't particularly great and dude's voice is rather Muppet/Ray Romano-like. 3/5
like it sounds like oldies rock
Judging by the cover I didn't think I was going to like this as I thought it was going to be emo. Turns out it was a great hard rock album!
Generic hard rock. the sound of everything that was wrong in the 80S. This album is not for me. Favourite song: Lil devil is ok I suppose. Least favourite: Peace dog, awful rock! Album artwork: Not the kind of cover I like
this absolutely bangs. Hardcore and each track truly felt like it brought something individual to the table, which I find was pretty difficult to do during their era of music. I feel like this album alone would have been enough for me to be alternative in the 80s. i will say though, it kind of sounds like it came from a bit earlier in the decade than what it's actually from. I would have expected this to be a lot earlier than 87. 1.) love removal machine (what a classic) 2.) wild flower 3.) peace dog
I liked it. Guitar centric, so that makes sense. Didn't realize they did "Fire Woman". I would listen - the music holds up.
Generic 2-star rock.
Not for me. Couldn't wait for it to be over.
I liked it. Has some acdc influence but the singer here doesn't sound like a muppet. I immediately recognized the guy's voice cuz they have a song on Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 on PS2 from 2001 haha
great songs, really enjoyed
Nice sound
Electric The musical growth rate of this band cannot even be charted. They are treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry. This album feels like a joke, as if Spinal Tap never happened. Surely this is not real, released in earnest by a real band? And if it is a real album, how has it been remembered? It’s so poor in every aspect - intention, ambition, music, lyrics - that it feels entirely pointless. I’m not averse to this sort of music at all, but why would you listen to this when you could just listen to Guns’n’Roses or AC/DC, who do this a million times better, with a million times more charm? She Sells Sanctuary is undoubtedly an absolute classic, and I was hoping there would be similar on here but, without knowing anything else of their catalogue, that seems like a massive fluke. It’s not worth going song by song, just think of any utterly generic hard rock riff from the middle of 1987, add some echoey drum fills and some pub singer shouting yeah-ah in three slightly different ways, and mix it up in the most basic of configurations and you have any track on this album. I’m reluctant to give out 1s, but I will this time. This is utter wank. 🧤 Playlist submission: I’ll go for my least favourite, a choice between Bad Fun or the cover of Born to be Wild. I’ll go Born to be Wild as it’s one of the most laughable covers I’ve ever heard
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
An electric romp, hehe, from start to finish, The Cult take no prisoners for almost forty minutes that would leave the listener impressed whether they know of the backstory of the album or not. Have fun getting Love Removal Machine out of your head and getting bowled over by Aphrodisiac Jacket over and over again. Favorites: Peace Dog, Lil' Devil, Aphrodisiac Jacket, Electric Ocean, Love Removal Machine, Memphis Hip Shake.
Classic old hard-rock
I’m familiar with a handful of songs by The Cult, but I’ve never listened to one of their full albums before. I like their sound though, so I think there’s a good chance that I’m going to enjoy this album. Unfortunately, I can’t think of many positive things to say about this album. The Cult songs that I’m familiar with have a really distinct sound, featuring some guitar effects that I really enjoy. However, Electric was full of unremarkable and generic rock songs. This album reminds me a lot of Bad Company, in the way that there was really nothing unique about it. The guitar playing, the drumming, and the vocals were all incredibly bland. It’s really a shame that this album wasn’t good, because I know The Cult can write great songs. I’m really miffed as to why this album made the list.
Very good but sounds a lot like their other music. Born to be Wild cover was probably a mis-step, but enjoyable overall.
I didn't care for this very much to be honest. Past me by. Poorer version of Born to be Wild, I don't know if this was the original or not.
I guess it was okay but really nothing special, just big rock rock stuff and sounded like loads of other bands but more bland.
Yeah, yay, yeeeaah! no thank you!
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
Fede riffs og usædvanlige vokaler for den her generation af 80er rock (?) Sangene er ikke noget særligt, baffling cover af Born to Be Wild som er åbenlyst værre end originalen
Fed guitar og alt sådan noget.. giver en lyst til at køre på en (goth) motorcykel.. lidt kedelig i længden
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.
fire
The weak spot between "Love" and "Sonic Temple." Rubin dried out their sound to the point of total dehydration. The cover of "Born to Be Wild" is the least inspired and flat-out worst cover of any song by anyone, ever. "Wild Flower" and "Li'l Devil" are bangers.
Spicy stuff
”Be my little angel” -tyyppiset sanoitukset toi vähän läähtätystunnelmaa, mikä varjosti kuuntelemista. En samastu, en viihdy. Toisaalta ihan jees rekalla-ajelumeno. En tosin saanut siitäkään reteetä fiilistä itselleni.
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 great hard rock album by The Cult. Not very original as the album sounds like a 1987 mix of The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and Aerosmith. The album contains some strong guitar licks and hooks though.
grating voice
Rocks hard with excellent guitar work from the first minute to the last. Loved this one.
This album slaps Sick licks and a dope time
LFG!! I was jamming to this. The one weird thing was that there were times where it seems like the sound engineer forgot to turn the mic up for the lead singer. It’s rare in these types of albums where I actually want to hear more from the lead singer
Allie - “Instant one star. This album sux.” I didn’t think it was bad, but overall I would consider it average to below average, which puts it at 2 stars.
Ultimately it’s unremarkable and sounds like most 80s rock. The best song on the album is a cover, and after reviewing 100 albums that’s a pretty strong indicator of a low rating. I wasn’t bored listening to it and I didn’t dislike it, I just probably won’t listen to it again.
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’m sure this band has some unique genre attached to them but it’s just classic rock to me. It’s good classic rock but that’s what it sounds like. Some pretty big hit on here even though Born to be wild doesn’t sound like it was made by them and I’m too lazy to fact check that. Perfectly serviceable classic rock. 7/10
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
In some countries they'd hang you for making that cover of Born to Be Wild
Great pure rock stuff that brings me back to my GTA years.
Always loved the goth rock side of The Cult within the world of hard/glam/classic rock. They have that little something the other hard rock acts were missing at that time, being more dark but as punchy and energetic as a rock band should be. Sorry for the "Born To Be Wild" cover... I know it's embarrassing.
Great album. Only misstep is Born to be Wild - it was the only time I didn’t enjoy the lead singers voice.
Can't believe I've never heard this album, banger
Fantastic
Late Eighties glam metal you gotta love it. I have enjoyed The Cult since first hearing them as Southern Death Cult but really got in to them when they changed to the more radio friendly songs that adorn their back catalogue now this was the follow up to 85's Love which has the massive hit She Sells Sanctuary. This Album is widely regarded as their best and it m The rest of the album ay be but if you like this I would recommend checking out the predecessor Love and the follow up Sonic Temple both are great, as for this it's great but not perfect while Love Removal Machine, Wild Flower & Lil Devil are all bangers their cover of Born To Be Wild is terrible. The rest of the album is good with Billy Duffys excellent guitar work and Ian Astburys Jim Morrison like howling its worth a listen. Does it belong in the book possibly but I would have thought Inxs - Kick would be more deserving.
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
Vapid generic and soulless, like much of its genre from its time
This was the first one where “need to hear before I die” felt like a stretch. It was perfectly fine, but generic. I felt like I’ve heard plenty of other versions of this album in my life that were very similar. All in all good, but not really special
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”
I don't like his singing style for more than 4 songs. It started to really bore me near the end.
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
Meh, boring trans am rock. AC/DC like riffs but more boring with a Soundgarden type vocalist. Not a fan at all.
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
No more merit than being produced by Rick Rubin.
This album is just the same song over and over again. The version of Born To Be Wild is execrable.
Pretty standard 80s cock rock. It’s not terrible. 6.2/10
This be some 80s rock
Peace Dog wasn't so peaceful!
This album made me realize how much I don't like hair bands, that being said it wasn't totally unbearable and I think that if I was into this kind of music then it wouldn't have been so bad.
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.
This album brings me back to my college radio days. I forgot how much I enjoy them. A bit louder/harder than my typical go to listen, but they pack a solid rhythm and punch that is contagious.
(Sigh) I don't know. It's fine I guess. The fact that "Born to be Wild" is on here tells you all you need to know. I sort of expected The Cult to be more goth but it's ROCK with a capital "R". And also a capital "OCK". "Love Removal Machine" is, according to the Spotify listening figures, the most listened to (and therefore best?) song on here and it sounds EXACTLY like "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones. They sort of remind me of a bad Guns N Roses. The lead singers voice is distinctive, and I sort of appreciate that, but also don't like it? I wonder if the 1001 list is again being a bit obtuse by not picking Sonic Temple. At least I recognise the cover of that one. There can't be TWO The Cult albums on this list, surely? Yeah. Fine. Whatever.
The cult is fun. The cult is hideously derivative. I remember syncing up a cult song and an ac dc song. Same riff. Same key. Same tempo. I’m not sure they belong here, and it’s the she sells sanctuary album if they did. Dimery, do your job.
Well pepper me silly, roll me in flour, and call me a metal fan. Who knew? I am a fan of the Cult. It sounds like the English cultivar of AC/DC, or put differently, if Motorhead and ACDC had a good look descendants, with a bit of polish and discipline, this would be them. Good clean propulsive fun. (Using it for housework right now) I thought it was just their tongue twister sea shell song I liked... #mymusiceducashion Thanks 1001.
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 love this record! It's a dumb as a box of hammers, but sometimes you just need that. It's like Jim Morrison fronting ACDC. I was introduced to this album by Ben and Chris. I was friends with Ben's brother, but (frankly) his parties were a bit dull, and so I would gravitate to Ben's room where he and Chris would be playing their guitars along to records, which was more my speed. They introduced me to a bunch of things, including this (then recently released) record, which I fell in love with. Ben and Chris have played together in a series of bands over the past 35 years, and I still regularly go to see them play. I used to feel guilty about liking it because it is really dumb, and I felt dumber listening to it, but it does feel great in the way that only dumb rock can. And it doesn't pretend to be anything than it is; everything great about classic rock with absolutely nothing extra. Moments I love: - any time Ian Astbury yells "huh, woman!" or "yeah-uh!" - tambourine! You can tell it's the chorus because there's tambourine - homage or plagiarism? who cares? Let's rock! - the hilariously bad lyrics, especially Peace Dog - tempo changes! Double time! Half time! - the bit in Love Removal Machine where the band drops out and Ian goes " baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, I fell from the sky". And the bit in Peace Dog where the band drops out and Ian goes "baby, baby, bay, baby, baby!" - actually, any time the band cuts out for a few beats to allow a guitar line to hang or a vocal to pop out. They do it nearly every song, but it sounds great every time. - trash can endings on songs As Ira Robbins wrote in Trouser Press: "As sensually gratifying as it is cornball retro-moronic, Electric can lay claim to one of history's worst versions of 'Born to Be Wild.'" Agreed. One star off for that. Otherwise, mwah (chef's kiss), perfection.
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.
I only knew this band from the song Fire Woman. This is a surprisingly great rocking album. There are guitar solos and everything! I think Peace Dog may have been my favorite track on first listen, though I wasn't paying much attention to the song titles. I'm definitely going to put this on again. It's right up my alley. Even the cover of Born to be Wild was pretty good, and it's hard to cover an iconic song like that and do it well.
Global avg oikeassa.. Aikoihin elettu... samaa biisiä 10 kertaa.. vai kuknka monta.m jaksa laskea.. kiva lopetys.. muutama tunenttu biisi siellä..
Honnêtement je n'étais pas super excité de voir cet album ici et l'écouter ne m'a pas plus convaincu qu'il devrait l'être. Ce n'est pas terriblement mauvais, mais c'est très générique comme rock et à part les singles, le reste de la musique est très drabe. La reprise de Born To Be Wild est vraiment mauvaise par contre... Si j'avais un album de The Cult à mettre ici ça aurait été Sonic Temple, mais c'est le genre d'artiste qui n'en mérite aucun en réalité. 4.5/10
Never heard them before and really enjoyed this album!
What a crap album. How a band takes the already shitty Born to Be Wild and makes it worse is beyond me.
Well, this rocks. Straightforward, uncomplicated rock.
Sonic Temple is a favorite album of mine and I've listened to other songs from The Cult. Not sure why I never stopped to listened to other albums of theirs. This is a solid album and, to me, it appears that this is when they cemented their own sound that continued to evolve. A solid album and I like their material. Not sure why they included Born to be Wild on it.
🎧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.
\\m// One of the best 80s hard rock records. banger after banger.
I really enjoyed this album. It's heavy, but melodic. It's fun. It has moments where it feels very 80s and a product of it's time, and a lot more where it feels innovative and fresh.
I wish I could like this, but I really can't stand the guy's voice. Like nails on a chalkboard.
Every song sounds the same: generic. 2 stars instead of 1 because the production is alright and there are a couple decent guitar solos. Otherwise, quite boring stuff that I'd expect to hear at a cheap, sleezy rock bar.
Hard rock. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
Nada, rollo, lo siento.
Not bad rocker to end my work week.
Never has a band from Bradford sounded more like they're from California. While it's fun, I'm not sure it has a place on this list.
2.5/5
Hard rock. Good, plain, simple late 80s hard rock. Not at all to say it was average; it was quite great. Normally not my thing, but there's a lot of energy and passion in this album. You can hear it clearly in the vocals and guitar work. It's not like they do anything mind-blowing, but it's completely fun. Just great riffs to turn your mind off to. Might revisit. 4/5
Nada, rollo, lo siento.
This one really surprised me. Not really an amazing creative triumph, but tons of energy, and power without pretending to be super complex.
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.
Jesus Christ
"AI, please generate a hard rock album." And that's how this album was created. Nice guitar riffs.
Went into this thinking it would suck but this was a fun album. Just good solid rock. Nothing groundbreaking but very enjoyable.
LOVE THESE GUYS!
Fine, but voting. Each song sounded almost exactly the same as the last.
61%
Pretty standard rip roaring classic rock. Stones, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Billy Idol, it’s all on there. Nothing there to grab me necessarily. Playlist pick: Memphis Hip Shake
When it comes to straight forward rock music in it’s most raw and truest form, this is a classic album.
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.
Does anyone else think Love Removal Machine is a Start Me Up ripoff? I didn't care for this when it came out, but I mostly listened to thrash and speed metal at the time and this wasn't heavy enough. Now it's a nostalgia trip. Tons of swagger in the riffs and vocals. Give me a fuck yeah yeah yeah baby baby.
Hard to knock this one. While it’s not Classic, there are enough hits going for it.
Boring for me
Pretty boring and forgettable, not sure why it’s on the list but one point for technically being music I guess
This is a great example of I’m gonna rate this higher because the albums I just listened to. This was such a breath of fresh air compared to the sleepytime music I’ve been listening to
Fun rock, not very memorable
Initial thoughts would be... Decent but very basic. Don't really understand why this would make the list, as its not doing anything particularly interesting. Just very standard Finding out about the cynicalness of changing styles to this generic rock sound from their gothic style makes me like this less. Soulless
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
Idc about this kind of rock music.
they are only on the list because of their nationality. (bri'ish)
Generic must a few good songs
STOP WITH THESE 80S GLAM HARD ROCK ALBUMS I SWEAR TO GOD!!!
the isnt it man. This album was real bad. The only saving grace was the guitar tone during the solos. Can't believe Rick Ruben produced it.
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.
How many English albums are we going to listen to.
Peace Dog has maybe the worst lyrics I’ve ever heard in a rock song. In fact if the singer, who has a great voice, just sang nonsense, the whole album would go up a star. This album is produced better than most modern albums I’ve heard. Everything is clear and the instruments have a very distinct tracking. After reading about it, it’s because Rick Rubin produced it. Remember when Jay-Z said “you crazy for this one Rick!” In 99 Problems? Same guy. He has a very particular skill and he’s probably the best at it. Anyway the songs on here are very much butt rock. The last two tracks are the best of them, in my opinion. It’s 80s hard rock, and it’s great at that but I just can’t take it seriously. I’d have to be on a particular mood to put this on again, and that mood involves shit beer and cigarettes. Honestly I can’t believe these are the same people that wrote “She Sells Sanctuary” which is such a good song.
Ok
I would play Dungeons and Dragons with Eddie Munson with this on in the background. Forgettable but not bad.
It was okay.
First album that I've listened in the project till now that didn't do anything for me. Just trying to emulate other more interesting bands.
Fun but silly.
4.0
Forgettable af
A decent romp through the post-Zeppelin era. The Born to be Wild side step though is almost unforgivable.
Average rock. 2 stars.
Not really my thing. Both too hard and too silly for my tastes.
sucks monkey butt
It's not that it's bad, it's that I just don't care... Not sure why it's on this list.
So simple but done so well. Astbury does the inter lyric yowl better than almost everyone.
That brought me back to my youth on Long Island and the great Bar Bands of the Clubs, only those bar bands were much better than these AC/DC wannabes. The low light of these 39 sad minutes is when they slaughter Born to Be Wild with a lifeless rendering of this classic.
Very generic.
Fuck yes. If this were any further up my alley I'd be tasting it. Exactly what I think of when I try (and regularly fail) to explain what my favourite genre of music is. Just a straight up clean good time. I also firmly believe a well executed cover should be mandatory on all albums (insert a million qualifiers here but you get what I mean). OWWWW
Oh boy, another generic white rock band!
trash trash hair metal trash
Rick Rubin works his magic on the Cult by cutting out all the gothic fripperies and allowing them to be the arena rock act they always secretly wished to be. You can't listen to Billy Duffy's gleeful soloing and tell me otherwise. They were built for it, too - Electric is basically a bunch of recycled Zep, AC/DC and Stones riffs tightened up and freeze dried for a new era. It's good! I always found Ian Astbury's whole Native American shaman schtick goofy, but he has a voice made for hollering to the back of a concert hall. Electric is no more, but also no less, than a very decent hard rock album. Love, Electric, Sonic Temple - there are some top tracks sprinkled across this trilogy.
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
I hate it so much.
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
Not their best. Not my favorite.
# 204 : Hard Rock, is that what you'd call it? So many other bands did it better. Nothing special here to draw me in. I can listen to it, it's ok, I wouldn't go back to these guys. I liked Electric Ocean the best.
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.
Really confused as to why this made the cut. This sounds like a million other bands.
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.
This isn’t terrible, but sounds very generic. Seems like they tried to become rockers by imitating Van Halen, AC/DC, Rolling Stones, etc. I want to give it a 3 cuz it is a totally ok album, but feel like I should round down given there’s nothing here to really distinguish from other dad rock albums. 2.5/5
Straight forward Rock
This has not aged well. Love Removal Machine still kicks something, but the rest of the album is a wasteland of oversized riffs and ridiculous rock posturing. They would keep all that in the next album and add a chunk of tune. There are some missing links that should stay forever missing and the one between The Doors and Aerosmith is clearly one. Most of its two for LRR. No album with a cover of Born to Be Wild this bad and inessential can get more.
Great rock album
3-4
Nothing special
Pretty standard cock rock on this one. There were several impressive moments of wailing guitars. Overall decent, 3 stars
The vocalist is a major joke. Just like rappers and their overuse of “niggah” and “motherfucker” this guy abuses “yeah” and his two-syllable version “yea-ah”. Add to that his “baby” and Billy Idol “ow” - also both used to extreme. Now pile on the fast vibrato at the end of his words, along with his making one syllable words into two by adding an “h” in the middle. And the cherry on top? The lyrics are ridiculous! Forced rhymes, absurd combinations without any cleverness to make them palatable, ie; “Peace Dog,” “Aphrodisiac Jacket,” “Electric Ocean,” etc. It’s ALL laughable. The music, though some of it is not too bad, is so derivative that there’s no point in listening to this band when you can hear the same style done so much better by REAL rock bands. This group is a hard “pass”!
Pretty rocking, a nice change in pace from the previous albums I’ve been listening to in this list.
Ég er með rosa soft spot fyrir The Cult. Fíla þetta mjög vel.
Off all the mediocre rock albums this is the most mediocre of all
I really enjoyed it, although the Born to be Wild cover was pants.
Gave me The Darkness vibes. And a little AC/DC perhaps? Not for me though.
Hell yeah. A lot of fun to listen to...nothing groundbreaking here, just some good hard rock to have fun with. Favorite track: King Contrary Man
Lots of Danzig in there. It's a lot better than most all the 80s hair metal crap, but just meh overall.
Great Rock and Roll
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.
Solid rock, but didn’t stand out, not sure why it’s on this list
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.
surprisingly delightful hard rock album lots of fun - 7/10
Extremely average and generic.
I know giving this only 2 stars isn't much, but this was surprisingly a little bit more enjoyable that I would have though. I mean the album cover looks terrible and not a big fan of this specific 80's hard rock sound but yeah, not that bad!
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
geil
Way earlier in this list, I gave Bad Company's "Bad Company" a one-star because I was pretty convinced that it would be my only one-star album through the project. Who could've predicted Lenny Kravitz would be on this list? Anyway. This record reminds me of that in heaps. Same yowl-y vocals, same solid guitar without ever really being groundbreaking... A Danzig song played immediately after this, and I realized *that* was what the vocals sounded like to me. I don't think this is a bad record (and for the record, if I could go back, I'd probably bump that Bad Company record up to a two), it just... doesn't feel essential. It's performed competently (aside from maybe the "Born To Be Wild" cover, and the last song, sheesh) but it's just generic cock rock at it's cockiest. Favorite tracks: "Love Removal Machine"
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.
I was into their previous album, Love, but when this one came out I lost interest. It just seemed so vanilla compared to their earlier stuff. Listening to both albums today, I think even their earlier stuff is kind of vanilla. Plus, I don't care for the lead singer's voice.
Lots of fancy drums and fiddly-faddely guitar. They sound like every heavy rock band I've heard and never cared for. This genre of rock is a complete caricature to me. And what with the album's font selection, animal skin hat, and attempting-to-look-sultry into the camera gazes...they could have been in a band competition with Spinal Tap.
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.
What's nice about this album is that if you miss a song that you like, the next one will be just as good, if not exactly as good. Being that I did not like one song, they were all equally unappealing to me. But equally as good, as I promised.
Hmmm, how have I never heard of this band before? Good, solid rock and roll, slightly unique sounding vocals, a tinge of southern rock elements ... But it's just not quite odd or quirky enough to entice me. I'll give two stars for effort.
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.
This started out ok and I thought I was going to enjoy it but it felt like a very long 38 minutes by the end of it. I like this genre and this era just fine but I don't get why this is here.
This was some solid 80’s hard rock - something I enjoy much more now than back in the 80’s. Listened to this while taking a shower then driving around… perfect for both occasions! Favorites were Wild Flower, Lil’ Devil, Ocean of Love, King Contrary Man, Love Removal Machine, Outlaw.
Cult perfection
Really nice
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.
lmao that was a real wacky inclusion on the list it just kinda sounded like some guys at the pub. But I do like going to the pub. But also I don't think I'd rate going to the pub as a top 1001 musical experience of all time.
# Playlist track - Wild Flower # Notes - Albums starts out OK, but gets worse with each track. - -2 stars for an version of "Born To Be Wild" that is worse than what we usually get in drunken karaoke. - -1 star for the annoying and repetitive screaming.
Everything I hate about this godforsaken hobby that I have unfortunately gotten myself into.
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.
Alright, what exactly are we doing here? A seemingly-random '80s rock band from - take a guess - the UK, and it's produced by Rick Rubin so maybe that's why it's here. But this reached top 4 in the UK and marked a shift from whatever their style was before to...just mainstream glam rock. It's not fair to call this bad music, it's actually manufactured to be decent. But that's the problem, this is music as a product and not as art. Look at the cover of "Born to Be Wild," who the hell is that even for? The original is better in every way, and the cover doesn't really change anything. It's just a reference point for the old heads that they were presumably courting here. This is lame, doesn't belong on a list like this. Favorite tracks: Wild Flower, Bad Fun. Album art: Kind of cool design-wise, the font is neat, but at the center is just a lame band photo, and look at the bozo with the coonskin cap like he's Davy Crockett. Bugger off. 2.5/5
Great Album.
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.
This is some cock rock. I definitely have to be in a mood for this. File it next to AC/DC for big crunchy open chords and half-yelled vocals. That voice is distincitve and commanding. Born to Be Wild was terrible.
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
Boring
netter Rock, prö-acdc?