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1. Sun King

2. Fire Woman

3. American Horse

4. Edie (Ciao Baby)

5. Sweet Soul Sister

6. Soul Asylum

7. New York City

8. Automatic Blues

9. Soldier Blue

10. Wake Up Time For Freedom

11. Medicine Train

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Album Description

Digitally remastered reissue from the original masters with expanded artwork which includes new photos & liner notes. Beggars Banquet.

Album Details

24bit Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic British Hard Rock, May 1 2004

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HeadbangerDuh (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sonic Temple (Remastered) (Audio CD)

Hard rock at its fullest. While in the band's earlier years, they had sounded more post-punk, on 1989's Sonic Temple (as the title and cover suggest), the band turns into a full-fledged heavy metal band. The songs are well written and well played. Ian Astbury is a singer that can very well entertain you. The guitars are energetic, and have a sound that can make you want to bang your head. Some of the Cult's finest material is on here like Sun King, Fire Woman, and Edie. Some less heard of songs on here that are just as good are American Horse and New York City. Go buy this.

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5.0 out of 5 stars SONIC MASTERPIECE, Nov 16 2003

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Eric C. Martin "Marty-Mar" (North Aurora, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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In the summer of '88, a dozen of us went to see Metallica with special guests The Cult. Although I only knew "Fire Woman", I didn't hate them...but the croud did. Middle fingers, obscenities, and pure venom was thrown at them. And that's a shame, because I bought the album the following week to find out for myself why it was being praised to the skies in magazines, etc.
After one listen, I was hooked. Powerful and memorable riffs, Zeppelinesque tunes like AUTOMATIC BLUES and SWEET SOUL ASYLUM (BLACK DOG and KASHMIR), and great production by Bob Rock makes this the group's masterpiece. There's not one dog on this disc. The album really smokes when after SWEET SOUL ASYLUM, Ian Asburry launches into NEW YORK CITY (a blistering verbal scathing on the Big Apple) "...crashed the big apple...so I took a bite but she bit me back..." "Hell's Kitchen is a DMZ/I ain't never coming back." Next is the "Black Dog"-ish AUTOMATIC BLUES, and continues with the incredible SOLDIER BLUE that has a hook so powerful you'd have to be deaf not to tap your foot. Oh sure, this album was eclipsed by the Metallica phenomenon and the God-awful hair bands that now make up most of the discount bins. Yes, even lead singer Asburry was criticized for constant use of "Lil' Honey," "Sugar" and "Lil' Sista" (DO any of these women have names?) But those are pretty sorry criticisms for one of the best hard rock albums of the 80's.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sorry, but...., Jan 24 2003

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Dave (virginia) - See all my reviews

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This album is definetely a classic all-time great album. When a friend told me he saw it was remastered, i knew i had to buy the new one even though i still had the original disc. But alas, after flipping through the liner notes of the new one i realized that it WASN'T remastered at all. How? Because it still says "Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound" instead of "Remastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound". And then after listening to it alongside the original realizing it is an exact duplicate of the original. So as far as i can tell, there is no difference between the two except for the expanded artwork. But i guess i'll keep it nonetheless and give my original to my friend.

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4.0 out of 5 stars 4 stars and loving it!
A five is nearly impossable to get .So with that in mind I have to say that any unbiased smart listener will know this cd to be what it is , And that happens to be ROCK... Read more

Published on Jun 7 2004 by C. Fretwell

3.0 out of 5 stars Cult Status
I remember being quite impressed by this album at the time of its release; since then I can't help but feel that it was a good band's last hurrah. Read more

Published on Sep 2 2003 by Greekfreak