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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This is the best recording of rock I've ever heard. I got this CD in '87, a few years after it was released. Actually, I bought it and "Electric" at the same time, as the latter was just released. I was lucky enough to pick up the original "BEGA 65 CD" (Beggar's Banquet) version, with the gold lettering on the front cover. It had two extra songs on it ("Little Face" and "Judith") as well as liner notes--lyrics to all the songs on the CD, inscribed in that odd, neo-egyptian script that you see on the front and back covers of the CD. In 1990, I saw this same CD on a website of RARE recordings going for $60, so if you see it anywhere and its… Read more
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
This is a true American Rock album, and you'd almost have to call it "neoclassical," in that it pays homage to an earlier era by imulating & incorporating elements/highlights of that era. I read a review here where someone credits the influence of "Zodiac Mindwarp." Brilliant! (as those 2 Guiness guys would say). This is true; the Cult really did shed their English Pop-Rock image, move to America, and release "Electric," the only post-70's rock album I ever listened to at the time. It made me think of Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, Steppenwolf, Deep Purple and Zodiac Mindwarp, most of all. Let's go back, though, to the year after the The Cult's album… Read more
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It's hard to review this record. It's like being asked to review a Picasso that was never exhibited, or a concept car that never touched the road. There are reasons why these objects were never marketed. With that, I must say that I really like this CD. I have all of Zep's CDs, including the BBC stuff. I won't skip any songs when I listen to this one usually. "Darlene" gets skipped from time to time, and maybe "Poor Tom." But "We're Gonna Groove," "Ozone Baby," "Walters Walk" and "Wearing and Tearing" are terrific rock songs. The version of "I Can't Quit You Baby" on this CD was recorded during a sound check, hours before one of their concerts. A sound check!!!! And it sounds… Read more
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