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Electric (Remastered)

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When this album came out I was horrified. At the time I was a big fan of LOVE which was much more "alternative" and psychedelic rock. This album sounded like all the meat-head metal bands that I hated. Just plain old uninteresting, unchallenging, straight-up rock n' roll. I shunned it for a year or so until someone left a tape of it in my car. I ended up listening to it all the time. Why? For the very reasons I initially hated it. There's nothing to think about - it just rocks. Rocks your pants off! I still laugh when I hear "Peace Dog," but I'm jamming out at the same time. "Wid Flower," "Lil Devil," etc. are very enjoyable, mindless rocking out. Only the "Born To Be Wild" cover is unremarkable, but not bad either. I particularly love "Memphis Hip Shake" with its bold swagger.

So you wanted a new Cult's release: here you are. I find the title of the album says everything (a declaration of principles if you want), they think they are beyond.... but are they? It is impossible to compare this cd with Electric or Sonic Temple. Once again a band trying to rebirth from their ashes but this time the formula didn't work. But well, here it is another Cult album, and there is just one thing you can do: LOVE THEM OR HATE THEM. It is your choice.

I've been a cult fan for about eight months now. Ever since I bought PURE CULT I've been in love with them and since then have bought every album they have. This album, ELECTRIC is definately one of the best out there today. I've listened to this album way too many times and yet it refuses to die! Astbury has a one of a kind voice that you never get tired of. From screaming at the top of his lungs and little squeals to hilarious lyrics and poses The Cult are my all-time favourite band. I listen to them almost religiously every single day. There are so many albums to choose from you just don't know what to play next. ELECTRIC is definately a favourite for now and years to come! If you want heavy sounding boogy music well you got it! FIVE STARS ALL THE WAY!!!!!!

Spring of 1986. I'm riding in the back seat of my friend Lisa's Ford Mustang, windows down, not a care in the world. She pops in a cassette tape and out comes that crunching riff - you know the one: dun-nuh-nuh-nuh, dun-nuh-nuh-nuh. 'Wildflower'. That's all I needed to hear. I was in love - with the Cult. I would go on to purchase everything by the Cult that I could get my hands on, including the early stuff recorded as the Southern Death Cult. But, none of it - and I mean none of it - topped Electric. It's probably heavier than some of you can handle, but for those of you who like the idea of AC/DC-like riffage combined with a deeper-voiced Robert Plant-like vocalist, this is an album you've got to have in your collection. One of the great metal albums of the 1980s - an astonishing accomplishment considering that the Cult's previous album, Love (also great in its own right), was more Sisters of Mercy than Slayer. Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy are one of rock's top vocalist-guitarist combos. Get your hands on Electric and find out why.

When 'Electric' came out, the 'Goth' followers of 'Love' and 'Dreamtime' were shocked and in rage. How could 'The Cult' release such a follow up to their classic hits like 'Rain' or 'She sells sanctuary' ? Almost 25 years later we finally know the answer by being able to hear, what this album was supposed to sound like, since the original mix is included in the 'Rare Cult' box set. Being able to compare these two versions proves even more the genious of Rick Rubin. 'Love Removal Machine' would have been a heavy, multi layered, dark eighties anthem while Rubin's production transferred this track to a timeless rock classic. This whole album is full of energy, thanks to Rick Rubin's production and the great songwriting of Billy Duffy and Ian Asburry. 'Li'l Devil' is pure adrenaline, 'Wild Flower' is the Cult at their best and 'Memphis Hip Shake' closes this album like there is no tomorrow. While America was considering the stadium rock of 'Bon Jovi' or 'Poison' as the future of rock, 'The Cult' together with Rick Rubin took a step back and created a classic British rock album. Unfortunately, 'The Cult' focused on the American market afterwards and released more mainstream oriented records like 'Sonic Temple' or 'Ceremony'.

I own all the cult albums and none can hold a candle to ELECTRIC.It resides in the elite class of albums including NEVERMIND, BACK IN BLACK, MOVING PICTURES, and POWERTRIP. If you want to buy another cult album your best bet is the boxed set. It is well worth the money.

This is it. When the little green man lands on earth and comes up to me and says, "I want to rock," this is the album I'm going to hand to him. If I have to be stuck on a desert island for 10 years, I want this album, something to play it on, and a guitar to rock along with it. It got stuck in my car's tape player (a red '65 Pontiac GTO) for 3 years when I was a teenager, and i didn't mind. I just played it over and over again. It never got old. It never went stale. It continued to rock me all through high school. Ian and Billy and that crazy drummer dude rock perpetually, from the opening chords of the romantic "Wild Flower," to the single smash party tune "Li'l Devil," to the cynical and so-necessary "Love Removal Machine," to the Robert Johnson themed "King Contrary Man," to the awesome guitar riff of "Bad Fun," to the very last dirty ugly nasty cranking power chord of "Memphis Hip Shake," this album will rock your world, then burn it down, build it up again, and rock you some more.

No other way to put it... this is one of my fave records ever. I was a fan of Love, but this record hit me like a slap in the face. I was quite the metalhead as a kid, so the blending of the Cult's psychedelia with straight ahead Rubin guitars was PERFECT. I spent hours playing air guitar to this record...

Oh, and btw, for anyone looking for the original first mix of this record, it's available as a disc on the "Rare Cult" box set. The record was originally called "Peace" and the sound is TOTALLY different... think Electric done Love-style. Somehow it just doesn't hold a candle to the record that ultimately was released.

The Cult's masterpiece.

Every single track is perfect.

Up until the release of this album, The Cult had built a career around appealing to the goth crowd, which is what makes "Electric" such a revelation. Ian Astbury and (especially) Billy Duffy must have been listening to a lot of Angus and Malcolm Young between the release of "Love" and this album. "Wild Flower," "Lil' Devil," and "Love Removal Machine" all strike with the subtlety of Bon Scott-era AC/DC, as Duffy joyously churns out the power chords like a folkie in a coffee house who has just plugged in for the first time. Impressive...