Electric (The Cult album)

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Electric
Studio album by The Cult

Publication
(s)

April 1987

Label (s) Beggars Banquet / Sire

Genre (s)

Hard rock

Title (number)

11

running time

38:51

occupation

production

Rick Rubin

chronology
Love
(1987) 		Electric Sonic Temple
(1989)

Electric is the third studio album by the rock band The Cult . The album was released in 1987 by the Beggars Banquet Records label and, with the production of Rick Rubin , is the band's first album to be predominantly hard rock . The album was also included in the anthology 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .

Emergence

The album Love was the breakthrough for the band. In the summer of 1986 The Cult recorded twelve tracks at Manor Studios in Oxfordshire for their successor, which was officially titled Peace , but were dissatisfied with the sound of the result provided by Steve Brown, who had already worked on Love . The album was therefore recorded again with Rick Rubin and the title sequence changed, Andy Wallace worked as a sound engineer. There were also changes in the band: Jamie Stewart took over the rhythm guitar, the former bassist of Zodiac Mindwarp , Kid Chaos, joined them.

reception

The album peaked at number four in the UK . Allmusic's Ned Raggett gave Electric 4.5 out of five stars. He praised it as "enjoyment from start to finish," with the exception of Peace Dog and the Steppenwolf cover Born to Be Wild .

Track list

  1. Wild Flower - 3:39
  2. Peace Dog - 3:35
  3. Lil 'Devil - 2:48
  4. Aphrodisiac Jacket - 4:10
  5. Electric Ocean - 2:50
  6. Bad Fun - 3:33
  7. King Contrary Man - 3:32
  8. Love Removal Machine - 4:17
  9. Born to Be Wild ( Mars Bonfire ) - 3:55
  10. Outlaw - 2:52
  11. Memphis Hip Shake - 4:00

Title of the planned album Peace / Manor Sessions

All tracks appeared on Rare Cult in 2000. Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 and 10 first appeared on Extended Play The Manor Sessions in 1988. Tracks 7-9 and 11 were used as B-sides from singles on the 1987 Electric album released.

  1. Love Removal Machine
  2. Wild flower
  3. Peace Dog
  4. Aphrodisiac Jacket
  5. Electric Ocean
  6. Bad fun
  7. Conquistador
  8. Zap City
  9. Love trooper
  10. Outlaw
  11. Groove Co.

All plays were written by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy unless otherwise noted.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c www.starpulse.com: Biography The Cult
  2. ↑ www.rocklistmusic.co.uk: List of 1001 albums , accessed June 12, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b www.allmusic.com: Electric review by Ned Ragget
The Cult
Ian Astbury  • Billy Duffy  • Mike Dimkich • Chris Wyse  • John Tempesta
Les Warner • Ray Mondo • Nigel Preston • Jamie Stewart  • Mark Brzezicki  • Kid Chaos • John Webster • Chris Taylor • Eric Singer  • Mickey Curry • Matt Sorum  • Todd Hoffman • James Kottak  • Charley Drayton • Michael Lee • Kinley Wolfe • John Sinclair • Craig Adams • Scott Garrett • Martyn LeNoble  • Billy Morrison
Studio albums

Dreamtime  (1984) • Love  (1985) • Electric  (1987) • Sonic Temple  (1989) • Ceremony  (1991) • The Cult (1994) • Beyond Good and Evil (2001) • Born into This (2007) • Choice of Weapon  (2012)