The Cult – Electric

€39,99

The roots of Electric lay in another album entirely, Peace, which was recorded with Love producer Steve Brown in a series of sessions that the band found increasingly pressure-filled and fraught with tension. A chance meeting with Def Jam supremo Rick Rubin at an American awards ceremony turned out to be the charm, resulting in the saucy chest-baring stomp of Electric. Rubin chucked all the old recordings for a series of new sessions, stripping everything down and essentially transforming Billy Duffy into the logical successor to AC/DC’s Angus Young. Thankfully Ian Astbury decided not to become Brian Johnson, and while his macho yells can’t help being cartoonish, he’s clearly having fun throughout. Though both band and album caught a lot of flak for their perceived wallowing in dinosaur sounds and styles, the end result is still a fist-punching yelp of energy that demands to be heard at maximum volume in arenas, with a brusque punch in Les Warner’s drums to match Duffy’s power-chord action. “Love Removal Machine” is still the album’s calling card, another in the series of instantly catchy Cult singles. “Li’l Devil” is almost as worthy, while other cuts like “Wild Flower” and “King Contrary Man” would have sounded good in 1973 and sound just as good in a new century. There are a couple of missteps — “Peace Dog” starts good but ends up being what happens when the Doors are used as a model in the wrong way, while the version of the Steppenwolf classic “Born to Be Wild” should be taken out and shot. Otherwise, an enjoyable pleasure from start to finish — even if Astbury sings “plastic fantastic lobster telephone” at one point.

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Beggars Banquet, Virgin 208 223-630, 208 223 LP, Album, Gat Europe 1987

A1. Wild Flower 3:36
A2. Peace Dog 3:35
A3. Lil’ Devil 2:44
A4. Aphrodisiac Jacket 4:10
A5. Electric Ocean 2:49
A6. Bad Fun 3:33
B1. King Contrary Man 3:12
B2. Love Removal Machine 4:18
B3. Born To Be Wild 3:55
B4. Outlaw 2:52
B5. Memphis Hip Shake 3:59

Credits:

Art Direction – Storm Thorgerson
Artwork [Front/Back Cover Photographs Styled By] – Renee Beach
Bass Guitar – Jamie Stewart
Drums – Les Warner
Engineer [Additional] – Bruce Buchalter
Engineer, Mixed By – Andy Wallace
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Billy Duffy
Management – Grant Edwards Management
Photography By [Front/Back Cover Photographs] – Robert Erdmann
Photography By [Gatefold] – Peter Anderson (5), Rob Brimson, Robert Erdmann, Tony Mottram
Producer – Rick Rubin
Producer [Assistant] – George Drakoulias
Sleeve [For Ai] – Keith Breeden
Vocals, Tambourine – Ian Astbury
Written-By – Billy Duffy, Ian Astbury

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Back cover: & 1987 Beggars Banquet Records LimitedPrinted in Western Germany by TOPAC, Gesellschaft fr Tontrger-Verpackung mbH, Gtersloh Imprim en Rpublique Fdrale d’AllemagneLabels: & 1987 Beggars BanquetChappell Music Ltd. except B3 MCA Music Ltd.Engineering & mixing by Andy Wallace (credited Andy Wallis on rear)Inner sleeve:All songs Astbury/Duffy Chappell Music Ltd. 1987Issued in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeve including lyrics.

 

 

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout DM 208 223 A
Matrix / Runout DM 208 223 B
Matrix / Runout DM 208223 A-1/3-87
Matrix / Runout DM 208223 B-1/3-87
Rights Society GEMA / STEMRA / BIEM
Label Code LC 3098
Other 208 223-8

 

 

 

 

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Weight0,23 kg
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