Sonic Temple is a Rock album by The Cult, originally released in 1989. On Gatefold: 139 pressings tracked, owned by 37 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- crunchy
- anthemic
- storytelling
About
The Cult stuck to their guns on their fourth album by igniting sexual charges (“Sun King,” “Sweet Soul Sister”) and keeping a kind of shamanistic shroud over things (“Medicine Train,” “Soldier Blue”). Singer Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy offer up a bounty of big-drum, big-riff philosophies and hedonistic dreams that come off as rare insights for mainstream hard rock. The ballad to Andy Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick (“Edie, [Ciao, Baby])” is the album centerpiece, but “Fire Woman” proved they were the world’s greatest rock ’n’ roll band in 1989. Millions of album buyers agreed.
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Tracklist
- 1Sun King6:11
- 2Fire Woman5:11
- 3American Horse5:19
- 4Edie (Ciao Baby)4:46
- 5Sweet Soul Sister5:08
- 6Soul Asylum7:26
- 7New York City4:42
- 8Automatic Blues3:51
- 9Soldier Blue4:37
- 10Wake Up Time For Freedom5:18
- 11Medicine Train4:42
Credits
Performers
- Jamie StewartBASS GUITAR KEYBOARDS BASS
- Mickey CurryDRUMS DRUM
- Billy DuffyGUITAR
- John WebsterKEYBOARDS
- Ian AstburyVOCALS PERCUSSION LEAD VOCALS
- Bob BuckleyARRANGED BY STRINGS
- The CultARRANGED BY STRINGS
- Iggy PopBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Chris TaylorDRUMS
- Eric SingerDRUMS
- Matt SorumDRUMS
- John SinclairKEYBOARDS
- Les WarnerDRUMS
- Benmont TenchKEYBOARDS
37 collectors on Gatefold own this · 139 pressings tracked on Gatefold