Sonic Temple is a Rock album by The Cult, originally released in 1989. On Gatefold: 140 pressings tracked, owned by 51 collectors.
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
Side A
- A1Sun King
- A2Fire Woman
- A3American Horse
- A4Edie (Ciao Baby)
- A5Sweet Soul Sister
Side B
- B1Soul Asylum
- B2New York City
- B3Automatic Blues
- B4Soldier Blue
- B5Wake Up Time For Freedom
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- crunchy
- anthemic
- storytelling
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Billy DuffyBAND , GUITAR GUITAR GUITAR, WRITTEN BY
- Ian AstburyBAND , VOCALS, PERCUSSION LEAD VOCALS, PERCUSSION PERFORMER , VOCALS, PERCUSSION
- Iggy PopBACKING VOCALS MUSICIAN , BACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Jamie StewartBAND , BASS GUITAR, KEYBOARDS BASS BASS GUITAR, KEYBOARDS
- John WebsterKEYBOARDS MUSICIAN , KEYBOARDS MUSICIAN, KEYBOARDS
- Mickey CurryDRUM DRUMS MUSICIAN , DRUMS
- The CultARRANGED BY STRINGS
- Benmont TenchKEYBOARDS
- Bob BuckleyARRANGED BY STRINGS STRINGS, ARRANGED BY
- Chris TaylorDRUMS
- Eric SingerDRUMS
- John SinclairKEYBOARDS
- Les WarnerDRUMS
- Matt SorumDRUMS
51 collectors on Gatefold own this · 140 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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