The Cult Pure Cult Music
by The Cult

About this Music

Digitally remastered! Definitive 19-track "best of" compilation spanning 1984 to 1995. Includes "She Sells Sanctuary" ; "Love Removal Machine" ; "Fire Woman" ; "Wild Flower" ; "Heart Of Soul" and more classics.

The hard-rocking Cult have come along way from the early Native American stylings of Dreamtime and the dodgy goth tendencies evident on their classic album, Love. Blame Rick Rubin, who helmed Electric and steered them down the rocky road to metal heaven. This best-of collection brings together tracks from the span of their career, and is a worthy testament to their rites of passage. "She Sells Sanctuary" sounds as refreshing as it did in 1985. There are some dubious inclusions from the twilight years of their career, such as "Star" and "Coming Down (Drug Tongue)," but when they have to hold their own alongside "Fire Woman" and "Lil' Devil" it's hardly surprising that they are found wanting. --Helen Marquis