LOVE album.....one of the AllTime Greatest Rock Albums by ANY Band ...period.

I had Electric on cassette back in 1987. I wore it right out. Love Removal Machine and Wildflower are outstanding tracks

Funny that one of you said The Cult are notoriously difficult to work with when he referred to Matt Sorums short tenure with the band. Based on my personal interaction with Matt and several others I know who have worked with him...It is Matt who is the difficult one to work with and even be around. (I'm being kind in that assessment...I could bash him but I wont) At the end of the day Billy and Ian are the Cult and its their vision that will always lead the band into whatever territory they choose. They have had powerhouse drummer (John Tempesta) behind the kit now for well over a decade. Ive seen them 20 times since 87 and the 2019 and 2022 shows were hands down the 2 best Cult shows I have ever seen. Their most current line up is totally dialed and is a well oiled machine. Love their entire body of work. Sure I have my favorites....but I love how they take chances and attempt to reinvent themselves and somehow still remain The Cult...and based on the show I saw last week...haven't lost any gas LIve...and certainly haven't lost any love from the fans the place was packed

Totally agree with Hack, Love #1 baby, great show guys!!!

Love is the one most fans want the cult to sound like. The goth mode was what got them started and Rain, Phoenix etc are killer.

Beyond Good And Evil and Dreamtime are my favourite Cult albums right now.

Thankyou for doing The Cult ....been waiting for this .

Long time waiting for this one !! Very entertaining and it shows how much Cult fans have different opinions about their favourite albums. Love the early stuff as much as the most recent ones. i won’t bother ranking them since tomorrow my number 10 might be my number 1. For me, the Cult belongs in a category on its own. I don’t know of any other band that morphed so many times and remained relevant throughout the decades. Pete your channel rocks and your guests are a pleasure to listen to. Cheers

For me, "Love" all day, every day. The Cult have become one of my favorite bands. Billy Duffy has a lot of impact as a guitar player; he locks in with bass and high hat, so even during solos, the rhythm never falls out.

LET’S GO! So happy you guys are finally getting around to this band 😊

Interesting show. I've been a fan since The Southern Death Cult, then Death Cult days, and so have a slightly different perception of The Cult. For a Top 3,I would go 1. Love 2.Dream Time 3. Sonic Temple I think the fact that both "live" albums were initially only limited editions/promotional tools was a lost opportunity-you even had to send away a" proof of purchase " for "Pure Cult" to get the second disc of "Live Cult".

I just want to say thank you for this; it really lifted my mood in a difficult week. Despite my best efforts, no-one I play their stuff too gets them; with one exception they are voluntarily living the life anaesthetised, a sort of real life version of the Simpsons. So, it was great to hear 4 people who like the band discussing one of my favourites. Although my first exposure was the sheer spinal shock of 'Love Removal Machine' in 1987 and I loved them, it wasn't until 1993 that I really got diving deep. For me, my favourites as albums are Love, Ceremony, Sonic Temple, Dreamtime, Electric, Beyond Good and Evil and then The Cult. I like the more recent albums but ... I was delighted and surprised to hear so many positive vibes for The Cult album, which I think is quite brilliant but also very difficult - to me there is quite a challenging mood, often despairing, driven by some great lyrics from Ian Astbury. Mostly, I think of the Cult as a fun band that play with genres, so the self titled album is quite a change of mood. Thanks once again, peace dogs.

For me: 1. Sonic Temple 2.Love 3. Electric 4. Beyond Good and Evil 5. The Cult 6. Choice of Weapon 7. Ceremony 8. Born into This 9. Dream time 10. Hidden City

Killer band; so underrated. Love is their best album, for sure. Very excited to see "ranking the albums" shows from other two underrated english bands: The Cure and The Stranglers.

Another great episode. The Cult are in my top 10 favorite bands. Thanks Pete for the great content. SOT IS THE BEST CHANNEL ON KZfaq.

I think The Cult are one of those hard rock bands that will put a smile on someone’s face whenever their songs come on in almost any environment. I personally like Love, Electric, and Sonic Temple the best. I think Ian briefly sang in the short-lived Doors Of The 21st Century band.

This is a great episode! Love Jamie's insight

In the early 80’s I used to go to a pub in Birmingham UK where rockers, goths and punks all hung out together. It was here I first heard of and loved The Cult and I got to see them for the first time in a small nightclub in the city in 1985. Seen them many times since and will see them again next month joint headlining with Alice Cooper! Top 3 albums for me are 1. Sonic Temple 2. Love 3. Electric Top 3 songs 1. Wild Hearted Son 2. Sun King 3. Spiritwalker

Cool this. Haven't heard all their albums but really dig Choice of Weapon. Looking forward to the ranking Miles!

Sonic temple Electric Born into this Capsule Tracks Love Hidden City 1994 Beyond GAE Choice of weapon I simply went by what I listen to the most. I do not have ceremony or dreamtime any more so did not rank them. Would be last obviously. I added the four songs released as "capsules" and then were released as a second disc of COW. Embers is in my top 5 Cult songs. So glad they played that live when I saw them last. Seeing them again this week. Good conversation guys!

As a 1980s goth plus metal head, I still love Dreamtime. I have to rank them on the amount I have listened to each album. 1. Love 2. Electric 3. Dreamtime 4. Sonic Temple 5. Choice of Weapon 6. Beyond Good and Evil 7. The Cult 8. Hidden City 9. Born into This 10. Ceremony

For me I was hooked on this band as soon as I heard, Edie (Ciao Baby). Love most of the band's work. Lovely rankings section gents, thankyou. Looking mega forward to the new 2022 album. Can't wait, cheers 🍻.👍

I'm really happy you finally did a ranking show on The Cult!! :) A pretty underrated band. I'm definitely a "goth" period Cult fan, although I love Sonic Temple - not a single bad song on it! I remember back then lot of people from the alternative camp complained about Cult becoming one more "hair" band with this record.

This was a great episode gents!

Haven't listened to Cult in years but the albums that immediately come to mind are Electric, Sonic Temple, Love & 94''s The Cult (underrated)

The Cult is a great band and Electric is my favourite album. But all their albums are good because they're all different. Really liked the panel for this ranking, this was really fun. Hope this same panel can do something again in the future.

Billy Duffy is my favourite guitar player. Some of the stuff he does on the love album are very Hendrix like in my opinion and the guitar solo on the song “love” is a top 10 solo for me. Very underrated player.

The Cult are a fav of mine. Love all their albums! 1. Electric 2. Ceremony 3. Sonic Temple 4. The Cult 5. Love 6/7. Hidden City/Choice of Weapon (they feel like one album to me) 8. Born Into This 9. Dreamtime 10. Beyond Good & Evil. Special mention to the original "Pure Cult" compilation which is a fantastic release! Cheers.

Great show! Loved how each of your number 1 is different. I haven't heard all of their stuff so this would be my top 5 Love Beyond good and evil Sonic temple Choice of weapon Electric Out of these I like the first two quite a bit and Sonic temple is solid but the rest are ok. They are a band that I could be really happy with a best of collection.

Great show. Been waiting for this for a while. I thought maybe you all would have different picks. IMO that just shows how good a catalog they actually have. Most rankings end up agreeing on the top 2, maybe just flip flopped. But this one you all were different except 2 agreed on the number 2. This one was really hard for me to pick the order of the top 4 or 5 favs but I gave it a shot. After switching my order a dozen times here’s what I went with. 10- Dream Time 9- Born Into This 8- Choice Weapons 7- Hidden City 6- Sonic Temple This is where the struggle began 5- Electric 4- Beyond Good and Evil 3- Love 2- The Cult 1- Ceremony (White and Wonderland are FANTASTIC songs) Wonderland is a song I thought for the episode you did on best songs ending an album. What I love about The Cult is how they change just enough from album to album yet keep enough of there sound to where you know it is them when you hear a song. That’s what made this ranking so hard for me because every album kills in its own right. I love how their music , singing style and lyrics just fit together so well that when you listen it’s like you are actually in the scene that they are creating. Love it. Good job all four of you on this one!!!

Excellent discussion of a superb band. 1 electric 2 love 3 the cult 4 sonic temple 5 beyond good and evil

Fun fact: I was only familiar with the Cult up until Ceremony, so I've listened to the other half just recently, LOL. So, for now, my list is: 10. The Cult (1994) - 4,5 or 5/10 (For now, this album is pretty bland for me, but that might change in the future. Favorite songs: "Joy", "Sacred Life", "Be Free";) 9. Born into This (2007) - 7,5/10 (Favorite songs: "I Assassin", "Illuminated", "Savages", "Sound of Destruction";) 8. Dreamtime (1984) - 7,5 or 8/10 (Favorite songs: "Spiritwalker", "83rd Dream", "Butterflies", "Gimmick";) 7. Hidden City (2016) - 8,5/10 (Favorite songs: "Dance the Night", "G O A T", "Avalanche of Light", "Heathens";) 6. Beyond Good and Evil (2001) - 9/10 (I was really surprised when I first listened to it, 'cos this album is the heaviest they ever done, and WHAT A BANGER this album is! Favorite songs: "The Saint", "Rise", "Take the Power", "Breathe";) 5. Love (1985) - 9 or 9,5/10 (Favorite songs: "Brother Wolf, Sister Moon", "Hollow Man", "She Sells Sanctuary" (My favorite song from them), "Black Angel";) 4. Choice of Weapon (2012) - 9,5/10 (Favorite songs: "Honey from a Knife" (My favorite song from the modern era), "The Wolf", "For the Animals", "Amnesia";) 3. Sonic Temple (1989) - 9,5/10 (Favorite songs: "Sun King", "Fire Woman", "American Horse", "New York City";) 2. Electric (1987) - 10/10 (One of the best hard rock albums ever, period. Favorite songs: "Peace Dog", "Aphrodisiac Jacket", "King Contrary Man", "Outlaw";) 1. Ceremony (1991) - 10/10 (This album is, IMO, the most interesting and unique they've done, because of the tribal/Native American elements they've included, which makes this album an amazing one! Favorite songs: "Ceremony", "Wild Hearted Son", "Earth Mofo", "Heart of Soul", "Sweet Salvation" (My favorite ballad from them);) My number 2 and 1 were really hard to pick, I had to consider either the consistency (Electric) or the variety (Ceremony) to be the #1. Even though I've picked the variety, this might change next week or even tomorrow, LOL.

Love, Electric and Sonic Temple. The Golden Cult triunvirat.

She Sells Sanctuary=best song Electric -Best album

Right on ! The Cult gets some LOVE .

Wish I could stay up for that but I got to truck in the morning 1. Electric 2. Sonic Temple 3. Love 4. Dream time 5. Hidden City their last one got a whole lot stronger 6. Choice of weapon 7. Beyond Good and evil 8. Born into this 9. Ceremony 10. The cult self-titled They're 90s work just wasn't very strong to me after Sonic Temple but it was okay I'm glad to have the whole discography

"LOVE" All the way, and it's never really been close. One of those great albums that grabs you at the beginning and doesn't let you go until the dead wax of side 2. Full of good shimmering riffs, catchy and/or hypnotic numbers and Ian Astbury at the very top of his game. But it's the stunning, gothic, emotionally-tinged 'songs' that allow him to shine the way he does throughout this record (eg "Big Neon Glitter," "Love," "Brother Wolf, Sister Moon," "Revolutuon," "Nirvana") all great tracks. "Hollow Man" as well! And the two hits, "Rain" and esp. "She Sells Sanctuary" are both impactful and highly memorable singles. Overall, LOVE is their highwatermark album, and the reason I became a Cult fan in 1986. Outside of that, I've always liked the S/T, 1994 album quite a bit. Whether it leans on alt. rock or not, the material is strong. I dig the songs. Very good and unique LP. I might rate that one 2nd. Well, that or "ELECTRIC," which, although AC/DC derivative, is a good record, including some visceral, effective tunes, including the excellent "Love Removal Machine" *Absolutely have to nix "Born to Be Wild" though. Uuugggh. The rest of it though, top shelf Cult. So that would be the Top 3 for me. ---------------------------- Others: The "DREAMTIME" LP is decent, but a bit too loose/not focused/unrefined (just weren't there yet) "Spiritwalker" is pretty much the highlight for me. I do agree with Martin that, "I'm glad they made it." I personally love The Cure, Siouxsie, Bauhaus, etc. This Dreamtime album does "not" compete with that, but it's cool that they were within that kind of artistic mindset. Their next album though, would compete, bigtime! As said, the quality jump from Dreamtime to LOVE was monumental. "CEREMONY" is okay. Pretty decent, and I liked it alright when it came out (even bought the "White EP" as well) But over the years, it's kinda just sat there on the shelf. I'll have to reevaluate, b/c I haven't listened to it in maybe 19 years. "Beyond Good and Evil" ? I don't know. I bought it new in 2000. Popped it in that day, and ran screaming from the speakers. Not due to the music/songs (which I think are good) so much as the overt, mind numbing brickwall mastering and quasi-harsh EQ. I like my music with some dynamics and this ain't got it. Not an indictment of the music though. Just not an easy listen, sonically. You can't crank this stuff when it's all the same level...and music should be able to be cranked! *I do also have a general aversion to certain albums of this time, when it seemed there was an intentional kind of de-tuned "over heaviness" going on. And for me, when it's so intentionally over-heavy, it's not heavy. So I "intentionally" didn't capitalize it's title up there. Finally, "SONIC TEMPLE" (the MTV album) *Just not for me* I don't like the look of the band here (like they just fell out of 1989's "accepted hair and clothing" closet, located at the business offices of MTV) and the music/songs seem like they did too. Couple tracks I like okay, but this is nowhere near the dark, cool, catchy & hypnotic "LOVE". Sonic Temple, for me (although much better than most of the lame hair metal which surrounded it), is one of the more overrated and underwhelming LPs of that Godforsaken era. --- I get it for late comers though. You can't help your age... and, you know, if that goofy, sterilized, big hair, fake drum commercial MTV thing (w/shoulder pads) worked for ya. So again, top 3: LOVE (1985) All day. #1 THE CULT (1994) #2 ELECTRIC (1987) #3 Marc ⚡

Fantastic show

Great episode! Always wish the track "Libertine" made the US edition of Beyond Good and Evil. Ceremony is a magic album, there is a deep, special vibe underlying that one. Great band, loved the convo and different takes.

I’ve been waiting for this one. Cult is a top 10 band for me. Here is my ranking: 10. Dreamtime 9. Ceremony 8. Sonic Temple 7. Hidden City 6. Born into This 5. Electric 4. The Cult 3. Beyond Good and Evil 2. Love 1. Choice of Weapon

Fantastic discussion 👌 Awesome band 💪 Still love the Holy Barbarians album Cream, sadly forgotten.

Saw the cult at Radford university , they were awesome ! Love em !

One other thing about The Cult is that so many of their album and song titles would make great band names.

Updated list since Under the Midnight Sun released. Peace would’ve easily been my favorite album by them if they didn’t scratch the record. 1. Sonic Temple 2. Love 3. Ceremony 4. Dreamtime 5. Under The Midnight Sun 6. Beyond Good and Evil 7. Electric 8. The Cult 9. Born Into This 10. Choice of Weapon 11. Hidden City

Awesome show! The Cult ranking was a long due indeed. :) For me: 1. Electric 2. Love 3. Beyond Good and Evil (love the heaviness on this album) 4. The Cult (at first I hated it, but it grew on me over the years) 5. Dream time 6. Choice of Weapon 7. SonicTemple 8. Born Into This 9. Ceremony 10. Hidden City

Very hard band to pigeon hole always love LOVE but only just started exploring the other albums. What an album the cult is 94 unbelievably good.

Top 5 bands ever god have I been waiting on this AMAZING PETE first band I seen live first band I got into going to see them in glasgow next month with Alice Cooper fantastic

Pretty much my favorite band,been waiting for this one for a long time.....thanks for doing it!I'll say this about The Cult,I think they have the strongest selection of b-sides and non-album songs of any rock band....they just don't write bad songs.

I loved this episode Pete...The Cult just got you guys goin' different directions in a good way which is pretty cool. The Cult really evolved from a Goth new wave thing to a heavy rocking band. I never knew where to categorize this band when they came out in the 80's. My number 1 is still Electric! Jamie is right though...the Born To Be Wild cover was just painful and sad. Sonic Temple is my runner up...I got to go back and listen to that Self Titled Album and Beyond Good and Evil. By the way Martin I have to defend Love Removal Machine lyric. No offense I think it's smart and pretty cool...kinda makes you think what kind of a machine it is. The song makes me imagine that its as a physical trippy machine where you stick a human inside and remove their love...LOL. Keep up the good work guys! More ranking vids!

Nothing beats finding a SOT ranking ya somehow missed of a favorite band. This was great and agree with something from each panel member, agree with Jamie on everything Sonic Temple, with Pete on Beyond Good & Evil, Guitar Hack on Ceremony (was a late bloomer fer me) and absolutely agree with Martin on the underappreciated Hidden City \m/ My current rankings complete with a fave deep cut recommendation... 1. Sonic Temple (Soldier Blue) 2. Beyond Good And Evil (True Believers) 3. Ceremony (If) 4. Electric (Outlaw) 5. Love (Hollow Man)

Also had great extended 12' versions and b-sides, "Wolf Child Blues", "Zap City" ....

I’ve been a Cult fanatic ever since 1985, when I first saw the video of She Sells Sanctuary... The Cult are among my top 10 favorite bands of all time, I have all the (numerous) outtakes, countless bootleg live recordings etc etc. I like all their albums a lot - and some of them I absolutely adore. Ranking the albums (apart from the top 3) is quite difficult - and I’m probably not very “objective”, because I have not listened to their post 1994 albums as much as I have (literally devoured!) the first six albums. But I’ll give it a shot : 1. LOVE (the perfect hybrid of post punk / alternative rock and hard rock! Hats off to Mr. Guitar Hack for his analysis on the album ! For me it’s a PERFECT album) 2. SONIC TEMPLE (another perfect album, actually the only album that I listened to five times from start to finish during the first two days after I had bought it, I can’t forget that !) 3. ELECTRIC (a real treat for us hard/metal rockers of 1987 - Wild Flower is the best AC/DC song that AC/DC never recorded! I wish they didn’t do the BTBWild cover...) 4. THE CULT (s/t 1994) 5. DREAMTIME (yes, I also love their “goth” era, including their Death Cult days) 6. CEREMONY (less than half I really love, the rest is OK) 7. HIDDEN CITY (probably the most memorable from their 21st century albums) 8. BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL 9. CHOICE OF WEAPON 10. BORN INTO THIS (maybe the roughest from the later albums, not always in a good way)

ceremony is their finest album they ever made and the album that as a teenager got me into this amazing and fantastic band sonic temple, love and electric are just dynamite

I think that Fields Of The Nephilim deserve an album ranking too.

As a long time Cult fan I love all their albums in a different way, but for me Beyond Good and Evil was the album that took the cult to another level for me. Plus it was a sort of a come back album for them. Tons of marketing for that album back in the day.

This is an impossible discography for me to rank being that The Cult are one of my all time favorite bands. Not a bad album on the list. I can however do my top five favorites and my two least favorites. Top Five: 1. Ceremony 2. Love 3. Beyond Good and Evil 4. Sonic Temple 5. The Cult Least Favorites: 9. Born Into This ( The bonus CD had the best stuff on it IMO) 10. Electric Again, impossible for me to rank 6-8 Thank you guys for the great episode. P.S. "Sonic Temple" does not sound dated.

Saw The CULT 5 x in NYC/ NJ area over the years. Own entire discography. Saw them open for AEROSMITH / 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ MEADOWLANDS NJ. Front row, was cut” by Steve Tyler’s rings after pulling away from holding my hand singing. lol Great episode gentleman. 👍💯

My older brother had Electric on vinyl when we were teenagers in the mid-1980s and I heard it through a divider wall first, then I "borrowed" it occasionally. My first The Cult album was Sonic Temple on cassette. 👍

Great show guys. I've been a fan of The Cult since day one. Seen them live many times. Here's my top ten... 1. Sonic Temple 2. Ceremony 3. Hidden City 4. Electric 5. Love 6. Beyond Good and Evil 7. Weapon of Choice 8. Born into This 9. The Cult 10. Dreamtime 👍

Funny that Sonic Temple ranks so high here, that album and “Ceremony” and “The Cult” were the 3 albums by them that we had the most copies used in the record/cd shop I worked, people sold them in droves, those three albums were like the plague only a few years after their releases, in the case of “The Cult” album straight out of the gate . We rarely ever had people coming in to sell “Love” and it rarely stayed long if we had a used copy, same with “Electric” to a lesser extent as “Love”.

Great to see this episode get done. Now I'm going to bug you to do Monster Magnet. Top 3 for me Love, Electric, Sonic Temple. Also Citizens is a standout track that nobody mentioned

Love all their releases even the two first albums and the self titled one but Sonic Temple is unbeatable. Their most recent stuff is quite amazing too

Oh God .....thanx Pete , thanx Martin . 1. Love ( that sound of guitar is unique ) 2. Cult 1994 . 3. Ceremony ( White , If , and Indian are 3 best Cult songs ) 4. Sonic Temple 5. Beyond Good and Evil 6 . Dreamtime 7. Hidden City 8 . Electric 9 . Choice of Weapon 10 . Born Into This

Great live band as well. Saw them in New Orleans in 86 with Guns N Roses as their opening band.

The Manor Sessions is technically not an album of new material, but everyone should give it a listen, because it's how Electric should have sounded.

wow...love you gentleman showing the cult some love

I even took notes. Thanks for this.

What an amazing band The Cult is! Love, Electric and Sonic Temple are 1,2 and 3 for me, by far. The order between them differs from day to day, depending on my mood.

One of my all time favourite bands. 1) Love, 2)Sonic Temple 3)Electric 4) Beyond Good and Evil 5) Dreamtime 6) Choice of Weapon 7)Ceremony 8) The Cult 9) Born Into This 10)Hidden City

I think Guitar Hack nailed it and his choices/ranking is the best representation of the Cult's catalogue but I'm a guitarist so maybe its a guitar thing? It definitely is because it's really Billy who makes the Cult one of my favorite groups. 3. Beyond Good and Evil 2 Sonic Temple 1 I love LOVE. Thanks

I love all the albums. Here is my rankings of albums. 1. Sonic Temple 2. Electric 3. Love 4. Ceremony 5. Choice Of Weapon 6. Hidden City 7. Dreamtime 8. The Cult 9. Beyond Good And Evil 10. Born Into This

Martin when you mentioned Adam and the Ants my mind drifted to the tv show The Equalizer. That show had me. Adam and Meatloaf guested. Back to the Cult .... No idea they had ten albums.... so I'll just say I liked the hits.

I saw them on the Electric tour back in the day and they were fabulous - and that probably colours my perception... For me top 3 are: 3. Sonic Temple 2. Love 1. Electric

Love is an immortal record, one of the best 80's records.

The Cult is one of my top 10 favourite bands of all time. This is how I rank their albums: 1. Love (1985) 2. The Cult (1994) 3. Beyond Good And Evil (2001) 4. Ceremony (1991) 5. Sonic Temple (1989) 6. Dreamtime (1984) 7. Electric (1987) 8. Choice Of Weapon (2012) 9. Born Into This (2007) 10. Hidden City (2016)

1) Hidden City 2) Beyond Good and Evil 3) Love 4) Sonic Temple 5) Ceremony 6) Born Into This 7) Electric

1. Love 2. Electric 3. Beyond Good and Evil 4. Hidden City 5. Sonic Temple 6. Choice of Weapon 7. Dreamtime 8. Ceremony 9. The Cult 10. Born Into This

Love that there's no real consensus. I'd go with (in order) Love, Sonic Temple, self-titled, Electric, BG & E as a top five. Great candidate for a "Band That Has No Bad Albums" show that I'm sure has been suggested.

Now I have to go find that stuff on CD.always liked the cult alot.i just have a lot on cassette tape

Never been a fan, never listen to any of them. So what happens, out of curiosity, hearing you guys talk abt the album Beyond Good and Evil being heavy, gave it a listen and loved it. Will be checking the whole discography now.

"Love" is their best album by far.

I’ve waiting for this

One of my top bands ever

Love is an amazing album, and a great guitar album.

Seeing as Bon Jovi got mentioned a few times, what about ranking the Bon Jovi albums? I've been a fan since I saw them support Kiss in the UK in 1984, still a fan to this day.

For me the best by far were the early albums: Dreamtime (1984) and Love (1985), and also the pre-Cult albums Southern Death Cult (1983) and Death Cult - Brothers Grimm EP (1983)...I grew up on post-punk and gothic rock in the early 80's.

GREAT SHOW!!! At different points along the way, I completely disagreed (and agreed) with all four of you... but you all justified your opinions, didn't talk down to your audience, and for that I totally respect what you did here. Jamie Lazlo did a brilliant job of defending his No. 1 contrarian pick (which, FOR ME, is totally incomprehensible). It's obvious he loves the self-titled and that's cool as hell! Music is subjective, duh. For what it's worth, here's my list: THE GREAT 1. Love (I love Love! A confident step up from Dreamtime.) 2. Sonic Temple (I bought it the day it came out on the strength of the first single, Fire Woman. I totally agree with Jamie, this was something new and exciting that was sorely needed back in 1989!) 3. Electric (the rocking version of the band emerges!) 4. Dreamtime (to me, The Cult is a post-punk band at heart... but one that is capable of rocking out, obviously.) THE GOOD 5. Beyond Good And Evil (The Cult... but heavier!) 6. Ceremony (Sonic Temple II. Pretty good... just not as good as the previous record it tries to emulate.) 7. Born Into This 8. Choice Of Weapon THE NOT SO GOOD 9. Hidden City 10. The Cult (this one just won't click for me... and I've tried many times. For the first time, it sounds like they're chasing trends. It just feels inauthentic, in my opinion).

I have to agree with Martin, Hidden City is one of the best cult records, top two for me!

Great show! It would be great to pin all four top tens in the comments for comparison, but I suppose that'd ruin the suspense!? I don't think you've done a ranking for The Haunted yet.

Sonic Temple and Ceremony have always been my favorites from them.

Another band that doesn't seen to get a mention are The Manic street preachers, would be interested to know if any of the guys are fans.

my all time fave cult albumis, been a fan of their early stuff since about '88 btw, i'm not as grown up as you i guess, is Love AND Sonic Temple, can't pick between these, but i could write i book about how much i love and how great they are, also from an objective point of view which is very important, my 2nd fave is Dreamtime, 3rd the Peace version of Electric AND which leaves my 4th fave electric and if i had to pick a 5th the Goat album i guess, but live you show Pardo :-) though i REALLY have difficulties with Popoffs opinions in general sorry, and i'm an extremely open minded music lover, rooted in metal and punk but also goth, indie, experimental music etc, and i'm quite the purist too hehe

I’ve never heard Choice of Weapon or Hidden City so I’ll rank the other 8; 1. Sonic Temple 2. Electric 3. Love 4. Ceremony 5. Beyond Good and Evil 6. The Cult 7. Born Into This 8. Dreamtime

I stopped at Sonic Temple. Love will always be a hugely important album for me. I actually got to see them play that whole album on its 25th anniversary. Very fucking cool.

1-Love / 2-Electric (it's a mood thing-my top position always changes between those 2) / 3-Sonic Temple (I hear Martin and kinda agree with him, but those songs are hard to forget) / 4-The Cult (it could be in the 4th position if it were shorter) 5-Choice of Weapon / 6-Dreamtime (too many memories) / 7-Beyond... / 8-Ceremony / 9-Born Into This / 10-Hidden City (maybe it's better than Born into This: it's not cringeworth at all - and there are some cringeworth moments on Born Into This).

I saw Electric as more derivative of Physical Graffiti era Zeppelin than AC/DC. Also love the originality of '94 The Cult.

Mentioned this on the History in 5 Songs Facebook page once, that as someone who (for whatever reason) can't get into AC/DC, and likes goth and post-punk, Electric doesn't do anything for me, but the original "Peace" version they scrapped I find awesome, like Love Part II.

I'm a bit surprised no one mentioned Death Cult material or even Ian's previous band Southern Death Cult. I think they are both well worth a listen.

Love and Sonic Temple, 2 favourites I still play.

Was at work earlier here’s my ranking 1. Sonic temple 2. The cult 3. Love 4. Dreamtime 5 choice of weapons 6. Beyond good and evil 7.electric 8.born into this 9. Ceremony 10.hidden city Fantastic show waited ages it seems but so worth it thanks guys really enjoyed it Shout out to the variations in choices shows not a bad album in there band changed my life thanks guys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏼