Sonic Temple | Deluxe Anniversary Edition : 30th

2019 marks the 30th Anniversary of The Cult’s epic album ‘Sonic Temple’. To celebrate the anniversary, Beggars Arkive release The Cult ‘Sonic Temple’ as a deluxe box set, a 5CD set and double LP, which has been out of print for over 20 years. The sets both contain limited-release demos in addition to previously unreleased tracks. Originally released in 1989, ‘Sonic Temple’ proved to be a pivotal moment for both band and the wider rock scene. Produced by the legendary Bob Rock (Metallica, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith), ‘Sonic Temple’ had four hit singles; ‘Fire Woman’, ‘Edie (Ciao Baby)’, ‘Sun King’ and ‘Sweet Soul Sister’. ? The album catapulted The Cult into superstar status and remains their most commercially successful release. It has sold over 1.5 million copies in the US alone and was declared platinum in 1990. It made it to #10 on the Billboard charts and the abovementioned songs are all rock-radio staples to this day. The Cult continue to record and tour and they have released six albums since ‘Sonic Temple’, the most recent being ‘Hidden City’ in 2016. They’ve been spending 2019 celebrating this album by performing it all over the world on a tour they’ve billed as A Sonic Temple. The 5CD set contains 53 tracks (including 6 previously unreleased) with the original album on disc 1, alternate edits, mixes, extended versions and acoustic versions on disc 2, limited-release demos on discs 3 and 4 and Live At Wembley recorded by the BBC on disc 5. Six of the live tracks are previous

Tracks

1~1~Sun King
1~2~Fire Woman
1~3~American Horse
1~4~Edie (Ciao Baby)
1~5~Sweet Soul Sister
1~6~Soul Asylum
1~7~New York City
1~8~Automatic Blues
1~9~Soldier Blue
1~10~Wake Up Time For Freedom
1~11~Medicine Train

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: The Cult
Release Date: 13 September 2019
Genre: Alternative
Label: BEGGARS BANQUET
Distributor: Inertia Music