Electric

Electric represents one of the most audacious sonic pivots in 1980s rock. By hiring Rick Rubin, The Cult effectively performed an exorcism on their own sound, stripping away the shimmering gothic textures of their previous work to reveal a lean, mean, hard-rock machine. The result is an album that sounds like it was recorded in a room made of plywood and cigarette smoke, where every snare hit is a gunshot and every guitar riff is a tectonic shift. It is a record that prioritizes the groove and the power chord above all else, channeling the primal energy of 1970s stadium rock through a late-80s lens of minimalism.

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