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Cults

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  • Original Release Date: 27 May 2011
  • Format - Music: MP3
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Play   9. Bad Things 3:38 £0.89  Buy MP3 
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4.0 out of 5 stars Perfectly Timed 31 May 2011
By Syriat TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Some albums come along and you know you will be hearing them for a while. This is one of those. Its perfect for the summer (should we get one this year). Its poppy, upbeat and harks back to a bygone era (Phil Spector has been mentioned too many times already in connection with this band) whilst sounding current.
It starts off with Abducted which breezes along with ease, guitars and percussion all combining here for a feel good effect. These two sure do make a lot of noise for a duo. Yes I am sure they are getting help but this is no White Stripes style duo with the bare essentials. More it is a band sound. You Know What I Mean could have been from the 60's - it really sounds like some of the better studio produced female vocalists of that time. Never Heal Myself is another track that grabs instantly with an opening of acoustic guitar and percussion. You get the feel that under the excellent songs there are some brooding lyrics about love lost and won. Sometimes the riff of electric guitar comes into give a brooding feel - as in Never Saw The Point. And at points on this album I am reminded of My Girls by The Animal Collective. Its almost there with its sound and approach. Especially on Bad Things. Or perhaps I am hearing things.

If this gets any airplay at all it will sell lots and have many indie kids this summer swooning. Its rather fantastic fun. And may well become a five star album for this reader with repeated plays.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Cults got me under their spell. 7 July 2011
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I bought this on whim. No real reason. Saw a review which gave it 4 stars but then hey I read reviews every week giving albums 4 stars. But for some reason I listened to a snippet of Abducted on itunes and was hooked. I guess I could have stayed there but also decided to listen to the rest and ultimatley ended up with the album.

All I can say is I love it. 11 sparse, Phil Spector wall of sound style tunes that enter your brain and stay there. Dreamy vocals, hazy sounds, background synth bubbles, 60's guitar strummings, echoes of Motown flitting in and out. A truly beautiful thing.

My advice? Buy it. Sometimes you have to do things on a whim!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Compromised Debut 25 Jun 2011
Format:Audio CD
The Cults' highly hyped debut album begs the question: is it worth the attention? Well, it's a yes & a no. It's an unqualified yes to the songs, the vocals & the arrangements. The compositions are not only good but in some cases quite exceptional & the echo-plastered vocals have an affecting oriental flavour which I find very pleasing indeed. So far so good, then. So why the no? Because all of this combo's obvious potential is severely compromised by one of the most kack-handed & woefully misguided productions that I've heard in my life. The production is, simply, awful. The master tracks have been subjected to a wholesale indiscriminate wall of reverb that succeeds only in making it all sound as if it was recorded in a tin can, which tries the patience after three or four tracks & is a decidedly unpleasant experience when listening to the album from start to finish. What is most alarming is that they evidently intended it to be this way, which smacks of a wilful indulgence that ends up disrespecting the qualities of their own music. There is no bottom-end thrust at all (needs a boost, I'm afraid) & practically all of the impressive detail in the treble registers is entirely lost in the reverb blur. If you have the software you can correct this yourself at home, of course, & the album will sound a whole lot better for it- so much better, in fact, that you will share my dismay that a major record company could release the record in this condition without exercising some quality control. But for all that, the songs & vocals performances are infectious enough to get under your skin & stay there- which is why it gets 4 instead of 3 stars. With a more sympathetic production, this could have been one of the most attractive offerings of the year to date. As it stands, however, it's the most frustrating by a long mile. It's a shame, because hidden inside this tin can fiasco is a damn fine record which deserves much much better.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great album
The album's been on my MP3 player for a good while and now that I have rated each single the ones from the Cults are frequently heard. Im my opinion i think thier sound is quality. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. R. Preston
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant tunes
First time I'd heard them properly after hearing them on spotify, really great band and all songs are really up beat which is difficult to find on an album these days.
Published 13 months ago by Scottie
5.0 out of 5 stars stunning cd
i loved this cd on first listen and it keeps getting better and better.
the songs are all innovative and fresh very distinctive vocals make this a must listen.
Published 14 months ago by Buscini
4.0 out of 5 stars Cults
I do love this album, and it really does get me in the festive mood (especially go outside), but my only negative is that the songs are quite samey with only 2 or 3 that stand out... Read more
Published 17 months ago by missmeg
5.0 out of 5 stars breath of fresh air
what an excellent 1st LP came across it by accident and blew me away. it is a real happy indie record of pure pleasure what a voice she has. seen them live. Read more
Published 18 months ago by alan
5.0 out of 5 stars F-A-B
And that's all there is to it! Indie-pop tastic. Love every moment. This is what guitars were made for. More, more, more!
Published 19 months ago by Martin Willcox
4.0 out of 5 stars A Will To Please
Cults are New York Duo Madeline Follin, who sings and Brian Oblivion (ahem)
who plays guitar and percussion and contributes additional vocals. Read more
Published 19 months ago by The Wolf
5.0 out of 5 stars crack open the cider
Just wanted the single that is used on the cider advert but saw it wasn't much more expensive to buy the whole album. Read more
Published 20 months ago by peter piper
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting first album
Picked this up based on the Pitchfork review, but on listening it left me slightly underwhelmed.

This is a good summer record, it's good up to date indie pop/rock, that... Read more
Published 22 months ago by SJ
4.0 out of 5 stars What did you call me?
Despite the need to be careful when telling people what they're called, Cults have produced an album that you would fully expect to make an impact on the summer in a very positive... Read more
Published 23 months ago by bobbi d
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