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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is how CD's should be reissued, great price, great packaging, wonderfully detailed reissue of a "Classic" album. You get the remastered original album, repackaged as a vinyl replica, details include the gatefold sleeve, and even polythene bags on all CD's inside the sleeve housing the CD's! A Disc of singles, all b sides etc, a 3rd disc of unissued Demo's, and then the AWESOME BBC Live in concert Disc from 1985, which is worth the £12 price alone!! WELL DONE to beggers archive who've put this together, and similar sets from Bauhaus are due, and THE FALL next year, Hope all Cult Cd's follow suit, This is great value..(check out the price of U2's similar reissues which are double the price and contain less material>
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By Alan Burridge
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Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
As the 'Classic Albums' DVD's and the TV programmes also showing them on the Biography Channel testify, every band, despite other releases being excellent/superb, seem to have one barnstorming album which fires it into the 'classic' status. And 'Love' is another one which desperately needs adding to this 'Classic Albums' series and that 'rock hierarchy' status it so richly deserves. It probably seems tragically unfair to other would-be guitarists (or even the famous)that Billy Duffy was blessed with so many 'to-die-for-riffs' in his life, not only with The Cult as a whole, but moreso on this album. I mean, 'She Sells Sanctuary' is just so darned haunting, and its sales and now legendary status on the outside of this album make this worth adding to the collection for this track alone. And yes, it is haunting, and then it quite simply just 'goes-for-it;' and Ian Astbury's lyrics might not actually mean diddley-squat, but it doesn't matter; they're simply oh-so-right for this song. But as it was a single please don't pick it out as 'the one to play,' the whole album and every song on it classic and gem-like in its entirety. A 'must-buy' for every self-respecting rock fan, no contest!
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Fatpie 1664
Format:Audio CD
I'll come on to the music in a bit, but this Box Set is truly stunning, Beggars Banquet have excelled themselves in the detail they've gone in to. The outer card box is quality, then housed inside is the beautiful booklet & 4 CDs. The main album CD is a mini replica of the original vinyl with a gatefold sleeve, inner card sleeve with notes and then a polythene bag over the CD - wonderfully done. The other 3 CDs are done in a similar way minus the gatefold sleeve.
Love is a great rock'n'roll album, with some truly outstanding tracks. The 3 Singles (She Sells Sanctuary, Rain & Revolution) speak for themselves, but `Hollow Man' are `Big Neon Glitter' are superb. Perhaps some of the songs could be a bit shorter - I'm trying to be critical and finding hard. Disc 2 has some great B-Sides and some good extended versions of SSS. Not listened to the 3rd disc yet but it looks interesting. The final Disc is the BBC Live In Concert show which I had on cassette (recorded it when it aired on Radio 1 way back when) - this is the complete show, as the BBC aired version missed off a couple of tracks - it's a great recording.
If you have the original album on CD and want to get the remastered version - get this rather than slightly cheaper Double CD version.
Love is a great rock'n'roll album, with some truly outstanding tracks. The 3 Singles (She Sells Sanctuary, Rain & Revolution) speak for themselves, but `Hollow Man' are `Big Neon Glitter' are superb. Perhaps some of the songs could be a bit shorter - I'm trying to be critical and finding hard. Disc 2 has some great B-Sides and some good extended versions of SSS. Not listened to the 3rd disc yet but it looks interesting. The final Disc is the BBC Live In Concert show which I had on cassette (recorded it when it aired on Radio 1 way back when) - this is the complete show, as the BBC aired version missed off a couple of tracks - it's a great recording.
If you have the original album on CD and want to get the remastered version - get this rather than slightly cheaper Double CD version.
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STUNNING CLASSIC
This album is a stand out release from the Eighties.
It has the Cult trademark wall of sound, soaring vocals, roaring guitars, pounding drums and fantastic all-round... Read more
It has the Cult trademark wall of sound, soaring vocals, roaring guitars, pounding drums and fantastic all-round... Read more
Published 19 days ago by J. McCarraher
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Wow!
I had the cassette of this album more or less when it was first released, that tape has long since worn out because, above all, this is an awesome album...a classic! Read more
Published 3 months ago by G. J. Conway
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Great collection
I really liked this album back in the day, & this is a fantastic box set for anyone who may also remember it fondly. Read more
Published 3 months ago by David
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the cult love album
I had this album in my collection but it got dammaged i am please i got another to replace it as this is the best album that the cult had done. I love it!
Published 4 months ago by maria Maher
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Spectacular album!
This is the first album I bought by The Cult and I would say it was a splended introduction to their music. Read more
Published 11 months ago by JJKelsall
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Goth Wolf Child Alert!
I used to be quite the fan of the Cult in the late 80's & early 90's. But I was defiantly more of a fan of their rock era (Electric, Sonic Temple & The Cult). Read more
Published 12 months ago by Jimi jac
5.0 out of 5 stars
New to the Cult? You HAVE been missing something! (buy this!)
Electric / Love / Sonic Temple - my first forays into buying the Cult...
Lured by the treat of relieving my college days listening to Lil' Devil, She Sells Sanctuary and... Read more
Lured by the treat of relieving my college days listening to Lil' Devil, She Sells Sanctuary and... Read more
Published 14 months ago by __spc__
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Not Hollow
The best album that The Cult released . Not a weak track on it and a variety of styles . Some of the best sounding drumming on a recording you will ever hear . Read more
Published 19 months ago by Pub Landlord
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Complete!
This is the ultimate form of audio re-release: 1) Original Album 2) Single Remixes 3) Live set from right era 4) Demos 5) Booklet. All at a very nice price. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Per G. Olsson
3.0 out of 5 stars
heard it all before
Im new to the Cult, and thought this would be a great way to brush up on their music.
The packaging and quality of the goods cannot be faulted, excellent
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Published 19 months ago by Mr T
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