Best of Rare Cult
A gritty excavation of the shadows between the hits, where Billy Duffy’s Gretsch snarls through unreleased demos and raw, psychedelic B-sides.
October 17, 2000 · Beggars Arkive
A gritty excavation of the shadows between the hits, where Billy Duffy’s Gretsch snarls through unreleased demos and raw, psychedelic B-sides.
October 17, 2000 · Beggars Arkive
This is the sound of the lost Cult. While the big studio albums defined specific eras of rock history, this compilation captures the friction of a band in constant, restless metamorphosis. It is less about the polished stadium sheen of their 1990s peak and more about the sweat-soaked rehearsals and the experimental detours that never made the final tracklists. You can hear the literal friction as they transition from the velvet-draped post-punk of their early days into the leather-clad, riff-heavy machinery that would eventually conquer MTV.
How does Best of Rare Cult sound next to the rest of The Cult's catalogue?
Midnight saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.
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