LABEL: BEGGARS BANQUET
Apparently re-mastered from the original studio analogue tapes (as always, it’s difficult to tell) this expanded edition of an album first released 24 years ago has arrived at a time when all things 1980s are being revised, celebrated and, in some modern bands’ cases, recreated. With that in mind it would be fair to argue that this reissue is welcome more today than it would’ve been, say, four years ago. Fickle vogue issues aside, there should always be a time for the psychedelic rock of ‘She Sells Sanctuary’ and new-wave goth anthem ‘Rain’. This two-disk set is well packaged, with new notes by journalist James Brown. Aside from that, there is nothing new on offer here for Cult completists. Disk two features all the tracks from the album’s three 12” singles, including non-essential remixes, all tediously very much of their time. The ‘Love’ album deserves sole attention and appreciation here.
7/10
DOWNLOAD: ‘NIRVANA’, ‘RAIN’, ‘SHE SELLS SANCTUARY’
FOR FANS OF: AC/DC, THE MISSION, SOUNDGARDEN
Apparently re-mastered from the original studio analogue tapes (as always, it’s difficult to tell) this expanded edition of an album first released 24 years ago has arrived at a time when all things 1980s are being revised, celebrated and, in some modern bands’ cases, recreated. With that in mind it would be fair to argue that this reissue is welcome more today than it would’ve been, say, four years ago. Fickle vogue issues aside, there should always be a time for the psychedelic rock of ‘She Sells Sanctuary’ and new-wave goth anthem ‘Rain’. This two-disk set is well packaged, with new notes by journalist James Brown. Aside from that, there is nothing new on offer here for Cult completists. Disk two features all the tracks from the album’s three 12” singles, including non-essential remixes, all tediously very much of their time. The ‘Love’ album deserves sole attention and appreciation here.
7/10
DOWNLOAD: ‘NIRVANA’, ‘RAIN’, ‘SHE SELLS SANCTUARY’
FOR FANS OF: AC/DC, THE MISSION, SOUNDGARDEN
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