Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the release of British rockers The Cult's fourth studio album, Sonic Temple. The Cult is an underrated band that kind of got lost in the shuffle in the mid to late '80s because they were a straightforward rock and roll band. They weren't a hair band. They weren't metal. They certainly weren't synth rock. But they did, in fact, rock.
Sonic Temple is a great album, and it was the highest charting album they had in the U.S., reaching #10 on the Billboard album charts. It had had three of the band's most popular songs, "Fire Woman," "Edie (Ciao Baby)," and "Sweet Soul Sister." I'm going with "Fire Woman" because it was the band's highest-charting single in the U.S. (#46 on the Billboard Hot 100; #2 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart), not to mention #15 in the UK and #1 in New Zealand. It's also a great, driving rock song that I think is pretty indicative of the band's sound. Just very aurally enjoyable.
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