Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Born into This
2. Citizens
3. Diamonds
4. Dirty Little Rockstar
5. Holy Mountain
6. I Assassin
7. Illuminated
8. Tiger in the Sun
9. Savages
10. Sound of Destruction

Disc 2:

1. Stand Alone [*]
2. War Pony Destroyer [*]
3. I Assassin [*][Demo Version]
4. Sound of Destruction [*][Demo Version]
5. Savages [Full Length Version][*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53893 in Music
• Released on: 2007-10-02
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Special Edition
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Album Description
Legendary alternative rock band The Cult return with all guns blazing on their eighth studio album, Born Into This, their first in six years. Reminiscent of earlier works Love and Electric, the album sees the band returning to their rock roots while embracing several modern sonic elements in many of the songs. With Born Into This, The Cult have created an album that not only speaks to their rabid fans, but seeks to put them squarely back on the map as one of greatest straight up rock & roll bands in the world. Quintessential Cult songs like Dirty Little Rockstar and I Assassin and their enormous hooks will allow them to do just that.

Customer Reviews

DOA
Like many of the other reviewers, I am a huge Cult fan. For years, I wished for a new Cult album until 2001, when "Beyond Good and Evil" was released. I bought the album, but feared the worst - these "comeback" album usually suck and break the hearts of hardcore fans. I was amazed at how good that album was! There was no question - The Cult still had the juice.

It's amazing how much can change in six years. "Born Into This" is the stereotypical lame flop I've been fearing. Asbury sounds shaky and weak... he just sounds "old". Duffy needs to find where "11" is on his amp again. And the production just leaves the whole album flat; it sounds like a high school AV club project. I had to force myself to listen all the way through the disc, hoping that it would improve. I then forced myself to listen to it again, hoping that it would grow on me.

Neither worked, and this disc is ending up on the heap of examples of why music "sharing" is so popular. We are sick of paying good money for turds like this. I think my "Cult fan" status has now officially become "classic Cult fan".

The CULT are back!
This is a 2 CD set and while first CD is the same as the "Born into This" standard edition the second disc contains an extended version of the "Savages" song which is a great tune. Two demo versions of songs on the first disc which are interesting to listen to since they have a totally different sound. There are also two new songs not on the first disc. One of them being possibly the best song on the whole set (War Pony Destroyer).

I have noticed some people have panned this CD but I totally disagree. This is a very solid set of songs with high production standards but with a raw feel to them. It is very much a Cult CD with the Indian and mystical connotations, roaring guitars, and Ian Astbury's one-of-a-kind vocals. My faves on the set are the rockers: "Savages", "Sound of Destruction", "War Pony Destroyer", and "Dirty Little Rockstar". There is also a very good slow song "Holy Mountain" that really showcases Ian's vocals.

Into This For Sure
Longtime Cult fan, and this is definitely the Cult still going strong in my opinion. Hard rocking with a good group of songs. Nothing earth shattering about the basic hard rock approach, but these guys are proven rock stars and this is basically to me your basic Cult CD, I'm just happy to have another group of great songs by them to listen to endlessly till hopefully another CD comes out in a couple years.

In the Savage Edition there is a free sticker and some demos and full length versions of some songs. Plus one of my favs kicks off disc two in Stand Alone. I can't see buying the regular version (of just ten songs), plus Stand Alone is not currently on that one. So this version is the best to get right now.

Favs include Illuminated, Citizen, DLR, Stand Alone, and of course Tiger In The Sun...oops almost abbreviated that one too! Anyway, just be happy these guys are still going strong (Billy and Ian) after all these years.