Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:30 pm
Cool, love me some Cult.
...hope it's better than their last album (BORN INTO THIS) though. That was a bit of a snoozer.
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:33 pm
If the new song is anything to go by, it could end up being their best album in years!
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:21 pm
Fat Freddy wrote:
Cool, love me some Cult.
...hope it's better than their last album (BORN INTO THIS) though. That was a bit of a snoozer.
My thoughts exactly. I like the Cult, but that last album was boring. And I really tried to like it.
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:12 am
Geez, I was all set to start a thread on this album, didn't realize there already was one... even though I'd already posted in it previously. Duh. Anyway...
Album cover:
Release date is May 22nd (my birthday!) on the "Cooking Vinyl" label (a UK based indie who also recently scooped up Marilyn Manson)...
Sneak peeks! "Lucifer"...
"For the Animals"
"Honey From A Knife"
Dunno what's with the sound quality on the last two, they sound crappy compared to "Lucifer," I'm assuming that whoever uploaded 'em got them from an inferior source.
Whichever, sounds pretty promising...
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:16 am
I liked Born Into This...
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:18 am
Shawn Of Fire wrote:
I liked Born Into This...
I really wanted to like that disc but it did nothin' for me. I was quite disappointed especially cuz the prior album Beyond Good & Evil was freakin' monstrous!!
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:21 am
Fat Freddy wrote:
Shawn Of Fire wrote:
I liked Born Into This...
I really wanted to like that disc but it did nothin' for me. I was quite disappointed especially cuz the prior album Beyond Good & Evil was freakin' monstrous!!
DOH!! That's the one I was thinking of...I never actually heard Born Into This... It was Beyond Good & Evil that I liked...
That's what one calls jumping the gun
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:22 am
Shawn Of Fire wrote:
DOH!! That's the one I was thinking of...I never actually heard Born Into This... It was Beyond Good & Evil that I liked...
That's what one calls jumping the gun
Well, you didn't miss much.
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:42 am
Agreed. Beyond...was killer. Born Into This was more boring than church. The new stuff sounds decent enough. I'll probably pick this up at some point.
The album cover looks like an outtake from Johnny Depp's new Tonto get-up...
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:04 am
The good thing about a bomb like Born Into This is it almost has to be better.
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:30 am
Dark Horseman wrote:
The good thing about a bomb like Born Into This is it almost has to be better.
One would hope. I've been a fan of the Cult for a long time, but I've always felt their albums were very hit or miss. When they're on, they're great. Other times, they aren't necessarily bad, but just kinda "meh".
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:33 pm
Beyond was the most consistent album to my ears, a lot of their other albums have too much filler.
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:29 pm
I actually thought Born Into This wasn't bad. Sure, not up there with the best of The Cult's stuff, but a fun, fairly modern rocker. Nothing special, but not a bad album by any stretch of the imagination.
Anyway, I'm very interested to hear Choice of Weapon, it sounds rather promising.
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Tue May 15, 2012 6:34 am
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Tue May 15, 2012 6:36 am
The Cult is gonna be performing on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" later this week, I forget which night. Check your local listings, as the saying goes.
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:47 am
So has anyone picked up this new album yet? I'm tempted to grab a copy, but I'm still a little gun-shy after that boring Born Into This album.
Buy it new or wait a month and get it for a nickel on Amazon?
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:08 am
I've been listening to some samples and it's better the BiT imo. And though samples don't always tell I don't hear the aggressiveness Beyond has though the song The Wolf has a good groove. Has a lot in common with Love.
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:11 am
I have not picked up because 'Born into this' was so disappointing
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:16 am
I haven't either. Saw it on the shelf @ Best Buy when I went to buy the Joey Ramone album two weeks ago, but since I only had enough $ for one album obviously I was gonna go with my boy Joey. I'll get to the Cult disc eventually.
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:01 pm
MetalGuy71 wrote:
So has anyone picked up this new album yet? I'm tempted to grab a copy, but I'm still a little gun-shy after that boring Born Into This album.
Buy it new or wait a month and get it for a nickel on Amazon?
It's a great album. Definitely worth picking up.
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:37 pm
MetalGuy71 wrote:
So has anyone picked up this new album yet? I'm tempted to grab a copy, but I'm still a little gun-shy after that boring Born Into This album.
Buy it new or wait a month and get it for a nickel on Amazon?
I paid for the Amazon download and I'm disappointed in it. It's definitely better than Born Into This but is still nowhere near my favorite Cult albums like Beyond Good & Evil or Electric.
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:52 pm
I'm listening to it in MOG right now. It does have an older Dreamtime/Love vibe to it. Very Melancholy, too. I keep expecting Resurrection Joe to start playing next.
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:18 pm
Electric is the only album I ever got into. I was in the process of learning the guitar when that album first came out, it was a good easy record to jam along with all the way through.
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Subject: Re: The Cult: Choice of Weapon Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:10 pm
I've never gotten into this band. I think it's because Ian Astbury irritated me, for whatever reason. Something about him just got under my skin. A childish thing. Haha. I wonder if I'd like them now.