Album: Best of Rare Cult by The Cult (2000)
Genre: Rock | Mood: Excitable
Record Label: Beggars Banquet
Format: Compilation

Description: The Best of Rare Cult is a single-disc compilation of selected songs from the Rare Cult box set, including five tracks not featured in the box set. The cover artwork by American artist Rick Griffin (of Grateful Dead fame) is adapted from Griffin's original cover for the abandoned 1987 single release for "Soldier Blue." The CD was released on 21 October 2000, before the box set.

Artist Background: The Cult are an English rock band formed in 1983 in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead singer Ian Astbury's previous band Southern Death Cult. They gained a dedicated following in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s as a post-punk/gothic rock band, with singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary", before breaking into the mainstream in the United States in the late ... Part of the Bradford, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Hard Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Bradford, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Hard Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Rock, Excitable, 2000s, Compilation, Beggars Banquet


The Best of Rare Cult is a single-disc compilation of selected songs from the Rare Cult box set, including five tracks not featured in the box set. The cover artwork by American artist Rick Griffin (of Grateful Dead fame) is adapted from Griffin's original cover for the abandoned 1987 single release for "Soldier Blue." The CD was released on 21 October 2000, before the box set.

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