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Released
  
April 10, 1989

Sonic Temple (1989)
  
Ceremony (1991)

Release date
  
10 April 1989

Label
  
Sire Records

Length
  
52:23

Artist
  
The Cult

Producer
  
Bob Rock

Genres
  
Hard rock, Heavy metal

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Recorded
  
September - November 1988 at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Similar
  
The Cult albums, Heavy metal albums

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Sonic Temple is the fourth studio album by The Cult, released in 1989. Continuing in the hard rock direction introduced on their previous album, Sonic Temple features some of the band's most popular songs, including "Fire Woman", "Sun King", "Edie (Ciao Baby)" and "Sweet Soul Sister". Sonic Temple was the last album recorded with longtime bassist Jamie Stewart, who left in 1990, and the first to feature former Hall & Oates and then-current Bryan Adams drummer, Mickey Curry.

Contents

Album information

Sonic Temple marked the first time the band worked with Bob Rock, who would later produce The Cult, Beyond Good and Evil, Choice of Weapon and Hidden City. The album reached the Cult's highest chart position in the US, peaking at #10 on the Billboard 200 charts, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1993.

In Argentina, the record was released as Templo Sonico with the titles translated into Spanish on the jacket sleeve and record labels. In Taiwan it was released with a pink cover; reportedly some of these were also found in mainland China.

The album cover features guitarist Billy Duffy with his Gibson Les Paul, partially obscuring a picture of vocalist Ian Astbury. The back cover features bassist Jamie Stewart, and an additional illustration on the insert, from left to right, features Astbury, Duffy, and Stewart.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy.

  1. "Sun King" – 6:09
  2. "Fire Woman" – 5:11
  3. "American Horse" – 5:19
  4. "Edie (Ciao Baby)" – 4:46
  5. "Sweet Soul Sister" – 5:08
  6. "Soul Asylum" – 7:26
  7. "New York City" – 4:41
  8. "Automatic Blues" – 3:51
  9. "Soldier Blue" – 4:36
  10. "Wake Up Time for Freedom" – 5:17

Extra tracks

  1. "Medicine Train" – 4:42 (On CD and, in some countries, cassette release)
  2. "The River" (Only on Russian and Eastern European pressings)
  3. "Lay Down your Gun" (Version two) (Only on Russian and Eastern European pressings)
  • There was a Saudi Arabian version released, with the track listing expanded (although "Soul Asylum" had been removed) and slightly rearranged:
    1. "Sun King"
    2. "Fire Woman"
    3. "American Horse"
    4. "Edie (Ciao Baby)"
    5. "Sweet Soul Sister"
    6. "NYC"
    7. "Automatic Blues"
    8. "Soldier Blue"
    9. "Wake Up Time for Freedom"
    10. "Medicine Train"
    11. "Electric Ocean"
    12. "King Contrary Man"
    13. "Born to Be Wild"
    14. "Outlaw"

    Personnel

  • Ian Astbury – vocals, percussion
  • Billy Duffy – guitar
  • Jamie Stewart – bass guitar, keyboards

    • Additional personnel

  • Mickey Curry – drums
  • Iggy Pop – backing vocals on "New York City"
  • John Webster – keyboards
  • Bob Buckley – string arrangement on "Edie (Ciao Baby)"
  • Engineered and mixed by Mike Fraser

    • Charts

    Album - BPI UK Album Chart (UK) Billboard (United States)

    Singles - Billboard (United States)

    Songs

    1Sun King6:09
    2Fire Woman5:11
    3American Horse5:19

    References

    Sonic Temple Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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