Love (Remastered)

With big-riff precision and a kind of street-corner evangelical desperation, and reflecting the trashy worlds of club derelicts and carnival fortunetellers, The Cult’s second album exploded on dance floors and underground rock radio in a seismic way. It’s as if they’d listened to just enough English punk rock, Bauhaus, and The Doors. This remarkable 1985 release bridged gaps between metal, punk, goth, and alternative rock Leather-clad singer Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy hollowed out—and amped up—classic rock licks and chops on greats such as “She Sells Sanctuary,” “Revolution,” “Phoenix,” “Nirvana,” “Rain,” and “Big Neon Gutter.”