Love
by The Cult

Album
Love by The Cult
Year: 1985
Release date: 1985-10-18
Overall rank: 1,252nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 269 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1985 (19th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (202nd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,252nd)

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Love track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Nirvana
Average Rating: 81 (67 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
The Big Neon Glitter
Average Rating: 78 (56 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
Love
Average Rating: 79 (59 votes)Comments: View 1
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Brother Wolf, Sister Moon
Average Rating: 78 (56 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Rain
Average Rating: 85 (74 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
The Phoenix
Average Rating: 78 (52 votes)Comments: View 1
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The Hollow Man
Average Rating: 78 (51 votes)Comments: View 0
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Revolution
Average Rating: 77 (52 votes)Comments: View 0
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She Sells Sanctuary
Average Rating: 88 (116 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Black Angel
Average Rating: 77 (50 votes)Comments: View 0

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Love rankings

Love rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,252nd | 1980s rank: 202nd | 1985 rank: 19th  Overall chart history
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 !		09/14/2026 20:21 Foxforce5  Ratings distribution  48575/100
 
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 !		09/06/2026 12:50 LedZep  Ratings distribution  5,14079/100

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Love forum mentions

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85/100
From 07/04/2025 09:07 | #309892
a fantastic record, shimmering, dark and brooding... Rain and She Sells Sanctuary easy 5* (Edited)
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80/100
From 02/07/2025 23:08 | #307467
The sound of when they were transitioning from their goth beginnings to the more rock heavy band they were to become. There's some fantastic pumping tunes on this along with some tracks with haunting melodies and rhythms. A nice mix. This is good. One of my favorite from The Cult (Edited)
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55/100
From 10/17/2024 21:16 | #305694
Amazing guitar sound and some killer riffs and solos, coupled with Ian Astbury's great singing voice which complements the music perfectly for me. She Sells Sanctuary is magical, but Nirvana is also an incredible opener and not that far behind. A couple of weak tracks (Love and Brother Wolf Sister Moon) stop it from being a great album for me but it's a good album and has made me want to explore more of the band's discography. (Edited)
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75/100
From 08/11/2024 07:31 | #304705
JUst fine (Edited)
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70/100
From 06/02/2024 22:10 | #303815
With trademark “Yeah Yeahs” and “You know what I means” this is nice reminder that once upon a time The Cult released music that was actually pretty good and mattered before Ian and Billy disappeared up their own ego (Edited)
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