Love
by The Cult
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Love is ranked as the best album by The Cult.
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Love track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Love rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1985 by Ultimate Record Collection | 27/41 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 12 Music Albums of 1985 | 5/12 | 3 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 79 Music Albums of the 1980s | 22/79 | 15 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  CharlieBarley | My Next 100 Favourite Songs 101-200 | 24/100 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 20th Century | 91/100 | - |
| 2026 | Rich150 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 66/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1985 | 48/50 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1985 | 99/100 | - |
| 2026 | identifer | Top 10 Music Albums of 1985 | 7/10 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 247 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,393 | |||
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Love ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago | Siromynian | 1,785 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2026 20:21 | Foxforce5 | 485 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2026 16:31 |  Tamthebam | 23,300 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Love forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/12/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5433): By Johnnyo BestEverAlbums 06/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5356): By marco17Love comments
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/16/2020 22:45 | #258301 | TOP COMMENT
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The Cult was one of my favorite rock bands of the eighties, with Ian Astbury's Jim Morrison-like persona and Billy Duffy's scorching work on the guitar leading the charge. The Cult managed to weave together New Wave eighties vocal stylings, the loudness and grittiness of metal, and the New Age mysticism of post-punk, producing on their second full-length album one of the most undeniably great albums of the eighties. The high point here is the mysterious and hard-rocking "She Sells Sanctuary," one of the best, if not also one of the most lyrically impenetrable, songs of its generation. Unfortunately, The Cult never came close to making another album anywhere near this great, and they've gradually settled back into obscurity. But for the brief time that they shined, they sure did shine brightly. (Edited)
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/28/2013 19:53 | #82622 | TOP COMMENT
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At least at this point they still had their own sound. After this, they join the hair metal masses. This album is OK - good guitar driven rock.
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/04/2013 04:47 | #60021 | TOP COMMENT
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Lots of smoking guitars and seering vocals here, before the band got too polished and poppier. Rain, Brother Wolf and Sanctuary make it worth your while.
Nothing mind-blowing but "Rain" and "She Sells Sanctuary" hint that The Cult could have been something better with a little more application... or taste.
Atmospheric. The album has a consistent tone, and despite all the singles, this is the peak of gothic-version Cult. It is almost a concept album, lots of elemental / weather references, missing people, returning, spirituality. Whereas by the time of the Ceremony album the same lyrics came out as "the same schtick all over again". Astbury doesn't over-sing, whereas in later albums he seems to feel the need to fill every gap. (Edited)
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