It's always been easy to slag the Cult as posers. What's often been ignored is that, despite their shameless genre jumping, their forays into new wave psychedelia (''Love''), stripped-down metal (''Electric''), and arena rock (''Sonic Temple'') were all first-rate. On their comeback record Beyond Good and Evi, Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy actually make a surprising stab at respectability, once again merging big hooks and big rawk. Why, even the cheesy power ballad is fun, in a nostalgic sort of way.
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