Rating:
Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 03/07/2000
Run Time: 52:23
More varied than its predecessor,
Electric,
Sonic Temple finds
the Cult trying several different
metal styles, from crunchy
Electric-era '70s grooves and the fuzzy, noisy
psychedelia of
Love, to mellow
ballads and commercial '80s
hard rock. Not all of the experiments work, as some of the songs lean toward ponderousness, but enough of them do to send
Sonic Temple into the
Billboard Top Ten, due to the exposure provided by the hit single
"Fire Woman." ~Steve Huey, All Music Guide