Born Into This – Savage Edition

Born Into This is the eighth studio album from the reformed The Cult, originally released in 2007. The album has been expanded with a CD of bonus material, making it their sole release for Roadrunner Records. The Cult’s core team of Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy are joined by Chris Wyse (Ace Frehley, Ozzy Osbourne, and The Hollywood Vampires) on bass and backing vocals, as well as John Tempesta (Exodus, Testament, and White Zombie) on drums and percussion.

The album features the singles ‘Dirty Little Rockstar’ and ‘Illuminated’, and was produced by Youth, who also lends his bass guitar on the album. The original release comes as a 2CD ‘Savage Edition’ with a 5-track bonus CD featuring ‘Stand Alone’, ‘War Pony Destroyer’, ‘I Assassin’ (Demo), ‘Sound Of Destruction’ (Demo), and ‘Savages’ (Full Length Version), all included here.

On Born Into This, you can’t really argue that the songwriting partnership of Astbury/Duffy is simply outstanding once again. The old swaggering pomp and stomp that The Cult made their trademark is ever present, with Billy Duffy’s crunching riffs and Astbury’s trademark vocals to the fore.