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Dreamtime by The Cult
Dreamtime is an album by The Cult, released in 1984. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Spiritwalker”, on 1 list with a best position of #30.
Dreamtime, the Cult's debut album, came out on Beggars Banquet on 31 August 1984, months after the Bradford band had trimmed its name down from Death Cult, and it's the work of a group still wearing its gothic shadows but already reaching for the sky. Billy Duffy's guitar rings out in huge, glassy arcs, Jamie Stewart's bass rolls underneath, and Ian Astbury wails like a man steeped in old history books and older myths.
He was: "Horse Nation" takes its words almost straight from Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, "Spiritwalker" nods to shamanism, the title track draws on Aboriginal Australian mythology and "Butterflies" on the Hopi butterfly dance, while "A Flower in the Desert" reworks a song from Astbury's old band, Southern Death Cult. "Spiritwalker" went to number one on the UK indie chart, and the album climbed to 21 in the UK and went silver.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Dreamtime on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spiritwalker | 1 | #30 | – | 1984 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.