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Love by The Cult
Love is an album by The Cult, released in 1985. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 125 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “She Sells Sanctuary”, on 83 lists with a best position of #4.
Love, the Cult's second album, came out on Beggars Banquet on 18 October 1985, and it's the moment the band broke big. They cut it at Jacob's Studios in Farnham, Surrey, that July and August, and it's a big, swirling, psychedelic rock record full of chiming, echoing guitars and a singer howling at the heavens like a shaman at a festival.
"She Sells Sanctuary" is the knockout, a whirling dervish of a riff that never lets go, and "Rain" and "Revolution" keep the same mystic swagger going, one pounding and one soaring. "Nirvana" and the title track stretch out into hazier, more hypnotic territory.
It was their commercial breakthrough: number four in Britain, 22 weeks on the chart, and three UK Top 40 singles in "She Sells Sanctuary", "Rain" and "Revolution". It has since been issued in nearly 30 countries, with sales put at around 2.5 million.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Love on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She Sells Sanctuary#271 of all time | 83 | #4 | – | 1985–2026 | |
| 2 | Rain | 25 | #74 | – | 1988–2014 | |
| 3 | Nirvana | 7 | #407 | – | 2007–2014 | |
| 4 | Love | 8 | #652 | – | 2003–2014 | |
| 5 | Revolution | 2 | #222 | – | 1991–1999 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.