“Wild Flower” by The Cult

"Wild Flower" ranks among the main courses on Electric, the Cult's 1987 album, and it's built around nothing more complicated than a Billy Duffy guitar riff that struts like it owns the street. Duffy wrote the music and Ian Astbury wrote the words, and Astbury sings it with his chest puffed out, shaking a tambourine for good measure, while Jamie Stewart on bass and Les Warner on drums keep it lean and pounding.

Rick Rubin produced it with George Drakoulias assisting, and Andy Wallace engineered and mixed, so there's no fog, no reverb haze, just tight, dry, cocksure hard rock with the volume turned up.

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