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Why this album mattered
Sonic Temple (1989) is a The Cult album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #10 and charted for 33 weeks.
The music
- 1
Sun King
2 Fire Woman
- 3
American Horse
4 Edie (Ciao Baby)
5 Sweet Soul Sister
- 6
Soul Asylum
- 7
New York City
- 8
Automatic Blues
- 9
Soldier Blue
- 10
Wake Up Time for Freedom
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
A rocket up the chart — jumping 27 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #46, exploded upward for 5 weeks to reach #10, then spent 6 weeks inside the Top 10 and fell quickly across 33 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
