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1 Background and recording  





2 Track listing  



2.1  Bonus Disc (Savage Edition)  







3 Personnel  





4 Release history  





5 References  





6 External links  














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Born Into This
Studio album by
Released1 October 2007 (2007-10-01)
RecordedFebruary 2007
GenreHard rock
Length40:57
LabelRoadrunner
ProducerYouth
The Cult chronology
Beyond Good and Evil
(2001)
Born Into This
(2007)
Choice of Weapon
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic58/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Now Magazine[3]
Paste(56/100)[4]
Uncut[5]

Born into ThisisThe Cult's eighth studio album, and was released on October 2, 2007 (2007-10-02) in the US, Canada, South Africa, and Sweden. It was released in Hungary, Denmark, Spain and France on 1 October, and in Finland on the 3rd.[6]

Background and recording[edit]

Born into This is the follow-up to 2001's Beyond Good and Evil, the band's first reunion album, and also its first (and only) release on Roadrunner Records. It was recorded at Britannia Row Studios in London, with additional recording in Los Angeles and Buenos Aires.

The band initially recorded 13 songs for use on the record, and performed one song, "I Assassin", live on their June 2007 European tour. The first single was "Dirty Little Rockstar", released in mid-August.

A special edition of the album, called the "Savage Edition", containing an extra CD with 5 additional tracks (two demos, two unreleased album outtakes and one full-length version), was also released. The Taiwanese versions were released with an obi strip, and Japanese pressings contains lyrics in Japanese.

It debuted at #72 on the UK album chart the week after its release, and #63 in Italy. In the United States it debuted at #70 on the top 100, #17 on the Top Rock Albums chart. In Canada it debuted at #29, and the Top Alternative Albums chart at #3. In Croatia it debuted at #7. In Germany at #81.

In 2009, citing issues about albums, frontman Ian Astbury said that Born into This would likely be the last studio album released by the band.[7] However, he has since changed his mind and the band released the follow-ups, Choice of Weapon in 2012 and Hidden City in 2016.

On September 7, 2018, the album was released on pink Vinyl, limited to 2000 copies.[8]

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy.

  1. "Born Into This" – 4:04
  2. "Citizens" – 4:32
  3. "Diamonds" – 4:06
  4. "Dirty Little Rockstar" – 3:40
  5. "Holy Mountain" – 3:42
  6. "I Assassin" – 4:13
  7. "Illuminated" – 4:07
  8. "Tiger in the Sun" – 5:09
  9. "Savages" – 3:54
  10. "Sound of Destruction" – 3:30

Bonus Disc (Savage Edition)[edit]

  1. "Stand Alone" – 5:13
  2. "War Pony Destroyer" – 4:21
  3. "I Assassin" (Demo) – 4:37
  4. "Sound of Destruction" (Demo) – 4:25
  5. "Savages" (Full Length Version) – 4:32

Personnel[edit]

The Cult[9]

Additional personnel[9]

Release history[edit]

Region Date
Bulgaria 1 October 2007 (2007-10-01)
Croatia
Denmark
France
Hungary
Russia
Spain
United Kingdom
Canada 2 October 2007 (2007-10-02)
South Africa
Sweden
United States
Finland 3 October 2007 (2007-10-03)
Australia 10 October 2007 (2007-10-10)
Hong Kong
Japan
Malaysia
Taiwan

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Born Into This by The Cult". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  • ^ Allmusic review
  • ^ Now Magazine review Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ "The Cult: Born Into This". 30 June 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  • ^ Uncut review
  • ^ "The Cult: 'Born Into This' Pushed Back To October". Blabbermouth.net. 12 July 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
  • ^ "Ian Astbury Says There Will Be No New The Cult Album". Blabbermouth.net. 7 July 2009. Archived from the original on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  • ^ "THE CULT - BORN INTO THIS - Music on Vinyl".
  • ^ a b Born into This (liner notes). The Cult. Roadrunner Records. 2007. 168 617 971-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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