The Cult "She Sells Sanctuary (Single & Video)"

"She Sells Sanctuary" is a song by the British rock band the Cult. It is from their 1985 album Love and was released as a single in May of that year, peaking at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart.

"She Sells Sanctuary" was the last song to be recorded with the Cult's longtime drummer, Nigel Preston, who was fired from the band shortly after its release.

According to Billy Duffy, the iconic introduction effects were the result of the fact that all of the guitar effects pedals were on at the same time. The recording was edited to include the introduction with the effects, whereas earlier versions started the song more abruptly.

After its release in 1985, the single reached number 36 during a six-week run on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart in 1986. 

The band has released various versions of the song. Aside from the original 7" single, three other versions had been released around the same time on 12" formats: "The Long Version", "The Howling Mix" and "Assault on Sanctuary".

In 1993, several more mixes were released on two different CD singles, each called Sanctuary MCMXCIII (Volumes 1 & 2). The "Sundance" remix was remixed by Butch Vig who previously had produced Nirvana's Nevermind album. The "Dog Star Rising" remix was remixed by Youth who produced The Cult's eighth album, Born into This.

In 2009, two more previously unreleased versions, a demo and the "Olympic Rough Mix" were included in a 4-disc box set of the Omnibus edition of Love.

• The song made several appearances in video games including Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on the in-game radio station "V-Rock", Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2, as well as a playable track in Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and as downloadable content for Rock Band.
• It is featured in the Cameron Crowe film Singles (1992), although it is not included in the official soundtrack album.
• It is featured in the films Free Enterprise, Layer Cake, and That's My Boy.
• The Butch Vig mix appears in the soundtrack of the 1994 film With Honors.
• It is featured in the opening credits of the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• The song was featured in commercials for Nissan, Labatt's beer, the Ford Mustang and Fernet-Branca.
• In later seasons of the popular UK car program Top Gear, it has been used on numerous occasions.
• It is used as an intro for Radio Le Mans show "Midweek Motorsport", and during hourly updates for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Previously it was used as the theme to American Le Mans Series Radio Web broadcasts.
• On the medical drama series, Monroe, the song was heard in the fourth episode where Dr. Gabriel Monroe (James Nesbitt) and his best friend, Dr. Laurence Shepard (Tom Riley) are performing surgery.
• In February 2012, the song was mashed with Flo Rida's "Good Feeling" for Budweiser's 'Eternal Optimism' Super Bowl ad.
• Rotherham United FC use the song as their walk out music.
• Dana Loesch uses it as her theme song and bumper music before commercial breaks.

Track listing

Vinyl 7"

• A Side : She Sells Sanctuary
• B Side : No.13

Vinyl 12"

• A Side: She Sells Sanctuary (Long Version)
• B Side: The Snake, No.13
• A Side: She Sells Sanctuary (Howling Mix)
• B Side: Assault on Sanctuary

Sanctuary MCMXCIII CD1

1. She Sells Sanctuary (Original)
2. She Sells Sanctuary (Dog Star Rising) (Remix by Youth)
3. She Sells Sanctuary (Phlegmatic) (Remix by J.G. Thirwell)
4. She Sells Sanctuary (Flusteresqueish) (Remix by J.G. Thirwell)

Sanctuary MCMXCIII CD2

1. She Sells Sanctuary (Dog Star Radio) (Remix by Youth)
2. She Sells Sanctuary (Sundance) (Remix by Butch Vig)
3. She Sells Sanctuary (Slutnostic) (Remix by J.G. Thirwell)
4. She Sells Sanctuary (Lakeland Live 1992)

The Cult "Live Cult: Music Without Fear - Live From The Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles"

Live Cult: Music Without Fear - Live From The Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles is a DVD video released in 2002.

Track list:

1. Intro / Rise 6:16
2. In The Clouds 4:34
3. Lil' Devil 2:53
4. Peace Dog 4:23
5. Take The Power 4:32
6. My Bridges Burn 4:25
7. Rain 5:13
8. Edie (Ciao Baby) 4:43
9. The Witch 5:52
10. Breathe 4:53
11. Fire Woman 5:25
12. Sweet Soul Sister 5:47
13. Wildflower 4:49
14. She Sells Sanctuary 5:41
15. True Believers 4:36
16. War (The Process) 4:50
17. Love Removal Machine 7:30

Filmed At – Grand Olympic Auditorium

Bass, Backing Vocals – Billy Morrison

Drums, Backing Vocals – Matt Sorum

Executive-Producer [Video] – Carl Stubner, David Stelzer, Rick Canny

Film Director – Manny Rodriguez 

Film Producer – Daniel E. Catullo III

Lead Guitar – Billy Duffy

Rhythm Guitar – Mike Dimkich

Vocals – Ian Astbury

(P) (C) 2002 Image Entertainment, Inc.

Audio Format : Dolby Digital 5.1 / Stereo / DTS 5.1

Picture Format : PAL 16:9 Colour

Subtitles (Concert & Behind The Scenes) : English (Dialogue & Song Lyrics)

Subtitles (Behind The Scenes - Dialogue) : Spanish / German / Italian / French

Disc Format : DVD-9

Region Codes : 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

Total Playing Time : 112 mins

Concert : 86:22

Behind The Scenes : 26:36

The Cult "Dreamtime"

Dreamtime is the debut album by The Cult. Released on 10 September 1984, it reached #21 in the UK and was later certified silver by the BPI after having sold 60,000 copies. The first single, "Spiritwalker", reached #1 on the UK Indie Chart. Dreamtime has subsequently been reissued (or in some cases bootlegged) in roughly 30 countries worldwide.

Lyrics to the song "Horse Nation" are taken almost verbatim from the book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. "Spiritwalker" is a reference to shamanism, while "Dreamtime" is inspired by the Australian Aborigines and 'Butterflies' is a reference to the Hopi ceremonial butterfly dance. "A Flower in the Desert" is a reworking of the Southern Death Cult's song "Flowers in the Forest".

The record was originally being produced by Joe Julian, but after recording the drums, the band decided to replace him, and Beggars Banquet suggested John Brand. The record was ultimately produced by Brand, but guitarist Billy Duffy has said that the drum tracks used on the record were those produced by Julian, as band drummer Nigel Preston had become too unreliable by that time.

The record was largely recorded at Rockfield Studios, in Monmouth, Wales, in late March and early April 1984, mixed at Eel Pie Studios, Twickenham, from 16 to 24 April 1984, and mastered on 27 April 1984. This record was originally intended to be released on Situation Two, with a catalogue number SITU 57 (or 12). This pressing was to include the original version of "Go West (Crazy Spinning Circles)" which uses a psychedelic phasing on the end choruses. Only a small handful of white label test pressings were made of this record before the band decided they didn't like that version. They subsequently recorded a new version of the song after signing to Beggars Banquet Records, and that second, more "finalised" version of the song was released. The re-recording of "Go West (Crazy Spinning Circles)" was done at Livingstone Studios on 22 June 1984. The original test pressing of "Dreamtime" stands as one of the more rare and collectable studio Cult vinyl pressings.

"Bone Bag" (sometimes listed as "Bonebag") was the original b side on the "Spiritwalker" single. "Sea and Sky" was the original B-side of "Go West (Crazy Spinning Circles)" and "Ressurection Joe" (not spelled in the correct form "Resurrection Joe" but intentionally misspelled) was a new single recorded in November 1984 and released on 14 December 1984. They are included as bonus tracks on the original CD pressings in all countries except the original CD pressing in the Netherlands, where only the 10 original songs are present. The first CD version in the Netherlands also uses different artwork for the back cover. In Germany, the CD version incorrectly lists 13 songs on the back cover, but only includes the 10 original songs as were on vinyl.

Dreamtime was released on 10 September 1984, originally with a nine-song live album titled Dreamtime Live at the Lyceum, recorded at the Lyceum Theatre in London on 20 May 1984, and also released in the UK with different artwork, and on 23 November 1984 also as a picture disc LP. There were only 30.000 copies of the live record originally manufactured. This double album version was released in a thicker cardboard sleeve.

The record was released in Malaysia for the first time in July 1990, with the second version of the artwork used for the cover. In Czechoslovakia in January 1991, two versions of this record were released by Globus International: one is on black vinyl, and the other is on blue vinyl. The blue vinyl version is apparently quite rare. Both Czechoslovakian pressings use the artwork from the second British pressing. In 2003, the album was remastered and reissued on CD in the Russian Federation, Belarus and Lithuania with the three bonus tracks and different artwork. In October 2004 the record was also remastered and reissued on CD with different artwork in Japan.

Track listing

All songs written by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy, except where noted.

Side one 

1. "Horse Nation" – 3:45
2. "Spiritwalker" – 3:39
3. "83rd Dream" – 3:38
4. "Butterflies" – 3:00
5. "Go West (Crazy Spinning Circles)" – 3:59

Side two 

1. "Gimmick" – 3:33
2. "A Flower in the Desert" (Ian Astbury, Barry Jepson, David Burroughs, Haq Qureshi) – 3:42
3. "Dreamtime" – 2:47
4. "Rider in the Snow" – 3:11
5. "Bad Medicine Waltz" – 5:55

CD bonus tracks 

1. "Bone Bag" – 3:47
2. "Sea and Sky" – 3:32
3. "Ressurection Joe" – 6:07
4. "Love Removal Machine" ("Peace" version) (Russian and eastern Europe only)
5. "Zap City" (Russian and eastern Europe only) There is a slightly longer version of "Spiritwalker", with a running time of 3:54.

In France, a special promotional 12" record was issued, consisting of three tracks: 

1. "Spiritwalker"
2. "Go West (Crazy Spinning Circles)"
3. "83rd Dream" (recorded live at the Lyceum on 20 May 1984) The full album was later released in France, packaged with the live album Dreamtime live at the Lyceum.

The Japanese LP features a photo of the band on the front cover, instead of the original artwork. When remastered and reissued on CD in 1996, only the 10 original songs were included.

On the original Canadian vinyl pressing, the track listing is re-arranged for unknown reasons: 

1. A1 "Gimmick" – 3:33
2. A2 "Spiritwalker" – 3:39
3. A3 "83rd Dream" – 3:38
4. A4 "Butterflies" – 3:00
5. A5 "Bad Medicine Waltz" – 5:55
6. B1 "Horse Nation" – 3:45
7. B2 "A Flower in the Desert" (Astbury, Jepson, Burroughs, Quereshi) – 3:42
8. B3 "Dreamtime" – 2:47
9. B4 "Rider in the Snow" – 3:11
10. B5 "Go West (Crazy Spinning Circles)" – 3:59

The Cult "Love"

Love is the second album by British rock band The Cult, released in 1985 on Beggars Banquet Records. The album was the band's commercial breakthrough, reaching number four in the UK and staying on the chart for 22 weeks. It produced three Top 40 singles in the UK, "She Sells Sanctuary", "Rain" and "Revolution". It has been released in nearly 30 countries and sold an estimated 2.5 million copies. Love was recorded at Jacob's Studios in Farnham, Surrey, in July and August 1985.

Many European CD pressings, as well as Canadian and Australian pressings, include two bonus tracks: "Little Face" as track four, and "Judith" as track eleven. Various other foreign pressings have several other bonus tracks. For unknown reasons, the Korean vinyl and cassette tape editions omitted the songs "Big Neon Glitter" and "Revolution". Also inexplicably, in the Philippines a considerably shorter version of the song "Brother Wolf, Sister Moon" was used; it lasts only 5:18, omitting most of the guitar solos in the second half of the song.

In 2000, the album was remastered and reissued on CD, with only the ten original songs and different artwork. "Big Neon Glitter" and "Hollow Man" are alternately listed with and without the article "The" in their title, respectively.

In 2003, the record was issued on CD in Russia, Belarus and Lithuania, formerly being available only as a bootleg LP in the Soviet Union. These 2003 Eastern European releases came with the bonus tracks "Faith Healer" and "Edie (Ciao Baby)" (acoustic) as tracks 13 and 14, and the word acoustic is misspelled as "accoustic"; the pressings also use a different font for the lettering. There is also an Indonesian cassette tape version which rearranges the track listing, and includes "Dreamtime" and "Bad Medicine Waltz", from the previous Cult record Dreamtime.

To coincide with the band's Love Live Tour in August 2009, the band released two different editions of the album:

Version one is the "Expanded Edition", a 2-CD set consisting of the album on one disc as well as extended versions of album cuts, remixes and b-sides on the second disc. This set was released on 8 August 2009 in Varada and the USA, and 21 September in Europe.

Version two is called the "Omnibus Edition" which features the first two discs from the "Expanded Edition" plus two more discs. Disc three features extremely rare demos from the Love album presented for the first time, and disc four features a live concert recorded by the BBC at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on 31 October 1985.

Track listing

Original 1985 release

All songs written by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy.

1. "Nirvana" 5:24
2. "The Big Neon Glitter" 4:45
3. "Love" 5:35
4. "Brother Wolf; Sister Moon" 6:49
5. "Rain" 3:57
6. "The Phoenix" 5:06
7. "The Hollow Man" 4:45
8. "Revolution" 5:20
9. "She Sells Sanctuary" 4:23
10. "Black Angel" 5:22

2009 "Expanded edition" CD 2 track listing

1. "She Sells Sanctuary" (Long version) – 6:59
2. "No. 13" – 4:40
3. "The Snake" – 8:09
4. "(Here Comes the) Rain" – 6:19
5. "Little Face" – 4:54
6. "Revolution" (Full length remix) – 5:29
7. "Judith" – 5:29
8. "Sunrise" – 5:11
9. "All Souls Avenue" – 4:45
10. "She Sells Sanctuary" (Howling mix) – 8:26
11. "Assault on Sanctuary" – 7:31

Omnibus edition CD 3 and 4 track listings

CD 3: "The Demos"

1. "Brother Wolf, Sister Moon" – 7:54
2. "Hollow Man" – 5:48
3. "She Sells Sanctuary" – 5:21
4. "All Souls Avenue" – 4:56
5. "Little Face" – 5:45
6. "No. 13" – 6:23
7. "Big Neon Glitter" – 6:34
8. "Waltz" (Instrumental) – 4:36
9. "Nirvana" (Instrumental) – 6:04
10. "Revolution" (Instrumental) – 6:50
11. "She Sells Sanctuary" (Olympic mix) – 7:04

CD 4: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, 31 October 1985

1. "Love" – 5:54
2. "Nirvana" – 5:05
3. "Christians" – 4:33
4. "Hollow Man" – 5:01
5. "Big Neon Glitter" – 4:46
6. "Brother Wolf, Sister Moon" – 7:01
7. "Rain" – 5:12
8. "Dreamtime" – 3:10
9. "She Sells Sanctuary" – 5:35
10. "Go West" – 5:02
11. "Spiritwalker" – 4:35
12. "Horse Nation" – 3:17
13. "The Phoenix" – 5:19

Bonus tracks/international releases

1. "Little Face" (bonus track, track four in some territories)
2. "Judith" (bonus track, track eleven in some territories)
3. "Faith Healer" (bonus track, track thirteen in Eastern Europe and Asia)
4. "Edie (Ciao Baby)" (acoustic version) (bonus track, track fourteen in Eastern Europe and Asia)

Indonesian cassette tape versions:

Side A: Love, She sells Sanctuary, Rain, Nirvana, Revolution, Black Angel.

Side B: The Phoenix, The Hollow Man, Big Neon Glitter, Brother Wolf Sister Moon, Dreamtime*, Bad Medicine Waltz*. *From the album Dreamtime.

On these Indonesian pressings, the song "Brother Wolf Sister Moon" is incorrectly listed as "Brother Walf Sister Moon", and drummer Nigel Preston is listed as Nigel Reston.

Saudi Arabian cassette tape versions includes "Spiritwalker/Dreamtime/Rider in the Snow/A Flower in the Desert" as bonus tracks, but it does not include "Judith" or "Little Face". An alternate Saudi Arabian version includes only nine of the original ten songs, omitting Revolution and comes with a different sleeve.