Mr Love God himself, the Morrison wannabe, Ian Astbury, has a dabble with a few danced up beats, the result being a rather watery experimental record of no effect. Some nice beats on offer, particularly the fuzz bump of 'High Time Amplifier', and 'The Witch'. I'd still rather hear Astbury's vocal next to the guitars of Duffy, because despite his fingers in many pies, Astbury belongs in The Cult and nowhere else. 'Tonight' and 'Devils Mouth' are spacious works but I get no real pleasure from them. At once cosmic and ghostly, 'Spirit...' is a half-baked record that kind of exists without any reason. Such is Astbury's distinctive voice, that he needs to be heard alongside a hip-shaking groove, and this record, apart from 'Its Over', offers very little in that line. In fact, I'm unsure what it offers and find this will be only of interest to hardcore Astbury fans. Underwhelming indeed...album cover reflects content!
6/10
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