"I had my latest disappointment with The Cult. I remember the album, which I had on CD, from my college days and recalled there were some pretty cool songs on the album. In fact I recall liking the whole album. I wondered how it would sound on my rig now?"
If you think about it, your system when you were young and in love with that music, was probably far inferior to what you have now. Plus, nostalgia is a pair of rose-colored glasses. I would guess that the recording never was very good from a pure audiophile point of view (not criticizing the music per se). So now you have had a dose of reality. I had this happen decades ago when Classic or one of the other premium reissuers put out a Buddy Holly album full of great oldies. I had never heard that music on anything but a cheap 45 rpm juke box or a car radio. Guess what. The SQ does not hold up. You can hear all the warts. Even Bernie Grundman cannot make chicken salad out of chicken s##t.