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Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
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Product Description
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN is Spiritualised's crowning acheivement, a masterpiece of '90s psychedelia that captures the mystery and invention of groups like Pink Floyd and Spirit while sounding thoroughly contemporary. The seeds were sown with Spacemen 3. After J Spaceman defected to form Spiritualised, those seeds were nurtured on the latter's first couple of albums. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN is the full blossoming of Spiritualised's lush, spacey vision.
Avid experimentalists from the beginning, the band takes the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach beyond its limits, with strings, horns, a gospel choir, steel guitar, and even Dr. John's piano added to the carefully constructed aural palace of harmony and dissonance. It's that balance of chaos and beauty that makes the songs so special, as unrelenting cavalcades of processed sound give way to ambient soundscapes. Perhaps most importantly,the band's songwriting is at a high point here, with subtlebut unforgettable melodies attached to each song, no matterthe extent of the sonic explorations.
Track Listing
- Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space
- Come together
- I think I'm in love
- All of my thoughts
- Stay with me
- Electricity
- Home of the brave
- The individual
- Broken heart
- No God only religion
- Cool waves
- Cop shoot cop...
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #6011 in Music
- Released on: 1997-05-07
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
The title track is the one.
When he wrote and recorded the first track on this album, Jason Pierce was touched by genius. It is stunningly beautiful and is the best thing he has ever written. The rest of the album is great but the title track is the one.
Float In Space/Drift In Time
Before I bought this, I thought, this can't be that amazing, but you know what? It bloody is. The songs soar and fly like birds. In fact birds is the best way I can describe these songs, be they world-weary, exhausted birds (Home Of The Brave), young, energised birds (Electricity), old, dying birds (Broken Heart) or mysterious and stern birds (Cop Shoot Cop...). Its one of the best art-rock records of all time. In fact, screw that, its one of the best records of all time.
One Of The Greatest Albums Ever Made
You won't find a better album to listen to than this. It is simply magnificant. I have the original that came out in the tablet form with the intructions inside. If you can find it buy it. If not then buy the updated version you won't be displeased I assure you!!!
...you'll feel like your soul has been stretched somehow....one mind-blowing perspective-fusing supernova of an album....that redefines notions of bittersweet and love-hate to the point where everyday emotions seem very small indeed.
Melody Maker (06/14/1997)
