Playing With Fire

I don’t know what the right drug to pair with this is, but it doesn’t seem to be coffee.

Like a garage band of college dropouts tried to make an album inspired by the generic new-age music playlist they heard in the waiting room of the “discount massage parlor” they frequent.

Ooh, I am diggin' the drones. Noisy, repetitive, driving. This is exactly my thing. Hints of 60s punk (MC5 and Stooges), 70s krautrock, and 80s no wave, this really hangs together. It's a collage of musical references built into a whole new thing. The NY Times obituary for Lou Reed referred to him as the godfather o f"high IQ, low technique" rock and roll. and that's exactly what this is. I could listen to this all day. I never knew where to start with Spacemen 3 (although I am long time Spiritualized fan), but I think I need to rush out and buy this record. I have been listening to this all day. It's magical noise.

where is spacemen 1 and 2

What a big dumb nothing burger

I like listening to music. One of the reasons I like it is because musicans can do something I cannot. The exception is this album. I'm quite sure I could do this.

Meditative, exploratory, hypnotic. Warm and fuzzy, cold and brittle. A universe of music. Animal Collective took a lot from these guys, especially their patience. Never heard this band before, look forward to learning a lot more about them.

"Playing with Fire" is the third studio album from the English neo-pyschedelia space rock band Spacemen 3. The two main members of Spacemen 3 were Pete Kember "Sonic Boom" who went on to produce indie bands and Jason Pierce "J Spaceman" who went on to form Spiritualized. Well, forget what they went on to do for the time, this here is quite the album with some very high, high points. The music is pretty much an intersection of The Velvet Underground, The Stooges and Suicide. Yet, it is their own, almost a genre unto itself. Spacey keboards/organs, multi-layered guitars. Yes, I'm in. "Honey" gets things going with an organ giving a church feel (not the last time). A slow guitar repetitively playing one note a la The Velvet Underground. Spacey keyboards. Distorted lyrics. A love song. Alright, let's go and wake me up on song five, "Revolution." This is hard rock...distorted guitars, drums. The lyrics obviously mimicking The Stooges..."I'm sick. I'm tired." A song promoting drug use. Getting told what to do by people and the government and fed up. Ends in guitar chaos. A brilliant song. Let's continue the brilliance with "Suicide," an 11-minute ode to the band of the same name. Distorted, reverbed guitars. Repetitive noises and beats. A repetitive drone sound. This song reminded me of what Spiritualized would become. Great guitar end. The album ends with another great song "Lord Can You Hear Me." A very soulful and spiritual sounding song and a cry to God for help. At first I thought I was listening to R.E.M.'s "Everbody Hurts" with the slow guitar. A fitting ending. Being a a fan of The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, Suicide and Spiritualized, it was pretty obvious that I would be a big fan of this album. The songs that I mentioned are some of my favorite songs of the 1980's. A very high album recommendation from me.

its good but largely irrelevant

New to me, no prior knowledge. Looked at the track list after listening on YT and realized my playlist didn't include 2 tracks, "Honey" and "Suicide", so I didn't initially hear it in album sequence. 1 Honey - calm beginning with added vibrating electric sound; interesting arrangement 7/10 2 Come Down Softly to My Soul - It's pretty mellow. I'm getting a weird Partridge Family/Simon & Garfunkel mashup vibe. I'm kinda diggin' it! 8/10 3 How Does It Feel? - very dreamy sounding, kinda space-like vibe, slow build-up without losing the dreamstate; hypnotic 9/10 4 I Believe It - another space-y feel with an organ; interesting 8/10 5 Revolution - much more electric, lyrics primarily spoken; the electric sound is fitting with the lyrics 8/10 6 Let Me Down Gently - Another hypnotic piece with a steady drum beat, organ enters; oh, I get it. The drum is a heartbeat and the organ represents the emotions, at least the lyrics make it seem that way. I like this one! 8/10 7 So Hot (Wash Away All My Tears) - simple music and lyrics, very peaceful 8/10 8 Suicide - more electric guitar than the others, feels like the state of mind one would be in based on the title, no lyrics 5 minutes in, added feedback 7 minutes in, 8:40 the added drums feels like we're almost at the climax, 9:50 feels like spinning out of control, 10:40 begins to fade out, 11min ends; certainly feels like being out of control 8/10 9 Lord Can You Hear Me? - musically feels like Simon & Garfunkel again with an added smattering of electric guitar in the chorus, ooh a little sax now; extremely interesting sound 8/10 I could see this feeling monotonous to some people but listening to it as a story, I find It very compelling! It sounds like a story of a person going through the stages of a breakup. I plan to look up the story behind this album. I liked it without knowing the intent. I think it may be more impressive knowing the storyline to drive it though. I would give this one another listen for its unique flavor! Although, I think this is likely a love it or hate it sound for most people. Creativity makes this a 5-star for me!

Jack_Nicholson_maniacally_nodding_yes.gif Awwww yeah, this is exactly my jam. Hypnotic, repetitive, drifting in and out of ambient. You can see the foundations of what would become Spiritualized but it's not as lush - raw, jagged edges. Fave track - "Revolution" and "Suicide" are both bangers....

'Playing With Fire' is considered a psychedelic album but what is heard can be far more confusing. The use of minutes-long wave synths repetition combined with the sudden and unexpected instrument added here and there makes it a disconcerted presentation overall. Hollow, flat, and almost dull become fitting descriptions of the album arrangement - it feels as if the record is unsure of "how" it wants to be, not necessarily "what" it wants to be.

I really like psychodelic rock and this is not an exception. Didnt knew the exitstence of this guys before and that is why i love this generator.

Pretty good, but this feels like another example of the people writing the list skipping over the obvious classic for a second or third best choice. Why this album over Perfect Prescription? Why Warehouse by Husker Du over Zen Arcade? Why Blue Lines and Protection by Massive Attack over Mezzanine? Head scratchers, the lot of 'em.

I really liked some things about this, the way the tracks built up energy was interesting and Suicide was cool. However, it was kind of mind-numbing sitting and listening to an entire album that's this minimalistic/repetitive. 6/10

Melodramatic and boring

Playing With Fire? I wanted to set it on fire.

Playing With Fire either shrinks into the background, contently becoming invisible turn-of-the-decade ambient music or it gets all spikey and post-punk and noisy when it randomly feels like it (but the Skeptics already got there and got there better). This album retcons itself, with the late 80s album art being the only memorable thing about it.

oh shit! I thought this came out in like the early 2000s like “huh, this is a pretty good alternative album” blows my fucking mind this is from 1989 anyway, beautiful album a bit long, it’s got some lengthy slow-jams but I’m all for that, 10/10

Wonderful album!!

Excellent stuff. Weirdly reminiscent to early 1970s pink Floyd

Soooooo boring.

J'écris ces quelques lignes dans une colère noire: cela fait maintenant plusieurs semaines, que dis-je semaines, cela fait maintenant plusieurs mois que Robert s'amuse à nous distiller des albums d'une banalité effarante, dénués de tout intérêt. Chaque matin quand je me reveille et me rend sur mon générateur, qui autrefois fut mon générateur favori, je ne vibre plus, je suis résigné d'avance à voir un nom complétement inconnu s'afficher sur mon écran. Une fois l'album lancé, 30 secondes me suffisent en général pour décréter que l'album sera inintéressant. Je n'ai rien contre les Spacemen 3 en particulier, ils ne sont pas plus nuls que les autres, ils arrivent tout simplement au mauvais moment. Pour l'ensemble de l'oeuvre de Robert, je vais donc accorder la note de 2/5 à cet album, faisant d'avantage office de bruit que de musique. [...] Mea culpa, j'ai écrit ce review avant d'avoir fini l'album, les Spacemen 3 méritent amplement ce 2/5, voir même plus puisque je vais leur accorder la note de 1/5 la faute à l'horrible Suicide présent sur l'album en tant que 8ème piste.

I don't mind psychedelic rock when it's done creatively, but this album gives nothing but an hour of mostly unpleasant, monotonous noise. 1.5 stars

Snooooooooore

Au contraire, I did not have to listen to this before I died.

Psychedelic

Another 2-hour epic, but wow. This is phenomenal! It hits my yes button in all the right places. Not sure what's happening here, maybe I was just in the right headspace to hear this today? Regardless, I will definitely listen more often.

I hadn’t heard of this album or group, so I had no expectations. It ended up on my favorites list. This was such a vibe and transported me somewhere else in a different time.

I feel like calling this shoegaze is a misnomer. It's more like third eye complete dissociation staring into the void. They hit a nearly perfectly balanced hypnotic minimalism here that I love to crawl inside, lay down, and just let it wash over me. This is their best album, and I actually prefer it to what came later with Spiritualized - perhaps due to it being slightly more raw and stripped down. Sounds equally good on headphones as I imagine it would live. I would have loved to have seen them perform this in its day, but alas, I was only 9 years old, and was more into Batman than drugs.

Wow, this lead to a lot of cool stuff I have never heard

this was pretty great! just weird enough to be interesting, just poppy enough to be listenable, just ambient enough to work to. really scratched an itch for me

Yeah, kind a love this

Spacemen 3 are arguably my favourite band. This, their 3rd album is seen as their peak creative output by critics, but I think their best is their second, 'The Perfect Prescription', which is my favourite album of all time. However, this still in my top 30 and is one of the best examples of neo-psychedelia in the last 35 years. Admittedly it took me a few listens back in 89 to get into it as it was fundamentally different to their debut album 'Sound of Confusion' which was a straight up Stooges/MC5/13th Floor Elevators noise fest, but the drugs kept flowing into a different vein by the time they made 'Playing with Fire'. The two main men, Kember and Pierce, have two very different styles of playing and vocal delivery, which complement each other so well. Kember's fixation with drones and predominantly using 2 chords, together with Pierce's ear for simple melody, which was unified with their shared love of experimentalism and noise. ‘Honey’ is probably Pete Kember's best song on this album, closely followed by the MC5 inspired 'Revolution'. Jason Pierce's tunes are as usual beautifully fragile. The fractures in their relationship is evident on this album with separate writing credits, except for the massive ode to Rev and Vega with 'Suicide' a 9 minute psyche-out blast of 2 note noise. I never got to see them live, but have seen their later bands many times where they have played all these over the years, which I'll take! Most people won't get it, but I love it and it is a straight high 5.

Perfect mix of VU, Suicide and Stooges, as noted in some other review. Only really started to listen to Spacemen 3 when Spritualized was releasing Ladies and Gentlemen and had ignored them before, but yeah, this is still great.

Dreamy, driving. Witnessing God through a frosted pane.

Another brand new artist for me. Wasn’t sure what to expect and was nervous about the run time but it was a joy. I liked how each song had a certain hook that they explored from different sides, reminded me of Pink Floyd. Really can’t believe this came out in ‘89.. I think ‘Lord can you Hear Me’ will be most people’s favorite as the most “song”-y track I feel like I want to be stingy with my 5/5 ratings but this album was my jam.

Vaya, muy bien.

This is mesmerizing and magnificent and I absolutely love it! The extra demos and mixes detract from the original though

Equal parts ethereal new age and ripping proto-punk, all my favorite bands' favorite band (and honestly, one of my favorite bands too)

I love shoegaze!!

Best played loud. This is my type of music, so where some may fine it grating, I get a sense of euphoria as the noise hits me and takes me on a ride

Cool as shit shoegaze

A nice psychedelic record. Jay Spaceman is a genius.

Oh man I love it! Crazy I never heard about it before

Wtf how did I miss this

Before Spititualized, we had Spacemen 3. Less pop, more ambient space rock with long drones and unconventional song structures. Playing With Fire has a much more crisp and atmospheric production than their prior 2 albums, which is necessary for the world they're trying to create. Honey 2/5: A weak and anticlimactic intro that ends awkwardly. Come Down Softly To My Soul 3/5: A slow and groovy track, like a quieter and ambient Primal Scream scream. The guitars give off a 60s folk vibe, and I like how the violins and other space effects struggle to come in and out, which gives it a 3-dimensional feel. The ending is a bit drawn out, and it's still weird placed at the beginning without any hooks. How Does It Feel 2/5: Dumb intro words. Very krautrock. I like following the guitar, but the novelty goes away quickly due to how exhaustingly long and minimalist it is. I do sorta like the last couple minutes, except for the anticlimactic finish. Again, awkwardly placed at the beginning. I Believe It 1/5: It's ok, and I liked how it picked up, but it's very forgettable, had nothing to offer relative to the other tracks, suffers from the same anticlimactic finish, and has a bad track placement. Revolution 4/5: We go full shoegaze on this one. It's noisy and exciting. Almost sounds like the chaotic garage rock of the Stooges. Great song progression, and it finishes pretty well for a change. Let Me Down Gently 1/5: Another completely forgettable track that drags on. At least it sounds complete. So Hot 3/5: A pleasant folk pop tune. I like the bright ethereal New Age atmosphere. Suicide 4/5: An ode to the early industrial band of the same name. Similar to "Revolution" in mood. It's drones and beats are clustered and krautrock-esque, which gives off an alarming and unsettling sound. There's a heavily distorted lead guitar that's pretty fun to follow. Epic ending. I just wish there a bit more. Lord Can You Hear Me 4/5: A pleasant and appropriate pop closer. It's consistent with the rest of the record but triumphant and spiritual. Average: 2.7. Bonus points for consistency, innovation, production, and focus on 9 tracks with appropriate record length. It loses points for the weak intro tracks and odd track ordering. Only the last 2 felt appropriately placed. Since this record would pair well with psychs, dissos, and weed, I'm bumping it up to 3 stars.

A puzzling album, ambitious in its sonic soundscapes but half formed in some of its ideas - many songs start and fade out without ever building. Somewhat ahead of its time, the psychedelic rock predicts later artists such as Mogwai, Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine, an intriguing listen but not a satisfying album.

So I had never heard of Spacemen 3 before, so “Playing With Fire” was definitely an experiment for me… Was quickly disappointed, as a primarily synth-driven album is not exactly in my musical wheelhouse… Quick observations were – - Most of the tracks were just not all that interesting to be honest, and while I tend to enjoy hypnotic music – the particular repetitive rhythms that run throughout most of this album were just boring… - The “vocals” if you can call them that, were hardly worth the time – both in terms of lyrical quality, as well as vocal quality… In fact, on a couple of tracks that I thought were the more reasonable ones, they were absolutely ruined by the absolutely awful vocal component… This album should have been all instrumental like “Explosions In The Sky” or another band like that – which would have resulted in a much better musical experience from my perspective… - On the positive side, I did find “Revolution” & “Suicide” to be somewhat compelling – with the later being the most interesting track on the album… I listened on TIDAL, and the remaster had a live version of “Suicide” which was really well-done – and I’d give that song a 4-stars out of 7 in my rating scale, so there is that… Nothing crazy here, but the best part of a pretty lackluster album… Giving it a 2 based on the 2 songs that I found most compelling…

#310. I have no idea about anything about this band, and instead of looking it up, I'm just going to make something up instead. I have decided that Spacemen 3 is in fact three aliens from space, who come from a place where music has never existed, and have tried their hand at the concept themselves. This isn't very good, but they're trying their best, OK? If they keep trying, maybe they'll make something actually passable as human music. 2/5: zeep zorp

Ambient background psych rock. A tedious album.

I listened to it. Kinda cool. Kinda forgettable

I knew Revolution already so wasn't expecting such a spaced out quiet bore-fest! I did like So Hot, but it's a very short pretty song. Not a revolutionary listen, but not 1 star either.

Oh Nooooooo!! A 2-hour album that I never heard...please please please be good. Well, so much for that hope..... Starts with heavy psychedelic vibe. I guess you've gotta love a guitar player whose name is Sonic Boom. However, there is very little (read: no) booming going on in track #3, HOW DO YOU FEEL, sonic or otherwise, a spoken word repetitive drone. The title of track #4, I BELIEVE IT, answers the question "Do you suffer from a feeling of over-self-importance?" The semi-decent songs are too short and the crappy songs are too long...make that way to long. I question the decision to include this album in the list of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Personally, I would include it in the list of albums to avoid at all costs. Another album that I won't get through. I would give this 0 stars if I could. ⭐ ________________________________ 🎧 LPs reviewed: 49 🎧 LPs left to review: 952 🎧 LPs I found great/relevant enough to be mandatory listens (5): 11 🎧 LPs I *might* include in my own list (4): 16 🎧 LPs I will certainly *not* include in mine (1-2): 13

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Я все релизы слушаю честно, от начала и до конца. Ничего не перематываю, хотя рука порой тянется. Борюсь с собой. Этот альбом - как будто мой последний триумф в этой борьбе. Если следующий альбом будет такой же хуетой, я удалю нахуй этот профиль!!! МЕНЯ ЗАЕБАЛИ ЭТИ 11 МИНУТНЫЕ ОПУСЫ ПУСТОГОЛОВЫЕ!!!!! ВОТ ВНАТУРЕ SUICIDE !!!!!!

Listening to this I picture the end of a jam session: All musicians are wasted and can't play difficult shit anymore, the audience has left the bar already and there is one regular guest sipping his scotch and shouting "we want more". This would be a sign to go home.

Surprisingly good. Feels like a precursor to MGMT and maybe even some BMRC

cool

Dames en heren, ik zweef door de ruimte met dit album. Dit is er een waar je stiekem op hoopt dat die ertussen staat, maar het niet durft te dromen. En toch! Ze kunnen misschien toch wel wat goed doen… ik heb na corona Spiritualized in de Paradiso gezien, en als je deze muziek ziet zitten is het een absolute aanrader. Jason is de grootste antiperformer, hij zit op een stoeltje met een zonnebril op, maar zet toch een show neer… betoverend. Groot fan!

Pretty cool ambient sounds. A lot of drone rocking. Great album.

That's the funny thing about music. I listened to this band about 8 years ago and thought it was just ok. Listening with today's ears and frame of mind, this is pretty fantastic stuff. Playing guitar through fuzz, delay and reverb pedals to get this shoegazey sound is loads of fun. I've listened through 3 times, now I'm on to their album prior to this one. Really dig the early Pink Floyd influence.

Spacemen 3 son una banda que hay que escuchar. Spiritualized está muy bien, pero esto es otro nivel al que Jason no supo, no pudo o no quiso llegar (y llegó muy lejos). Spectrum y EAR o todo lo en lo que estuvo Sonic Boom tampoco. Ya sea con Sound of Confusion (1986), con su más reconocido The Perfect Prescription (1987) o con este Playing with fire que para mí es el mejor de todos, cualquier disco de los Spacemen 3 es de escucha obligatoria para cualquier amante de la música. Mejor que hablar de las curiosidades de Jason Pierce y Sonic Boom (que si nacieron el mismo día, que si las influencias de la Velvet, Suicide, Silver Apples o los Stooges...), es más valioso poner el disco, cualquiera, y disfrutarlo. Honey es un clásico que marca el tono sin descubrir las cartas. How does it feel introduce un repetitivo dron que te va llevando a otra dimensión. I believe it te atrapa y Revolution te destroza el cerebro. Después retorno en espiral con las bucólicas Let me down gently y So Hot hasta que Suicide te vuelve a freir las neuronas. Lord can you hear me limpia cualquier resto que haya quedado y vuelta a darle al play. Un disco excepcional, atemporal e ineludible. Otros grandes discos del 89, el año del Milli Vanilli-gate: Stone Roses de Stone Roses, New York de Lou Reed, Doolitle de Pixies, On Fire de Galaxie 500, Disintegration de The Cure, Paul´s Boutique de los beastie boys, Technique de New Order, Freedom de Neil Young, Let Love Rule de Lenny Kravitz, The Seeds of Love de Tears for Fears, Automatic de Jesus and Mary Chain, Love and Rockets de Love and Rockets, Dum-Dum de las Vaselines, Spike de Elvis Costello, Rhythm Nation de Janet Jackson, Mind Bomb de The The, Club Classic VI de Soul to Soul, Mothers Milk de los Red Hot Chili Peppers, Full Moon Fever de Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Ojalá Que Llueva Café de Juan Luis Guerra, Shahen-Shah Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, The Raw and the Cooked de los Fine Young Cannibals, Primal Scream de Primal Scream, The Whitey Album de Ciccone Youth, Lōc-ed After Dark de Tone Lōc, 3 Feet High and Rising de De La Soul, 101 de Depeche Mode, Like a Prayer de Madonna, Nick of Time de Bonnie Raitt, No More Mr. Nice Guy de Gang Starr, Raw Like Sushi de Neneh Cherry, The Real Thing de Faith No More, Liquidizer de Jesus Jones, Heart Shaped World de Chris Isaak, Bleach de Nirvana, Velveteen de Transvision Vamp, Pump de Aerosmith, The Healer de John Lee Hooker, Crossroads de Tracy Chapman, Hats de The Blue Nile, All Hail the Queen de Queen Latifah, Done by the Forces of Nature de los Jungle Brothers, Back on the Block de Quincy jones, Me and a Monkey on the Moon de Felt, Ninety de 808 State, Hallelujah EP de los Happy Mondays o Pump Up the Jam de Technotronic. Y como placeres culpables: Cuts Both Ways de Gloria Stefan, Foreign Affair de Tina Turner, ...But Seriously de Phil Collins y Neither Fish Nor Flesh de Terence Trent D'Arby

This sounds remarkably like something that would have influenced Spiritualized, for Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space. And that's a Really Good thing. That this was released more than half a decade earlier than LAGWAFIS is quite frankly astonishing. And I really like it. And... Exactly like I did with The Sugarcubes, I've made a huge mistake.... Turns out that Spirtualized were formed from members of Spacemen 3. What a(nother) journey of discovery this is! Yes - this album is The Tits. I like it. A lot.

From Spacemen 3’s Wikipedia page: “Their music is known for its brand of trance-like ‘neo-psychedelia’ consisting of heavily distorted guitar, synthesizers, and minimal chord or tempo changes.” Pretty accurate description of this album. If you’re in the right mood or on the right cocktail of mind-altering drugs, Playing with Fire definitely scratches a particular itch. It’s not on the proper track listing, but the live version of Suicide is even better than the album cut.

Un album que j'aurais cru pratiquement contemporain, alors qu'il est fin des années 1980. Il m'a bluffée. Je me suis laissée transporter par les ambiances, même les plus répétitives ou discordantes. Une belle réussite pour moi.

The shoegaze, proto-post-rock version of Hawkwind. I quite enjoyed this album, but have to admit I don't see any justification in considering this a 1001 must-hear-album.

I made more fun of these guys than they deserve. Pretty good.

I enjoyed this album overall, as it got better with every listen, and still may do so. I like the experimental and electric sounds throughout this record, it gives feel to something more than psychedelic. It makes it more unique. Suicide and Revolution were mediocre tracks IMO. They are not bad by any means and do fit the albums theme, but just have not resonated with me (yet). A sonic record I did really enjoy. Favourites: Honey / Come Down Softly To My Soul / I Believe It / Let Me Down Gently / So Hot / Lord Can You Hear Me

This is a 2 hour, 2 disc album. Very psychedelic in sound and feeling. For a time when bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam were starting out and creating a new wave. These guys stayed the course with the love and peace, hippy sounds of the slow psychedelic Era that was big in the 70s. Take an edible, put on some headphones and get lost in the Organ.

An enjoyable album, Suicide was the one track set apart from the rest, not a challenging listen.

Some fun space/psych rock, I enjoyed it. Kinda weird song titles though

IMPORTANT: do not listen during daytime. This is evening/late night music ONLY. I could probably rate it higher, but I did make that mistake and put it on at work. However 'Honey' is wonderful at all times.

I was a bit worried when I saw that this was a British band that I've never heard of, since my history with similar bands on this list is not spectacular. However, I really enjoyed this album. I like ambient music, so space rock is pretty firmly up my alley, but this album is also very well executed. The songs flow nicely from one to the next, but each one is distinct. The vocals are a bit muffled on some of the songs, but that could also be intentional. Really cool album for relaxing whilst chemically altering your brain 4/5

Experimental and sparse, but still a very nice listen. Definitely prefer Spacemen 3 to Spiritualized but I can see how they may have gotten sick of this sound at some point.

Pretty sweet. Pretty spacey. Very nice plane music. 3.5/5

Ziemlich psychedelic, ambient, geil.

Never heard of this group before and only saw that it was listed as neo-psychedelia which sounded interesting. After giving it a listen, I did enjoy it but it didn't sound really unique or ground breaking. Some songs are a little too long but overall the album doesn't out stay its welcome and I will be checking out some of the other albums from this band. Unfortunately can't give half stars so I round up to 4 stars.

4.25

WHOA! I've never heard of this band and now I need to know more about them. LOVED THIS.

i dig it

Really cool sparsely populated psychedlia. I'd be interested to see where this band went.

Reminded me of shoegaze. I liked it

Spiritualized <3

interesting

Noise and madness with beauty mixed in.

I am familiar with Spacemen 3 through the album Recurring which has some brilliant moments. This album also has brilliant moments. Starts off with dense hypnotic music that draws me in. Then suddenly Revolution comes on and I think I've morphed into listening to a Stoofes song. Brilliant! More hypnotic sounds culminating in the 11 minute gem Suicide. The only version of the album I found was a 2 hour deluxe edition with some live tracks, alternate takes and other bonus material that proved too much for a single listening session but taken as a 50 minute or so album I think this is great....better than Recurring. 4 🌟

Sounds like mighty boosh

Mostly superb

This was new to me and very cool. While I don't love the emphasis on/glorification of drugs and suicide in the lyrics, I loved the experimental psychedelic electronica vibes, and when I looked them up I realized Spacemen 3 were a precursor to Spiritualized (who I love) which makes sense and explains a lot. So this was awesome, would definitely listen again.

Some of the best ambient/space rock I've heard. Spacemen 3 is fucking right

No idea who this was before i heard them but i quite enjoyed the vibe

Interesting

Two listens lead me to very much appreciating the distorted guitars with electronic elements.

This was cool. Never heard of this group but a few of these songs sounded familiar. A more intense Spiritualized. Side note: I really wish artists/Spotify would publish original track listings for all albums. Lord Can You Hear Me was my fave.

Me hizo pensar en Spiritualized

Very Spacey

i'm partial to a bit of spacemen 3 and their offshoots of spiritualised and spectrum and you can see their influence in bands like the brian jonestown massacre and all of the subsequent modern psych music that's about. this album isn't quite as good as 'taking drugs to make music to take drugs to' which apart from being one of the best album titles ever invented is also spacemen 3s best album.

I think if I'd listened to this album in shirt headspace, it might have been a 5 star

more embers than pyrotechnics