Reviews (page 6 of 8)
Booooooorrrrrrring Just like this list. Enough with the trite, repetitive electronic music. Some of these songs started out with promise, just to disappoint. I thought Suicide was going to be good. The it made me want to kill myself. Spacemen 3 just suck and this album is no exception
Jag ser varför folk gillar det här, men det var inte för mig
Six songs in and I’m tapped out. This is hilariously boring. For a moment it seemed like “I Believe It” was going to erupt into something interesting, but they swerved hard around that possibility and went right back to boring town.
A fun jam. Didn't go beyond disc 1 though
Not a fan of this one. I found it to be boring, mediocre, and forgettable. I am also not a fan of overly distorted guitar so it also loses points for that.
I mean, yes, sure? Fine to have on in the background, very shoegaze/ambient.
Very very weird... sounds wrong. Broken record? Intentional?
Playing With Fire is another mixed bag for me. The album most definitely is a really noisy one mostly with the My Bloody Valentine like guitars in a lot of the songs and typically those are cool with me as long as they give the songs enough time to sink in. While this album did indeed do that, it just didn't exactly hit the same as something like m b v as the noise here got more repetitive. There are some pretty good songs here though like Come Down Softly To My Soul and Revolution. Even the worst songs here were tolerable. This is an okay album but its a very acquired taste. Best Song: Come Down Softly To My Soul Worst Song: I Believe It
Stoner indie. Not as drawn out and tedious as his Spiritualized stuff but still a bit of a dull drone
Some bits good, some bits ho-hum, probably good for the background.
Proto Spiritualized
Meh.
New to me. Hypnotic. Probably good for going to sleep. 4
Found it difficult to get into this one. The bonus tracks at the end of the re-release didn't help. I think there's some good stuff here, but it didn't quite work for me.
Good background music to watching a lava lamp for hours. Stand-out: Come Down Softly to My Soul
Trippy stuff.
I liked the first song and thought I might not actually hate this album. I was wrong. Also, what in the psychedelic hell was that cover of Will The Circle Be Unbroken? 2/5
It’s barely music.
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
I liked this to some degree. I had it on it the background doing deck work/finish carpentry. All that said, I would choose something else in the future. 2.5/5
Just one long strange drug trip of drivel. I had hopes of liking this when the needle dropped, but no such luck. I’ll seek out my trance-like, guitar-driven, droney sounds elsewhere with bands like Galaxie 500.
I prolly don’t take enough drugs to enjoy this. I couple nice songs (particularly on the softer side like Lord Can You Hear Me). But over 2 hours long! Lord Have Mercy!
I wanted to like this, I really did. I got excited when I read that one of the two main bros went on to found Spiritualized… alas this ended up being all buildup and no payoff. Thought I could at least give it a 3* but it fell short. 2.5/5
Got lost in this album. Thats a good thing 4
Very repetitive synths and riffing loops with a drowning talking vocal. Started off as non interesting, but ok in the background. Ended as a nightmare to listen to.
# Playlist Track - I believe it # Notes - The organs and synths drone on forever. It's kind of an interesting experience at first, but it gets boring REALLY quickly. - Not recommended.
Both boring and actively bad. Way too long. I now dread any album that comes up that's "psychedelic" - I can only assume the genre refers to music you have to be on drugs to find enjoyable
When this first popped up I got exconly because my wife wouldn't insist I waited for her to listen to it (up to 2 weeks later lol) then read some reviews and some users made this sound so incredibly up my alley that I paused and almost waited....then I decided to sample and oh noy i knew I was safe to play the whole awful thing. I suffered through this so you don't have to
45/100
Boring and droning. Somehow combines the monotony of EDM with rock music. Nothing noteworthy, and entirely skippable
For some reason I thought this would be good in Spiritualised way, but it wasn't. 1
Intriguing. If I did drugs, would be even more fascinating to listen to…
Hypnotic. I like it. 3
Meh- I had a hard time getting through this one for some reason
very psychedelic. very trippy. I like it.
Good, easy to work to.
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.
Husker ikke om jeg hørte hele
I listened to this during a concentrated work day, and it was somewhat good for that. At some point it became a bit too annoying, though, and I don't see myself listening to it in another context.
So low key it's easy to think you've locked yourself out of the house. Fear not, the house is all in your mind. Spacemen 3 put the ops in neopsych and the spacey in spacey as fuck. I could listen to this forever, it feels so good.
wow. This was an unexpected, happy surprise. Great music. Almost feels like EDM from time to time, but seems like natural instruments. Even the guitar heavy songs are nice vs cacophonic.
It does not surprise me that some band members went on to form Spiritualized. It’s got the same kind of feel. I don’t like them either though. I was surprised - being very much an indie chick - that I’d never heard of this lot in the 80s. Sources claim they were ‘big’ but I challenge that statement. Big in The Midlands maybe… There were moments that I thought I might have liked them 40 years ago but they are so derivative and wearisome. And dipping into my beloved Patti Smith’s Gloria was too heartbreaking because they couldn’t pull it off and just made me hanker for PS. Way too long and annoying and most songs I had to fast forward through otherwise I would have been tempted to self-immolate.
This was OK. I bet I might warm up a little more over time, if I were to give it any. It's more a 2.5, a little too heavy on the meandering psychedelic — I prefer mine a little more focused. But I was able to sink in to most of the tunes — the 11+minute "Suicide" less so than the rest.
I dig this album, but I'm not surprised by all the 1-star reviews it's gotten. It scratches an itch for me—the more minimalist it gets, the more it draws me in and keeps me transfixed—but I get how it would drive others off a cliff.
This album had a calming effect on my brain. I really enjoy the heavy guitar sounds in this techno space. And I love me a good soothing, spacey jam. I know this whole project is heavily influenced by time and space and it's hard to work and listen sometimes. Other times, the vibe compliments work and you feel like it's fueling through the email slog. Highlights How Does it Feel I Believe It (use of the organ to create that hymnal feel)
#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 Song added to playlist: Come Down Softly To My Soul I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link
It sucks and I don’t know why I have to listen to it as part of this project. Still not the worst thing I’ve heard here.
Could have been better, but ultimately felt unfocused. Not offensive, just forgettable. Has interesting moments at times, but they’re overshadowed by the fact that I don’t care at all. 3/5
I knew this album reminded me of something - one of the group leaders is the leader of Spiritualized. Playinhlg With Fire is basically a worse, a bit more boring and blander version of this band. I'm not really sure why do we have this record on the list, just add another random Spiritualized album, it's probably so much better. A bit of wasted time.
I never heard of it before, but this is a great psychedelic, space rock, shoegaze album. A trance synthesizer like experience is created by heavy distorted guitars and slow chord progressions.
It’s just noise. And not the kind type.
1 bad
I didn’t hate it but it was way too sparse. It felt like there were no actual songs on there
I never laid much attention to Spacemen 3 back in the day when this album was released. Must say that giving it a listen now was a nice experience. Not that it is fantastic, but there are several interesting tracks on it
Some cool ideas, but I much prefer where Spiritualized eventually ends up. Overall too droney and repetitive, especially because my brain isn't fried on acid. 2.5/5
Listening to this, I can see I’ve been too harsh on some of the recent choices. Those others were more the competent musicians. These guys…this repetitive droning. A song might start out promising but don’t worry—they’ll repeat it till you’re ready to tear your ears off. This music could be utilized for torture by the government.
82
A bit boring really. For example the track How does it feel? Takes over 5 minutes to change the notes played for the duration of that 5 mins. Thought Revolution had potential but no. Enjoyed let me down gently and suicide though. No real 5/5 tracks for me though. Not for me really, glad I only listened to the original album and not the 2 hour reissue.
Ok
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.
Was a bit wayward and repetitive for my tastes. Didn't really dig it.
Психоделия, именно такая которая мне не очень нравится. Похоже на 1ый альбом hawkwind, который мне будет снится в кошмарах
It’s kind of cool that one of these guys later played in Spiritualized, but he wasn’t good yet in 1989
I put this on expecting hip hop, alas I was disappointed and out it off after a few boring tracks
After listening to the first 4 tracks, I was certain this was a 1. Slow, repetitive, boring and one-dimensional. My mind was drawn to the awful Spiritualized-album. Then Revolution started with a nasty Stooges-sounding guitar and made me see the world in a different light. And a little later, the claustrophobic, droning and noisy Suicide took it to another level, before the last song said its soothing goodbyes. Now this is really an album of two halves!
This is one hard listen without hallucinogens at the ready
Some weird emo electronic stuff
Griovy
Not for me
Okay, some nice moody moments! But on the whole pretty forgettable.
What a big pile of … nothing
Bjóst við allt öðru m.v. coverið. Þreytandi til lengdar.
Sadly I found this all rather repetitive and dreary. Favourite track: Suicide.
not a fan of ambient music in general, this was no exception
This was fine, but far from revolutionary for me. A number of tracks sound like something born from a warm heroin daze (e.g., Honey and How Does it Feel) -- slow moving, repetitive, and layered / drifty. Revolution stands out among the rest for the teeth that its instrumental possesses. So Hot feels like something a strung out Damon Albarn would create. Suicide was my favorite on the record -- sure it doesn't really go anywhere, but it was propulsive music for writing code to. I could take or leave this one... soft 3 for me
Psychedelic. I like the jam on a some of these songs but a lot just seemed a little to deep psychedelic where I said wtf am I listening to. Overall 2.5 stars. Maybe 3 stars
2 hours?! Fuck that. Especially for an album like this... I only listened to the original releases and that was already too long. I get the concept of this album and I could appreciate bits and pieces of this album, but it was just not enjoyable. Shoegaze???? I bet Kev and Brandon liked this one. Low 2.
I don't really know how to describe it but I wish more happened in this album. It had potential to be really cool but I was just waiting for more. It is killing me that I cannot find out the song that is being covered in Suicide, regardless that song was about 5 minutes too long of the same thing. Maybe in a different mood I would have liked this more but it just never took off like I wanted it to.
Ahh Spacemen 3 with one of my favorite dictums - \"taking drugs to make music to take drugs to\" This album toes a line between brilliance and noise for me. Most of the time it works but there are a few times it leaves me scratching my head. I've gotten into some Spacemen 3 and loved the spinoff album we listened to a few weeks ago. Definitely a fan of space rock. Suicide has the riff from Run Thru constantly going. Wonder if there was any inspiration there. I've heard a decent amount of album now that fall into this genre and can see the influence they have on each other. Mostly Suicide into Spacemen 3. But can also hear it in some of the things they went on to produce (MGMT, Beach House). This is a solid 4 for me.
Un album di introduzioni per una musica che non comincia mai..
Psychedelic music has often been more about what the instruments can do than what the musicians can do. This album has some talented instruments...
Beautiful and lovely shoegaze, the genre of my saddest dreams. Actually, this was good but not brilliant to be fair. Yer man from Spiritualised will always tug at the heartstrings, but I don't think it quite has the swelling emotion of the very best (MBV or Galaxie 500 say) shoegaze.
2 stars
Album = bad
Better than I was expecting
Easy listening
Enjoyable in the moment but otherwise a little forgettable.
Spacey Rock
I listened to it. Kinda cool. Kinda forgettable
Yeah, doing drugs don't make you worthy of an album.
These are just vaguely ambient alternative-style, effectively instrumental tunes, but they are pleasant enough to listen to—not too sleepy, not too pretentious.
Ambient background psych rock. A tedious album.
Sounds familiar? I like the poem at the beginning of how does it feel. I like the mixed media. I believe it: Church-y. I was transported back to my youth. I didn't finish it 🙃🙃
I really like this. It's very different, and the minimalist instrumentation really connects with me. Revolution seems almost punk-esque, and is so far my favorite song on the album. Suicide is the worst song in my opinion. Overall, fine. Some interesting songs, and some less so.
Interesting sound, nothing really stood out for me but found it to be a decent listen
Klarte ikke høre ferdig, veldig kjedelig. Høyt potensiale på mange av sangene, men skjedde ingenting. Overall: 3/10
Some alright stuff in between but bogged down with too much empty noise for me. Will I listen to again: 0%
This is cool, but not in a way I particularly enjoy. I appreciate the weird vibes and muted tone of the album, but it is just not something I would return to. That said, I am impressed by the production.
Waste of my time.
Any band purporting to psychedelic rock / space rock is going to be compared with Hawkwind and Pink Floyd. This album tends more towards early Pink Floyd than Hawkwind, think "A Saucerful of Secrets", although "Revolution" is almost identical to "You Shouldn't Do That" from Hawkwind's 1971 album "In Search of Space".
Kohtuullisen hapokasta. Tämä jos joku vaatii oikean mielentilan toimikaseen eikä parista yrityksestä huolimatta jaksanut säväyttää edes vähää alusta.
Ei vaan jaksanu kuunnella kokonaan.
Can appreciate its meditative qualities. Might have even more with some salicylic aid; but, all in all, not my mushroom cup of tea.
Interesting, not my cup of tea… But interesting…
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…
No impact on me. Rather boring.
I think this should have been called throw in the fire since that’s where this album belongs. Spacemen 3 also equally dumb name. This album was not good, not enjoyable, and not for me. 2.0/10
This is an odd pick. It's extremely competently made music that doesn't really do anything especially memorable. It didn't get much commercial success, and while it's definitely critically acclaimed, I find it hard to latch onto any of it.
this was just the most music music
Name checks out. Spacey and 3 stars. I usually don't like this kind of monotonous drones, but this record is fine. It doesn't bother me at all. Favorite song: so hot.
✅ some really cool sounds that get bogged down by the uninterested psychedelic wandering. can hear how it helps lead to shoegaze but none of the pop appeal of that genre.
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
Hardly registered this. Like a boring suicide (the band).
You get a hint of what was to come for Jason Pierce and Spiritualized on the closer 'Lord Can You Hear Me?', but the majority of Playing With Fire I found dull and not at all memorable.
A snooze fest with only a few truly redeeming qualities. It’s not half as clever as they seem to think it is.
Incredibly meh
WTF?!?!? I had to skip songs because they are LITERALLY painful to listen to! Several minutes later... I can't even with this album. Had to shut it off. It's just excruciating noise!
Idk wasn't really it for me They have a cool name though🤷 2/5
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.
Au contraire, I did not have to listen to this before I died.
I couldn't really get into this one. Every song felt like it dragged on way too long. Maybe I would need to be doing whatever drugs they were all doing to really appreciate it? That said, I do think it's still worth listening to from a music appreciation standpoint so I'll refrain from rating a one star.
shoegaze extravaganza, another band I'd not heard before, enjoyed it
4.0
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.
Not great
I guess I would be the regular at the bar.
Does not quite do it for me
Interesting
Okay
Hadn’t heard of spaceman 3 but really liked this. Revolution was probably my favourite off it. Giving it a 3 because I can’t think of any other songs individually but id say I’d probably give this another listen and would recommend it
I don’t know. I just don’t think shoegaze is my thing. There are moments where I’m vibing. But mostly I find it too pretentious and grating. 2/5
Wanted to give it 2/5 at first but got into it after a while. I needed the right setting for this though (walk just after it rained after after a long workday).
En arvostellut tätä heti kuulemisen jälkeen, ja se oli virhe: en muista enää oikein mitään. Sen verran shoegazea oli, että biiseistä yksikään ei erottunut edukseen, vaikkeivät ne ihan yksitoikkoista massaa olleet. Jotenkin kuulen levyssä nuoruutta, se on kiva. Pakko antaa 3, vaikka ois varmaan 2,5.
Musiikkia jonka tahtiin säveltää omia kappaleita - ei tule tielle.
Really uneven but some decent songs from a band I’d never heard of
Garbage.
I found this to be super work compatible. I can imagine coming back to this again.
Fine soft psychedelic sounds. No songs stood out to me and told me to play it a second time.
I quite liked Playing With Fire, it's a mostly mellow and chill sound with enough diversity and changeup to keep it interesting. Sure, some of the tracks go on too long and too monotonously, but I think they do enough throughout to create a cool atmosphere that doesn't get tiresome or annoying. Doubtful as to whether it merits a place on the list but enjoyable in and of itself, high 2.
Not bad, this, but not great either. Didn't know that one of the 3 went on to found Spiritualised, but it doesn't surprise me - it's the same long instrumentals and focus on atmosphere. It doesn't do it as well as Spiritualised though, and it drags quite a bit. 2/5, middling to high 2 though.
Really good. Rating a 3 but really 3.5
Unusually pleasant instrumental (mostly). I could see me giving this another listen
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.
It is definitely not mainstream. But I did not find any connection to the music.
mediocre ig
If the Beatles were writing music while on a coma induced by an acid overdose, they would have done something better than this but along these lines. I usually like psychedelic stuff, but this is not my jam at all.
I can hear their influence but not my cup of tea
I'm familiar with the album before this one, and definitely find it more engaging. Not to say I didn't like most of it but it didn't do much for me either. 2.75
Found this to be pretty uninteresting and empty feeling for the most part, sorry.
Forgettable noise.
They in fact did not sound like they were playing with fire. Long, boring, and too ambient. Only something I would consider background noise, not something to pay attention to.
Honk shoo honk shoo honk mi mi mi mi
Okay, so damn cool. This is inspiring. Great listen for work. Fun to hear jam music that isn't a rip off of Grateful Dead.
I miss the 40-50 minute albums. these long-ass double albums always feel overly self-indulgent, as only very, very few people have enough high-quality and/or interesting output to justify this. needless to say, this band does not. in this (extremely rare) case, though, I actually preferred Disc 2. it's more interesting, more experimental, more quietly trippy. this understatedness somehow made it more enjoyable for me – but this clearly isn't a positive reflection on Disc 1. If we consider solely the original release – 9 tracks –it's really quite mediocre. pleasant but generic. 2.5
I’m assuming I’m one of a small number of people who has listened to this while *not* on ecstasy. Pretty groovy tho!
Notable tracks: I Believe It, Lord Can You Hear Me
This really did not engage me and I listened once on headphones and once on speakers. Something would occasionally grab me like Suicife. Idk I want to give it a 2.5. Oh, and I gave all the ‘bonus’ tracks a miss
Mostly ambient sounds and tunes, not too bad but don’t think it’s too special. A slightly improvement over purely ambient tracks
2024-04-21...
A fine enough listen. Meditative, somewhat boring and uninspired, which today I appreciated. Light 2.5/5
Alternately really boring and kinda great! Not sure if I've had an album on here to date with such a variation in how I reacted to different tracks. The more rolling rock stuff was super engaging - the floaty prog far, far less so. I guess an even 3 then? Fave track: Revolution
Got better as it went on
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 !!!!!!
Some barely interesting, mostly boring. 2.5/5
Way too long. It had it's 3 star moments and it had it's 0-1 star moments. I didn't hate hearing this but I wouldn't listen to it again.
Boring. Did not finish.
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.
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
Honey 2 Come Down Softly to My Soul 1.8 How Does It Feel? 1.2 I Believe It 1.4 Revolution 2.3 Let Me Down Gently 1.1 So Hot (Wash Away All of My Tears) 1.3 Suicide 1 Lord Can You Hear Me? 1.2 Score: 1.477777778
Quite enjoyed the sound here. 3.5 stars.
I did really appreciate some of the songs on this album but some were such a literal pain to listen to :/ This album would have been better if it was 25% less experimental imo.
had no idea what to expect from this and was pleasantly surprised.
Interessante
They really need someone who can turn those sounds into songs. I kept going from hopeful to bored to just plain annoyed. Suicide is 11 minutes long. It's that song trying to make the listener suicidal?
Full shoe gazing . love suicide
Didn’t mind this, relaxing without being boring, which is a tricky line to walk
Some weird stuff and some quite nice stuff, difficult one to place. But I’ll be generous rather than harsh. Simpsons: somehow yes hahah
Alright background music. Weird mix of songs. Completely forgettable.
The album sounds like some weird and wacky space music. Which I think I would have liked more if it was at a faster tempo. Nothing really here to shout home about. Not a real fan of the singing when they did that.
It’s a really good album but I don’t think I’ll ever listen to it again. It’s just not for me but I can tell it’s good. Is that weird?
A looooot of noise
Not for me.
Neat
Very nifty, but also monotonous. Generally this would work much better as background sound than close-listening music, because there really isn't any variation within each of the tracks (excluding a few songs, which were the album's highlights). An odd fusion of influences. We've got the folksy, introspective feel of Simon and Garfunkel (in tracks like Come Down Softly To My Soul and Lord Can You Hear Me, the album's strongest track). We've got a lot of wibbly-wobbly space rock with a wide range of potential influences, most likely (and famously) Pink Floyd. Honey, So Hot, and Suicide were big highlights if you got over the overall repetitiveness. Great bass sound – again, reminiscent of early Pink Floyd and some later prog-/space-rock in the 70s and 80s. The synths were cool, though I think they could've been made more complex, with more interesting chord progressions to better engage the listener. Key tracks: Honey, Come Down Softly To My Soul, Lord Can You Hear Me 3/5
Spacemen 3 already predicted what I’m going to rate this album. It’s okay but a little too boring to listen to while working when I’m trying to stay awake.
Favourite tracks: so hot - wash away all of my gears; come down softly to my soul; how does it feel; lord can you hear me
Tres bien
Soacey
This album was boring, really boring. It had a steady, kind of distant and faint sound to it behind the organ and the whispy singing, and it just couldn't sink in with it. It almost seems unfair that it ended with a cover of May the Circle Be Unbroken, as that's a song I adore and this was a cover I did like. But all in all, I won't be coming back to this one.
C'est juste du bruit de fond avec une voix morose qui divague par dessus, ya rien vraiment de récupérable là-dessus à part instaurer une drôle de vibe à un party
7/10. I liked the variation but some of the longer songs did start to feel repetitive. Overall, I enjoyed it!
psychadelic, new age, not mine!
That's not my taste in musik. Boring.
Equal parts ethereal new age and ripping proto-punk, all my favorite bands' favorite band (and honestly, one of my favorite bands too)
Por la canción Suicide, que es insoportable, le pongo un 2. Si no, sería un 3.
Quite liked it
repetitive and noisy without anything interesting
So repetitive. When a song starts, you think oh this one might be good, but it never changes. So repetitive. Same beat, same chords. So repetitive. I don't care about their revolution. So repetitive. This album barely even has a Wikipedia article. So repetitive.
I quite enjoyed the minimalism and the gradual build up of it all. Felt unusual. Was unsurprised Luke is into this band. They're from Warwickshire - Rugby. I didn't know we had this kind of output from the midlands
This was really cool, I liked it. Great build up, reminded me of Mogwai a lot.
im so fckng confused wtf is going on. i dont get it. this is not for me . im not at an age where i would GET this i guess so idk nvmd lol. whole lotta noise and for what was i supposed to T*KE something before listening to this one..? where are the directions *looks in the trash for what the package says* im kidding its not tHat bad. but it is
Some pretty great ambient rock. Not fully my cup of tea, but I can get behind this.
noodly appendage. 3 stars.
This is a very noisy album, especially as it goes on, and while now I'm more accustomed to albums attempting to destroy my ear drums for better or worse, I'm glad I did not listen to this record back when I first heard of it a year or two back, as I would have been ill prepared, and taken it on this album. However, that isn't to say this record is good, in fact I'd say its still a hard listen, but not for the noise, rather because it can be painfully mediocre. Songs constantly have really good ideas that seem to never go anywhere, and stretch things out to ungodly lengths for the sake of what I assume is art. I'm all for noise, but my favorite part of noise is those little melodic beats you can still pick up in all the chaos, and this album lacks that for the most part. There will be a part here, a part there, and sometimes the album mellows out enough to be boring yet enjoyable, but when it desides to yell at you, it'll do it for what feels like dozens of minutes at a time. I respect the space-y quality of it all, and for 1989 there are aspects here that feel ahead of its time, but otherwise its a slog that I can only imagine is too droning to be catchy, but too pop-y to have a life changing experience in the dark of the night. It just exists more than anything, and that hurts it greatly.
i liked the vibe but it was a bit of a long collection, would've liked it more if it was more curated
Fett oklart album Som är väldigt utdraget med långa repetitiva låtar som borde kortas ner.
psychedelic, man....
Not space rock. Noise rock maybe. Not many redeeming qualities in this
Très psychédélique, on comprend très bien comment ça a pu être une influence pour le mouvement shoegaze. Ce n'est pas un album qui m'a particulièrement accroché, mais je suis resté épaté par la singularité et les risques qu'ils ont pris avec cet album. 7/10
A lot of tease, not much release.
Noisy and unenjoyable, for me.
So far, Revolution is the only song that has caught my attention, but even that managed to lose it by the end. I see how this could have influenced some bands, but honestly, it sounds derivative of several other bands and their friends hyped them up a bit to help them out.
Standouts: Come Down Softly To My Soul, Revolution, So Hot - (Wash Away All Of My Tears), Suicide, Lord Can You Hear Me
First time listening to this. Droning and feedback-infused noise. I like it, but I live somewhere where crickets exist, so when the crickets started up, I was momentarily convinced there was one in my house.
Very early/experimental shoegaze/noise rock. Cool but weird
The first track and a half are such a gigantic whiff that it nearly ruins an otherwise pretty great album. I understand building up the feeling of the album, but you can do that with more than just long presses on a keyboard. Favorite track: Lord Can You Hear Me
I would like to request a refund for the time I spent listening to this!
Started out boring and got annoying fast
I guess I appreciate this band/album because they influenced later shoegaze artists I like, as MBV toured with them. However this wasn’t really shoegaze. I hated the drone/trance feel. Songs would build up to nothing, lyrics were mostly spoken word and fairly corny, and the mixing was super weird.
Highlights: "Suicide" This album's reputation as a "godfather of shoegaze" explains a lot. A fake genre hallucinated by people who don't know what effects are, describing their own incomprehension of hardware, the push of a button, as a musical accomplishment. I do believe that you could give a random person an amp and a couple modulators and get this quality. One of the tracks in the middle really is just droning on a flanger. No reason to listen to this over anything else. Imagine if Suicide was stuck trying to be the Doors. Imagine if Jane's Addiction had no energy. Imagine if Lou Reed had nothing to say.
2.3 nothing offensive or memorable. listened to extended 2cd 1h59m
Sehr spacig und eingängig ist das Album. Irgendwie überwiegt der Rock untermalt mit elektronischen Klängen. Das macht es etwas poppig, was dem Album einen comerziellen Anstrich gibt, was nicht negativ ist. Im Gegenteil. Mir gefällt es.
I like Spiritualized, so it’s not surprise I like this. I would have liked it more in my twenties, though.
Time and a place I guess. If I was tripping balls back when I was 19 this would probably be very engaging for me. As is, not so much. Sounds like the lame bits of Screamadelica.
Really cool album for the 80s. Reminds me of Pond. A lot of 2000s psych rock sounded like this.
I really dig this album. It’s close enough to ambient spacey jazz post rock territory with some interesting noise as well. I don’t mind the repetition and minimalism, especially when I’m in the right mood and setting. Easy 4/5
Thought this was going to be another 'because British' inclusion but I really enjoyed this. Too bad only 2 of their 4 studio albums seem to be available for streaming.
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.
Love Spacemen 3/Spiritualized. This album is almost ambient at a lot of points which I really dig. They have such a distinctive sound that really creates a great vibe.
hippiesque droney, okayish!
Quite alright background noise
“Come with us now on a journey through time and space” felt like I was transported into an episode of the Mighty Boosh and I enjoyed the trip
Never heard, poor really, not sure why they are on this list.
This is mesmerizing and magnificent and I absolutely love it! The extra demos and mixes detract from the original though
Nice pre-Spiritualised trance inducing guitar noise.
I listened to the first 9 tracks, as per the original release. The 2 hour reissue on Spotify felt a tad overkill. It's another one of these where the right setting and headspace make a massive difference. Probably late late on a Saturday night, stood in a field around a camp fire, most suitably intoxicated, enjoying the vibes. Less so listening with headphones on a Tuesday morning at work.
I left the room to wash my hands and when I came back they were still playing the same note.
Highly expansive and highly interesting and highly, well, high. The slow pace ("How Does It Feel," "Let Me Down Gently") is not just for mellower narcotic appreciations but for tension-building and to give ideas space to breathe and time to develop. Spiritualized is a natural evolution of these ideas and a worthy heir. One feels like one hasn't had quite enough Spacemen in one's life in recent years.
Meh? Sedate psychedelic shoegaze that ultimately amounts to nothing interesting.
Heyrðu, þetta er líka svona leiðinlegt bara. Döll döll döll. Það er ekkert að gerast. - Það þarf ekki að slökkva á þessu, þetta er veldur engri vanlíðan, en... æi. Döll.
Gosh I feel like the past three albums have been similar? I just feel like I’m stuck in a loop of albums that sound unfinished and just bad. This album in particular was just so distasteful. It honestly brought nothing to me and I wouldn’t listen again.
I got as far as the track "Suicide" but didn't finish because i killed myself half way through so I could spare myself any more. Mission Accomplished, Spacemen... "How Does It Feel" is one of the most hilariously-terrible mopey/shoegazey songs we've had in over 2 years. I can almost picture exactly the college scene - walking into a darkened room, this playing (on cassette) with 7 people sprawled out across the floor barely moving. That track in particular has a lot of "GET ON WITH IT ALREADY" to it even within a minute. I love long songs when done right - this was not. And .... ok gloves off, this actually bothers me - like - make an effort already? This album gets exponentially worse and worse - I'd thought after the first track or 2 that this had some potential but it all plays out like one big fking joke. "Revolution" - really? one chord - spoken vocals - eh this is not my bag which I ordinarily can just appreciate and move on but this is actively offensive. Maybe the worst part for me is that some decent band from Bristol in 1985 probably got screwed out of releasing an album to the world because shit like this was pushed instead. 1 out of spite. 2/10 1 star. n.b. jfc of course .... FROM WIKI: "...the band drew inspiration from acts like the Stooges, the Velvet Underground, and Suicide..." ...a genuine triple-decker shit sandwich. It makes so much sense now.
Not for me I'm afraid. I'm OK with shoegaze, I'm OK with Prog but this is just a long and uninteresting ramble.
Beautiful noise.
What did I just listen to
Yeah it's ok, kind of forgot about it as soon as it finished.
One or two songs, but that's about it really. Immediately forgot about it until it came to the review.
Wasn't a fan. I liked revolution but it feels like a child got hold of a delay pedal and decided it's the 60s again and did copious amounts of acid and then hit record.
Like it's fine???? Nothing special. Nothing worth hearing...
Heard of Spacemen 3, always got them confused with Spiritualized (Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in space). This is pretty bad. Early shoegaze which has never been my thing as a genre, just sounds like some musicians got stoned and start a song then forget what they're doing. Suicide is the same two keyboard notes over and over for 11 minutes.
This was so chill, I liked it. Definitely a mood album good e.g. for working
so experimental im wondering what im listening to, kinda dull it essence
Funky and great listen
A nice psychedelic record. Jay Spaceman is a genius.
Avaruusjytää! Ihan jees. Ei suuria tunteita herätä mutta mukavasti pulputtaa taustalla 3/5
Ymmärrän, että oli merkittävä ilmestyessään, mutta onhan tää nyt aika alkeellisen kuuloista. Pierce onnistui myöhemmin Spiritualizedina paljon paremmin avaruusmeiningissä.
Letkeähköä psykeä. 3/5
I have never heard this album before. Synthed up sounds including the organ. Grungy at times. Definitely alternative. Some songs hit better than others.
Bisschen langweilig, aber nervt auch nicht.
I didn't love this music.
Minimally psychedelic according to Spotify, and that's right. I liked it all right. It was good while I was in walking home, and it was good background while I was studying. I might come back to it another time and give it another listen
Weird. Really tried to enjoy it, but I could not. Sorry Spacemen.
Good songs, enjoyed the LP
Note my taste. But good
Some cool spacey stuff in this one, but it usually went on too long and never had any satisfying conclusion to it
Albums that mention being included in 1001 Albums you must hear before you die on their wikipedia blurb generally and ironically shouldn't be included in 1001 Albums you must hear before you die.
I appreciate the sound design
What a great album this is, the Velvets mixed with late sixties psychedelia, and a touch of Terry Riley drone music. Mixed in with the freak-outs and drones there'sa touch of gospel in which salvation or getting high are pretty much the same.
ok
1/18/24. I’m familiar with Spiritualized so glad I got a taste of the original group. I’m always drawn to obscure, psychedelic music; it takes me to a good place. Enjoyed this one.
I love Spiritualized, and the songs that sound the most like Jason Pierce’s other band are the ones I like best here. The ones that drone on grate a little.
Decent music but it mostly just sounds like their playing with all the knobs and filters on their guitar pedals and synthesizers.
1.5/5
didnt finish. not for me
I liked some of the songs on here quite a bit and would listen to one or two again, but the majority of it was long and annoying, it’s a shame though because if they had just cut down on some of it, i think i would have loved this album cause it’s weird and synthy and cool and conceptual. but they weren’t humble enough.
This one is ok, I like the soundscapes and mood of some songs. There’s also some cool lo-fi guitar and lyricism. But some of the buildups go nowhere, and the songs can feel a tiny bit repetitive. This album is one note and unremarkable, and is the first one where I don’t really see why it’s on this list.
I enjoyed none of this album.
Liked down softly, how does it feel, so hot… zone out songs. Relaxing…
I'd have fun playing this but not so much listening to it. It seemed like the main melody in the back half of the first disk was the same in every song.
Really liked this
um's auf kasselänerisch zu sagen: homme nit, wumme nit, brumme nit
It was alright. Not particularly noteworthy. I didn't skip any songs.
Kinda transitioned into trance music. Not terribly engaging or interesting, but definitely not bad. Worth a listen.
Lo he sentido como si pusieras en una IA "música psicodélica del chill" y te saliera esto. Muy genérico y con algo de agravante teniendo en cuenta que es del 89, no de los 70. Un sin más total.
lite väl spaceat för min del
Look - I like shoegaze, so sue me. If that’s something you’re not into you’re gonna hate this.
Wow, this lead to a lot of cool stuff I have never heard
why is this on this list
Rocks
This is my first time hearing Spacemen 3 and I m pleasantly surprised. The album is generally much slower and chill than I usually seek out. I will definitely be checking out the rest of their albums.
2.5
För skränigt och för monotont.
1.5/5
Annoy sounds "music" at it again. Why are there so many terrible albums like this and no truly excellent albums in so many other genres.
Tidal only has the deluxe 2-disc, 2-hour version, but I'm only going to listen to the first 9 songs. Ain't nobody got time for all these extra demos and b-sides. I had actually listened to this a couple of times before, it's mostly enjoyable but I'm not crazy about it. The longer psych songs like Suicide go on a bit too long for my liking. I prefer the floater ones like Honey. I can see how this influenced later acts though, particularly shoelace.
Experimental trippy mellow rock.
Spacey
You can listen to each song for only a minute and get the picture. It feels like every song is repetitive and way longer than it needs to be, and not in a good way. The instrumentals were alright but the vocals were boring. DNF.
I love shoegaze!!
Interesting. Background tunes good but annoying otherwise. Why is this on the list?