Lazer Guided Melodies

Should probably like this more than I do and certainly many people seem to rate it highly. I like space rock in general and this ticks all the boxes, I just can’t get past the feeling it’s all a bit contrived

Hmmm between Spacemen 3 and the other Spiritiualized album on here, this seems redundant. Something that could take its place is a This Will Destroy You album or a Hammock album. Some sweeping, grand post-rock would be much more interesting than this offering. By the time “Take Your Time” came around, I was altogether tapped out. Nothing was happening, and not the good kind of nothing. A pseudo-cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd didn’t even do anything for me. A weak 2/5 this isn’t worth the time

Hypnotic but dull. Rating: 2

This started out strong but kinda faltered by the end. More focused shoegaze than My Bloody Valentine but it doesn't all quite hang together

This was a one and done album for me. Do I like watching paint dry? No.

Maybe movie soundtracks, or music to put you to sleep, but aside from those, would not recommend.

Opäť som milo prekvapený, veľmi príjemná kulisa.

"Slide through the back door with your life strings attached (I can see the heavens on my back)" I enjoy dream-pop and atmospheric albums with dreamy guitars and space to take in the tracks. although its also important for me to have a melody to follow throughout the track, and some sort of pattern to cling onto. "Run" fit this bill had a nice melodic loop that was almost hypnotizing, nailing exactly what I look for in a track of this genre, and will be added to the album. At it's best, the album can almost encapsulate a mix of the stone roses, dreampop, and the velvet underground. Although the slower ambient tracks like "Symphony Space," while 'cool' and contributed to the vibe and ambience of the album, overstayed their welcome and detracted from the overall experience. By the end of the album I wasn't left wanting more, nor was I disappointed in having listened to it. 3/5

Tvistur eða þristur. Stundum alveg töff hljóðheimur og drífandi, en líka mjög langir kaflar þar sem það er beinlínis ekkert að gerast. Held ég endi í 2,3.

Great

1992. Debut studio album. Simultaneously explores motorik, minimalist music, and space rock while subtly using "meticulously detailed, layered instrumentation, the sumptuous deployment of horns and strings" to create cinematic, textured, and deeply narcotic soundscapes.

Number: 227 Familiarity: Well-versed (4) Rating: 4 Before: ======= So I had their album Ladies And Gentlemen... exactly 55 albums ago. I wonder what that means. Nothing I expect. Anyways, that is by far my favorite album from them. I have not listened to this one that much so let's get to it. After : ======= I'll give it a low 4. Favorite track is still Shine a Light.

I've expected a little bit different experience, something not that "Spiritualized" for some reason ha-ha

The Wikipedia entry for this album proudly states that it sold 10,000 copies in the USA in its first 3 years. That's good for hipsters, bad for exposure. There is of course a good reason for this: the album is just a lot of directionless unmemorable mediocrity.

2,4/5

I can't say I get this album the way others do.

3.5

I can listen to this magnificence all day

(Strong 7/10) This thing is dense. Like, really DENSE. Feels like the warmest embrace of a black hole sucking you in and tearing apart your reality. A lot more abstract than what I'm used to from them, but damn if this one album didn't singlehandedly inspire AnCo and other similar acts, I can see the appeal for sure. Definitely a vibe.

I really like Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space and this has lots of the same qualities, blissed out guitar reveries, hooky riffs that drag you in, hazy atmospheres. What it doesn’t have is some of the crunch and changes in mood of that album and this eventually leaves the whole thing a little too blissed out

Space… the final frontier….

honestly i'm into space. thats what makes me interesting and unique

very pleasant bass thump doing a lot of work I think the sparse Velvet Underground type jam at the beginning sets me up for patience the the rest weak when it tries to do more conventional pop rock second last track very annoying. going down to 2. could make a solid 3.5 out of this with editing. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

Really takes a guy back to 900 albums ago, hearing Spiritualized for the first time. I gave it 2 stars. What the hell was my problem? What was I thinking?

I read some neutral threads, but they seem off base. Interesting, alt music, with fun, Eno-esque riffs. I like and will listen to again for sure. Great background music at work or at your desk.

This is pleasant album of drone rock, from one of the guys from Spacemen 3. I like shoegazy stuff and dream pop, and this isn't too far off from those sounds. And yet, I'm not really wowed by this one. It's only barely interesting; good enough for the background, but nothing special if I pay active attention to it. It's just...fine.

Ok 2/5

This was a very nice discovery. I'm happy.

Meh. Barely registered for me.

Listened to this like six times and I still can't tell whether or not I like it. I'm pretty sure I'd like it if it was only instrumentals. Dude's singing is kind of whispery annoying.

Bit wishy washy, but pleasant enough.

Because of their name and album title, I’ve been under the impression they were an electronic group, even though I knew Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci opened for their Haçienda gig and they’d be a terrible fit if Spiritualized were. I was surprised by what they actually were. 200 Bars is the only song I really liked on here and it was the last one. A lot of this goes on for way longer than it should. I kept feeling these tracks would be a cool moment in an album that doesn’t sound like this the whole way through, but when it’s the whole album it does nothing for me.

Lieb, atmosphärisch, teilweise überraschend doch energetisch

Erinnert mich teilweise sehr an die Band Air, wobei ich sagen muss, dass die Art des Sängers zu singen nach einer Weile etwas gestört hat. Hauptsächlich weil so viel in die gleiche Richtung ging. Grundsätzlich fand ich das Album aber okay.

stereolab auf sedativa

Wierd but nice

You Know It’s True 🌟

3.5/5

Here’s another obscure English band with their debut album. This one is rock/space rock - more planetarium music with occasional vocals. The whole thing is rather boring, particularly the last track, which repeats the same two chords for three minutes while someone counts from 1 to 100. Just barely good enough for two stars.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are little woobly lava lamp people. The album is also full of woobly lava lamp music. To me, it is sadly mid. Would be better with less vocals, maybe. The 2nd half is better than the first half. Highlights: 'Sway', '200 Bars'

it is sooo chill music i listened to this album while doing stuff it's so calming to listen

I saw this band described as “space rock”. I didn’t know what that meant but listening to them, it made a ton of sense.

love love love love love love love love love love love love love love. I love psychadelic stuff and ambient noise it made me want to lay in my bed and dissociate in such a good way. I want more like this, i want to listen to this album again and again and for it just play in my head. it wasn't super fun or high energy but i just loved it and it was so nice in my ears. A little hard to pick which highlights because they blended together at times Highlights: You Know It's True Run Shine a Light Angel Sigh (Fav) Sway 200 Bars

very very enjoyable!

Great album but it drags on for too long. Why did they need to count out all the fucking bars at the end. Please bro 😭 Very chill and good to have in the background while you’re tripping or something

This is like ambient background noise from my 90s in high school and college. Perfectly anodyne.

nice enough

Attempting to sell a 4 side LP in the '90s feels like a strong disconnect with society, which is probably the main reason I've never heard of this. It feels like whatever they were imagining was very similar to the outcome, there's so many layers, odd instruments and curious spacey details. It's just that, a lengthy display of '90s space-rock. I low-key never want to hear this again. No drama or anything. 2.3/5

A good, but meandering record

jus a better version of yesterdays album. super dreamy and odd love it

It feels like drugs that I'm coming down from after a great night. A bit sluggish but definitely super cool at times. 2.75 stars rounded up

Kinda drags at some points but there are cool bits too? Rock music on downers is a bit of a weird proposition.

It’s ok background music. Not bad but also not groundbreaking.

Background music pro max But I respect the spacey ambient album. I know them from Ladies and Gentlemen we're floating in space. It has more psychedelic rock elements here than the other album. It was interesting enough.

Really cool album concept! Feels like im in space!

I've come to adore Spiritualized and their adjacent projects in recent years (essentially anything featuring Jason Pierce in some capacity). This perhaps isn't quite my favourite of Spiritualized's studio albums, but it's still a herculean achievement in experimental rock. It marks a distinct, ambitious shift from the more aggressive works of Spacemen 3 into something truly expansive and profoundly hypnotic, where this is meant to be heard as more of a multi-part symphonic piece than as an album in the traditional sense. Jason Pierce's talents are the MVP here, where he combines minimalist drones, gospel-tinged harmonies and classical instrumentation such as horns, autoharps and luscious strings to craft such a weightless atmosphere. This doesn't rely on sheer volume or distortion to overwhelm you, rather, it crushes you with its delicate textures, relentless motorik repetition and slow building intensity, whilst it also carries emotional intensity through its drug-hazed melancholic undertones. This feels indebted to Krautrock in many ways, which I think is precisely why it ticks so many boxes for me, but it's far less optimistic in tone and much deeper reaching in a personal sense. An absolute classic. Five stars without a shadow of a doubt

2026.07.30

it's fine. 2.5

Moments of intriguing spacey music, moments of pretty dull drone music. Overall, I don’t think it was spacey or experimental enough for my expectations. But it was still pretty decent, and well produced. 3/5.

Really really liked this!! Love discovering new music through the project!! High 4!!!

Lovely. <3

interesting meditation but kinda just washed over me

Really enjoyed this one. Just allowed myself to slip into the ambience and ride the waves. Really a great space rock offering, put this one on when you need some peace.

I wasn't high enough for it

I really enjoyed Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, so I was looking forward to seeing what I made of Lazer Guided Melodies today. First of all, what a pair of album titles! Musically, this album is completely out of this world. It's spacey, beautiful and full of rich, atmospheric soundscapes that slowly draw you in. The vocals are soft and understated, perfectly matching the dreamy pace of the music, and the whole album has a calmness that makes it incredibly easy to get lost in. What I like most about Spiritualized is that they have a sound unlike anyone else. Their music feels as though it exists in its own universe, creating an atmosphere that's peaceful, hypnotic and completely absorbing. This isn't an album that's packed with big hooks or obvious singles. Instead, it's one you immerse yourself in and let wash over you, discovering new details with every listen. I don't think it's quite as strong as Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, but it's still a thoroughly enjoyable album and another reminder of just how unique Spiritualized are. Favourite tracks: "Run" and "I Want You" are both excellent tracks and the highlights of the album for me. Least favourite tracks: I found some of the slower songs, particularly "Take Your Time", a little harder to stay engaged with. Album artwork: I love the album cover. It perfectly matches the dreamy, otherworldly feel of the music.

This album seems to be very heavily inspired off of The Jesus Mary Chain, which is fine, but I don't really think it does enough to really separate it. Overall, this album is pretty good, but not super memorable, I like their other album on this list a lot more. Low 4.

Like their other album on the list, I can see that they're going for a slow, relaxing, hazy vibe but most songs completely ruin that with obnoxious and annoying noises interspersed with the quiet parts. There are moments when it really clicks but just as often it makes me question why I'm doing this.

This is the first album I kept wishing would end. There were no songs I liked from it. For some reason they over mic-ed the percussion so strange things sounding like drops of water or those …c*** things that are wooden columns? They were just too loud and upsetting. And it was boring aside from those points that made me jump.

Lost me immediately, won me over by the middle, then lost me again by the end.

Heroin drone guitar hypnotics. Love it.

Solid.

If you are not spiritual before listening to Lazer Guided Melodies and then you listen to the album, do you become Spiritualized? Either way, it’s worth the one hour listen. Enjoyed all songs except the final 200 Bars. Great mellow background music while multitasking. (3.3*s) Stargaze = shoe gaze + space rock.

Spiritualized is just a little too spiritual with their sound. Whispy and overly whimsical. Lazer Guided Melodies is pretty honed in on the technical song construction but is off target with appeal. Boring due to the lack of drums throughout most of the album. You would probably find this playing at some boho-chic shop that sells crystals and candles. I agree with Pitchfork's placement on a list of "ten unusual CD-era gimmicks." The band gets better when they start floating in space. With a long "Angel Sigh" I give this record 1.57 stars.

Wasn't aware of Spiritualized until they showed up on this list the first time. Lazer Guided Melodies was a little more slowed down and spacey than what I remember from the prior album, but seems like they live in this shoegaze, space rock realm which isn't the worst. You need to be in a specific mood to want to hear any of this, so if you run into it on a random day it might not be the right fit. For background music at work or when chilling its not the worst, but also not something I would ever think to put on. If you're stoned and just want to sit back and chill I can see this working but I'm not often in that state of mind so Spiritualized will likely remain an overlooked act that I don't think about much. I can see an audience for this existing and while I don't really think I'm part of it much there's something alluring about the low stakes vibes of the whole thing. It's a forgettable entry but not one I'm mad to have sat through. 2.13 stars

vibes

Man this is sincerely a huge disappointment. I really loved the last Spiritualized album that came through (ladies and gentlemen). And I think a big part of that is that the ladies and gentlemen album has more of a psychedelic shoegaze feel. Where as this album is more traditional shoegaze. And my hot take is that shoegaze music is empty. I just don’t care for it at all. It’s just so melodramatic and boring. Even the one song I ended up saving, ended up not being as good on replays, and I actually unsaved it, which I almost never do! Seriously this album is just a clump of wet toilet paper, useless and messy.

I think I had Spiritualized and Suicidal Tendencies mixed up in my head. Was not expecting something so Stone Roses-y. But with less groove. Not a big fan through the first half of the record. The album is so sleepy and dull. Weird one, in isolated moments I think I should be enjoying this, but the overall impact was so much of the same uninspiring sound. 2.6/5

This is not a genre that I am usually into, but maybe I'm just in the right mood for it. I really like this. (Note: it's late at night on a Saturday and I'm quite buzzed.) These guys are like a slowed-down Velvet Underground. I dig it. Very close to 4 stars but not quite.

Quality, if a little too sedated, 90s space rock.

Really dull for the most part.

Very good especially at work

"Lazer Guided Melodies" by Spiritualized is a great debut album by the band. This album has very calming and fun tracks to listen. It has a very good opening "You Know It's True" and has consistent of sounding till "Run". After that I found the album loses interest for a while and then regains with "Shine a Light" (a highlight from the album) and again start to look good. But I find they dragged the song length which is not needed. I find most of the tracks repetitive also. Overall, very good album but I think they dragged too much in song length and some tracks are not needed. Besides that a good debut album by Spiritualized

Not just English rock… it’s English SPACE rock.

I think this might be quite good, great even, but I am in the middle of a project and only heard the first half or so. I think I will give it for now, a standard rating and do a more thorough review at a later date. I did try though, and instead of a did not listen I will say so far it is quite interesting.

Definitely a very unique, ethereal sound. Fav song is ‘If I Were with Her Now’.

Listens: 2.5 Standout Tracks: None Ya know... when I read the Wikipedia blurb and the first sentence contains the term "space rock"... I was sort of expecting something better than this. I was thinking some spacey and psychedelic music like Grateful Dead or Pink Floyd or even Rush's 2112. Instead we get some vague, barely-spacey sounding shoegaze rock music. Needs much harder hitting sound. Needs more future sounding synth. Needs more cymbals and percussion. Track lengths are also too short to really get into it. This album isn't bad. I found lying in bed last night, listening to this album that it was even somewhat peaceful. But it's also not good. It's bland and unremarkable. I could not tell you one track from another. I couldn't remember any notable parts of the music, and by the 3rd listen, I turned off this album and put on MF DOOM's BORN LIKE THIS.

My previous album's artist name was Spirit now I've got Spirtualized, I wonder what is next, Spirituality? This album is a superb 'chill-out' sort of album, it feels very peaceful and delicate. I swear I can hear clouds coming from this. It's quite repetitive, but it it works well like that. It's not really a sort of in-your-face confrontational album, if anything it's the opposite. These guys are shy as all hell! Typical Indie's, pfttt. I liked this album more than I didn't. I think this is a album that might grow on me. I might return to this album in the near future. Highlight Song/s: "Step Into the Breeze" and "Take Your Time"

Certainly interesting for the time - was this the beginning of shoegaze? - but the dreamy ambiance and formless songs make for too sleepy of a time for me. Beautiful background music

This is a tough one. I really liked everything from "Take Your Time" on, but I was pretty cool on this album up until that point. I think that last handful of tracks needs the buildup for me to really appreciate it, but I just was not very engaged with the first two-thirds of this album. This one is fine overall, and probably gets a 2.5/5 from me, but I'll round it up for the sake of the strong ending. Favorite track: "Shine a Light," probably

This is only the second album I’ve heard of them. What a band

Usually into this type of electronic bizzaro type sheeeeet. But not for me.

Nice. But I just wanted to hear Sigur Ros the whole time.

Tea if moody, fatal if sleepy

I’d join this cult for the vibes

lovely

Weird but OK. Not my preference, but nothing that hurts the ears.

Really spacious, very ethereal, but also not the most immersive. I liked a lot of what they did in the first half of the album, creating some really big space rock tracks that are very calming while also very fun to listen to. The opener may be super soothing and relaxing, but it is from the song "If I were With Her Now" to "Run" where it gets more uplifting, with very catchy melodies sang by the incredibly soft and ethereal voice, very distorted electric guitars playing nice riffs and lines, entertaining rhythms and a lot of elements in the background to create big and immersive atmospheres. The next couple of tracks, "Smiles" and "Step into the Breeze", enter again in the softer and relaxed side. "Smiles" is a very short song that doesn't really do much, as it starts calms and then instruments start coming in the middle point without ever reaching any really interesting point. The other song, "Step into the Breeze", features some very beautiful sounding violins and nice loud moments when the electric guitars come in. Once reached the ambient track "Symphony Space", is when the album, to me, starts to feel dragging. The songs become very slow, repetitive, without reaching any climax or building interesting or immersive atmospheres. There were some moments that sounded very promising: I liked the saxophone in "Shine a Light", but I think it is really repetitive and I liked the sudden bursts of instruments in "Angel Sigh" as well, but they last very little and they don't really feel that epic, so in the end they weren't doing that much for me. With that being said, I don't think these songs are bad at all. They still have the very pleasant, relaxing and spacious sound, regardless of how I feel about the ideas. Ultimately, I think it is a decent album, one with a very unique space atmosphere and that makes me feel intrigued about how "Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space" will sound.

Holy smokes!! To me, this was an album with an artful masterpiece of music similar to Wilco. There was one song I couldn't get into (the last one) and did not finish. Overall it was great!! Another new favorite band.

When I want you kicks in we have breached the stratosphere, the ionosphere, gone into the beyond. And into Run which pushes it into a streak. Two is a streak. Take Your Time, 2 seconds in and I know it's a good one. Simple bass line but insistent, driving force, relentless. Hoo hoo the way it releases you at the end, delightful! 200 Bars. When it kicks in 3/4 the way through. Who wrote these songs? Jason Pierce. What a mind, what a mind. And a great way to end this album. My preference is floating in space, this comes a close second.

might be a three, but nothing really grabbed me, need to come back to this

Enjoyment: 5/10 Replayability: 4/10 Cohesion: 6/10 Flow/Pacing: 4/10 Artistic Merit: 5/10 Weighted Average: 4.95/10 Review: This was a cool experimental album, but it's ethereal nature made its chord progressions very repetitive. Liked Song(s): Run, Symphony Space, 200 Bars Disliked Song(s): Take Your Time, Shine a Light, Sway Recommend? No Heard Before? No

I expected this to be electronically tinged indie schmindie pap. It was. It started well though, a lot more interesting than I expected but I Want You out paid to that and dragged everything down. From there it seemed to spiral. Tired and uninspiring.

Chill, not bad. That's all I've got with this one.

Liked this a little better than Ladies and Gentleman. Seemed more cohesive and less pretentious than that later release. That being said, it's still something that bores me.

Never heard of them. Never heard them. Not my kinda music. But rather like it!

listen to Red Vox instead

Lullabies for robot babies.

We're in a cresting heat wave right now and I slept terribly last night for reasons of the heat and more. But there is something soothing in the frequencies and amplitude of Spiritualized, and perhaps more so on Lazer Guided Melodies than even Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (which, to reveal my bias, is the featured review on my stats page currently). While Lazer Guided Melodies may not be the high water artistic achievement that Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space is, it is still very good. The tide is gently coming in, we can check the swell direction. Maybe these melodies are less lazer guided today than they are fluid, lapping, and softly rhythmic — but J Spaceman's gonna space. And though I don't have the energy to analyze this album with the same spectrometric level of detail LAGWAFIS received, I'll listen to it a few times today, give it five stars, and stay in the cool undulating waves as long as I can.

I could tolerate if I had too, but I’d rather not.

A whole lot of ambience, but in a long, drawn out way. Rating: 2/10 Favorite song: 200 Bars

Its an okay album melo vibes 6/10

I liked the album a lot, but I felt it is too long for this type of music.

Mind numbing indie

A bit boring. The next album is way better.

meh

nicht schlecht, aber nicht mehr

👽👽👽👽

Spacy slightly ethereal electronica, quite enjoyed it

The ultimate chill out band

Očekivala sam nešto baš specifično i da mi se nikako ne dopadne. Samo me nije posebno oduševilo, a inače je ova ocjena koju dajem baš čvrsta trica.

203. ok

Most of Spititualized’s stuff is quite pleasing but it’s often also a bit insubstantial. The really strong tracks on their albums stand out more than they probably should. On this one, the excellent I Want You is the song that does the trick.

The electronic child of the Velvet Underground. That’s a good lookin’ kid!

Favourite Songs: Take Your Time

Whenever someone tells that they aren’t religious, but they are “spiritual” I have a visceral reaction. The name of this band repels me. But knowing the band name has nothing to do with any kind of spiritual nonsense, I was able to put our differences aside long enough to greatly enjoy this album, because I am an amazing person.

Overall, I’m quite gay for spiritualized, but I’ve never given this record much time. The truely atrocious album cover was a big barrier to entry. The listen, however, was good times in both the office and family environment. There is no third place.

Bwah

You aren't going to get a lot of hooks on this, but you are going to get a lot of atmosphere. Sounding like that feeling you experience before you drift off into a deep sleep, the repetitive music that can put you into a trance. It's not quite shoegaze, but has elements of that sound. "Symphony Space" is straight up relaxing ambient music. Unfortunately it does drag on longer than it needed to. This didn't need to be an hour long. I got what I needed out of this 40 minutes in and I did groan a bit at getting handed a 6-7 minute song so late into the record. I don't think I would put this on again to pay deep attention to every track, but it works well for spacey background music.

Yawn.

It sure as heck ain't the kind of dream pop I'm used to (see: 'The Soft Bulletin'). But I'm generally always down for these kinda "relax and float away" albums, so I can't pretend I don't still like it. Even if not as much as this group's "relax and float in space" album.

Sometimes albums just have a certain vibe to them, and I love the chill ones this record gives me. 4.5 bumped down to 4.

I’m at a 4.5 that I’ll bump down to a 4. This is SO close to being a great album from start to finish, but it just falls short on a handful of tracks for me. Their sense of atmosphere here, while not as polished & immersive as it is on “Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space”, is certainly already a marked improvement over what was on “Playing With Fire” from the Spaceman 3 days. When this album is at its best, it gets kinda close to that floating vibe; not in space, but at least a few feet off the ground, and most potently on “Shine a Light”, which might be the best track here. This album’s slow drift from a rock-driven soundscape to a more atmospheric & spiritually driven one by the end is done relatively well, & as a total package, I think the entire hour is used pretty effectively. It’s the snags along the way that are dropping this from a 4.5 that had the potential to bump up to a 4.5 that will go down to a 4, though I still think it’s an album worth one’s time. The first snag is, ironically, the opener – I think “You Know It’s True” just isn’t very striking as a tonesetter for the entire project, at least from a listener’s perspective. It fits thematically with the rest of the album, but it doesn’t do a great job of actually showcasing what the album at large is going to sound like. There’s no real evolution in the track until it’s nearly done, and even then, it just feels like instrumentation for the sake of it. The second snag, though not as big of a snag, is “Symphony Space” – I’m all for a great atmospheric track when it’s done well, and while I think this is a really good listen & a fascinating soundscape to sit in, it never hooked me in with a broader sense of an actual musical narrative. I know that’s weird to say, but my imagination didn’t hit the same potent points as it did on the tracks leading up to it. It’s a good soundscape, but the lack of an actual evolution / shift in the soundscape at all never gave me the outstretched hand to feel something deeper from it. It’s certainly a track that could hit differently on another day, but on a first pass here, it just felt like 6 minutes of a car ride with nothing but grass to see out the windows. The third snag is the last track, “200 Bars” – it’s just a little flat as a closing track, & one that doesn’t feel like it properly wraps up the album. The concept is cool, & using the length of the track itself is a novel idea, but the first 100 bars don’t do a great job of selling the sense of inevitability that’s meant to be portrayed here. The soundscape is a bit stagnant & the counting feels a bit trite. After that, the final 100 bars feel a bit too folksy in a way that just doesn’t mesh with the first 100. It’s a track with missed potential, and as the final track to a portion of the album that seemed to have a much more spiritual lean, it doesn’t really thematically fit either. I know focusing on the negatives doesn’t feel too great, so here’s a bit of scattered praise for the rest of the tracks: “If I Were with Her Now” does a good job of earning its big layered outro, “I Want You” has a really good soundscape behind its lyrics, “Run” has a nice Beatles-y vibe, “Smiles” is short but effective, “Step into the Breeze” feels like sex mixed with spirituality, “Take Your Time” (while monotonous) does a good job of expressing its frustrations with the ignorant, “Shine a Light” has an incredible sense of progression with its plea to God, “Angel Sigh” does a great job with its explosive guitar work, & “Sway” (while awkwardly structured) is an interesting take on bearing one’s sins. Those other 9 tracks here range from good to great, and the entire album is generally enjoyable. However, those three snags, especially the last one, are why I feel inclined to bump this down to a 4, though it is an album with the potential to bump itself back up someday. If nothing else, I was hoping for an album that had at least 70% of what made “Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space” feel so good to listen to, and I think I got that. The basis of that album is here, and their overall style feels well established for a debut album. I just wish it had a little bit more behind it, to really immerse the listener more in the well-intentioned tones of each track. Regardless, it’s a 4.5 that could go back up someday, but for now, it’s a recommended 4. I’m glad it’s on the list.

If Ladies And Gentlemen is a bombastic intergalactic adventure then this is a slow float through the solar system with the occasional passing asteroid. I like how the songs on each side flow into each other. The lyrics are mostly secondary with the vocals acting more as texture to the instrumentation. Favorites are I Want You, Run, and Angel Sigh.

Second half of the album was more enjoyable. Maybe I just had to get used to their tone to begin enjoying it more.

Blissful and blissed out, dissociative, mesmerizing and trance inducing - a warm bath of sound. Soothing, depressing, tender, hurt and hopefull. Rich arrangements, melodies and beats bounce around, pulse from section to section, refracting off each other, replicating, duplicating, doubling and canceling each other, sound waves washing over each other. An album to give yourself over to.

Got techno vibes but slightly better

2.999

Non è il mio genere di album

Spacey psychodelic britpop. Amazing album, could be my favorite from Spiritualized. Incredible how Jason created the bands sound so early, his vision came through immediatly after Spaceman3 dissolution. Great listen from start to finish, tents to be a little repetitive in style, but starts and finishes great. The Velvet Underground cover is great too.

sounds futuristic and revolutionary for its age

When I was in college, my friend was really into frisbee golf. In a very Spiritualized manner, we spent a full night tripped out on some psychedelic or another, and then we walked to the university so I could take a French exam. I came out of the big test, and he was still there, geeked out on drugs, throwing his frisbees across the quadrangle. He was trying to see, and had been for an hour and a half, how close he could get to the back of people’s heads without hitting them or without them noticing. I yelled at him and told he was crazy, but then he assured me, ‘no worries! These are laser guided missiles!’ He then threw a particularly hard frisbee a good three hundred yards, and this thing nearly grazed some poor girl’s head. But she didn’t notice. That’s all I could think about while listening to this album.

Great 90’s vibes

This was really cool. I don't particularly know why we keep getting so much of these spa sound albums, but this one was better than most in that realm. Maybe it just caught me in the right day, but I absolutely found myself just getting swept along by it, cool and calm.

not my vibe.

Enjoyed this, feels like it sits somewhere along the lines of the Stones Roses, Jesus and Mary Chain, and Primal Scream.

Geht so

Yeah not gonna lie I was this close falling asleep to this one Very relaxing, feels dreamlike and light while at the very least having a bit of interesting instrumentation thrown in there every once in a while. Don’t think there was a single moment I actively disliked Just one of those albums where there’s really just nothing to sink your teeth into, and I wasn’t joking when I said I could fall asleep to this, it’s really that boring; maybe I’ll try it tonight when I go to bed. I’m racking my brain to think of more stuff to say about this one but I got nothing, quintessential 5/10 but I’ll round down cause i feel like it

Bruh I listened to this and all i can remeber is that I vaguely didn't like it

This was a whole lot of boring soundscape that was maybe inventive at the time but has been done much better by countless others since. I can appreciate floaty, layered rock music, but it has to do something unique or eventually build to something like post-rock, but this really does neither. Maybe they were pioneers in the sense that nobody was making that kind of music in 1992 (which is not really true, electronic artists had been doing it for decades), but it hasn't aged well. I think the last quarter of the album had more to offer than the first 9 songs, which I couldn't tell you anything about despite just having listened to them in the last hour. The final four songs are a bit more upbeat and have more volume, if nothing else, than the rest. I don't know, their other album is apparently better, but this one was honestly a disappointment. I say this as someone that enjoys ambient music, but this lies somewhere between pure ambient music and pop music without doing much of either properly. At least it's not offensively bad.

I could've happily died without listening to this.

Quite boring at times but overall vibe was nice

so ~nearly~ good

The music is fine, very sleepy. Nothing stood out to me.

Just when I thought the previous day's record was the most boring piece of nothing I would hear for a while, this album said "Hold my beer." Spacy stoner music with nearly no structure or actual music. More droning than the Ukrainian air force. What little lyrics there were were just nearly inaudible sighs. Every song also went on FOREVER; maybe trim this shit down, man, we don't need every track to be seven minutes of the audio equivalent of Sleepytime Tea. What a worthless waste of time this listen was, in the words of Lex Luger, "I'm pissed now!" Spiritualized will hopefully take the hint and stop making music after they enter the Hall of Shame and become my nineteenth 1/5

I've enjoyed this alot. Its right up my street - fairly slow tempo, a bit of electronica / feedback, gravelling vocals and moody vibes. I am oscillating between a 4 and 5 - it feels a little basic at times and not sure if fully worthy of a 5. But fuck it.

Laser Guided Melodies I enjoyed revisiting Ladies and Gentleman when it came up and off the back of Spacemen 3 I think I was primed to enjoy this, which I did, even if ultimately I’m not sure quite where it lands. You Know It’s True has a lovely, dreamy ambience and If I Were With Her Now is great, made by that excellently economic bass line and tone, and I really like the almost steam driven feel in the right channel moving it along nicely. I Want You carries on the great start, its shoegaze-y track, but has a bit of bite and interest to the melody that shoegaze can often lack, sitting somewhere between MBV and JATMC. Run is a good groove too, riffing on the Think For Yourself fuzz bass. And Smiles is another great, spacey, dreamy track. Step into the Breeze and Symphony Space are a bit of a dip for me, with neither song able to achieve the same dreaminess of You Know It’s True or Smiles. Take Your Time is nice though, with a graceful hypnotism to it, and Shine A Light is a successful return to the drawn out spaceness. Although I quite like the reverby guitar in 200 Bars, it definitely sags to the close as we cross the 45 minute mark with Angel Sign, with the samey nature of this style of music coming to the fore. The first 4 or 5 songs are very strong, and if it was a tight 40-45 mins it would likely be a 4, but as it is I think it stays in the 3s. 🦮🦮🦮 Playlist submission: If I Were With Her Now

After an underwhelming first listen I expected the nuances to seep out over time. But they didn't. This is 'anaemic ambience' - interesting ideas, often not brought to fruition and delivered with a lack of energy. Tellingly, on the final track, he sounds particularly feeble like Terry Jones in 'The Holy Grail' ("but Father, I just want to & sing!"). In amongst it, is undoubtedly some great stuff. 'If I Were With Her Now' has a solid bass riff, plucked and stabbed guitar, and manages to feel solid without losing the washed out edge. This type of track is when the album is at its best. 'Shine a Light' is excellent, a delicate and gentle melody - and 'Angel Sigh' is bit more rough round the edges but the same success in transporting the listener. Also bucking the trend, the amorphous sounds of 'Symphony Space' works very nicely - it's like the beginning of Sgt Pepper on a loop, reimagined as a spa break soundtrack - but somehow works. Although it has energy, 'Run' is a poor tribute to its forbears, that goes nowhere (save for a quite excellent bassline). A fair bit of this is boring, and a fair bit good. It's a significant step down from Cocteau Twins and Beach House. It's also a step down from Spacemen 3 where the organ provided a critical layer to the sound. Here that's replaced by some very nice bass playing, often the centre of musical focus. But it really doesn't sustain over an hour.

Some very relaxing melodies with a few memorable highlights. Atmospheric sounds that relate well to the sing titles.

Never heard of this Band. Usually not my type of music but enjoyed this quite a bit.

oh no.... nothing to really care about on here...

This was ok. Feels like this should be a soundtrack to a space documentary or show at a planetarium. It kind of blended into the background for me.

If I need help falling asleep I'll try to remember this album.

Odd that this one is on the list ahead of Spitirualized's other records, imo. Maybe a quirk of the timing? Possibly their weakest album, albeit it's still pretty good in a general sense.

It's not bad but ultimately a forgettable album, several of their peers did the same thing a lot better

esta mañana me acompaño por la ruta y lo disfrute mucho.Atmosferico y rico .me trae a Brian Eno y a Bowie .Buen álbum lo volveré a visitar.

Música muy experimental para mi, la verdad me da muy buenas sensaciones. La siento muy familiar, los ruidos de ambiente son relajantes y es amigable. No voy a poner Top Picks porque siento que todas me gustan pero Take your Time es wow me lleva a desconectar. Me gusta que el nombre de la banda haga alusión a lo que me hace sentir: espiritualizarme

One of if not the most boring album I've ever heard. 60+ minutes of abstract droning soundscape does not a good album make. No idea how this album made it onto this project

zieke cover art, leuke muziek maar net te weinig interessant

Well I got spiritualized. Low 4 for this one, their other one was better.

Sleepy dreamy snoozy snooze

I have no specific memories of anything from any of the tracks of this album that I listened to yesterday. I do remember that it was on the borderline of being boring enough that I wanted to switch to something else, but while drone-y it till kept it juuuust interesting enough Standouts - 3/5

Cool album name and cover, perfect for writing my final essay of uni!

Halfway in, really digging this...great bass on take your time...symphony space is just atmosphere.

This was fine, but nothing special.

If I wanted to put on a lava lamp and get stoned, I think this would be good music to do it to. I can't think of many other situations I want this vibe. I should like this style as chill background music, but it was too inconsistent. I wouldn't call it bad, but I would never have been unhappy for it to end.

At first I thought this was a fairly flat recording but as it went on OMG! I just loved it. I am really glad this group is on the list as I've never heard them before.

I am sorry, this did not group me an iota until the last 3rd of the last song. Though if you cross your eyes and stare at the album cover it's kinda fun to make shapes.

Zzzzzzzzzzzz Zzzzzzzzzzzz Zzzzzzzzzzzz ...uhhh...huh....what...it's over?

i remember actually really unexpectedly vibing w this !!!!! also sorry to be awful i got distracted by atmos but im back !!!

interesting sound definitely not smthn i wldve listened to in my own, cool cover art

Very good spacy dream vibe was cool to exspirence. Definitely liked the later half more. Standouts: I want you, shine a light, angel sigh, and 200 bars

It's 3.5

3 - ok became background music after awhile

Zuhause, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Geht wenig gut ins Ohr.

Weirdly funnnnn reminds me of the jam FOUR

I had no expectations but this wasn't too bad for me.

todas las canciones iguales, aburridas y muy largas para lo que proponen

Bit too ethereal and sleepy for me, great music but just not my sound

kinda cool sound but 0 variety

Lazer guided crap.

Preferred 'Pure Phase. Only one song on here stands out for a bit and although I like their unique guitar sound in places, it's not in the same league as the aforementioned later album, which I think is more atmospheric.

The momentum that was building on the first half completely vanishes once track 7 starts.

Another my bio-dad had sent me. I thought I liked it more than I did. There was a lot of parts (toward the middle) that dragged and, while they were doing things that sounded interesting, they weren't interesting..? I still like the first 1/3 and last 1/3 quite a lot.

If I were in a better mood I could probably describe this album as ponderous or freeflowing. That being said I found it dull and would often forget what I was listening to. I didn't really find anything of interest or use in this album at all. It wasn't offensive but I wouldn't have much desire to listen to it again.

75

I don't care much for Spiritualized, but this album feels very special. It's so peaceful that it feels like meditating while floating in the sky. It must be a great hangover record, need to try it. What bothered me about other Spiritualized albums is that everything is so drenched in reverb to the point where it's just too mellowed out. The production on this album is a lot clearer which is a welcome change.

Pleasant enough music to put on as background noise or to play while trying to fall asleep. Nothing groundbreaking or original, however.

hipnotico, ambiental, psicodelico transmite soledad, desconexion, viaje de noche una experiencia continua y casi meditativa me encanta la portada

Not what I was expecting Always thought Spiritulized were a dance act, so was pleasantly surprised. Meanders along nicely, pretty melodies and reminiscent of velvet underground somewhat. Cover art is dreadful though. Favourite track: You know it’s true

Quality

So we had these guys awhile back and much like that album, I found myself all over the place with my thinking. With each listen I get a little more interested and bored at the same time with the "dream sequence" sound. I can see in the right atmosphere and mushroom state of mind how someone would call this a pretty good album. I can also see how someone would ask WTF. I found myself more on the enjoyable side. First several songs and lyrics were pretty good. Then halfway through we hit a 6 minute period of the "dreamy, spaced out" sound then it seem tp be quite prevalent and just got to be a bit too much. Think I listened to this 5-6 times I bet I would have given a different rating each listen. In conclusion after saying a lot of nothing, I liked a good portion of what this album offered. 1st 6 songs and 200 Bars were the best. Symphony is Space and after lost me a bit. I have this in mind my next mushroom journey. But for now, I'll go with a 3. I'd listen again. 3

3 We’ve experienced this group on this list before with Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, and for an album designated as “space rock”, I remember it feeling pretty underwhelming. The title track was neat with its atmospheric take on Elvis, but honestly, not a single other thing comes to mind thinking about it now. So, I revisited my review on it, and it seems I found the music to consist mostly of mediocre Britpop tunes with the occasional strings and sci-fi flourishes. Fortunately, I definitely picked up more of a “space” vibe in this go-round, and it results in a lot of really cool moments. The only problem - it results in a lot of weird, drawn-out ambient bullshit just as often. Like, for every period of enjoyability, it really felt like there was another just as annoying awaiting me. The album still flows quite well overall despite those shifts, but that also makes it hard for me to pinpoint any specific examples - it feels more accurate to say that it just sort of slowly dips in and out of listenable, quality songwriting at any given moment. I can confidently say, however, that the two most extreme poles of enjoyability for me lie in Angel Sigh and Symphony Space. Angel Sigh isn’t just my favorite song on the album, but it’s also probably the heaviest it has to offer. Like, if you want your journey through time and space to feel powerful and climactic as f***, like a true sci-fi epic should, that’s the track for you. When I think of the term “space rock”, Angel Sigh aligns pretty closely with what I imagine and would hope for from the genre - not Symphony Space, which is basically just six minutes of drone noises. I mean, yes, there’s certainly a sci-fi feel to that and it doesn’t exactly feel out of place, but I still found it to be a bit of a vibe killer each time I listened through anyway. As for the rest of the album, I feel like you could just listen to the two aforementioned songs and fill in the gaps yourself what midpoints between them might sound like. There’s definitely a psychedelic nature about this as well, so I could very much see this being an experience on drugs, but as of right now, I don’t feel particularly incentivized to go and try that out. That said, I’d be interested to hear what an Interstellar 2 or Project Hail Mary 2 score from this group might sound like.

Bastante relajante la vaina, me sorprendió para bien

That was pretty nice. More variety than I was expecting.

Meh, it didn't grab me

Snooze.

Wow.

Very cool. No lasers :( Fuck yeah is it possible to give something more than 5 stars??? This is my jam. Chill and interesting

👟👟 👁️👁️

(84/100)

I gave Spacemen 3 a 1* rating. This is an improvement just due to the production improving, and I can see the appeal in a trancey, drugged out kind of way, but it just doesn't do enough to grab me. Can't remember any of it a few days later. 2*

What a weird album. Half of the time I felt like I was being lulled to sleep, the other half I felt like I was being tortured by the enemy to give up state secrets. And both of those things could occur within the same song. Not my jam.

As an enjoyer of ambient music from time to time, I'd say this album is mostly trash. Sometimes the trash is interrupted to make room for some garbage.

I felt quite “Spiritualized” after listening to this dreamy music album, so JAMC, I did really enjoy it, I’ve downloaded a few tracks too!

this appears to be an attempt to convince the listener that banal pop-rock is more compelling when you slow it down by 30%. it is not successful.

Cool soundscapes but man was that longer than it needed to be.

Never heard this before and enjoyed it. I could call it good ambiance music but its a bit more than that. It has something a bit psychedelic and hypnotizing. Nice discovery here.

Not always in the mood for it and doesn't reach the highs of Ladies and Gentlemen, still a big fan though.

I guess it sounded a bit more modern than its release date, but still gonna pass. Boring.

I might’ve enjoyed this even more than “Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space.” But I *really* didn’t like that one, so that’s not saying much. Inoffensive, sometimes boring. Not essential.

Chill

Decent enough album for the most part. Nothing overly memorable about it. It was sitting on three stars but it went on 3-4 tracks too long for me. Was quite bored of it by the end. Top Track - Step Into The Breeze

Pass

was skeptical of album cover but liked the vibe of this. Was very chill but interesting

The best thing about this album is the cover art. I recognized it from my CD collection. Didn’t recognize any of the music though. Another of the hundreds of albums on this list that, when released, had a mildly interesting, cutting edge sound, but zero musicality behind it - no virtuoso performer, no engaging songwriting. So, 35 years later, when the sound is no longer interesting, there’s nothing left worth hearing.

Another gem. I'd forgotten how great this album was. And glad to have revisited it. Excellent songs: You Know It's True, Step Into The Breeze, Take Your Time, Shine A Light, Angel Sigh. The rest of the songs (except for I Want You, which was banal, at best) were good. An enjoyable, well-spent hour. 5 "shiny light" stars.

OoOOoOOoOOoOOOoOoOOoOOOOooOoooo~

I didn't hate it. Not sure it belongs on this list though.

pretty dope. didn't stick with me particularly. favorite song is If I Were with Her Now, really brings a dab of funk to the whole spacey vibey thing, also love Shine a Light

Almost engaging, but never interesting enough to enjoy at any point. Decent ambient grooves to chill and study to, but I can't think of many times I would want to put this one to actively listen to 4.1/10

I didn't HATE it exactly as much as get a growing feeling of it being background noise the entire time. The entire record is just ambient soundscapes that don't really get anywhere that you would need to either REALLY pay attention to or almost completely ignore to get into.

What the crap.

5/10

Sounds adjacent to Days of the New and Soundgarden. Was not at all what I was expecting based on the title/name/cover. Not awful, not something I would personally choose to listen to again. Too mellow/sleep-inducing. Good for a dreary, rainy nap day. Run has the most energy on the album. I'm sure this is a great album for someone who enjoys things chill, not for me.

Preciso ouvir melhor

It was okay. Not spectacular, but enough to bump above a 2.5

Nah. It was inoffensive as background music, but there's just not much here to grab onto. I do think they achieved the sound they were going for, though. I also think they were maybe trying to put me to sleep, in which case YOU FAILED MOTHERFUCKERS! I stayed awake for your whole boring album! Take that! 2.3

Some tracks were oddly hypnotic with moments of unexpected loveliness, and others were just... dull. I'd have to listen to it again though to work out which ones were which.

A few good songs and a few snoozers. Overall, a decent album for background. Nothing really stands out as great.

Early Spiritualized. Takes a while to get going, but side two from Shine a Light on shows the space rock masters Spiritualized would become.

Liked it. Sounds like a Pepsi commercial from 1997.

Spacey, indeed. These guys have been pretty consistent in their sound and quality over the years. Their more recent albums have a bit more hooks, I’d say, but they drone-y but fitfully melodic songs here on their first record are mostly satisfying.

It promised so much and let me down

Très chill, diffus

Chill to have on in the background.

A couple of ok songs on here, but mostly it was pretty meh.

Kinda bland and nondescript

Ikke helt så mindblowing som den sidste vi havde med dem, men stadig et vildt lækkert album

Sangene passer så fedt sammen! (Det er en gammel favorit fra gymnasietiden)

Great album from start to finish

прослушивание подобных около эмбиент исполнителей очень зависит от настроения и обстановки. но даже так, я могу оценить, если музыкально мне нравится, но под атмосферу не зашло. тут честно прям непопадание. 1,5/5

Another album from an artist I didn't know. That is interesting at least. Every song starts out as a beautiful song, then the vocals come in and you get disappointed. Then the song never ends. Could've been wonderful, but falls way short of that.

Interesting album. No particular track fully stood about but I need more time with it. Not sure what to fully make of it. Think I’ll go back to it.

Marvellous

very cool listen, pleasant work music and great sounds

The album didn't speak to me. It was not necessarily bad however nothing drew me in. For me personally it was boring.

I'm a little surprised at the low-ish ratings for this one; I can see how people would find it a bit repetitive and meandering, but I dug the spread out, spacey vibe for the most part. I think it sounded relatively modern to have come out in 1992.

I went into this one completely blind. I don't always live shoegazer music, but this was ok.

This has something to it. It didn't annoy me painting so I'll give 3

Wann soll man denn sowas hören?? Langweiliger geht fast nicht!

Well, now I know what to do next time I want a nap.

I somewhat enjoyed Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space, though now that I have heard Lazer Guided Melodies I wish I had given "Ladies and Gentlemen..." a higher score than "3." While I found the prior Spiritualized album to be dreamy and very shoegaze, I found this one to be sleepy and not as compelling. There were a lot of instrumentals here or at least they felt like instrumentals to me. The last half of this one is pretty drowsy. It makes me believe there should have only been one Spiritualized album in this book and this one isn't it. My favorite tracks: You Know It's True I Want You Run Shine a Light

First album by them was great and this was no different.

first song is really long (~20mins), music is decent

I want to like this album. There are some pretty tracks on here (shoutout to "Angel Sigh" and "Shine a Light"), but the rest of the album just evaporated away.

Very interesting album and I was not familiar with them before.

What the heck is Space Rock?!?

79/100. A great and nicely composed record. It is very soft and calm for the most part and while I expected a little more "chaos" it was still a really pleasant experience to sit through. The melodies repeat and slowly build in intensity without ever fully exploding into noise. It is a very deliberate and beautiful trip.

Forgetful ambiance music Likes: I Want You

Yeah, I was definitely late to the Spiritualized party. Even their debut is absolutely superb. Very much an album to find an hour to listen to in one full sitting but so rewarding. I don't think this is quite as complete as Ladies and Gentlemen... but it's not far off at all. The highs are high, the lows are very rare, I had to be patient at times but the payoffs are worth it. This is some gorgeous stuff.

Unsure how i managed to get the sane band 2 days in a row

mais um album dessa banda pressão baixa e esse conseguiu ser AINDA MAIS pressão baixa. chega.

From the first two tracks, I am getting the sense of "all tension, no satisfying payoff" from these guys. The instruments are great, but aren't in a great composition. "I want you" was back to something more mainstream; their sound is similar to The Stone Roses - I felt - in this track. "Run" is an incredible track, but the momentum drops off straight away with "Smiles". Another band/artist, like Tom Waits and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, that is frustrating for being 'almost there' for regular listens. A lot to like here, but it's spread out across all of their songs; never unified into a single track outside of Run.

Never would have heard this if not for this project and I really loved it. Thought I would skip it but keep going back and putting on random songs from the album.

Sleepy. Spacy. Pretty good.

I saw another review mention they heard The Jesus and Mary Chain in the album thank you other reviewer for helping me pinpoint exactly why I didn’t like this I love a good vibe of an album even more than the next guy but the instruments are barely doing anything, the vocals and lyrics actively detract from getting into it, and I kept waiting for it to be over

Very Stone Roses

Atmospheric tracks that I REALLY like. More to explore here

Surprisingly good. At first I was a little put-off by the lack of "drums". There *is* percussion, and there are drums.... just not in the traditional "rock band" sort of way. But it's very chill, and the more I got into the album, the more I enjoyed it. Probably won't listen to it again, but of all the records I say that about, this one is arguably the best of that lot.

4/10/26. This band is always a more challenging listen but keeps me engaged. For me this is on par with their 1997 record.

Mostly harmless, but very forgettable. I didn't dislike it but it very quickly turned into background music. it could have easily been shorter...and not on the list. Incredibly, this is my second Spiritualized album in this project. Still fairly certain neither should be included, and a whole host of more popular and important albums were excluded. I guess it really comes down to the list having personal preferences outweighing objective reality. 1.5⭐️

I liked this more than I thought. I wasn’t a huge fan of any of the spaceman albums, so this took me by surprise. 4/12/26

it's almost like Blur after taking valium

If I’ve learned anything from this journey, it’s that I mostly find Shoegaze pretty boring. “Shine a Light” is easily the best track here, and beyond that, there’s not much I feel is worth revisiting.

i was pleasantly surprised by this album very good nice and chill and summery just a bit bloated

Dull

Never heard of this band. After reading the description I think something of the album may be lost in translation when streaming it. I have no idea what to expect from "space rock" Album cover is sorta gross. I love it. The album itself-no particular song really stands out but by the time Run came around I found myself engrossed in the flow. This may be a weird comparison but this album is closer to King Crimson in vibe than the usual pop/rock we often get served up. This is like... shoegaze, but if it was actually good. Shine a Light is a really interesting... I want to call it a cover but i'm not 100% sure it's supposed to be. Either way it's a cool song.

Listen while high?

Something a little different is always nice here. Enjoyed this one 3.5 stars

I was initially a little disappointed, couldn't help comparing it to Ladies & Gentlemen... which was a 5-star album for me. By the end of it, though, it won me over. It doesn't really have enough of a distinct identity to call it a must-listen alongside the aforementioned album, but it is good.

I try and do every album top to bottom to give the soundscape time to be established and adjust my expectations but this one lost me at Symphony Space. Its not lyrically or musically challenging - its just sounds with a run time.

Inoffensive but not exciting

I thought this was okay as background music but didn’t really do anything for me sorry :/

there were good moments, but this was mostly too atmospheric and slow for me. i prefer their other album on the list for sure. 2.5

dreamy, woozy, lush, layered

My familiarity with Spiritualized comes from their 1997 album, Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space, so when I was recommended the band's debut album I had no idea what I would be in for and honestly I was a bit surprised and underwhelmed throughout the entire hour this project had me. It floats a lot of interesting ideas that I feel the band would not only become more confident on future releases, but also understand how to execute more effectively rather than throwing it in somewhat sporadically. I do think there are some truly great moments here like with Sway and Run, but for the most part a found a lot of the music here serviceable but nothing really more than that. This is a band on the cusp of something great but they just have to dial it in a bit more to fully get to their respective visions. I appreciate this album for giving Spiritualized a start, but this is also a rough debut not really worth praising too hard....

This album felt like a revelation. I figured it wouldn’t be that popular and maybe it’s because I’m on a huge dream pop kick right now, but this was such a beautiful listen. It’s the first album in a while from a group I’d never heard about that I just fell in love with. It’s a near 5 for me but I’m keeping it at a constrained 4 for now. What a trip.

Is this music.

I'm glad someone made something new, but this was missing something because we listened to it through streaming, instead of the original LP release. And it really did just turn into background music instead of being forefront.

Very interesting... I feel like I've heard it in an advert or movie or something. Dreamy Brit pop? Gets a bit repetitive after a couple songs, but a cool find!