Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

This album featured 58 collaborators and took 18 months to put together. The final track is 17 minutes long. There's a gospel choir, a string ensemble, and Dr. John. It's a monument to excess, but at the same time, it's about simple truths. I can see how it might be portentous to some, but I think it works. It's smart and emotional at the same time, and it sounds incredible. Best track: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

“Ladies and Gentlemen we are Floating in Space” by Spiritualized (1997) Never heard this album or this group. You know how sometimes you get high and an idea pops into your head and you think wow, man that’s a really great idea and you resolve to put the idea into practice when you’re no longer stoned and you even write down some notes about the idea because it’s so cool and then you run across your notes while you’re throwing out the pizza boxes and pop bottles and Doritos bags from the previous evening and you read those notes and you read them again and you scratch your head and you throw it all away and head to the medicine cabinet and you take an aspirin? That’s this album. Here we are treated to elaborate soundscapes with multiple countermelodies, in tightly controlled chord structures. The musical objective seems to be to draw attention to the layers. I found myself continually asking “What is producing that particular piece of the sound?” (While that is entertainingly diversionary, it was sometimes distracting. The composition is sometimes a bit repetitive.) It’s pretty, like electronic lace. Well conceived and recorded, it is evident that a lot of musicians put a lot of work into this product. A key feature is that there are so many things going on at the same time, yet avoiding chaos by strict tonal discipline and standard progressions. Also, with plenty of sustain and drawn out chord presentations, the music is further tied together. The chief weakness in both the instrumental and vocal performances is they lack emotional depth. It seems too mechanical, even in places where you would expect some passion, such as the title line on “I Think I’m in Love”. But in “Electricity”, the disciplined elaborations get in the way. It doesn’t rock. Guitar work is competent, but not particularly adroit. The skill on display is the variations in the pedal effects. Flange and chorus effects predominate. Lead vocals not good, backing vocals superb. Often (e.g., “Home of the Brave”) the lead vocal sounds like a poor imitation of Kurt Cobain. The lyrics are pretty standard, lacking originality and depth. Could’ve been written by third rate band in the 1960s. I was really looking forward to the potentially powerful and profound lyrics on “No God Only Religion”. There weren’t any. Damn. The track least afflicted by this poetic malady is “Cool Waves”, but even it is a lyrical swing and a miss. Definitely headphones music. Meant for meditation. I couldn’t listen to this while working, reading, cooking, or doing needlepoint (and I don’t even do needlepoint). Maybe driving. Across Kansas. It’s okay music, not great. This album might be an example of shoegazing, but it’s far from omphaloskepsis. 2/5

A bit shit

The title track is worth the price of admission all on it's own. However, the rest of this album is filled with beautiful tracks, unique compositions, and evocative lyrics. This was a fantastic album.

Belongs in the heroin space gospel genre. A long album but I think it fits the type of music

I've heard this album referred to as either "excessive" or "lush" depending on whether or not the person liked the end product. I think the truth is that it's both in turns. The real issue with the album, however, is the lack of substance beyond the production. None of the songs have any significant lyrical or melodic hooks and, throughout most of the album, the songs themselves feel like an afterthought to the production. Like a fancy hamburger restaurant where the toppings are outrageous but the beef patty itself is just a flavorless, overcooked grey slab of meat.

There are no albums which are as expansive and divine as this. Born in the 90s, the imagination of Spiritualized, which quite literally aimed towards the heavens, was able to be realised in part due to material abundance and solemn optimism for the upcoming new millennia. Beyond the exhaustive and ultimately banal analysins of production, songwriting and other technical details which are required in music making, it is a masterpiece for the simple reason that it aims to be one.

Less than halfway through the album I found myself waiting for it to be over. 5.8/10

Like a VERY 90's Pink Floyd

The album cover had me instantly intrigued. If I had seen this in a record store I would have picked it up. But I had no idea what I was in for. When “Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space” started I immediately started to feel chills. As advertised, seems like the perfect music for floating in space. I found it incredibly beautiful, teasing me with some kind of familiarity. At the close of the song the chills returned as I realized what was happening. An incredible opening that immediately earned the album a place in my library. “Come Together” certainly feels like it belongs with the opening number, but it has a much stronger rock vibe. Ladies and gentlemen, we are now on a musical journey to I know not where… “I Think I’m In Love” stood out with its lyrics. ‘Think I can rock and roll, probably just twisting’ or ‘Think that I’m a winner, Baby, probably Las Vegas’ or ‘Think I’m on fire, probably just smoking.’ I love this song. The spacey orientation of this album might result in a sterile void, but the songs feel intensely personal. The subject of “All Of My Thoughts” sounds lost after losing someone very special. Song of the songs have a strong psychedelic sound. And then there’s a sort of spacey, trippy folk sound in “Home of the Brave” I very much liked. “Broken Heart” is heartbreaking masterpiece of a song. Incredible and beautiful. It was surprising in “Cop Shoot Cop” to hear John Prine quoted in this song. The song is great - a perfect closer to the album, although I imagine its runtime and long solo will be off-putting to some. Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space is an otherworldly album that combines rock with a modern wall of sound, at times bordering on religious music with organs and gospel choirs - even taking the occasional almost-jazz break. The songs are lush and richly woven, complex structures that evoke wonder and grandeur. While occasional parts of this album went on a bit long here and there, the high points on this album left me a bit awestruck. There are so many occasions that I will want to hear this again. Spectacular.

Loved this album when I was given a copy on tape by my mate Ben in '97, still love it today. I know it may be a bit noisy for a lot of people, but the noise makes the quiet bits more powerful, and vice versa. It's why Bambi's mum gets shot.... emotional manipulation innit!

I think i'm alive. Probably just breathing. This album has it all. One of the coolest thing ever recorded. Those 3 opening songs are out of this world. One of the best album closer ever in Cop Shoot Cop. A perfect album cover.

Holy crap. Of the 410 albums I've listened to on this list so far, this is the first time I've heard a previously unheard album and wanted to rate it 5 stars. Usually it takes me a few listens to recognize a masterpiece, but I've been instantly blown away by this. Beautiful, compelling, original, and somehow lacking the pretension of an album like OK Computer by Radiohead. I have a feeling I will be listening to this a lot over the next few days. 5 stars.

deserved 5-; I had a lot of thoughts listening to this album, initially I totally didn't appreciate it the way it deserves. Beautiful production, very high level. Diveristy of the melodies and sounds, space rocking and gospel choirs made me fell like really floating in a space or beeing of some kind of heavy drugs. Beautiful piece of art.

Had a different impression of this album - loved the gospel angel and while no standout songs - it feels like a true album - one large musical piece from start to finish - pleasant surprise

I like this it's different

Absolutely fantastic . Epic and gentle in equal amounts. 5

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This album is an absolute experience. It has everything from a gospel choir, Britpop like melodies, and shoegaze like sonic explorations all wrapped up in driving space rock. The album expertly incorporates other artists such as Elvis in the opener and John Prine in the closer. I honestly am so blown away by this album that I don't quite know how to talk about it yet. It is symphonic, beautiful, uplifting, gut wrenching, and just insanely impressive. The amount of work that it must have taken to make this work is staggering. And it does work too.

One of my all time favourite albums. Adore the first track. Hate the fact that the Elvis "Can't help falling in love" infused version has replaced the original more pure version on all streaming sites. Should be an extra track. It's lovely, but when I listen to the album I want the version I fell in love with. Every song builds beautifully. Talk about going on a sonic journey into the space in your mind. I have the CD that came in a prescription blister pack, and cardboard with the inlay notes written on a patient information leaflet and instructions for dosage, etc. Genius design. Absolutely wonderful album though. I got this in 1997 then went back and bought Pure Phase and Lazer Guided Melodies and the three of them soundtracked my uni years and plenty more besides. Saw the band live a couple of times around this time, absolutely spectacular each time. The live album released a year or so later is a great example of this. Could always be relied upon to do something special and different in a live version, songs such as Electric Mainline and Shine a Light are completely brilliant in a different way to the studio version. Broken Heart, off this record, the harmonica is just incredible, heartbreaking live version. The studio versions are fabulous also. Broken Heart is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. So sad on the face of it, but the arrangement is so warm, and ultimately feels so full of acceptance, and strength to move forward. Like Hope in the Dark, this song is an axe I often reach for to break down walls. Stay With Me's gently shimmering brilliance, Come Together's muscular gospel rock, I Think I'm in Love's laconic build. The freak outs. Electricity continuing the Beefheart/OMD run of songs called Electricity being fucking excellent. After all that, Cool Waves is a blissful salve, before Cop Shoot Cop blows your socks off again. It's just perfect. I'm only really now getting into Spacemen 3, Sonic Boom's work with Panda Bear helps. Will always love this album and frequently return to it. Faves. Title track (original), I think I'm in Love, Stay With Me, Broken Heart.

How come this album (and band to be fair) is not much more popular, is beyond my imagination. I am currently on my third loop of this record, it is absolutely amazing. Truth to be told, I don't really see the "space rock" angle on this album, I can see some psychedelic elements, but in general I would create a label "spiritualized rock". Excellent mix of atmospheric, chilled tunes like "Cool Waves", slowly transforming into a full orchestral, all-out jam in "Cop Shoot Cop". Great riffs, really amazing small solos, everything fits perfectly on the album. It feels like the band had an idea of how the record will look like before they even stepped into the studio. They take their time, play out the tunes as long as they want, to drive to the culmination point, which is a full release of emotions and feelings. I absolutely love this album, and it moves to my "favourite tracks" list straight away.

Peerless in its melding of gospel, psychedelia, saxophones, and evocations of air and space travel. "Come Together" is a singular moment of impossible tension and balance; "Home of the Brave" a giddy, skittering comedown from the blast of "Electricity." The drug references throughout are so humanized as to land in a universal space that thankfully doesn't require firsthand knowledge of opiates to enjoy.

This. I first came across this way back in the year 2000. I was given a geet massive stack of CDs by a Northern Irish colleague and this was by far and away the most memorable, packaged as it was in a pill box, blister packed CD and patient safety notes. My colleague was herself a pharmacist, so it stood out even more. The ingredients are here for post-Britpop pomp and grandiosity, but we're never punished by it. It's like driving to Lake Garda on a lovely summer day. The journey of the album is twisty roads, tunnels and insane pensioners driving knackered old fiats way faster than should be even possible - but with a satisfying regularity you're rewarded by breathtaking views. The grandiose pomposity is there, but it's in the distance - to be appreciated - rather than stuffed down your throat, like some of Spiritualized contemporaries were wont to do. The production is faultless, using almost every knob on the control board at least once. It is never less than slick. Try as I might, I just can't dislike this album. There's too many associations with good experiences. Listen to it. Let it wash over you. You can, if you want, drive this album like an insane Italian pensioner. You can seek out the racing line, hug the corners and overtake buses on blind corners, and I'm sure it'll be absolutely great. But I'd prefer to let it show me its curves and stunning scenery.

I was saving this review until after I took shrooms to really appreciate its inner beauty, but I didn't realize they were super potent APE. 2.7g felt like 4g and I was traveling through the metaverse. That didn't stop me from clumsily searching for this album on spotify and playing to completion. Time felt like an eternity and I don't think my mind was able to pay attention. But whatever, I've listened to this album maybe 3 times now sober and once on 15mg THC, so I think I have a good idea. I'd classify myself as a dream pop guy. Gotta love shoegaze and psychedelic music. What can I say? I love busy noise. Huge Sonic Youth fan. And this is full of noise, swirly shoegazy sounds. In 1997? When it was all but abandoned excluding parts of Verve's Urban Hymns? This album is the epitome of space rock and you can see why when it knows how to employ atmosphere, shrouding you in clouds of sound and gospel choirs but also utilizing silence and repetition well. You don't need much lyrics when it takes you on a magic spaceship. The music's like a 12 course meal at a fine dining establishment. You get a taste of what they're capable of in each track, yet it's coherent... these transitions are smooth from one to the next. There's no best song so fuck off raving that the title track is the objective best song of all time. Dude, it's all fantastic. Some of these songs are LONG, but I don't even realize it until I look at the timestamp. They just pass by. You start off with the beautiful baroque pop titular piece to the Beatlesesque with horns "Come Together" to the shoegaze "I Think I'm in Love" to the dreamy "Stay With Me". Later we got the industrial "The Individual" followed by the peaceful "Broken Heart." Like dude. That's fine dining. Oh and that 17-minute dessert "Cop Shoot Cop" is simply gorgeous, finishing with a bombastic explosion of chaos. Favorites: I Think I'm in Love, Stay With Me, No God Only Religion, Cop Shoot Cop

I genuinely wasn’t expecting to love this album as much as I did. I’m really glad I listened to it with my headphones on but it’s absolutely gorgeous and super interesting. Guess I’m floating in space as a big ol fan now!

Spiritualized's music is described as Space Rock, Neo-Pyschedelia and Gospel. This album is sure hard to categorize other than it is a fusion of a lot of styles. I can see people calling this a mess but there is something grand and majestic here which works pretty well for me. I saw these guys about four years ago; while maybe lacking stage presence, they had four guitarists and sound that was coming from everywhere. It was a great show and kind of best fits this album: wall of sound. I'd say there's a pattern to these songs but not really all of them. A fair number of them start soft with music more in the popular-at-the-time Britpop style (sounding like Oasis), builds the music and drama and ends in a more psychedelic/experimental area. The album-titled song starts everything in a very soft and dreamy way then transitions to song #2 "Come Together" the most tradional rock song on the album. From there, things get more interesting with more of the soft to loud song dynamic and structure with the loud being different musical styles, more drama, song complexity, instruments, etc. "All of My Thoughts" ends in a blues harmonica and experimental guitar jam. "Electricity" grooves with an organ. "Home of the Brave" and "The Individual" both build on the experimental guitars, sounding and ending like Sonic Youth. The loud of "Broken Heart" is an orchestra while that of "Cool Waves" is more gospel oriented. A big album at nearly 70 minutes ( CD era) but is definitely worth a listen. A great musical attempt of what floating in space would feel like, I think.

I can't begin to describe how much I love this album. I was aware of Spaceman 3 but initially didn't make the connection between them and Spritualized and letting my own musical snobbery take hold thought they would sound like watered down Mercury Rev. Boy I was wrong. I friend gave me a rip of a recording of a live show Triple J broadcast when Spritualized toured Australia one time. I found myself listening to it over and over again. I was mesmerised by the performance, especially the tracks that came off Ladies and Gentlemen. So I I tracked down the album and it became a firm favourite of mine. It has become my soundtrack to those days that the world gets too much. The dreaminess and swirling sounds negate any dark mood I am in, the sonic equivalent of a valium.

Ambitious but incredibly well-executed space rock/neo-psychedelia album. Love this one.

Wild wild ride. I think it would have been better if I were smokin and jokin, but still awesome. A rare one that is long and earns it

Minimal krautrock songs, with massive (and noisy) orchestral arrangements. The thing that elevates this particular album is the raw emotion of the lyrics. then hurt of lost love, compounded by an unhealthy relationship with drugs, leaves the narrator of this extended suite completely laid and vulnerable. The emotion is exhausted, sung in a deadpan delivery as an exhausted calm after the (musical storm). A masterpiece.

Wow - an album I always read about in the late 90s and I liked things like the cover and everything have should have told me to listen to it properly. I only recognised one track so I clearly never did. This is much more to my taste now than it would have been back then. Ambitious in arrangement, lyrics excellent in parts, it soars at plenty of times (come together, electricity, broken heart to name some) it actually builds towards the finale of Cop Shoot Cop which is quite something - blown away and will be back - a lot. I’ve no hesitation in paying forward and giving this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I don't know what I expected but it wasn't this. But damn, I'm very pleasantly surprised. It has a gentle rock, but a 70s psychedelic and slight funk attitude. It fits no boxes, but it also knows exactly what it wants to accomplish and does so. I also love the transitions from song to song. It does drag a little bit in the third quarter. Overall, pleasant surprise that I enjoyed. 4/5 Favorites: Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space, I Think I'm in Love, Cool Water Least Favorites: The Individual

This is a record I’ve heard many times over the years. It’s a record that, while listening, I think to myself, “this is a really great record”. It’s a record, that even though I think those things, I almost never come back to. I’ve made peace with the fact that it’ll never make it into my regular rotation. …or maybe it will, I don’t know. I got 3.5 hours of sleep last night and my brain is scrambled as I write this, so who knows what anything is anymore.

Amazingly, the album features a string quartet, a mixed choir and a brass section. The title track is a de facto classical sonata, solemn and elegant. The composition is but a minor detail compared to the effort and care with which the songs have been arranged and produced. The question that remains to be answered is whether it is art or technique. (7/10) Favourite Tracks: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, I Think I'm in Love

Well that was kind of fun – especially after 4 straight days of rap… Not the most amazing album that I’ve ever heard, but very creative, original, and I really enjoyed it… Saw that this album is ranked #13 on Roling Stones best “Stoner” albums of all-time, and while it definitely deserves to be on there, I’m not entirely sure that it should be ranked that high… Personally, I think “Welcome To Vanilla Sky” by Kyuss – which Rolling Stone has ranked as #25 on that list, is considerably better than “Ladies & Gentlemen” – but that’s just me… Obviously, some tracks are better than others, and I probably would have preferred a little bit better flow to the album, as there were a few abrupt transitions from one song to the next in terms of track order, but all-in-all, this was a fun experimental album… Favorite tracks were “I Think I’m In Love” & the closing track “Cop Shoot Cop” – which may not be for everyone, but I thought I was extremely well done… Solid 3-stars for me!

I didn’t have strong feelings either way when I was listening to this album. I would be willing to listen to it again though.

I gave Spiritualized a quick go a few years back and remember the songs being spacey and dreamy but forgot how noisy they are too. I guess to build these giant soundscapes and moods you're gonna sacrifice a bit in variation and song structure - which isn't ideal when the album lasts 70 minutes - but there are also times when it really hits the spot. Definitely worthy of a place on the list, I can't think of another album that combines the orchestral elements, band elements and general noise in the same way.

I feel nothing.

några kul låtar men för långt

Närmre min musiksmak än NIN, men vissa låtar var ganska kryddade. Lyssnade inte med headset och tror att jag kanske råkade ha shuffle på, så Alexander kommer nog inte godta mitt betyg förrän jag lyssnat på det RÄTT... men jag röstar ändå! :D

Bra album men saknar någon låt som sticker ut. Blir lite samma samma.

Tedious - of no interest at all.

Like a Plodding Dull Primal Scream. Drops off noticeably after the first two songs and I'm immeasurably bored by half way through. 2/5

Need to listen to it more. Floaty, vague and artsy. Perhaps I need to be high

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This was not good - often there were too many layers, with atonal or discordant components, but not in a good way (like Tom Waits might do) -- in a scattered cacophony of navel-gazing moronity.

Nope. Not even close. I think the author of this list is realllllly biased to mediocre British Pop/Rock/<insert whatever genre here>. Boring, nothing interesting here. 1/5

Just felt super weird. Like a mishmash of sounds

Going through these albums means you expect to endure some things that aren’t your taste and discover some gems and appreciate a great variety of music. I’ve made a point of not skipping any songs and tried to appreciate each album on their own merits. That all went out the window when I was subjected to this - I could not hear multiple songs to their conclusion. “The individual” track is something else and a good description of the amount of stars this deserves.

I thought I would like this album, reading a bit about it before listening. How wrong I was. How this album made it into this challenge is beyond me.

Noise. Harmonicas… and is that a whole orchestra of.. kazoo? or the sound of the last thread of my patience disappearing? I probably shouldn’t have listened to this while in an insomnia spell - I thought maybe ‘shoegaze’ genre would help me back to sleep, and to be fair there was some nice chill vibes at a few points in this album, I quite enjoyed ‘broken heart’ but the rest made me pretty irritated with its bloated sounds, meandering tracks and weird shit. Will not be listening to again (I wrote this at about 3am, I’m not changing it because even though it’s a bit grumpy - it’s not untrue 😅)

Shit

Not my thing AT ALL!

Heard of but never listened to. Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space. Instantly captures my attention. Calm and serene. Elvis interplatation is a wild choice which works wonferfully. Definitely feels like floating in space. Backing vocals are powerful. Meditative and psychedelic. So far right up my alley. Had to immediately replay. 5/5 Come together. Alternative rock angle is a wild shift from the previous track. Bassline slaps. Great energy. The use of the backing vocals carries nicely over from the previous track. The addition of horns is a surprising inclusion which shows up at an interesting time where my interest in the track seems to lull a bit and brings me right in. Ends chaotically. Interesting. 4.5/5 I think I'm in love. Transitions nicely from the previous track. Trippy beginning. Unexpected harmonica. Vocal effects add to the psychedelic vibe. Hope it manages to keep my attention for the entirety of its 8 minute runtime. The changeup is welcome. Hypnotic rhythm. Doors-esque. Original, will return to. 5/5 All of my Thoughts. Piano and strings opening is great. Really explosive psychedelic madness contrasts well to the low-key vocal focused parts. Fantasticly dissonant, chaotic and large second instrumental parts is a real highlight. Great 5/5 Stay with me. Really open, full of reverb. Western like at times. Eerie whispery vocal delivery. Synths make the song sound large. Electric guitar adds to the largeness. Slowly builds up to a really dense and pleasant soundscape. Really interesting. 4.5/5 Electricity. Organ!!! Did not expect a fuzzy garage rock track. Noisy and full of energy. Bass is mixed really well. Awesome solo. More heavy-psych goodness. Contemporary comparisson immediately goes to King Gizzard's heavy psych songs from their live-shows. Hell yeah! 5/5 Home of the Brave Loudly mixed unrefined vocals over strange dissonant instrumentation gives a really eerie, somber and moody vibe. The noise taking over as the vocals quiet down paints an awesome visual image. Immaculately produced and strongly written. 5/5 The Individual. The noise carrying over from the previous track makes for an amazing transition. What an eerie and frankly scary soundscape. Unpleasant in the best kind of way. A dense piece of noise with the quiet background bass adding a human element. Feels like a lonely wanderer in a terrible hellscape, perhaps the titular "individual"? Powerful 4.5/5 Broken Heart. Space-like. Ambient at the start. Reminds me of Brian Eno's Apollo early on. Distant brass instrument contrasts well to the quiet vocals. Beautiful violin. Really sad. Film-score like instrumentation is unexpected but excellent at conveying the themes of heartbreak in the song. Beautiful, powerful. 5/5 No God only Religion. Jumpscare! Noisy, somewhat jazzy. Great bass. Sounds like a violent sea, the drumming made me make this conclusion. Large with individual elements working together in disharmony. Sounds transitional. Really enjoyable. 5/5 Cool Waves. Interesting vocal effect. Violin and harmonic work surprisingly well together. Chorus feels like a welcome release. Emotional. Church choir sounds great. Wow. 5/5 Cop shoot Cop. Love the western vibes. Delay on the guitar is fun. Crunchy bass. Taking it's time to build up was a good choice. Fuzzy psychedelic guitar is a great early peak for the buildup to build up to. Shreds. Could listen to this forever. Stimulating. Holy noise! Return of main instrumental with minor changes comes at a good time. Horror-esque. Definitely justifies it's 17 minute runtime. 5/5 Great album. One of the best I've heard in a long time. Frustrated that I've let it slip by me for so long. Fave track. Broken Heart Least Fave track. Stay with me

Amazing album and the long instrumentals were awesome mde me feel like I was actually floating in space

floats me back to a super specific time and space every single time. it's not perfect but its got more than enough to make it a must have

Words cannot describe I was nervous to listen to such a formative record from my musical awakening. It did not disappoint. In fact it exceeded. Modern blues gospel. Love destruction addiction despair redemption hope. All in a pill shaped blister pack

Another easy 5 for me. This album itself is cohesive and touches on so many different topics.

5/5

Title track – very wistful and sweet. Come Together – kind of plodding but cool lyrics. I Think I’m in Love – pretty good but not life changing. “I think I’m in love” (“Probably just hungry”) – amazing. Love the whole call and response thing in general; great lyrics. All of My Thoughts – like the chaotic nature of this. Stay with Me – pretty nice, but quite samey. Electricity – too rock for me. Home of the Brave – pretty forgettable but I like how it runs into the next song The Individual – love the primal sound on this but due to said sound I wouldn’t be going back to bump this on the regular. Broken Heart – gorgeous sad start to this. Fucking beautiful throughout. Ethereal. Transcendent. No God Only Religion – VERY cool but too experimental for a revisit. Cool Waves – fairly boring. Cop Shoot Cop… - pretty dull.

Epic

One of the greatest albums of all time. Best break up album ever.

Sensational. Unique and exciting sound. Sometimes over-the-top, but overall very engaging

So cool oh my god, giving me space rock vibes, giving me Outer Wild vibes. So comforting, so...dreamy, but yet it's completely lucid. A Lucid Dream, as you can say. Got me completely falling under it's charm. 4.5/5 or above.

I’ve had a lot of albums I’ve complained are “just noise,” and I could see how one could say the same about this one. But this feels like controlled, intentional noise, and it makes for a beautifully pleasant listen. I think this will be my go-to work album for a while.

Excellent to get lost in and offers the listener a lot of good variety.

A symphony

Such a great album deserving of all the praise. The title track is mesmerizing and hauntingly beautiful, and it's just insane that Jason Pierce created this record basically on his own.

There’s just no denying the masterpiece Jason Pierced pieced together here. From the utter beauty of the title track to chaos of “Cop Shoot Cop…” - it’s just a flawless record.

The opening song of this record, "Ladies and gentleman..." is one I've heard many times before, but I'd never have known who made it. It's really good. I lost track of the individual songs a little, but I loved this album. There wasn't a single track I didn't like! I'm not sure if it was filled with recognizable samples, or if other people sample this album a lot, but there were so many familiar settings. The album was very melancholic and emotional. It had a lot of ups and downs and blending of musical styles. I love the psychedelic shoegaze-y elements. I'll definitely be listening to it again. 9/10

ART

This was on my list for a long time now but that was my first listen and I'm so sorry for all that lost time because this is a masterpiece.

Interesting

Awesome, one third of the holy trinity of great Spiritualized albums. Iconic album art and packaging too.

One of the finest CDs on any shelf.

It was like a film. Or maybe I'm just happy

I was cautious starting this one. This was my third spiritualized album from this list. I like dream pop/shoegaze, but I was wondering why we're three for three on the Spiritualized? I figured that this was just another example of the obvious bias of this list. I was wrong. Why didn't you just lead with this one, though? I didn't need the first two albums. This one, however. It sticks with me. It's full of pain.

Nice and trippy!

What a well crafted genius album. Definitely one enhanced by weed. Those violins get me everytime on "Broke Heart". This album was so good I didn't even mind that the last track was SEVENTEEN MINUTES

It's interesting to see the average score is close to 3 (it's pi lol) I think it's a marmite album, some hate it, I happen to love it. Having a 17 minute song that depends into noise in the middle is audacious, although then again any prog rock fan should be used to that. But more than that it does pull off it's space-y feel. Just a cool album all round.

Oh yeah this goes hard, that final track, holy shit. Heard this a couple times before and enjoyed it but must've had my ears only half open. This album is amazing, incredible atmosphere.

Really blown away by this album. Amazing! 5/5

pick your favourite elaborate, over-the-top, ambitious album from the 1960s-1980s. this album is just that but with all of the 90s injected into it

i love the instrumentals on this album, easily one of my favorites

My favourite band, Jason Pierce, my favourite musician. His magnum opus. The best album of 1997 according to the NME. Does it live up to this amount of hype? Yes of course. Poor old Jason going through the break up from hell with his long term girlfriend Kate Radley (the keyboard player) She is often cited as the reason S3 split up. She wasn't about to break this one up, so she became the inspiration for Jason to pour his heart out and make the ultimate heart-break album while obviously continuing to dabble with drugs in an attempt to cheer himself up. I don't think it worked. How to describe this? Best to say its a psyche/blues/gospel/free jazz rock album. The dreamy first song ‘LAGWAFIS’ builds up and up, and leads to the thumping 'Come Together' - one of their best and a live staple to this day. 'I Think I'm in Love' clocks in at 8 minutes and I think if it was twice as long I'd never get bored of it. Things get more melancholy over the next two songs as he is yearning for more drugs and probably his ex. 'Electricity' is another stomper, along with 'Cool Waves' are probably the most cheerful songs on the record. The serious weirdness kicks in with the gospel/blues/jazz/psychedelia over the rest of the album, culminating with the epic 14 minute Dr John collaboration 'Cop Shoot Cop' it builds up and comes down just like a good trip should. Is it perfect? No, it doesn't even make my top 10 albums of all time, but it's up there in the top 30.

Bangers: Ladies and gentlemen we are floating is space is a long time favorite! I Think I'm in Love Home of the Brave Broken Heart Cop Shoot Cop...

A borderline flawless album. It perfectly mixes elements of psychedelia, shoegaze, space rock, and even soul. Lyrically dense and powerful with gorgeous and varied instrumentation.

Day 30 of listening to 1001 albums, one day at a time. I think to truly appreciate this album you have to understand that the lead singer of Spiritualized, Jason Pierce was dating Kate Radley, the bands keyboard player. They had broken up and Kate had secretly married another guy. I know Pierce has said most of the album was written before this but I find it hard to believe with it being the central aspect of this album. The lady singing on the beginning of the track is Radley. The first half of this album is someone falling in love and dating that person but then when we get to Home of the Brave we learn how codependent they are on this person. It’s no coincidence that the song The Individual is the most noisy track then we get the Broken Heart that has this most beautiful ballad and heart shattering lyrics. Then Cool Waves letting that person go. Though I think with the song, Cop Shoot Cop talks about how much that pain still hurts and how they are still in love with this person. I think Neva Chonin from the Rolling Stone said it best, “Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space doesn't try to hide its uglier aspects – which, in the end, is what makes it so damn gorgeous.”

Una obra maestra

Great album ( if you're in the mood for it), though not for everyone as there's some dissonant/tuneless (depending on your point of view) stuff on it.

Is it possible to rate an album or artist you never heard of before with a 5? I guess... I think I'm in love

Um som bem diferente

Holy shit. I listened to this three times today. Totally blew me away.

The sounds are sounding on this one. Really enjoyed Think I’m In Love. The looping is fantastic. Definitely getting Spacemen 3 vibes from this. Love the dissonant impending doom sounds on Home of the Brave. If this is noise rock it’s good ass noise rock. Such a jarring juxtaposition of background sounds to the voice and guitar. Listened to this one while hiking Waterworks on a beautiful day and that may give it a bump, but I was vibing out so hard to it the whole time. Gave me all the feels. I’m wondering if I’ve listened to it before because certain parts feel so familiar, especially the main riff in Cop Shoot Cop. I want to listen to this on acid.

I L O V E P S Y C H E D E L I C S 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

5/5. A cacophony of sound, beauty, and experience, this album encapsulates the experience of a journey through the mind. A great trip album for sure. Even sober though, this is a relaxing and chaotic album all at once. Front to back the album is a classic and is such an awesome experience to listen to. Best Song: Ladies and Gentlemen, I Think I'm In Love, Electricity

This is simply a terrific album. This was a new one for me and is among the best I’ve heard since I started this project. This is an album I will be putting into my personal rotation. That is perhaps the highest compliment I can pay this album is that I want to hear it again.

This is really good

Really really good. Larger than life feeling from front to back. Incredibly consistent all the way through. So so so good.

best song: ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space