Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

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Top 10 album on this list!

4 stars because it has electricity on it.

already listened to it. i like it, unique sound. i'd consider it post-britpop but i don't think other people do

Ladies And Gentlemen We Get Shivers When We Listen...but hear me out...only fools rush in...so take it slow as prescribed / the dosage instruction prepares you for the length of the ride. It's right there in the artwork: 1 tablet 70 minutes — and, maybe today that's too much to ask. There's a 1990s indulgence in length that can work against Pierce's Spiritualized if you're unprepared to take it on. But this is a more refined and concentrated effort at the Spiritualized formula, well after Spacemen 3 dissolved and disintegrated like Icarus's wings, making it easier to absorb LGWFIS through the ear as recommended. By the time I Think I'm In Love finishes up, Spiritualized has been distributed to the target organs and All Of My Thoughts begins the journey of the album's middle processes of metabolism. More than my other favorite Spiritualized album (Pure Phase), Ladies and Gentlemen is more easily broken down and transformed. The sound has been purified and the concept distilled. Hopefully the listener has settled in, but if there's going to be a rejection or an adverse event, I think it's around the time that the album itself is asking them to Stay With Me or at the tail end of The Individual. Although that sets up the mournful start of Broken Heart, arguably what the medicine is for, beautifully by cleansing the sonic palette with skronky horns in preparation for the fragility on display next. The sequencing of this record is superb; it helps keep you engaged — even as your patience may be tested occasionally — managing the emotional payoffs to good effect. And, yes, sometimes that is a feeling of floating achieved only by intelligent modulation of density and texture. No God Only Religion is a descent that you need to be careful with. It's the album's most dangerous moment as it serves its specific function in the overall composition. This is a record whose design intention is felt in the body and this track reveals the pharmacophoric strategy more than others. Its moment is required by the previous and for the next. Cool Waves: Filtration. Cop Shoot Cop describes a user's pattern of behavior but sonically it's the album's sequencing pattern in microscope and its exit. Deactivation and Washout.

Haven't listened to this for ages and I'd forgotten how good it is. Feels very much like it's own world, and you really need to be on its wavelength

this was really familiar before i noticed it was by the same dude who made spaceman 3. pretty standard shoegaze album, its okay, may click better at other time

Started optimistic…got way less so

Samey

Drags on for a long time and doesn't do much to justify its runtime. But the good bits are very much here, especially the opening first few songs are exceptional. Just a bit of a tired listen otherwise sadly. 3/5.

Hadn't listened to this all the way through for a long time. Magical stuff.

Listen to lots of these songs in isolation on various playlists but really good to revisit the whole album. Loved it.

A gorgeous, heartbreaking album that holds a lot of memories for me. Objectively it's probably not perfect but 5 stars nonetheless

I assumed this would get 5 stars but in the end was surprised and saddened to only give it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - the excellent songs remain excellent but the weaker ones weaker than I recall. Tom.

One of my favourites

Ohh yeah this was a bit of me. Really struggled with whether to give this 4 or 5 stars just because I'm hesitant to 5 star things I've only listened to once, but I see this growing into a real favorite for me. I love "over-indulgent" passion projects, I love genre salad, I love 14 minute long album closers, and I loooove dorky space psychedelia. Title track is an all timer.

Really hard to rate this one after a couple of listens. Feels like an album that will definitely grow on me over time. Love the sound on here. The electronic vibe really work on certain songs. Come Together and Electricity were the two stand out songs for me. However I do think there are a few filler songs too. Trim a few off this and it would be getting a higher rating

A tentative 4. I was only able to listen to this once yesterday, but it seems like an album worth repeated listens.

I forget about Spiritualized and then it’s like, yeah, this is really nice. This is my reminder to listen to more Spiritualized.

I knew about this album but never listened. I love a lot of it. Some of it, not so much. Some trimming could’ve gotten it a 5.

I can't listen to much of this

One of my all time favourites and album I was glued to in 1998. First listen for a while, appreciated the lyrics and themes much more nearly 30 years later. Highly emotional music charged with more energy than any other album I can remember from the 90s. Brilliant.

instrumentation is great, but they certainly didn't put time into anything else.

Loved this album since it came out in the 90’s. A masterpiece.

This reminds me of some essays I wrote at university; 10% useful information and 90% filler BS, trying to make the required page limit. 1 star or F.

It's very elaborate and grandiose. There's much to celebrate among the ideas. Too long though. Oh, it's on my shelves. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ ★★★★☆ (7/10) Total reviewed : 267 Already owned : 62 Purchased : 15 To buy : 1 Nope :

The 2d Spiritualized album did not impress any more than "Lazer Guided Melodies." Not offensive, but also just bland noise that it not well done enough to be interesting.

2,3/5

Today I got some bad news about my old dog, he needs surgery and well he’s old so I worry about my buddy. I was glad to have this served up as today’s album because I find the music of Spiritualized to have a certain warmth to it. It’s spacey but they blend the rock with it so well that it grounds it and man does it work. It’s mournful yet comforting and what a cast of musicians and producers they brought in for this, what a beautiful result. Cool Waves made me want to cry a bit. I’m glad I got served this album today. Music really can help sometimes. I’m confident my dog will be ok. 5 stars

muy cool, re chimba las vibras, pero un roce largos los temas, al final y no me gustó muy chill, más bien aburridito

Depressing

Meh, just kind of there

Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space sounds lush, but drifts too long without strong variation or momentum.

Certainly weird. Not bad at all. And definitely interesting.

At first I had no idea what this was going to be like, and then the first song played, and I know I've listened to this countless of times without realizing the artist. The rest of the album is mellow and easy going.

A really surprising listen, tonnes of influences from other artists and songs. This whole album feels like one big trip and journey, it gets really crazy towards the end, I need a few more listens to understand it better.. Their cover of come together is probably the most original one I've ever heard, how they split out the verses and choruses is really creative. All in all a great listen but nothing that blows me away, solid middle of the road.

A fine easy listening album that I enjoyed walking at night to. Couldn't hear parts of the album too well but it was overall fine.

It took me a few days to listen to this. It just didn't grab me, at first. That's a shame because there's some very good music in here. The emotional content comes very slowly but it is varied and interesting. It's a very slow-burn album. It does, however, remind me a little bit of Sigur Ros, which is a positive comparison for me. It's affecting. Anyway, by the end of it, I liked it. But I don't think I'll listen again. So 3/5? I guess?

This album is great. It’s super airy and ethereal. It’s got tons of variety and most importantly is has stellar psychedelic elements throughout including a fever nightmare called “no god only religion”. This album just has so much going on for it. It wasn’t perfect, it’s alittle too airy and slow for me at moments, but as a whole I was totally won over and I hope to hear more from them either in this list or just in the future.

This was fine, but a lot of it didn't work well for me. There was some cool layering of different elements, but I felt that a lot of songs were on the weaker side, unfortunately. I can see myself revisiting this album and liking it more, but for now it's not going to get a great grade. Favorite track: "Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in space"

It has its moments. Didn't hate it, didn't love it.

Nice psychadelic rock! No song grabbed me instantly though but I might to listen to thr album a few more times

I will say, this was significantly better than their other album on this list. I still didn’t love it, but it had some real highlights. The title track and “Broken Heart” were phenomenal, and there were parts of “Cop Shoot Cop…” that I liked a lot, though it really lost me during the middle portion. The rest of the album was alright. Nothing offensive, but nothing I particularly want to revisit either.

New listen-entertaining

Jason Pierce always intrigues.

I grew into this. I’m not sure “space rock” is a genre, but this was very listenable

So after a number of previous attempts I finally get this album. Thoroughly enjoyed the post modern blues rock feel to the whole thing. Docked a star though for being overly self-indulgent towards the end. A full fat 4*

Some of these songs are really good. The first one got on my nerves but the rest of the record started to settle in. I might listen again to hear the songs that I liked. I probably would not get a physical copy. This one is just all over the place. The structured songs are great,I just feel like there’s too much filler. It’s like going to a restaurant that has several cuisine options. It feels like there’s no identity. I’ll put it slightly better than The Black Album.

Not for me

1997. Interesting sampling and soundscape of space. Calm and fun. English psych rock.

I can’t breathe!!!!!

Sonically part of the trippy post Britpop hangover of ‘97 and also typical of the CD noise wars. I hear some influence on later Blur and some Mogwai like drones but also quite an unbalanced track sequence for such a varied listening experience. No intention to return unfortunately.

What a pleasant surprise! Never heard of the band or album and now I want to hear more. Deep, atmospheric, complex rock with great production and clever lyrics. Great find!

Wasn’t too bad of a listen and that’s about all I got for this one

Wow, exactly what an album should be. Moments that are insane and loud and off the rails, and then very tender and soft portions, too. Love the name, as well.

Enjoyed this a lot think I have found a Genre I really enjoy.

I really dig Spiritualized! This is the second album of theirs on the list and I think they deserve it. They made a new sound (building on work in Spaceman 3) and they influenced a bunch of other bands. Such a full sound with really interesting compositions. His voice is fine. Nothing special, but never annoying. If I could offer one improvement, I'd make "Come Together" either the first or last song. Everything else vibes and goes together really well and this sort of jams and messes up the flow. It's a fine enough song. Just don't like the placement. It could use a tiny bit of editing. 1:10 is a touch too long. There are a couple of songs that could stand to lose 30 seconds. "I Think I'm in Love" "The Individual" and the end of "No God Only Religion" could use some whittling. Overall this is a 4 album that more people should hear.

Interesting... I mean they really went all out. I will say I'm glad to have listened to this, like this is truly out there. First track is really awesome, the rest didn't stick out.

No destaco ninguna canción

Had me in the beginning, then lost me, then had me again, then lost me again.

Meh, its not the great thing

Simply just an amazing set of tracks. Solid 5 Stars.

I’m at a 10. Believe me, I’m just as surprised. When we last got our lead singer here, it was for Spacemen 3’s “Playing With Fire”, and that was an album that I gave a 2.5 bumped up to a 3. This is so, so far sonically removed from that album that I can hardly believe this album & its vision came from that band’s ashes, yet somehow, I also don’t find it extremely surprising. For as flawed as “Playing With Fire” is in terms of its execution, its strength comes in managing to find places for the soundscape to settle & find sweet spots for the listener’s ears, even in its most awkward moments. If you take their ability to find those sweet spots & use it on actually sweet, forceful & emotionally driven soundscapes that actually resemble traditional music, then you get an entire album of sweet spots, somehow rooted in the same ever-present chaos that bands like Can used on “Tago Mago”, along with the serenity they found on “Future Days”, yet blended with the shoegaze-y nature of “Playing With Fire”. It also helps that there’s a loose narrative here around the perils of drug addiction, how it acts as a black hole on your life that gets everyone in its orbit sucked into your troubles & trauma, and how even when you try to make genuine efforts to clean up & get yourself out of it, that black hole will come back to haunt you. Practically every track here is either based around the enjoyment of taking drugs, trying to kick the habit, having to deal with the consequences of it on one’s relationship, finding the mental clarity to free yourself from it long enough to get the people you care about out of its orbit, or in the case of “Cop Shoot Cop…”, being dragged back into that hell, feeling the consequences of it, and being too emotionally drained to recognize there’s no hope left. This album enhances the little things that build up, puts them under a microscope, and makes them feel monumental because of it. I’d love to gush more & more about the instrumentation here, the brilliance of the pacing & how it tries to emulate the adrenaline rush of shooting some heroin into your system along with the cooldowns that follow once the high wears off, the great punch to the bass & percussion that ties the whole thing’s energy together, the serenity of the orchestra & choir & the horror of the overdriven guitar & the distorted flutes… but it’s just an album that deserves to be heard to capture the full extent of the constant emotional whiplash present here. It is brilliantly performed, especially with headphones in, & for 1997, the mixing job is just remarkable. In closing, I’m just blown away. There are some nitpicks I’d have here & there throughout this album, but they barely affect the visceral nature of the production. It feels like listening to a grand tragedy play out in real time, and for as cheesy as it sounds, I feel like I’m floating in space after having heard it. It’s a 10.

I had previously never heard of this band but it was an awesome listen. Had spots that reminded me of Radiohead. Spots that sounded like Geese. I would pick this up.

This is directly up my alley. Somehow I've never listened to it before. Love the horns in come together. Very pleasant listen overall. Doesn't stick with me like a 5 star album, but easy 4 stars, like it a lot.

Not too shabby

This was a lovely discovery, exactly why I started this project in the first place! I thoroughly enjoyed every track, would definitely give another listen.

Fumoso, astratto e un po' noioso

I had no clue what to expect but this was a really good listen. A really good experience only ruined by the screechiness of some songs. Unfortunately these experimental albums seem to love making one song sound like ass, otherwise it would have been a 5

The title song was decent, the rest was meh.

Some good songs but nothing stand-out

C’est le genre album double où plus t’avance, plus que tu te rend compte qu’ils savaient plus quoi mettre pour remplir le disque. Ça s’appelle prendre des decisions, GUYS!

Kind of easy and safe ethereal music that is more about giving a vague sense of spirituality than creating great music. These sounds more like soundscapes and emotional tones than a band with distinct tracks and singles.

This is the type of album I was hoping for when starting this journey through music. Something I think is pretty unique that I can’t name several other albums off the top of my head that do the same thing and is pretty well-deserving of recognition as one of 1001

Boring, meandering, and derivative. Attempts to use callback melodies/lyrics to far superior songs, which cheapens the album even further. Hard pass

It feels like listening to "tech-old songs" relaxing and perfect for afternoon listening.

This is a very nice to listen to album. I don't think there were any songs that truly took me out, but the whole sound of it is very good and enjoyable. The last song was however very long and not always enjoyable. Still, giving it a 4 for the rest of the album.

Utter tosh. 17 minutes length for final song. Fuck off

Please bob dylan spare me. Really not my thing and if you bring out that harmonica one more time so help me

I really enjoy the textures and tones on this album. No tracks jumped out at me, so it a fairly balanced album. Over all I didn't love it and I didn't hate it.

A 4 and a half that’s closer to a 5 than a 4. Class

Superb

Immersive and hazy

Some great parts but some filler. It got better as it went on

I always thought I didn't like Spiritualized but that was great

Great production with uhhhhhh ummmmmm uhhhhhh nothing else noteworthy

Hmm, this should have been better.

DNF Switched to BBC Radio 6 instead.

This one was hard to rate. Some of the songs are enjoyable. Some are fine... until about halfway through when they just become a noise generator (The Individual). Some of the songs I really just didn't like at all (Cool Waves). This album also has one of the longest songs I've run into (17:01) and it's not bad.

Didn't do much for me.

Is this the Gorillaz? Has a very Gorillaz vibe to it. This might be an inspiration for the Gorillaz. 6/10

Some really cool moments but overall not for me

I was sorely disappointed with everything after the title track

I have alot of the same thing to say about this one as their first record. Itz fine. Its really fine but I just do not care at all about it. Its just not my cup of tea at all. I would call it boring but that the wrong word for it cause things do happen and it moves and changes well enough. It just zigs when I want it to zag. It just doesnt do anything that would appeal to me. It is an improvement over their first but when its already a thing I dont like its not a big change. Too spacey. Too relaxed. Too wrong for my tastes.

too indie

I thought it started off okay but kinda went off the rails about half way through.,

I don't know how to feel about this. It's very rich and interesting but is a bit harsh on the ears at times. Very mixed feelings between 3 and 4. Broken Heart is a beautiful track.

I liked the production and arrangements but too much of the album sounded unremarkable

This album rules and was a perfect thing to set as your facebook status in 2007 to let everyone know you liked indie music. And you know what? I still do. Five stars. Favorite track: I Think I'm in Love.

Kinda boring but the first track is a ripper

3/5

A really excellent example of what it is. Interesting but not pleasant 3.6

Not particularly great or innovative, but not bad either

The first track set my hopes high for this to be some quirky, spacey, ethereal album but then it just kinda turned into a rock album with some gimmicky effects. Some interesting moments but not enough to warrant being longer than an hour

Feels like I’m floating in space. Amazing transition between songs 2-3. And 6-7🫴🫳 And I guess more of them than I’m going to liste but odd how it’s not all of them… The lowest possible 3 you could imagine.

Interesting sound.

Was a solid four before the last song. I ain’t listening to all that. Happy for u tho, or sorry that happened

Was listening while grocery shopping and not a single song made any sort of impression so womp womppp

I expected to like this a lot more than I did

The answer to Jimmy's question is a resounding no

I saw them open for Radiohead in 1998 without having heard of them before. It didn’t do much for me then, so this is the first time actually listening to an album from them. But it still didn’t do anything for me, lol.

Cool, this album. I'm somewhat familiar with Spiritualized. This is space rock, if I'm not mistaken. Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space is most notable to me for marking a rift in the 1001 Albums books. This is the last album before the editions of the book start to differ from one another. The entry right after this one is the Dandy Warhols' album, which was removed from either the 2010 or 2011 edition of the book (I don't have a copy of the 2010 revision, but I can confirm that it's absent from the 2011 update). I possess this information because I've cut down my PDF copies of the later revisions to include just the new albums. Anyways, I'm keen to give this album a listen. Great album name, fantastic package design. The prescription medicine idea for the album cover is a pretty inspired choice. Injecting music into my system is pretty hardcore, though I like to think that the decision is a statement on the healing quality that music can have. Again, no clue why I possess this information given that I haven't heard a lick of the album, but here we go. Yup. Certainly space rock, though I'm feeling a bit of a Britpop sound too if my genre-detecting impulses aren't completely out of wack. "Fuzzy" is the word I'd use to describe this album. This is definitely within my sphere of interest, though the signal was jammed somewhere along the way and now the music fails to connect with me. I like the music aesthetically and there are some occasional moments of excellence (particularly in the strings and brass), but everything else is kind of a sludgy mess. The warm guitars which hang over and engulf these tracks severely undercut the fidelity and depth that these tracks would otherwise have, leaving many of the songs sounding airheaded and misty. There's also the question of how lengthy the runtime is, though the failings of the album are more disappointing than they are frustrating, so I didn't have too much trouble sitting through this one. It's a bitter pill to swallow, but it thankfully goes down smooth. Book time. It talks about the sweet packaging. "Album of the decade" to many critics, though that's about it. Wikipedia says this album was a critical slam dunk and has received enduring acclaim. Sure. Space rock has always been an interesting genre to me, and this appears to be one of the more acclaimed releases from the genre. I cosign this inclusion.

Pretty ambitious album. Really enjoyed it.

Before we start, may I just say the title of this album is fantastic! Gives hitchhikers guide to the galaxy vibes. The title track was not what I was expecting, but I was not disappointed. It brought to mind the image of a slow dance at a wedding in a sci fi movie. Bringing in “Can’t help falling in love” at the end was surprising, but fit well. I was not expecting Come Together to be as heavy as it was. The instrumental was heavier, but the vocals still remained melodic and almost trance-like. I think I’m in love was solid the whole way through! An enjoyable track that didn’t ever feel its length. All my Thoughts was this pretty, meandering ballad until it wasn’t! The cacophony of music just worked for me, and then going back to the slower pace at the end, beautiful. Stay with me was so satisfying musically. That bended note on the guitar, and building up to more powerful instruments at the end. Electricity was a much needed pace change at this point in the album. For lack of a better word, I had fun with it! The Individual was weird, but eh, what’s a good album without an instrumental track that makes you wonder if you’ll still have ears after. Broken heart truly captured the feeling it was trying to convey. Loved the strings. No God only religion also has a great name! It’s a cool track too. Cool waves was so relaxing, I couldn’t help but enjoy it. Cop shoot cop was aight, but I honestly think Cool Waves would’ve been a better closer. Screw it, 5/5 ⭐️, I loved this. 44/1089

Loud and brash at times and then a contrasting emptiness. Feels like Pink Floyd pre-DSOTM and Britpop had a baby.

I couldnt decide if i liked this as much as i thought i would before it started, but it was certainly more than i did when the first proper song started and i couldnt hear anything and had no idea what was going on. Really liked the vibes of some songs but couldn't for the life of me tell you which ones.

Yeah, cool. Big fan. I found the back third, from Broken Heart onwards, to be quite affecting.

good riddance to the 70s this was great! never heard any of these songs before and also very interested in the 90s britpop lore that inspired it. definitely on the longer side but I got so on board for the journey of this album and how ambitious it was. there’s a lot going on but I enjoyed it (edit to add I’m not sure if I needed a 17 minute song at the end but it wasn’t unpleasant to listen to)

I quite like a lot of this and then find a lot of it not quite there. Let’s look at the pros: - I love both the shoe gaze and bluesy elements PLUS the classical elements. More modern rock should have wailing harmonica tracks OR white noise and feedback OR orchestras - when it’s mellow, I’m very zen! - when it’s loud, I’m along for the ride! - sometimes it just becomes very pretty! However, cons: - the man’s voice doesn’t inspire me. Sorry to that man. - the fluctuation between these two genres doesn’t quite hit right for me all the time. There’s better shoegaze and there’s better blues and certainly better classical and you’re not doing a good enough job blending them into something unique in order for me to feel like I couldn’t be listening to someone else do either of them better. I enjoyed my time here, I think. I won’t be back for a while.

3.5

This was real good up until the last track. 17 minutes of mostly noise was not my jam.

4/5

Noisy and repetitive. I can see what they're trying to do with the juxtaposition of the quieter moments but I don't think the payoff was worthwhile. There was also a terrible noise rock track thrown in for good measure. Cool Waves was the only song I enjoyed, but not enough to add to the playlist.

Pretty good but too weird for my taste, 2 stars

Can’t articulate exactly why, but this feels like a 4 to me.

Som psicodélico num disco viajante!

Not my fave but fun

title track and broken heart… BEAUTIFUL, but some tracks were chaotic. maybe that’s the point. will have to relisten. the last song was so long??

Just like the first one I got from these guys...snooze fest imo. Sure there's some pretty music but the songs always go nowhere. Cohesive I guess but just sooo fuckin meh. 17 mins of noise crap for the final track gets this dangerously close to one star territory.

Not really my taste in music, but had some elements I enjoyed.

yeah

Really interesting listen! I love the soundscapes used in this album, really noisy and echoey, but it did drag on a bit. Also, it was not very memorable for me, so for that I will give it a 9/10.

I wish I could like this album as much as I probably do. Like an art rock shoegaze album should kinda be the sorta thing I’d LOVE, but this sadly doesn’t hit the spot fully. I enjoyed listening to this, but nothing more then surface level stuff interest. Feels like every song has like ONE element from being great.

One of the things I've learnt from this list is that I really appreciate albums that have a lot of variance throughout. This is not that at all, and not much really does it for me. That last song was super painful, too. Seventeen minutes of basically nothing after lots of nothing. Boring, not bad.

It insists upon itself.

I dig it, but it's kind of like of The Flaming Lips only did the jam parts.

Me gustó mucho! Pero algunas canciones no son mi estilo

“I think I’m in Love” is a good song, the false stop-and-start a tickle, with a shape that feels more fitted to the song than the baggy forms worn by most of the album. “Cop Shoot Cop…” brings the cacophony the guitars have been posturing towards for most of the album, the trumpets raising it to glory. “Come Together” eventually hooked me, achieving the slippery Stooges riff they spend a few other songs reaching towards. Those three songs would be enough for a classy short album. Overall, this is a record of grand gestures mostly not rich and textured enough to succeed as psychedelic noise - listen to the Boredom’s masterpiece “Vision Creation Newsun” instead - nor sufficiently tuneful to meet its pop ambitions - most obviously they aim for the Velvet Underground. Much like Primal Scream, they throw a choir and a cathedral onto the tape and assume they stick. I still enjoyed this more than I did when it came out; this may have been the first CD I gave away, annoyed with the hype and too restless to have much truck with its languor. It’s an ok experience, something felt comes through the sensation of being expensively incomplete.

A bit miserly on the rating, but reflecting the general impression when I first heard it - opening and closing tracks are incredible, "I Think I'm In Love" is a masterpiece, the rest sounds like good Spiritualized, if well-established on their excellent prior two albums. Onto the ramblings: - remember the brief period when everybody was an armchair expert on philosophy having read "Sophie's World"? Bonus point if you also made it through Alain de Botton's "The Consolations of Philosophy" - timely callback to last week's John Prine record - probably my favorite of the "Come Together"s; not a hotly-fought contest - I was fortunate to be friendly with the record label and one of the producers, so had a pre-release tape with the Elvis version of the title track before it had to be re-edited; would blow my college mates' minds at the time, now it's the standard streaming version! It's probably the better one, but I prefer the hasty re-record for historical accuracy - had the CD/pill blister pack release, of course. Should have kept it unopened ($250+ now!). I remember this being a bit of a "Blue Monday" scenario regarding the packaging cost - saw them live in NYC that summer (a difficult blag); I think Dr John was with them that night - “Spiritualized is used to treat the heart and soul”

Pretty vibey. I actually enjoyed quite a bit but can get repetitive

Big fan, I love the vibes. 17 minute song goes crazy btw

I really liked this one. Spacey and a little bit of psychedelic showcase with a touch of Brit pop.

Meh, don’t bother coming back.

I really played the crap out of this when it came out and I don't revisit it enough these days. They have always been a band where you have to listen to the whole album - I forget which one, but the CD for one of the early albums grouped songs together as one long track, so it only had 4 tracks for 12 songs. I've tended to listen to their last 4 albums more in recent years, but need to rectify that.

I like the concept and the vibes of the record but there are not many melodies to get hooked on. It's very much all over the place with the ambience. That said this is a good candidate for a "headphones" album.

2.5. Too long and some noisier bits that weren't for me.

2 out of 5. The music is ok, got more interested in the packaging after reading more about it.

kind of cool, overindulgent, i can imagine recommending this to someone but it's pretty "whatever" for me

Felt like it went nowhere, tracks went on for too long, the music is boring and unimpactful and the album itself is way too long.

Good movie soundtrack

That first song is an excellent intro, but it never gets better from there. The rest of the songs just kind of float by. Favorite Songs Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space

Fun!

My god that last song is 16 minutes long

Enjoyable. Listened to it twice.

I listened to it and I remember nothing.

Boring

I think the first track is overrated but the rest of the album is filled with bangers.

Just noise

Incredible, amazing, never been done before. Would be great for a road trip or a deep clean while deep thinking.

I enjoyed this a lot more than the 1992 album from this band, which popped up a few months ago. It's still a bit like Manchester indie pop crossed with prog rock, but last time I said it was like the dullest bits of each genre. Here, they seem to have hit their stride and I was much more engaged. I'm also still puzzled why I don't remember this band at all 🤷🏻‍♀️

This really thinks it's something. It doesn't want to say it, though.

Please wake me up before the album ends

As soon as this was done I put on Atom Heart Mother and kept the vibe going. Anyone who rated this less than a four needs to take an edible and put on some good headphones.

Admittedly, I was a bit worried going into this one since my last shoegaze assignment (loveless) ended up being less enjoyable than I anticipated, but actually liked LAGWAFIS a lot! First off, I wasn't at all surprised to find out that the two albums shared an engineer in Darren Allison – they both have a blurry, foggy mixing style that obscures key musical elements (though the ways each album goes about that are a little different). I guess the reason that approach works for me on this particular project is that there's a narrative reason for it – it's trying to evoke feelings of heartbreak, spiritual longing and drug addiction/withdrawal through that "spacey" sound. It provides an extra layer of immersion that wouldn't have been possible through a cleaner mix. I love an album that gives me a lot to chew on if I want to come back to it in the future and that's definitely the case here! While I didn't think it was absolutely perfect on my first listen, I'll be more than happy to put it on again. If I ever happen to spot it at a record store, choosing to buy a copy will probably be the easiest decision of my day! Highlights: Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space, Come Together, All of My Thoughts, Electricity, Home of the Brave, The Individual, Broken Heart, No God Only Religion, Cop Shoot Cop...

My first 5!!! The production and everything is spectacular. I’ve never heard of this band or this album, but will definitely be added to the rotation. Favorites: Broken heart Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space

Not a fan, very monotone and drab

01) Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (I Can't Help Falling in Love) - 7,5 02) Come Together - 7,5 03) I Think I'm in Love - 8,5 04) All of My Thoughts - 7,5 05) Stay with Me - 8,0 06) Electricity - 8,0 07) Home of the Brave - 6,5 08) The Individual - 6,0 09) Broken Heart - 6,5 10) No God Only Religion - 6,0 11) Cool Waves - 7,5 12) Cop Shoot Cop… - 5,0 TOTAL: 7,04 (70/100) Current ranking: 451/799

I didn’t like this quite as much as I thought I might, though it was still very good. I think I was expecting something more along the lines of Tangerine Dream (more evocative of a “floating in space” kind of feeling). This was more diverse and more experimental than I anticipated, and I was surprised how many tracks had vocals (almost all of them). I’ll probably revisit this! Favorites: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, Broken Heart, Cool Waves 3.5

Man, does this album go all over the place. There's great stuff here and there's junk. Starting off with the title track, you hear a bit of a "Fools Rush In" sample, but then there's just people takling over each other. Two competing vocals talking at the same time will never be interesting and quirky, its just annoying. Come Together had an interesting story, but was mostly monotonous and dull. At this point I was worried this was going to be a slog. Then you get to I Think I'm In Love which was really nice, had great guitar work. And then it drops down to the basement with All Of My Thoughts, which has weird parts where they just pump noise through the speakers. The rest of the album continues this mix of good and bad. Hard to pin down a final score, averaging the song scores would probably give just south of a 3, but the duds really do drag it down, so I'll stick with a 2. Best song: I Think I'm In Love

A couple of highs to start the album off, then a long period that doesn't really hit the same, then it picks back up with the last few tracks It offers a nice dream, in parts

I had no idea what to expect with this one. Very ethereal. Not my shit tho, I find it really boring. Fav song is ‘Cop Shoot Cop…’.

Even better on drugs.

I bought this when it came out along with OK Computer It’s fair to say the other album has had more plays over the intervening years! It’s intriguing as I always thought the reviews were much better than the product, but on revisiting it I like it much more now than back then, go figure!

I've spent a lot of time with this album over the years, and I still haven't formed a firm opinion of it. Sometimes, it feels like the excess is a sleight-of-hand disguising mediocre songwriting. More often, the scope and grandeur sweep me away. It is a perfect stress test of the Picasso quote, "Good artists copy; great artists steal." Is Jason Pierce copying and hiding it under layers of unnecessary sound? Or is he stealing and making it his glorious own? Either way, "Broken Heart" is always perfect. There are days when I'd give this three stars, and days when I'd give it four, maybe even five. Today was a three-star listen, but my three-star listens never seem to dissuade me from revisiting it regularly, so I'll go with four. I recommend listening with patience, dedication, and good headphones.

Not what I expected from the 60’s with that name, fairly decent

Ok 90’s alt rock

Fell asleep on this one. Not horrible, just didn’t grab me.

Super interesting listen. Quite a variety of sounds. Worth a revisit.

Too many of the songs devolved into dissonant noise

Wasn't familiar with "space rock" but yeah it's pretty damn good.

pretty good

..

I loved the beginning but by the end was kinda like… this is still going on?

Rock, but at least it has its own atmosphere and mood.

lOok aT uS wE dOn'T juST mAKE mUSIc wE mAKe aRt

I’ve never done drugs… but this made me feel like I have

A whole lot of nothing in particular.

J'ai pas vraiment embarqué, ça pourrait être un 4 étoiles mais jensuis vraiment tanné des tounes de 17 minutes de bruit (cop shoot cops). On l'a vu précédemment aussi avec une toune finale des albums de Velvet Underground. Peut-être que je vais y revenir parce que j'aime bien le brit rock de cette époque et je suis content de découvrir autre chose que Oasis. Mais dans le style j'ai préféré The Verve (l'ex-femme du frontman aussi apparemment)

Come on, come together! Toujours planant

One of those that could have been tighter if it was shorter.

Man... When I hear "space rock" I'm looking forward to hearing something something like Hawkwind, F/i, or US Christmas. While this OCCASIONALLY works in a few similar elements, it is most assuredly NOT space rock. This is mostly pretty boring. Not only that but it's pretentious as hell, attempting to blend genres and incorporate instrumentation and vocals that just don't fit. This feels like an idea that was never fully fleshed out, and never properly edited down.

If I could give this negative stars I would

I liked it!

OOOOhhh that is awful !

1/8/26. Have listened to this album in the past, and still sounds great. One of the more unique albums as it challenges me to stay in the moment and enjoy the soundscapes instead of looking for progression. May have been responsible for getting me into experimental music.

You have to be wired yourself to listen to this record straight through. I suspect that this record was included because it was a left field extension of the shoegaze scene without the haze and more ambient electronic sounds combined with the multi-layer production and effects. The difficulty for me is that it comes off as a little sterile and made for headphones. And those wearing the headphones would never leave there homes. I think the term space rock is a little generalized for this music. It’s certainly not remotely similar to Hawkwind. The lyrical experience is interesting but having them embedded in the layers also removes some of the emotional elements and results in a standoff between listener and band. Spiritualized puts the burden on the listener to connect with the music rather than the band trying to give the listener entre into the music. You have to make an effort to connect to this album. The real question then is there a rewarding payoff for that effort? Unfortunately, the answer to that question is no. 3/5

Solide 3.5

The album is so good for getting high

Not as awful as I expected, but still not something I’d ever want to listen to again.

3/1001 I know this album by heart, my favourite tune is "Think I'm In Love" 5/5

It’s not often that I come across an album that I’ve never heard of before. This was one of those. Interesting. Chill.

This band SUCKS, no other way to say it. This is their second unjustified entry into the T1001. WTF? Boring, lame, musically limited, weak vocals, tame percussion, no hits, no impact ever in the US. This is yet another British turdburger we're served up and don't understand cause we're not from Manchester, the only place this made it on the radio. No More Spiritualized. You're wrong, I could die tomorrow having never listened to either of their shite albums you included on this list. 1 star.

I like the overall vibe and the instrumentals and the long form few lyrics songs, only complaint is the last song felt a little unnecessary

Average to good music

Vet inte om jag ska höra det som toe-gazing indie, eller som ambient med vocals. Eventuuellt borde de bestämma sig. Vad vet jag. En trea

They were clearly going for something spacey and shoegazey, and there were only a couple moments where they kind of succeeded. Everything else just felt like a complete lack of substance that I doubt I would be able to enjoy even if I was tripping balls

I have a lot and nothing to say about this one. There were songs that I liked and songs that were truly awful - 'The Individual' being one of them. Many of the tracks felt like a wannabe movie fight/police chase scene just lacking dimension and direction with too many elements chucked in together so that none can be appreciated individually. However, there were some parts that I found listenable like 'Cool Waves' where I think that the instruments can be properly differentiated and are utilised effectively. Doubt I will ever come back to this.

Did not finish it but I liked some songs. Incredible album name

Absolutely genius that does not diminish.

I could get some serious work done to this album

The sort of album that is the problem with generating 1001 albums

Première vraie belle découverte de ce generator, merci ! Morceau notable : Electricity

Truly awful lyrics.

All the songs feel pointless in a way. Literally a fever dream personified.

i have never heard of this band or album so i honestly have no idea what to expect. sounded like weird electronic covers of songs that already existed

This was pretty terrible. Sounds like a car crash. A really bad one where people die. Everybody is sad. It’s not even a cool one where the car flies off a cliff. Or the car gets hit trying to beat the train across the tracks. No. It’s more like sme idiot hits mailbox and flew out the window, landing on his face. Nothing cool about that.

Сумашедшее дерьмо

Listened to this pretty passively because I've tried it before and didn't really think it was for me, but I feel like it had moments were it was pretty cool. The finale song was really epic. But yeah kinda too cookie cutter indie rock for me I think? Like I'd rather listen to Age of Adz. This just feels very self important in an off putting way.

if you give this album anything less than 5 stars your taste in music is suspect.

“Though I have a broken dream I’m too busy to be dreaming of you There’s a lot of things that I gotta do Lord, I have a broken dream” A really nice surprise this one. I’d heard the album mentioned in passing but it was not firmly on my radar. It feels like an amalgamation of a lot of the sounds coming out of British rock music at the time. The vocal delivery is at times very Britpop but has shades of Madchester on the slower chilled out tracks where the echo and reverb are employed. The structure of the tracks is in places more experimental but there are also some traditional ABAB type songs in here. The music becomes more chaotic as the album goes on and there are places where it is almost in free time with the horns doing their own thing over the top of the rest of the mix. We are occasionally treated to backing vocals from a choir which adds a warmth and depth to the songs where they feature. The strings on “Broken Heart” are wonderful and the lyrics devastating. The closing “Cop Shoot Cop…” is a 16-minute epic which exchanges bluesy guitar and piano-led choruses and verses with loud distorted guitar based interludes. The interludes crescendo around the middle of the track and you can hear audible strain in the bass playing before the band brings everything back to the main theme to finish. A really interesting psychedelic experimental rock album which brings together a lot of influences very well.

Amazing

It's a solid dream pop outing for the former half of Spaceman 3.

Ok this is so beautiful

Reminded me of the gorillaz. Good enough to save

I’m somewhere between a 2 and 3. Didn’t mind it and kinda liked the modern psychedelic elements. But droned on after awhile. Got arcade fire vibes which isn’t necessarily a good indicator for me

there are so many ideas here and so many land solidly. it's kind of like an epic or like an ouvre of work rather than an album but overall I enjoyed it a lot

Spiritualized: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space Jason Pierce’s 1997 magnum opus is less of an album and more of a spiritual exorcism. After multiple deep listens, it’s clear that the LP’s greatest strength lies in its ability to bridge the gap between clinical coldness and raw, human vulnerability. Pierce explores the dizzying highs of devotion and the crushing lows of heartbreak with a production style that feels both cavernous and intimate. The "gloomy" wall-of-sound production acts as a psychedelic vessel, carrying the listener through a landscape of gospel choirs and distorted brass that reaches deep into the listener's psyche. The lyrics are startlingly conscious, stripping away ego to reveal the physiological toll of longing. However, the album’s grandiosity is a double-edged sword; its massive runtime occasionally slips from "immersive" into "indulgent." There are stretches where the momentum stalls, leaving the listener adrift in a vacuum that feels slightly hollow. Yet, even with these moments of fatigue, the album remains a towering achievement in emotional honesty. My favourite track that I kept coming back to was the title track, Ladies and Gentlemen we're floating in space and Cool Waves

9/10 Favourite: I Think I'm In Love Least Favourite: The Individual

Lush instrumentals, vocals are a little hit or miss. But really enjoyed it overall

A lot is happening and yet not much is happening. This guy's vocals are pretty humdrum and sometimes it feels like he's singing about nothing. But the music is interesting and changes often, sometimes in a chaotic and weirdly overlapping way, but I'm not mad about it. 3.5/5

Har inte lyssnat klart än, men 4:an är garanterad. Går från uptempo till mjuka ballader till space rock och distade ljudlandskap. En resa från start till mål. Broken heart är helt magnifik.

The battles with and highs associated with addiction challenging but with beauty. A record on regular rotation.

Correcto

This was chill. I’m surprised I’d never heard of them before. I enjoyed it. I’d reach for it again. Nothing really jumped out at me during the listen. I think I was just more taken that I’d never come across it despite the similarities to the likes of blur and other artists I listen to from similar genre/era/region. Didn’t set the world on fire. 6.3/10

Wow. What a remarkable album. My experiences with the works of Jason Pierce have only gotten stronger over time. The Spacemen 3 album I got in February? Didn't care for it. Had some good parts, but also some parts that I didn't like very much. Lazer Guided Melodies from July? Significant improvement. I enjoyed that one quite a bit. But this? This is reaching full-on masterpiece territory. Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space is the kind of album that shouldn't seem feasible, and yet it somehow exists for us to listen to. It's a very ambitious album for sure, but those ambitions paid off in spades, because this album is excellent. The atmosphere is a bit noisy, but it's also ethereal and oh so interesting. I will admit that some moments aren't the kind of thing I'll go back to frequently, but this is one of those albums where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This is one of those "complete artist statement" type of albums where the full experience is the priority. Of course, that doesn't mean that there aren't standout tracks. The opening title track sets the stage perfectly while also working as a work of art in its own right. "I Think I'm In Love" is super interesting and progresses in a very unique way over the course of the song. "Broken Heart" is, as the name suggests, quite sad. The orchestral parts that dominate the second half of the song just tug at your heartstrings. But as I said earlier, it's when you analyze the album at large when you really start to appreciate it more and more. The overarching themes of heartbreak and drug addiction work together to create a compelling narrative the likes of which are hard to find in albums. Despite the space-rock atmosphere, the core of the album is very much so a human one, which allows the themes to effectively resonate with the listened. I don't know what else to say. Over the course of 70+ minutes, Spiritualized managed to capture my attention with their introspective lyricism, varied musical concepts, and otherworldly atmosphere. This album is truly one of a kind. Light 5/5.

Speciellt, men inte alls dumt. I stycken värd mera.

One of the brilliant accidents of Brit Pop is that record companies threw money at indie and alternative projects like this. Choirs, strings, Dr John would have been unthinkable in the 80’s or now. Even the cd packaging was groundbreaking. Epic in scale and unified in concept. I’ve known this album since release but listening to it today I still find new facets.

Obviously the product of tremendous collaboration and effort, but some of these are truly exhausting songs. The individual pieces of them work, but those pieces essentially on loop at length for 70 minutes is a tedious listen. Some paring down would make this an outright bangerfest. Had some mid-late 1960s music stylings that I enjoyed. I may revisit.

Sort of torn on this one. On the one hand I love really pretentious fart sniffing post rock. It hasn’t come up yet but that Tortoise album is getting 5 stars. But then there’s also the annoying shitty sneering Brit pop aspect of it that just takes away from the bombast. I love the fucking audacity of the first song having an Elvis interpolation, the last song is a John Prine send up! But then songs like I Think I’m in Love just hang like a fart in the air. The singer doing an Oasis impression that goes on for 8 interminable minutes

Laser guided melodies is better in my humble opinion. But this is still up there.

This is gonna be a two. Never felt like it was a chore to listen to it, but also nothing really stood out.

Noisy and soaring and sinking and floating and screaming and laughing and tender and raw and that’s life! How have I never heard of this before now? Deep shame over that and lots of love for the thought and creativity and skill and chutzpah that forced this into being.

More innovative than most British albums on this list

There is a track midway through the album that sounds like an antelope being bonesawed alive on a late afternoon in the steppes. Shame, I tried to like this.

An interesting attempt but it is a bit of a swing and miss for me. 3/5.

Some of the songs were okay, all instrumental. One song just felt like screechy random noise - did not like.

Sounds like a slightly more alternative Sufjan Stevens, with some Lou Reed-esque vocals. The tracks are hit or miss for me. Highlights: "Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space" and "Cool Waves"

A spectacular album that feels timeless and has held up to many listens. It is heady, heavenly, yet feels grounded in its effects and simple themes, never going too far out of reach. It's one where you can really just sit back and go for the ride. That said, there is a lot of "sameness" from track to track, and I would say that it does start to drag toward the middle, unless you're under the influence. There are songs that I seek out from this album, but I rarely if ever listen to the whole thing. The closing track "Cop Shoot Cop..." remains one of my favorite songs ever, with the simple groove, biting lyrics, and slow burn to a psychedelic chaos of guitars and drums. "There's a hole in my arm where all the money goes...". The album really couldn't have ended with a better piece, and leaves you wanting more despite already having 17 mins of that song alone.

Wasn't bad until the 17 minute song that sounds like a middle school band trying to tune up.

tweede keer luisteren deed deugd... wel moedig om plaat te noemen naar en te beginnen met het slechtste nummer die op de plaat staat

Worst phish album ever!

Yeah, that was good album.

I wanted to like this more than I actually did. It felt overly long and rather repetitive. Oh well.

Previously rated: #465 - Lazer Guided Melodies (2/5) ********************************** Album #982 Damn, given all the impactful artists/bands with no albums on this list, we get a SECOND one from this band??? I don't get it, and I don't get enjoyment out of this. All that ethereal noise and the repetitiveness of it all just gets on my nerves. There was some cool sounding drumming in No God Only Religion, but it was drowned out by all that superfluous noise. Best track: Electricity. They probably wrote it as a parody, but I kind of liked it. It sounded like a Velvet Underground inspired track. All in all, it seems that this kind of music is made for critics, not for me. The last track, a 17-minute long overindulgent extravaganza, exemplifies this well. It makes me long for basic, straight-forward rock like Kiss.

Yeah I mean if you like music to listen to when you're high this is a pretty good listen, I really liked Broken Heart a lot and I think the mix of different instruments throughout kept me fairly engaged

Never heard of Space Rock before, but I like Space and I like Rock so I guess that makes me a fan. Absolutely loving the shoegaze-y tones on this record. Every guitar part sounds punchy and interesting, and the way they mix in some brass and string instruments to a few songs, really complements that wall of distortion being thrown at you. The record drags a bit in the middle, but starts and finishes very very strong. Favorites are the title track, Come Together, Broken Heart, and Cool Waves.

Best way to describe this album is expansive. Everything here is huge. I really like this album. The softer elements are really complemented by the use of orchestral instrumentation. Cop Shoot Cop… is a behemoth. Favorite songs were the title track, Come Together, I Think I’m In Love, Electricity, Broken Heart, and Cop Shoot Cop…

Very sprititual

Overall a spacy mix of viby music and a strong soundscape mixed with a good layout of songs and a non stale progression throughout the album. Overall a good album, not something i would pick up again but im definally not mad to have experienced it. I tend to dislike hour or longer albums because i find most artist dont have the range to hold my attention for long enhough during the album but this one was okay at that.

Super chille stoner en psychedelische rock. En het album is slechts 3 weken jonger dan ikzelf hahaha.

This album is very special. I liked the first few songs but halfway through I got kinda bored. "Electricity" picks up some steam again, but most of the momentum is soon lost during "the individual" which is just noise. "No God Only Religion" was very interesting again however, although a little too long for my taste Overall I'd give it 7. There are definitely songs I will come back to, but as an album it is far from perfect.

fucking lekkere chille vibes. Ik heb bij de helft echt geen idee wat de lyrics precies waren, maar t smolt allemaal lekker samen? Ik zou alleen the individual niet repeaten Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space ene Electricity zijn playlists ingegaan

First few songs feel like if Gorillaz went for a bit more King Crimson-esque route. Which is makes for a very cool and fun sound. Electricity starts with a more classic rock sound, pumping up the energy. But then through some very dissonant we end up in a slow and melancholic Broken Heart. Through a similar dissonance we are pulled back up again with no God only Religion. Not an album you will probably set up whenever, but when the mood strikes for it, it is an amazing trip.

Dear god make it stop

A very good album. Probably a five, but I think I need more time with it. Kind of reminds me of Sparklehorse if he had a larger 90s psychedelic band ala Brian Jonestown Massacre

I'd heard it before and had a brief period of listening to it, including one during a plane flight (the intro track is great to listen to after take off). A couple of the more noisy tracks prevent it from being an all-time great in my eyes, not because they're trash but because they denote too much from the vibe in my eyes. It's definitely a great album and worth a listen.

This album kinda sucked

Spiritualized is one of the major gifts from this project to me. This is the second album of theirs that I’ve listened to from the list. They were both super interesting. This one has some gorgeous tracks and some that are very challenging. I had never even heard of this band and now they rank very high. Cinematic. A feast for my ears. Apparently they are space rock? Far out.

Dark and layered music that needs more time spent with it.

I so wanted to categorize this as background, but it’s just too damn distracting! I found myself continually turning down the volume, until I finally just turned it off. It forces you to pay attention, be decisive. Fine! 2 Stars for successfully bugging the shit out of me!

Despite Spiritualized and Spacemen 3 having all the elements I typically enjoy in a band, their music ultimately falls flat for me. While their sound initially intrigues me, the lack of progression or depth leaves me feeling bored. It's like going on a journey that never really goes anywhere.

Gear: ZMF Bokeh Artwork: 💊🟦🖼️ Production: 🎧😘🤌 Music: 🧑‍🚀🚀🪐 Rating: 🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️(🛰️)/5

En klassiker. Bombastisk, psykadelisk gospelrock. Var viktig för mig på 90-talet, men numera föredrar jag de psykadeliska vaggvisorna på laser guided melodies

Pretty chill 3/5

Deserves even lower because of the album title.

Interestingly enough I’ve never heard of Spiritualized. I don’t think this album was really for me but I can appreciate the experimental alternative sound. I’d like to hear more of their discography.

definitely a vibe, but it just wasn't mine. slight chance I revisit someday though

3/5

I am coming to the conclusion that I love just about every British album I'm hearing from the 90's and early 2000's. I had never heard of Spiritualized before, but a cursory reading about them made me excited to see what I was in store for today. The album started off with what I felt was the best track, and it never really let up. There were musical surprises and interesting backing vocals throughout, and many of the songs took you on little journeys so you never knew where they'd end up. While I don't think this is a perfect album (maybe a bit too long), I loved all of the effort that was put into each track. Tomorrow will be album 200 for me. I wondered if I'd still be interested in this exercise by the time I got to this point, and the answer is a resounding yes. Albums like this are the reason I keep wanting to come back for more.

Cool. Can't say I was very familiar with "Ambient Rock" before this album. I can dig.

3.5 - Good

The good parts were good. The rest ranged from intolerable clusters of noise to boring and unenthusiastic vocals.

З альбомом в мене були якась love/hate динаміка, але з прослуховуваннями далі мені він в своїй більшості почав подобатись. Особливо в місцях де він не намагається бути аж занадто винахідливим, а скоріше працює як класний прог рок-альбом, який smells like british spirit. Come Together - хороший приклад такої пісні, один з головних хайлайтів для мене. Там де альбом тримає адекватну і більш-менш традиційну пісенну структуру - мені його приємно було слухати. Є хороші ліричні повільні пісні. Ще дуже неочікувано для мене тут в окремих піснях є госпел-інфʼюзд пісні чи окремі шматки і це дуже прикольно і стильно звучить. І гармошка, кайфовий інструмент, класно тут вписаний. Що мені не сподобалось в ньому так це намагання бути експериментально-прогресивним, наприклад як серединка Cop Shoot Cop до якої я буквально відчуваю роздратування кожен раз коли я до неї доходив. Оця типу фрі джаз какафонія з гітарою що джижчить на 3 хвилини - дуже зайве. Ще десь є пісня яка я подумав би що виконує якийсь Comet is Coming чи якийсь подібний джаз гурт. Мені це знову ж таки здалося зайвим і не найсильнішою стороною гурту. Можливо це в 97 році відчувалось як мозковибухач. На мене тут не працює. Більше пісень і менше музичних потоків без форми і я б міг би зрозуміти цю ретроспективну пітчфорк 10 (не читав критику, тіки на вікі оцінки побачив), а так гурт не до кінця на альбомі розкриває свої сильні сторони.

З одного боку цей альбом дуже британський, тут дуже і дуже сильно відчувається вплив бітлз, а десь навіть критики й порівнюють його з сержантом; а в якомусь сенсі відчувається вплив взагалі всієї психоделічної музики, мені, наприклад в останній 17-хвилинній пісні Cop Shoot Cop чується Can. Ну і загалом це все весело, приколи з губною гармошкою сильно нагадують те що потім 20 разів переюзали кінг гізард. Але все ще зловив себе на відчуті, що саме пісень мені тут не вистачає, хоч форма і цікава. Альбом досить часто для мене переходить в якийсь фоновий режим. З пісень найбільше подобаються Come Together і власне Cop Shoot Cop.

Terrible

Awesome

It's alright, like shoegaze but with a bit more going on. Just not enough to be memorable.

This is worse than I remember their other album being. It's kinda cheesy. Not very appealing. It's alright. Cop Shoot Cop pmo i don't mind noise but this is just genuinely unpleasant and feels artless and needless

Holy wall of sound Batman. There is good & interesting stuff going on here, but getting bashed over the head by the kitchen sink for 70 minutes is a bit much for these ole ears.

Interesting. Meandering. At times, too noisy for me.

7.6/10

This is one of those rare albums from this list I live for. I had never heard of this album or Spiritualized before, this was my first time experiencing any of this music. But I can confidently give this album all 5 of the stars it deserves. I think this album is my taste in music exactly and there is no way I ever would’ve come across it without this list. So, as frustrating as this project can be sometimes, finding albums like these makes all the pretentious post punk of this list worth it.

First track was interesting, but as an album it failed to get my attention. Some of the more ambienty moments were cool and interesting to get lost into, but overall I didn't find it a compelling album or one that spoke to me. Wouldn't re-listen to really, apart from the first song maybe.

Can't believe I've never heard this before. Big Pink Floyd and Radiohead (ok computer era) vibes. I'll definitely be coming back to this one.

Słuchałem wiele lat temu, nic nie pamiętam 🤪

Overrated

8/10

Too drugged out and mellowed out. There is some good moments, like the heavier Come Together or the mind bending textures on I Think I'm In Love, but for the most part this is kind of a snoozer. No amount of reverb or druggy atmosphere can save these songs from feeling hollow.

A weird listen for sure

Fav: Electricity Least Fav: The Individual Thought some of the songs dragged on a bit, ironically not the 17 minute song at the end