Reviews (page 6 of 9)
Some unbelievable highs and some turgid lows. The excess is the making and the breaking of this album. Either way, thanks for title track which I hope is playing though my head as I leave this mortal coil.
I can kinda see the vision they had with making a 90's alternative rock album with elements of electronica, gospel, grunge, etc. However they didn't stick the landing smoothly.
Opening track took me too long to realize it’s sampling I can’t help falling in love with you. Even tho it’s in the name. Ugh I hate giving album reviews a 3… it’s a mix of things I never want to hear again but am glad I’ve experienced and things I like enough to have on rotation but didn’t knock my socks off. But I think this is where this album goes for me. It’s very long and a bit pretentious. But there are some beautiful moments that I enjoyed.
There were some things I liked about it and there were some things that I didn’t like. Overall, it was okay, albeit, pretty long. It did change up though the album so it didn’t feel like the same song over and over, but I jut didn’t love all of it.
1. ladiez - 2 2. together - 1 3. love - 1 4. thoughtz - 1 5. ztay - 1.5 6. electricity - 0 7. brave - 1 8. individual - 1 9. broken - 2 10. religion - 1.5 11. uuavez - 1 12. cop - 0
Spacerock…who knew? Sad too.
It was like a film. Or maybe I'm just happy
Spacey, Droney, Noisy, wonderful.
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.
unbelievably good. 4/5
A really fun and ecstatic listen
Definitely verging on a spiritual religious experience, but I suppose my general state of mind going into it was not open-hearted or downtrodden enough to fully appreciate the impact. It's like going to church as an atheist who has their shit together, it's difficult to get dragged into the dogma.
eh, some bangers
Felt a bit much, enjoyable mostly though, high 2.
Nice and trippy!
It’s okay. Not something I needed to hear before I died. It’s way too long
The title track here always gets high praise, but I think the back half of this album is where it's at. The instrumentals across Broken Heart and No God are top tier progressive psych.
A soaring space rock love letter to heartbreak and healing, orchestrated in zero gravity.
When I was looking into this group and album, and read the words “English space rock band”, was ready to hate this album. To be fair though, it was pretty good. Outside of the run time, and a 17 minute long track, it was enjoyable enough that I’m not mad I listened through this once. Still not sure it deserves to be on this list.
Noh ei mitään täydellisiä ideoita...Mutta viety läpi koko homma omalla jutulla ja hyvin kehdattu kestia laittaa.. Respect..
It’s plays bit artsy fartsy for my liking
Strange…
I was expecting this to be quite pretentious considering the ambitious concept of the album. But when it comes down to the actual music some of it is not too bad.
Eh
I've listened to the title track many times, the rest were new to me. Good mixture of sound, nothing hitting quite as hard.
Big sound, no songs
I'm a big fan of psychedelic rock, but this just sucks. It's so empty and yet full of sounds I've also heard before, but in a dull way I've never wished to hear. All hype, no fun. I guess I should call them the Oasis of psychedelia.
Well... This album has great arrangements, but seriously lack great and engaging compositions to back it all. It may feels spacey and psych, but it can hardly keep my attention for more than 1 song. I don't get why it's so appreciated.
I've heard this before- it'd spacey and chill to listen to.
Different
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
Big surprise. Never heard of this before, but I didn't mind the other Spiritualised album that came up on here. In parts it blended Britpop with a psychedelic twist, in other parts some really good noise rock, and other parts the Velvet Underground if they actually had talent. Album certainly started stronger than it finished, but one that I'm looking forward to coming back to and exploring a lot more in future. One of those which is an easy 4*, but could find itself going one up or one down once fully digested.
Kokoelma epämääräistä musiikkia, suuri osa ei osunut omaan makuhermoon.
I got this one on my other project previously, so I've now had to sit through it twice. Still don't get it. Best I can tell, it sucks. Maybe it's sophisticated in some way, but if so, went right over my head.
Ok
I liked this more than I remembered. This band was one of those that I was introduced to by my hipster colleagues when I was in my 20s in the early 2000s. Some of those bands really resonated with me then but not so much Spiritualized. 20+ years later... not so bad
Really quite something. A bit too much in some places
Come Together // I Think I’m In Love // Broken Heart //
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.
... OK I guess. A lot of noise of noise sake
Not my favorite, weird to read and hear that this was someone’s “masterpiece”
A rather eclectic album. Various bits reminded me of various other artists. I rather enjoyed it overall.
Space rock from 95, the title referencing to Sophie's world.
It's a pretty good album for 90s fare. I sometimes found it a bit repetitive, but the production and musicianship are very good. It is worth another listen, my rating may improve after hearing it again.
I like Spiritualized - have had this album since release. This album has a strange mix of gospel and psych with a good dose of space in there.
Interesting, at times sonically interesting. I can see the way this influenced MGMT and similar bands. I like the vibe but nothing besides Broken Heart stands out to me
This strikes me as a Radiohead that wasn’t weird enough to catch anyone’s eye. It’s ambient, raucous, sensitive, orchestral and many other things. Yet, somehow, in its totality it doesn’t reach great heights. To its credit, it sounds to me like this could be the precursor to a lot of 2000s sounds we got via Dark Was the Night, with broken social scene and others .
Deeply contemplative, this album is full of beautiful juxtapositions between nearly cacophonpous chaos and redemptive meditations. The more discordant, noisy sections are often belabored a bit long before the payoff. The more searing guitar in rock sections are good, though they also betray their age. I could pretty easily guess this album within 2 years with no other context, but that isn't inherently a negative assessment. It's really a wonderful work of art.
The album is a fun experience! Probably something to ask about. Quite heavy on synthesisers and electronic sounds. Just that the songs get a little too experimental from time to time.
How do you make an hour and ten minute album without one interesting song or lyric
I thought this was going to be a load of s***. Its not. Not impressed on first playing. But better on second. And really growing on me with each playing.
This was very atmospheric album that definitely had me feeling like a 2021 meme of guyssss we are literally just on a floating rock :p But all seriousness, this album made me feel both big and small relevate to the title and band name. I'm all for artist doing whatever, but I love when the art is cohesive in this way <3
The contrast between the title track and Come Together is a masterful way to start an album. There’s a lot of beauty here (Broken Heart) and in the second half it effectively becomes a jazz album. It is too long, but still gets the 4.
Another band I've never heard of, but I actually liked this one. I'd describe it as (Coldplay + Oasis + The Verve + Horns) x Radiohead's weirdness. Very heavily (but well) produced sound with lots of layers. The horns add a great element. One the downside, this is at least 15 minutes too long. Eliminating these parts would get this to a 4 for me.
Liked it more as it progressed. What a bleak month it has been for us on this list.
Not for me
Assez inégal, des sons que j'ai vraiment aimé et d'autres beaucoup moins
The randomiser has been kind to me this week! I like this too - Spiritualized really do 'epic' like few other bands can and there's such an array of ideas and complicated arrangements on display here that you can listen to it many times. I loosely pigeonhole them as psychadelic indie in my head, but they're a band that defy genres in many ways. It probably goes on a bit for me to give it 5* but it's a solid 4
All songs very similar and too long. In fact, this album makes the 1001 too long album list. I’d like to pick a fav or worst song, but they’re all pretty much the same. Heard some musical instruments being used to make noise which I still don’t enjoy (2.0*s)
This album surprised me (how can there still be something this good that I have literally never heard of) and it actually didn't feel too long. I think the length fits the type of music, very ethereal and otherworldly. I listened to it a few times through and it just got better and better. Diverse range of sounds, beautifully produced, very raw and ambitious, I loved it all. Consider this one officially entered into "Saved" repertoire.
Another "soundtrack" album with epically long ensembles. I did feel like I was floating in space at times. "I think I'm In Love" has some great lyrics and the ego battle back and forth works well. Quite bold to have a "finale" in the middle of a song for 5 mins but I did want it to stop. Overly drawn out but the complexity and effort is apparent. Play this on the ISS...2.55.
If you are a really huge Grateful Dead and Phish fan you can find an alternate psychedelic jam band in Spiritualized. Unfortunately, if you are just a casual fan (like me) I wouldn't bother. Overall I guess it's an OK space rock album but it's far too long and filled with a lot of filler that gets forgotten as soon it finished. There are a couple extended segments that I enjoyed (I Think I'm In Love), but overall it was pretty skippable. Not something I'll ever visit again but I guess glad for the exposure. 2.32 stars
An extra point for being interesting
Very much like Radiohead. Floaty and experimental noise soundscapes. Not really my jam.
back in the free YouTube days, I was once listening to the title track (I've have always loved it), when my brother pointed out to me that there was this heartbreaking story in the comment section from a dad who had lost his daughter to suicide, having found her whilst this song was on repeat on her CD player... Before reading that, I always thought about the song as a glorious and optimistic way to celebrate us being floating in space and having love as our ultimate tool to experience the universe. guess the words: "All I want in life's a little bit of love To take the pain away Getting strong today A giant step each day" have a much more tragic interpretation for other people. guess I should feel thankful about that. The album is quite ok, a bit chaotic but energetic and meaningful, but we all know that it is the title track which makes it a glorious listen and makes it one for the ages. Can't believe we almost had to forget about the song due the money grabbing spirit of the Elvis State.
A couple of songs weren't too bad, but most of it was just weird for weird's sake.
Laid back
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
Horrible.
Magnificent in scale and scope, and in the dramatic build-up of tension. There’s nobody really does it like they do. Arguably, could be a bit more varied, but it’s a harsh criticism for a record that creeps into your soul as sneakily as this one does.
Love the whole gestalt of the album art and packaging. First song is great, the rest not as much. Some is pretty, lots is boring, some is actively unpleasant.
i love the instrumentals on this album, easily one of my favorites
Hey I just got another album from these guys. Not too bad but I felt like it fell into “noise” more than music a lot of the time. My favorite parts of the albums were the slower, more stripped back songs.
ended strong, the 17 minute song was rockin
Mixed. Two incredible songs - some mid
really beautiful and groovy record, been a favorite of mine for a while. easily the best space rock ive ever found. 8/10
Some cool instrumentation but after going through so much of this list it’s hard mot to just hear a whiny British guy singing over it.
This (aptly) has always floated on the edges of my consciousness as an album. It's right in my wheel house being late 90's British and a bit pompous (self burn), so when it flashed up I thought its an excellent time to give it some proper attention. Unfortunately I don't think it bears up to much scrutiny. After a listen through I came away very bored and confused. I read through other reviews and someone else explained it perfectly. It's got lush orchestration, layers upon layers, huge amounts of love and attention, but at its core the songs just really aren't any good. No lyrics, no hook, no tune made it out from under the layers and layers.
Well first of all let me start off by saying I misread the above as 1979 not 97. Which is why I had intended to say I was amazed at how much ahead of its time the production quality was, but 20 years can make a big difference 😁. When a band are described as being part of a 'minority' genre, ie Space Rock. You can't help but compare them to the band that basically invented and epitomise that genre. And musically they they stack up very well. The vocals and lyrics on the other hand feel a little incongruous. For me they are too clean, too smooth. He has a good voice, btu they don't seem to match the basicness (if that is a word) of the music, though even that is a little over produced. The first, and title track does not fit the rest of the album at all as far as I'm concerned but on the whole it's not a bad album and well worth a listen. Can't quite give it a 4, but I liked it, a solid 3.8 I would say.
Left frustrated and a little disappointed by this. In places, it really draws you in and has you hooked. It’s a fascinating listen and the beat becomes a little hypnotic in a good way. But then I think it gets spoilt by overdoing it!!! Some of the static/feedback sections and outros just go on and on, and plays hell with my tinnitus. A big 3 stars to reflect the really great parts of it.
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.
It was fine and different. Reminded me of modest mouse. Some songs drug, just repeating sounds. My favorite was cool waves and the use of so many sounds that worked in harmony and didn't feel forced. Mixed feelings in cop shot cop. It really rocked out and had a good sound but it just kept going over and over and then got weird.
The first song is so freaking beautiful 😭 I dug this album overall. It was kind of all over the place, from slow and dreamy pieces to songs they just sort of banged all the instruments to. Felt pretty cohesive despite that, and I liked the emotion of it. Interesting stuff!
Art Rock, Rock Opera mix…I‘m too young for this kind of music. 2/10
This is not an album I will want to go back to over and over, but I enjoyed listening to it. The random beeps in the title track, the 15 minute song, and the moments that were noise instead of music kept me from giving a higher rating.
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...
I do not feel like my mood was in the right place. I was needing something to amp me up and get a workflow, but this was more calming. I'll need to give this another listen when I need to relax and unwind.
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.
It's made very well, but it's not at all what I'm looking for in music. It's like Beck playing Pink Floyd. Favorite song: electricity.
Groupe inconnu. Premiers morceaux répétitifs et monotones, sans aucune originalité qui donnerait envie d'y revenir ... mais pas désagréables. All of My Thoughts est le premier morceau un peu plus varié. Mais la monotonie revient aussitôt. J'ai sauté directement au morceau final de 17 mn, qui commence bien et est finalement plutôt intéressant. Dommage pour le reste ... Je vais plutôt ré écouter des vieux Pink Floyd, bien plus intéressants, planants et créatifs. => 2/5
Nicht mein Ding. Von "geht so" bis "furchtbar"
Never heard of this band. A couple of the songs weren’t bad but overall not my style.
Listened to this twice and had a hard time focusing on it but I think I liked it
The seamless transitions from treacly brit-pop type stuff into string-heavy spacey (yeah) ambient into real chaotic shoegaze-y rock is suuuuuper cool and was incredibly fun to get lost in! Great record!
Borderline 5 for me. Love how meandering and noisy this gets but it always feels like it resolves into something melodic and pleasant.
Really fun and cool album, I remember when I was like 12 I really felt like I would never understand music until I 'got' this album... still haven't quite gotten it but I really enjoy it, especially the free jazzy breakdowns
Never knowingly listened to Spiritualized before. Not what I expected, had them down as post britpop. Pleased to say I was wrong. Started very well but became a bit of a dirge towards the end. Will probably listen again.
Weird not terrible
It was fine
I can't remember and I just listened to it yesterday...
Very strange and experimental, but not in the usual positive way. Its ok to listen to in the background, but it didn't click with me and was at times hard to listen to. Not for me at all. Some of the tracks were excessive without the need to be. I definitely did feel like I was floating in space though.
This was ok but didn’t particularly catch my ear.
easy listen, ethereal background
Meh. Not really my type
Trying to be ambient but a bit underdeveloped for me.
Cool, a bit boring to listen actively but nice for background
Kinda cool. then it got weird
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
Fine
Really enjoyed this, my kind of vibe
Nope.
The title track is alright but it's just Canon in D with repetitive words. So of course it's lovely, but low effort, really. Other than that, it's boring.
It started great, but some parts were a bit too experimental for my tastes.
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.
Enjoyed this. Only ever heard the title track before, but the rest lived up to expectations. Saw these live once but I’d had a few of the old cans and cant remember much about them other than they were quite eclectic. This confirms my thoughts. Very good.
There was a lot about this I liked, there were lots of ideas and I thought the brass reminded of American Football in places. Listening to it all was a bit of a slog, took me a few days, highlighted by the last track which was about 20 mins long but really just a 4 min track repeated 5 times. They weren't really interesting enough to warrant the long runtime but it was okay.
Quite a good surprise this. Best tracks were Broken Heart and No God Only Religion, and I had a lot of time for the second half of the album overall (including the 16 minute ambience at the end). Interesting stuff.
Wasn't sure I would like this when reading the description.... The 17 minute track at the end left a bit of a sour taste but largely I thought it was really good. Very grand in parts, but quite eclectic in styles too. This is how you do a cacophony of noise, take note Trent. I think I'm in love and broken heart were the best tracks for me. 3.5
If any of you are looking to have a spiritual experience, I might be able to help: just go into a dark room, take as many psychedelics as humanly possible, and listen to this album. You will crap your pants from being so mind-blowingly in awe.
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
I don't really get this. Some of the songs were just a bunch of instruments playing off tune and over each other. Other songs were a little less chaotic. I could not finish the final song - 17 minutes of noise is ridiculous.
Pleasant! Didn't think the UK had this in them during this era
It's a shame, as there are several incredible songs on here - the title track especially, wow - but there are just too many songs with incredibly long, monotonous outros. This applies to Cop Shoot Cop especially. At several points we would be convinced this deserved 4 stars, then a few minutes later we skipped another song because we got tired of the same looping sound. We would listen again to a lot of songs on this album, but not to the album as a whole.
Jason Spaceman is a low-key broken genius. These gospel nursery rhymes are built on simple foundations but contain great depth. Clue is in the name I suppose but these are yearning incantations. Beautiful, tightly composed, tinged with regret and sadness but also hope. A dope-sick hymn to the cosmos. Too long but so what, it's great.
Never heard of these guys but enjoyed this. Only listened to the first half so far but quite cool. Preferred th softer stuff to the louder stuff though
ziemlich gut eigentlich
Not bad, listenable in a passive manner.
Um som bem diferente
Pink floyd. Except shit. Nothing stands out in this. Its just a dreary album.
Holy shit. I listened to this three times today. Totally blew me away.
Some amongst were really great, and others just sounded like noise.
2 not great. Does way too much with any lasting impact. There were cool ideas throughout but that’s all they were. They never really came together
Different but good
Even though it seems the first half of this album receives more plays than the last, I think I enjoyed the last half a bit more. At least it wasn't so dull. Not sure when I'd ever put something like this on.
Shoegaze disguished as "other" music. Two stars as the album does have a moment or two that are not completely shogazey. Two playthroughs and nothing really stands out.
Not a fan. Pretty bland overall.
But of a snoozefest
Pretty interesting / bizarre album. Some of it sounded like overly produced Britpop.
This album is ok, those strange noises can get annoying. They are like a cheap knockoff of Radiohead… even they came out before them. Oops.
Much more bearable than the other album they have on this list. Thought there were a few good tunes on this one even if it was way too long
Excellent! I'd forgotten how good this is.
Enjoy the opener with references to "I Can't Help Falling In Love." Kind of song that builds slow and wraps around you with its mass. Distorted vocals and beeps give a (true to title) outer space vibe. Come Together is more straightforward brit rock. Feels similar to The Verve. I kind of spaced out for the next few tracks. Generally nice sounding production, but I keep going in and out of focus. Stay with Me has a nice calm psychedelic feel about it with the layered electronic effects. All said, this is a fine album, but way too long for my liking. Sonically, there is a lot to love. The layering, mixing, and experimentation with sounds and effects are wonderful. The vocals play great complement to the atmosphere of the songs. My main gripe is that I listened to this 3 times, and while there were several high points were I was really grooving, the rest sort of just mushed into the background and I kept finding myself wanting it to be the last song. So for that I give this a confused 3 / 5.
Before even starting, this is a great album name. It sounds like something the Flaming Lips would name a song or an album. A rather mellow, symphony-esque album. Kind of a cruising 3 that gets points for uniqueness. Very spacey and trancey. Last song was a cool journey. High 3!
There is a lot to unpack from this album. It felt like I was listening to two different albums at once with the amount of genre switching that was going on. It was really cool how some songs were electronic spacey shoegaze then followed up by some 90s british alternative sounds. Didn't really keep track of what songs were which by title because I was just letting it ride. But it was a pretty cool album all the way through. And the finisher of Cop Shoot Cop was a super dreamy/nightmare song that almost had me on edge. Very solid 4 from this.
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.
this sounds like a great album to listen to while high on shrooms — and i mean that in the best way possible. it’s a little too long for me but it’s a great album
Meh. If they were going to put so much effort into this, they should have figured out how to write a song first.
# Playlist Track - Come Together # Notes - Album starts pretty interesting, but the tail end is just weird and boring. - The harmonies on the title album are pretty cool! - I think it's one of those albums you have to listen to 14 times before you fully understand and enjoy it, but I don't have that time right now.
Trippy. genre-breaking. Very good at times a little noisy.
I really love orchestral stuff man
I had to listen to it three times to be sure. I had never heard of this project although unfortunately, I had heard Spacemen 3 in college. I found this to album to tick all the boxes. Innovative, listenable, interesting. So for me, a really great sleeper album.
With a second “space rock” album this week, I am still trying to figure out what space rock is. Hawkwind was really just prog with some computer sounds and poetry, but Spiritualized had me thinking I’d figured out space rock on the first track (even if it was also pretty much chamber pop or dream pop), only to turn much more traditional on “Come Together.” It then swings back and forth between alt rock and something dreamier, but even on the longer tracks never feels anything like Hawkwind. Those dreamier bits may have been pretty influential in shaping alternative music over the next 20 years, though, and the same could be said of the more cacophonous parts. Spiritualized apparently emerged from Spacemen 3, led by one of the two spacemen along with some of the other non-astronautical members of the band. I didn’t dig the Spacemen 3 album we listened to, but Spiritualized hit much better for me today. “Ladies and gentlemen…” was released the same year as “OK Computer,” and I feel like those two would be pretty terrific to listen to back-to-back.
Are they trying to fill up the emptiness of the space they are floating through? The songs are too long, there are often too many layers of sound (ends up being discordant rather than lush). Too bad the the whole album wasn't more pared down. Broken Heart was a real highlight for me, but overall this album would benefit from some editing.
I accidentally posted the review for this album under Spirit’s Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus. It’s repasted below. Spirit is known as a supernatural being amongst other definitions and spiritualized is an adjective describing something that has raised to a spiritual level. Spiritual beliefs often involve supernatural beings. Naturally they are easy to confuse. ************************************ Far out man! This space rock beauty takes one on an ever shifting adventure. I dig the layered electronica. It feels like an immersive experience. NME rated it a 9 1/8 out of 10…a rating scale with 80 gradations!!!! How do they ever distinguish between a 9 1/8 and a 9 1/4?!? They also rated it as album of the year, ahead of Radiohead’s OK Computer. I can hear it. We’ve been on a run of good albums lately. Let’s keep it up 1001! ************************************ Now the missing review for Spirit’s Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus: I think I’m listening to the little siblings of the Grateful Dead. I don’t think I was aware of these guys before now. There are times I swear I hear Bob Weir’s voice…or is it Phil Leah. I don’t know, but Animal Zoo sounds like one of them. The album isn’t stuffed with great stuff, but there is plenty to go around. It’s a 3.5 that I’m rounding up because then my misplaced Spiritualized rating is applicable.
Seen this a lot on RYM and I like it but I wish it was more of a 5 for me. It’s just missing something.
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.
I enjoy my shoegaze to be a bit more full on, but it was still a decent album overall.
I've tried listening to this album many times in the past and always gave up pretty quickly. Not that I didn't like it, I just wasn't engaged. I'm fine with the whole 'space rock' thing, but it just made me want to swap to something more familiar like Flaming Lips, and less like the Verve. Thanks to this challenge, I've finally listened to the entire album as a whole and man has it opened up for me. On repeat listens, it's finally clicking. There are a few stand out tracks, including 'I Think I'm in Love' and 'Broken Heart', but it's the chaotic 17 minute final track, 'Cop Shoot Cop' that really makes it for me. That song alone made the rest of the album come to life. It's a simple journey to start, but it's a wild ride by the end.
At times I was reminded of Pink Floyd, others of Daft Punk, and others of NIN. I didn’t know what to expect coming into this album and I wasn’t disappointed but definitely have specific songs I’d listen to regularly. Not sure I will listen to the full album.
mh - ein gut gemachtes Album. Interessant. Mehr dazu gedacht eine Stimmung zu erzeugen oder zu erhalten. Nichts was einen Begeistert: Keine "Ohrwurm-Gefahr".
Not bad at all
Thought this was great and will go back to it.
I’m offended by this albums badness
This was really interesting. I really like how almost every song is based on a riff or phrase / line(s) from a famous songs by other artists. Unfortunately i dont have the time to really sit with and experience this record. I think it would be good on a great stereo.
this did hurt me spiritually
Favorites were "Broken Heart" and "Cool Waves"
Liked all of my thoughts, electricity and broken heart. Last track was also really good
It’s not my kind of vibe but I liked the violin
I L O V E P S Y C H E D E L I C S 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
First song was too good compared to the rest
- started off real weird. really liked the choir in the background of the title track though. 7/10 - come together was a bit of a switch. not bad. 7.5/10 - think im in love is kinda typical. its good. i can see myself really liking it after a couple of relistens. 8/10 - ive forgotten some of the middle songs. i remember the vocals kind of throwing me in one or two, but simultaneously really liking the orchestral and choral aspects of some bits. - really like cop shoot cop. like a lot. 10/10 overall, flip flops between a 4 and a 5/5. ill see how i feel tmr
I really loved this thing until the stupid noise rock at the end.
I liked it but felt the lyrics were a bit weak
Good mostly
can't get this space rock
Ganska schysst ändå några lugna nice låtar.
There were moments of this that I really liked. I have a lot of time for overblown dense production, and some of it was very cool here. Just not enough of it to overcome the underwhelming vocalist/lyrics. It’s rough when the main guy of something is the weakest part.
I think I liked it but also kinda don't remember even though I just finished listening. Seems consistent with other reviews, ha.
Thought for sure I'd like it more after reading about all the influences, but didn't really grab my attention. Even with the cool electronic and psych, there was some 90's Oasis stink that wouldn't go away. In the words of the other reviewer who said it best....a bit shit.
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.
love the first and third track and the rest of the album was an easy listen.
This is really good
Sadly, this wasn't quite as good as I remembered it being. I absolutely love Spirtualised when they're being all floaty and dreamy, but I'd forgotten that there's quite a bit of fairly bog-standard indie/Britpop. Often he sounds like he's choosing to sing badly, when you know he can do better. Still very enjoyable and nostalgic, but a bit of a disappointment.
The album instantly hits you with a fully realized version of multiple music tropes. You have the "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" cover, you've got the Canon in D like chord progression, and you've got it all under the veil of British sadness that was oh so prevalent. Normally this would be a terrible combination that I would hate listening to even a second of, but Spiritualized does it with such finesse and beauty that its hard not to be blown away by something you've assuredly heard thousands of times in other songs. Perhaps its the space-age instrumentation, or the layering upon layering of vocals, all until your brain is fuzzy, but no matter what it is great, and was worth the price of admission alone. However, the rest of the album is mostly a snooze fest, ranging from generic 90s rock that doesn't stand out whatsoever among its contemporaries, to music that is just random noises for the sake of what I can only assume is creating the best drug trip album ever, and not actually for the sake of music. Sometimes you will get something good peeking through, such as the devastating Broken Heart or the Pink Floyd-inspired Stay With Me and Cop Shoot Cop... but most of this album is forgettable to even bad at points, and should have honestly stuck with the "floating in space" mindset the first track nails, rather than bringing it back down to Earth for needless blues rock-esque numbers and thinking random instruments layered with no cohesion is even kind of achieving the effect they're going for. If anything its sobering, which is not a good thing for this sort of album. Its an album with hints of something better, but the best way to describe it is as a disappointment, with moments that shine through to keep the experience somewhat positive. I was, however, just waiting for the whole album to end so I could re-listen to the first track again, so I'd say stick with that one.
Best taken in small doses.
Kinda cool esp for its time. Kinda spacey
Not my cup of tea, but an ok album
Really really good. Larger than life feeling from front to back. Incredibly consistent all the way through. So so so good.
best song is the first one a little bit of a sleeper album
best song: ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space
Some pretty good stuff on here, but a little less consistent than I would like…
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!
Ooh I like this
A quirky album with some interesting soundscapes but not many songs really "sparked joy".
Only two half decent tracks... Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in space Electricity That makes it a 2
Yuck
Voice reminds me of Gorillaz. Some grungy chaotic rock with harmonica. Some choir mixed in. 'Cool Waves' has a good vibe.
OK
This is an album that on a superficial look should be right up my alley, and for ~60% of it, it sure is. Love the longer droney atmospheric tracks, but that momentum keeps getting killed by boring duds. 3.5
I remember almost nothing about lazer guided melodies because it was like a pre 200 album for me but if it’s anything like this I’m probably going to give it another listen. Apparently this is their most popular album and I can see why because it’s so bombastic and melodic whereas I vaguely remember lgm being more aggressive and experimental (could be totally wrong). It’s a great mix of rock, blues, electronica, and orchestra to that made it endlessly listenable for me. Unfortunately, Alabama shakes butted into my music listening for most of the day because I finished rewatching fleabag and had to revisit the sound and color album so didn’t listen to this one as much as I wanted to.
A pioneer of space rock and the peak of an amazing career journey.
Very cool idea for an album cover. (Pharmaceuticals and stuff. Whoa.) Possibly a bit bloated in terms of runtime, but why care about runtime if you're on drugs (or a pretty convincing sonic representation of drugs)? The instruments are tastefully selected and played fairly well, creating some great space-rock inspired grooves. Really, the only track that obviously falls apart – from lack of musicality – is The Individual. All other tracks are, in some way or another, fairly solid, incorporating elements of early-mid career Pink Floyd (and other artists in the space/prog/rock genre) with the clean 90s mixing and a few hip-hoppy elements. Note in particular the percussion, which heavily favours clicks, shakers, and tambourines over the more classic drum kit. Not quite my thing, but it has its place. And it makes for a nifty mixture of musical eras. The vocalist often sounds disinterested or unemotive, which makes the singing harder to pay attention to. In other words, I feel like the singing doesn't add much substance (heh) to the music. Was there some message in the lyrics adding key political or personal contextualisation to the music? Who knows? Great textures, and a nice variety of moods. (The final track, Cop Shoot Cop..., is an unprecedented and apocalyptic epic that showcases the texturing in action.) This is a huge plus that boosts pretty much any album to a 4 or higher. Key tracks: Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space, Come Together, Stay with Me, Electricity, Cool Waves
Ladies and Gentlemen: Like the opening, suitably grand, cool dissolve into Elvis/Willie classic Come together: the SCU fi primal scream, fun enough, this is rockier than I assumed I think I’m in love: Slightly less substantial, but a nice enough album track, nice brass All of my thoughts: Stay with me: Lullaby sleepy, works great Elrectricity: fine Home of the Brave: lyricall a bit of a trope, I’m so drugged up, production and soundscape is fine but nothing too substantial Broken Heart has Mercury Rev vibes, sad stately strings, fragile vocal No God Only Religion: it’s fine, an above average psyche freak out, but as A Day in the life is the only one of those I genuinely love, not saying much Cop Shoot Cop: I like this, but just nicks John Prine lyrics.
Ladies & Gentlemen we are floating in Space I remember Souter having this at uni and I remember borrowing and trying to like it. The only track I liked was Come Together and the rest I wasn’t sure about. I haven’t revisited in the intervening 25 years and I was actually quite looking forward to giving it a go today, now that I’m a bit older with, hopefully, a broader musical appreciation. I really did enjoy it a lot. The opening track’s interpolation of I Can’t Help Falling in Love I really liked, and Come Together was still as good as I remembered it, a great droning, crescendoing track. There’s a certain blues-iness and country-ness to some of it, maybe because of the harmonica that appears regularly, as well as some of the string arrangements. I Think I’m In Love is great, love the feel and particularly the horn arrangement and the slide guitar(?) motif. And I loved Stay With Me and Cool Waves. A lot of the horn arrangements are great, very McCartney/George Martin-esque. Cop Shoot Cop is long, but doesn’t actually feel like 17 minutes. Loved the strings on Broken Heart. In a way it’s not about picking out each song, as they are all a kind of groove and mood layered with, noise, sounds and instrumentation, rather than distinct melodic exercises. Obviously he doesn’t have a conventionally good voice, but it does suit the whole atmosphere as the music ebbs and drifts and the different layers and instruments move in and move out. It improved with each listen as elements of different tracks started to emerge. It is long at 1hr 10, mainly I suppose as the last song is 17 minutes, and I think there was a dip around Home of the Brave and the Individual before it picked back up again. Maybe it could have been a bit shorter but actually it felt like a long suite of songs with similar moods, textures and movements that all worked together. Looking forward to listening to it more and uncovering little moments I’ve missed up to now. ⭐⭐⭐⭐️
This is considered to be Spiritualized's masterpiece. Whilst excellent, this isn't really what I expected. It's more eclectic and sprawling than I thought it would be. Although both are great, I preferred 'Lazer Guided Melodies'. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space Date listened: 26/03/24
Cool album, pink Floyd/flaming lips flavours, worth a relisten
Þetta var bara allt í lagi tónlist en stundum varð hún svolítið framúrstefnuleg, hörð og leiðinleg. Ef þessu progressive dæmi hefði verið sleppt væri þetta plata sem færi á fóninn hjá mér í bakgrunninn á rólegheitakvöldum en þetta skemmdi það tækifæri.
To preface, I have done many, many drugs. None of them sucked as much as this. This is a wholly vile cacophony of noise, a thousand musicians making a mockery of what Brian Wilson so ably did in the studio 40 years earlier by comparison. Loud horns, loud harmonicas, bad energy throughout. If this is intended to be reminiscent of a bad trip, it succeeds, and I no longer wish to listen.
Fantastic
It is fine for what it is. Did drag on a little bit at times but I didn't hate it. 3.5/5
I feel like maybe my afternoon cuppa meant I wasn't correctly medicated to enjoy this right through for the first time. Touches of updated Hawkwind, bits of the Velvets' extended jams, but it felt a bit too indulgent by the end.
I've not heard this album in decades. I've no idea what I thought was the attraction all those years ago. It starts off soothing, but becomes sickly after a while. That last track at 17 mins was a bloody awful racket. I bailed five minutes in.
Listened 3/17/24. A new one for me. I remeber hearing about the band and maybe hearing a song or two back in the day. I'm glad this one popped up in my list. I definitely will be listening to this one again.
I like it a lot, but it misses something to get the 5 stars, can't figure out what is it
background music
Never heard of this band. Interesting mix of genres, surprisingly good.
I'd categorize this as white noise. didnt really stick out but it wasnt so bad I had to turn it off. I had it on while working and it served its purpose
C+ But don’t ask me about the album because it was so C+ absolutely nothing stood out to me. It wasn’t a terrible listening experience… just completely forgettable
A nice mellow blend of electronic sounds and actual instruments. Very mellow and makes a great ambient soundtrack.
pretty cool throughout. maybe a low 4 but it felt long in the middle so high 3
Nice surprise. Sounds like this album may have inspired Tadiohead and The Flaming Lips. I like the experimental jam sections.
First track was nice, some other cool tracks throughout
more interesting to listen to with headphones so you can hear everything going on in the background. some great melodies on here and I like the gospel choir. some songs like The Individual and Cop Shoot Cop go on too long and sound too crazy and noisy. parts sound psychedelic and you can hear some blues influence also.
Cool and chill, will listen again
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 😅)
It's like... Noise.
I feel like this thing has been recommended to me more times than I can count. It was okay I guess. The first song was the best one. The last song went on and on and on. It was not worthy of the hype really.
Had never heard of this album or group in my life. Was entranced by the whole thing. It becomes unwieldy by the end and almost went off the rails. But I enjoyed it. A few more listens may convince me this is a masterpiece. 4.5/4
some good tracks, but couldn't finish the 12+ minute songs that draaagged on and on
Quite boring. As busy and dense as the instrumentals are, they just end up sounding quite flat and lifeless. The vocals do this no favours, lacking in any charisma or edge.
I quite enjoyed some of the songs on this album, but points off for a 17 minute long song
One of my airplane albums
spacey - liked the vocals and the vibes
First time ever listening to this album. Absolute fire.
p cool
It’s good but overstays its welcome. “Cop Shoot Cop…” did NOT have to be 17 minutes long and full of unnecessary filler.
Not my thing.
Title track is great. Rest is noise.
A bit too much going on in this one, did not like.
Enjoyed more than their other album I listened to previously. But still pretty slow and not a lot interesting about it
Was always aware of Spiritualized but hadn’t consciously listened or took much notice. I thought that they were similar to The Chemical Brothers or some other electro dance outfit but didn’t know really what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised and quite liked about half the tracks on this album. As I’m into ambient sounds these were the slower and quieter tracks. The rest, although inoffensive did tend to drone on a bit. The same sounds droning on in a loop and not getting anywhere so becoming a bit boring. However my interest has been perked to an extent that I will research more recent releases and if I see this album on CD going cheap anywhere I will buy it.
This was a nice surprise. At the very least it started strong and it's hard to argue with. Losing focus on the back half may have more to do with my day than the album. But then they should've planned for me having busy days so one star off for them.
Woozy, narcotised music that combines hushed vocals with repeated motifs to lull the listener into a kind of pleasant somnolence. Even the occasional blasts of noise can't shrug off the notion that, anachronistic as it would be, this album would make for an ideal soundtrack for a fin de siecle Limehouse shooting gallery.
Gar nicht meins! Musikalische Zitate, endlose Wiederholungen und überdramatische Passagen.
It’s not terrible but it’s not my thing.
It was pleasant to listen to but not an album I'll be putting on my phone to carry around with me
There is some interesting stuff on one side, but it is drowned in endless repetitions. Try this: start listening to a track, then skip forward a bit, listen again, then repeat a few times. It will nearly always sound the same. There is no real development.
I never heard of 'shoegaze' music before today. The album is interesting... had to skip a few that were putting me to sleep at work, but I really liked most of the songs. Seems like an album I'd need to be in a particular mood to listen to. Fave songs "Ladies/Gentlemen", "Electricity" and "Cop Shoot Cop..." 4/5
Some genuinely great moments on this album, however, it's really brought down by alot of its slower/ mellow songs.
Very instrumental, shine on vibes Long ass ending track I liked it but didn’t care for the lyrics at all 3.2/5
Love this! It is one of the first albums on this list that I never heard of but fell in love with. Heard it many times now over the past two years. Every songs is amazing. Rating: 4.5
A lot going on, it can feel meandering at times, but that kinda seems like the point. Some really cool sounds and ideas that I could see connecting with more when I'm in a certain mood.
Interesting "modern" psychedelic music. I love the genre but don't love this. It's too bright. I'm not even sure what that means but that's what it sounds like to me.
Not my cup of tea.
The epic sounds of drug induced boredom.
Stör mig väldigt på varierande volym. Låter som att det skulle kunna vara 70-tal. Har samma konstiga ljud och långa låtar. Electricity är rätt bra, även om den också har massa oljud. The Individual är helt klart värst hittills. 4 minuter av rundgång. Allt efter det är tydligen lika illa. Det var en 3 / 5 under första halvan, men de sista låtarna drar ner betyget. 2 / 5
• Albumet är som omslaget säger exakt 70 min. För övrigt så ser omslsget ut som en vetenskapsposter på Tingsholm, vilket passar med temat antar jag. På spotify är det ett annat omslag • Kollade upp Spacemen 3 häromdagen efter de nämdes i en Nardwuar intervju med Alvvays? tydligen härstammar Spiritualized från dem • Tycker om albumnamnet • Pip • Lite weird eller? • Come Together är inte helt dålig • Med lite tweaks hade detta nog vart riktigt bra, mindre intrumental exprementering och mer sång • Spårar ut helt på slutet Betyg: Hade det bara funnits första halvan av albumet hade det fått 3/5, i en annan värld hade albumet till och med kunnat få en 4:a => 2/5
Gillade början mest men det var vlite motionellt album om man säger så. Var liksom lite mysigt och grejer. Satt dock väldigt sent på kvällen o lyssna vilket kan påverkat Electricity är bra Stay with me var lite Pink Floydig och väldigt bra. Finns en hel del bra låtar på albumet. Dock sänker de väldigt konstiga låtarna som är lite för weird för min smak. Hade nog inte lyssnat hela albumet igen men har några låtar här som jag kan tänka mig att lyssna några gånger
I may change my mind at some point but despite this albums beauty I find it difficult to get through. Beautifully produced but ponderous in ways that make it hard for me to enjoy.
One of the best albums of the 90s, my favourite Spiritualized album together with Lazer Guided Melodies which is also on the list (and which is even a little better).
This is an epic album (with a perfect title) combining fragile melodies with lengthy noisy jams. Very close to full marks indeed.
This is the perfect album to have a breakdown to 10/10
Mostly uninteresting background music. Saved 3 tracks and Broken Heart was beautiful and sad.
has a pretty strong start, but overall way too long
the opening is so beautiful, and then there are at least 3 extended noise jams. fuuuuuuuuck no.
Not for me.
The title track is 5/5, the rest is not for me, unfortunately.
Horrible. Most songs sound like the start of middle school band practice when every kid was screwing around and making strange noises on their instruments.
I'm stunned at this one. I'd heard of the band before but never listened. Glad this got pushed to me. I absolutely love it. This is my favorite record recommendation so far.
4+ Stars (12/15)
Solo conocía la primera canción. No está mal pero cansino a ratos.
It starts out pretty decent but quickly becomes so boring and annoying. It picks up again with Electricity but just falls again after
Really different!
These guys didn't deserve one album in this generator, let alone 2. This is more of that unenthusiastic shoegaze spacey indie shit. Sung as if bored, and full of spacey boops and beeps. Complete garbage. At least it's better than their first one I reviewed (Lazer Guided Melodies), but not by much. Of interest: Cop Shoot Cop... samples John Prine's song Sam Stone. Why do they have to do John Prine so dirty? That song also has a 6 minute break in the middle where the musicians just wail on their instruments and distort them all to hell senselessly. This album is trash. Favourite songs: Electricity Least favourite songs: The Individual, No God Only Religion, Cop Shoot Cop... along with most of the rest of this album. It is all garbage. Ffs, is there any need for their last song on the album (Cop Shoot Cop...) to be 17 minutes long? My God... 1/5
This album is just good
I love this band! They are so great and this is their best work in my opinion. I actually listened to it twice
Love the first song and a few are pretty good. Solid album
I surprisingly liked this one!
Lush, ethereal sound. A little soft for my taste
Interesting but long and can tell there is depth, so will need to listen some more
All of the self-important, over-dramatic weirdness of like a Queen or 30 Seconds To Mars. None of the talent or charisma.
Esse aqui foi complicado kkakakk
I expected more
Better than I had expected, but not as good as I had hoped. Overall to long.
Ой, а что это у нас такое, так гладенько и кайфово идёт! Спейс рок? Мне нравится, дайте два. Пять звёзд
Never heard of this group. Really enjoyed it. Easy listening
pretty good noise
Weird nonsense but I can't deny there's something there.
I hate psychedelic rock
Brit Pop with grandiose ambitions. The songs are not really good, and the arrangements are much too busy. This is exhausting. 2/5
Really good album, not sure why I didn't get into it at the time. Title track, come together, and electricity were my favourite songs. 4 🌟
Well produced album but largely forgettable.
Starts strong. Got weird in the middle.
Pretty great album. I really enjoyed the listen. Very well written and very listenable.