Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

I love the album title, and the decision to bring in a string quartet and choir to give it a spacey feel, especially on the title track, \"Broken Heart\" and “Cool Waves”. Someone said this LP was high on the list of great albums to listen to stoned, which I agree with, with it’s ever-changing moods and jarring builds. “Cop-Shoot Cop” goes a bit too far.

There are two good songs on this album, the title track and Broken Heart. I like them because they don’t have the trade mark Brit-pop sound where everyone sings like Oasis.

I thought I was in for another electronic music album by the looks of the album cover, but I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Great hooks, lyrics, musicianship, and overall presentation. This is a sleeper hit for me. I have a great admiration for Spiritualized as a complete album, not just a track here and there. The final track is a ride...

: What happens when you inflate shoegaze so much it gets overblown? We TRANSCEND I'm telling ya, we TRANSCEND! Because you see, we're just floating in space!!! : You're just high, Susan, cut it out.

Pink Floyd meets 1990s indie optimism meets an electric organ. It's pretty likeable - although I've listened to it numerous times over the years and it's never left a lasting impression. There's a nice balance between the bright anthemic meets and the discordant & abstract collage bits that glue it together. I'm not sure the introduction of a string quartet and a gospel choir is handled that well. Feels a bit "wouldn't it be cool to have some violins here", which is often the case when rock bands do this. The pacing of the album is also a bit off: tracks 8-9 wind down so much, a big chunk of the album feels like you're waiting for it to finish.

Horrible noise. I don't know why anyone would need to listen to this before they die.

very cool

Je suis passé des larmes à la douleur physique à de multiples reprises. (Broken Heart me dévaste)

je suis un peu à bout malheureusement ça impacte les écoutes effectuées au cours cette journée folle

Nah.

dope nok

Shoegaze, distortion, svævende vokaler, et par udmærket numre

This is a decent album. I definitely would listen to this album on a Saturday afternoon when I am just relaxing around the house.

Songs start good, but end badly

I really like this album and have downloaded it for more listening.

Ok electronica. Probably won’t relisten

Not my style

I appreciate the contrast between the more ethereal moments and the grittier ones. Lots of drawn out or sprawling bits that feel tedious to me. To sum it up, I understand the appeal but it's not my thing.

between 3 and 4

Meh, I mean, it's kind of interesting, but not my favorite.

Couldn't wait for this to be over. I presume this is the musical version of going on an acid trip. 3/10.

Ok

I really like the concept they created that informs the album, and they perform very well. At times, I must confess, I was a little put off by the "stoner rock" sound that showed up a little too often for my liking. Overall, though, this is interesting work and I'm glad I got to hear it. Love the cover art, too.

There's something to be said for having a recipe. The one ingredient I didn't care for was "unrecognizable guitar sounds". Otherwise, it's OK.

Chalk this up to another one I do not get. It varies between being a dissonant noisy mess and a boring mundane drag. The fact that it labors this through 16+ minute songs isn’t an improvement.

Way better than I expected, actually. The title track is fantastic alone, and the rest of the album holds up.

I don't know how I missed this one the first time around. Really enjoyed it.

Woah I am intrigued by the story of the frontman and keys player breaking up before recording this after she secretly married the guy from the Verve!!!! What a dick haha! I can't imagine how that must have affected the recording of this album. I'm intrigued also from the opening track already. Love that with the little appearance of Can't Help Falling in Love With You which is a great tune. It has a great and unusual sound with many layers to the album. Not exactly what I expected and I'm interested to now listen to their very new album from this year. Some of the tracks I find a little stressful and some of them I almost lose interest but there's normally quickly something that pulls me back in with the strange electronic sounds.

I'm finding it hard to say what I made of this. Was an odd album! I went from thinking I didn't like it at the beginning and found the songs a bit cringey to getting into it more (one song reminded me of BCNR - no god only religion) then feeling confused by the end. Maybe I need to listen again

This was pretty cool

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

Very dreamy, cool and floaty. My cat lay next to the speaker for the whole album and looked very chilled. He definitely gives a thumbs up for the vibe. I remember when this came out, and I loved Come Together. That and Broken Heart were definitely worth listening to again. Friday afternoon chill!

meh

Loved it. We actually got this album as a wedding gift from a random friend so was familiar but previously only had it on in the background and didn’t absorb as much. Will listen again, way better than Radiohead!

Its like Britpop meets Shoegaze and I'm here for it

I enjoyed it but it didn’t seem to flow very well

don't care for this album

Intéressant, mais les pièces deviennent répétitive et on perd l’intérêt.

Mi nuevo comfort álbum

Si bien es todo muy parejo, casi sin altibajos, me cayó muy bien el disco y no me aburrió. para nada. Me gusta también que el rock llegue de esta manera obviamente, y esta forma repetitiva, de entrar como en trance, es algo de lo que siempre disfruté. Y con una rica flor es muuuuy ameno.

Reminded me of Pink Floyd. Nothing too mind blowing. It was enjoyable.

Grows on you after repeated plays

I enjoyed this album, just because of how much was going on in it. A lot of weird sounds. Reminded me a lot of Radiohead. Apparently won album of the year over OK computer. Also, seems to be before Kid A came out---this album definitely influenced the end of "The National Anthem".

It was fine. Nothing spectacular, but nothing bad

I was in fact not floating for this experience, but maybe that means I was not the intended audience.

Skränigt, stökigt och monotont. Inte alls illa men öronen tar stryk i längden.

Space rock? Fuck off. The only rock about space that I'll be listening to is Bowie's Space Oddity. This is a garbage album cover too. Where are the aliens? Where is the fun?

Great will listen again at home

Slow but interesting

Really enjoyed the mix of faster and slower songs. the harmonica and the collaboration with the orchestra.

This one fucking confused me. No clue what I think. Some bits I really liked, some I actively hated - way too excessive. Maybe having a joint before re-listening will open my eyes. One to return to.

no enpä tiedä... en näe tarkoitusta, miksi pitäisi olla näin suureellista. paikoih ihan hyvää tunnelmointia, se ois riittänyt. öiaan raskasta.

Olikohan tämä yksi geneerisimmistä levyistä mitä olen kuullut? Ehkä pitäisi kokeilla uudestaan varmistukseksi. Mutta en halua.

All floaty floaty but what’s it all for? There’s a big ambition sound here which often sounds grand and great and there’s much craft here but I’m left a little cold.

Kinda weird.

Never understood the hype about this band/project, even though they have nice cover artwork saying something about modern music consumption being like medication to the masses. Maybe that explains part of their appeal, ironically speaking. But when your *subsequent* album covers use the same frigging idea all over again, it's not merely lack of imagination that expresses itself. It's a sign you're becoming the very thing you were smirking about in the first place. As for the music, there is a lot of skill and nice instrumentation throughout, saving this record from a two-star grade. Said instrumentation goes from string laments and old seventies-like rock to noisy dirges and groovy moments--the latter somewhat foretelling what LCD Soundsystem would do in the next decade, but without the fun club pulse or drive. Most of the melodies and vocal lines are pretty unmemorable or unremarkable, however. Some of them are even *excruciatingly* boring. Case in point, the last track in the album, intense on a performance level, but so mundane and interminable on a compositional standpoint I feel the need to cut it short after only three minutes. It's as if the sophisticated, multi-layered instrumentation was trying hard to make up for the lack of inspiration plaguing the songwriting. And it often shows. So even if this record is still at least twice better than the borefest *Lazer-Guided Melodies*, I guess I won't drink that kool-aid everyone else seems to be drinking now about *Ladies And Gentlemen...*. Nevermind if it's my loss. I'm pretty sure I can find more potent drugs elsewhere anyway. Number of albums left to review: 768 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 117 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 57 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 58 (including this one)

When I checked this album out I originally thought the run time of an hour and 10 minutes was, shall we say, 'ambitious'. Now having actually listened to it, I have to say I never once thought to skip or otherwise shorten the play. Not quite sure how to describe the sound but I had flashes of the doors and pink floyd and, over all, it didn't suck entirely It's an hour I'm glad I allowed myself to experience.

This may come as a surprise from someone who HATED Tago Mago, but I love this album. This is how I enjoy my experimental electronica - in a lush soundscape with some actual melodies. It is what it is and I'm not going to apologize. This album helped turn me onto electronica circa 2002 and I still have a big soft spot for it. I listened to this twice yesterday and it still holds up for me. The first tracks are the best but there are good moments throughout. The album is wonderfully cohesive, which I love. I'd give it a 4.5 if I could, bc not every track is amazing. But it's so solid.

It’s so beautiful!! And then it gets all a bit… angry?!

3.75/5

This is the second pleasant surprise in two days. Very unique album with some 80's new wave/proto-industrial vibes mixed with some jazz, noise and ambient. Not the most groundbreaking material, and not without some weak moments, but overall this is good shit. Come Together and Cop Shoot Cop are my favs here. The generator is on fire! Can we make it 3 in a row? Here... we.... go....

Very hip with lots of sound and space.

Strong start and end but very non-cohabilitating sounds

2.5

Pretentious as he'll but I loved this, to nitpick the last half is weaker and the last 17 min song is a bit too long, but regardless I would be happy to own this

joojoo on se hyvä.... progressive psuyhdchedelic rock album. EI kiipeä viiteen tähteen EI EI EI, annetaan neljä... menee ylös alas kokoajan... jos pysyisi ylös niin viisi mutta ei.... liian monta kertaa putoaa laatu. stay with me. paras.

I enjoyed a lot of this

Slow, reminiscent of psychedelic rock. Trying to be futuristic sounding I guess. Nothing really stood out as great. Many tracks sounded similar.

Not my most favorite album, but could definitely hear how it influenced other bands (like Coldplay).

I've only really discovered this in the past few years, so I don't have a huge connection with it. There are some fantastic songs on it, particularly the first three. It is quite jam rock-y and, um, space-y in places. So it's one where I find I need to be in the right mood for it. Its a relaxing sort of chill out album, but also quite emotional in places. The last song "Cop Shoot Cop" is 17 mins long, so could be seen as a bit self indulgent. But over all the album is very well produced and put together. You can tell a huge amount of work went into it with a wide range of great musicians. 8/10

I learned two things: 1. Space rock is a thing 2. Space rock is not MY thing I basically forgot this album existed 10 mins after it ended.

It's pretty good, but becomes quite unfocused at points. Especially that final track which just drags on for no reason at all.

Go back to space and stay there.

I used to like the title track a lot. I still do, but I used to, too. Except the reissue album cover looks stupid, like a tilted lego. The whole album is noisy and repetitive, but in a good way. Elvis and Beatles references, besides other rock n roll throwbacks, make it feel like part of a grand tradition of pop.

Not bad

This was… interesting. I had to stop listening to Cop Shoot Cop. Otherwise, interesting.

one of them albums that's just noise. i liked the first song and then the rest is a blur. the last one is like 16 minutes long wtf? um yeah i dont know i mean i liked it i think?

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

I really tried to like this. I'm just not sure what we're supposed to enjoy about e.g. the 2nd half of "The Individual", or most of "Cop Shoot Cop". There's some cool sounds on here, but even the stuff that's interesting, like the free jazz instrumental on "No God Only Religion", is simply not what I'm looking for in a rock album. As an actual listening experience, the singer's got a grating voice, the album's way too long, and there's not enough going on. Each song tends to be a single idea, and often they just get into a groove and sit in it (e.g. "I Think I'm In Love" repeats the same roughly 3-second phrase over and over for 8 minutes). Bottom line, it peaks early with a cover-ish of an Elvis song and is downhill from there.

Meh. Pretty unremarkable.

Psychedelic, spacend, some great tracks ('Ladies and..', 'Electricity') but some parts are a bit too weird ('All of My Thoughts', 'The Individual').

Inesperado, muy bien, 4 alto

not sure what this was... maybe need to listen again. maybe not

Absolutely hated this.

Some of this was cool chill music 4 stars and some was just noise

Wishy washy

Didn't do much for me.

This album started strong but it's very long and definitely lost me a little over halfway through. There's a lot of depth here, and this is the kind of album you definitely want to have some headphones on for to really let everything shine through. Also may benefit from the influence of psychedelics to really enjoy. The highs are high, first four tracks are solid as is Electricity. But the lows are also very low, really didn't like the attempts at being 'trippy' in a few of the songs that just really didn't land well.

From my CHILDHOOD

From the outset, this struck me as a blend of Flaming Lips and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Beck — though I get that this might be the precursor to most of their music — and I'm not sure I like it. There are times when I dig a repetitive riff/melody/groove, as well as simple musical motifs that build and swell, but there's fundamentally something uninspiring to the base melodies on this that make me not want to go on the ride. It could be that this needs more time to percolate, it may require a more focused listen (which it did not get in my case), and it's probably better than a 2-star, but I didn't connect from the start and that's how I'm feeling about it.

Well this was nice to hear again. Been a while. I forgot how consistently good this album is. Maybe not quite a 5-star, but I will be spinning this one more frequently now. If you dig this, check out Spacemen 3. more stripped-down and droney, but also great.

I was not familiar with Spiritualized. Surprising because they align with the late 90s chill vibes I adore---Air, Zero 7, Groove Armada, etc. I loved the psychedelic cacophony background in I Think I'm In Love. Electricity brought the rock to the spacey roll. Cool Waves went on a bit long but I admire the use of the London Community Gospel choir. I can't parse out all the instruments used in this kind of music---horns, keyboards, and definitely some magic trips, but I totally dig. AWESOME album cover and that blue would win Pantone of the year if I had a say. SIDENOTE: I was mesmerized by the blue. If you listen on Spotify the header art is great and the blue is actually a very subtle gradient (I pulled it into Illustrator to confirm this), which makes it just glow and float (like in space). Beautiful, wild. I'll explore a lot more of Spiritualized.

Eh, the cover on here made me excited but this wasn’t what I was thinking it was.

Absolutely bonkers variety show. I had this one in my iTunes library already, probably just for how odd the title is. Not sure I'd listened to it before, but overall I definitely enjoyed it. A few cuts that stuck with me, but the general feeling I got is that this group is kind of exploring all the territory they can. Some sprawling tracks, especially that closer, that cover a lot of ground. Somewhere between like a Radiohead and a King Gizzard (their softer stuff at least). Our first from Spiritualized, but I wouldn't mind another. Favorite tracks: I Think I'm In Love, Broken Heart, Cop Shoot Cop. Album art: Very clinical. I've seen this one before, it's intriguing. Doesn't give much away, but the very straight-laced mathematic design catches the eye. I like it. 3.5/5

Wow I had never heard of this band before. This album really is something special, a real sonic & emotional experience such a mix of genres but still seems to work so well. A true masterpiece, I know I will be listening to this a lot in the future and doing a deeper dive into Spiritualized other albums.

Very pretty instrumentation, vocals were appropriate for the style and didn't sound like messy shit. Really pleasant to listen to, even the discordant and "noisy" bits. Probably not something I'd listen to again or regularly but really enjoyable the first time through. 4

Another "it's fine, good background music" album.

Some good songs some bad, experimental and cool

This is one I had heard about but never got around to listening to. Impressed with the combinations of genres. Don’t like the songs that overwhelm with too much of a wall of sound.

Good album, but an example of how CDs encouraged overlong albums.

Too slow

Dude put work in on every song, a bit sad sometimes tho

I guess I just didn't "get" this album. Too much noise and too long

I think if this album was a little shorter I might have enjoyed it more. Overall it wasn't bad but not quite my style. 2.5 but I'll round to 3.

The noise this album created made me anxious.

Very interesting how pop songs are woven into some of these. That's exactly what this album is: interesting.

I like it, but I won't listen to it a second time in the next few months

Actually enjoyed this quite a bit. Very unique and mysterious

Not into it. Not for me. This man is in love with someone and I’m glad it isn’t me

I now have a deep, dire need for more gospel-choir-ridden space rock in my life.

Woof, more bloat from Spiritualized. Some really strong songs though.

Dit was best tof

Ik kan hier niet echt veel kaas van maken

Kende dit niet maar ben er best enthousiast over.

Ik houd wel van een goede gospel, maar helaas stond dat naar mijn idee toch iets te weinig op deze plaat.

Sonically Okay, couldn't get through the album

HL: “Broken Heart”, “Cool Waves” August 23 2022

Have always wanted to listen to Spiritualized. Used to listen to one of their songs on repeat in elementary school art class because I was sharing iTunes with my sister, who had apparently purchased a Spiritualized song (not on this album). So far, I like the layered vocals on the eponymous track. This really feels like early 2000s indie — I wonder if they were ahead of their time. Found of that some of this album may have been influenced by the breakup of the band’s couple after one of them was cheating with someone from the Verve. I was actually given a Verve record on this project but skipped over it…I’ll have to go back with this new connection. The next song on the album is evocative of 60’s proto punk. Also, Dr. John worked on this?? I love him. I had to interrupt my listening after four songs, so I’m back on “Stay With Me.” I like this one the best so far, but I feel a bit bored at this point. The realization that this is a psychadelic, substance-necessary album makes me feel better that I’m gonna stop listening. 2 stars because I’m really not feeling it, though I understand the appeal.

Wowaweewah! That's a big album. Pretty melodic and dreamy in places, but not a bunch of tunes I feel the need to revisit often.

Not exactly sure what they were going for, but not for me

It wasn’t as great as I remember it.

over-hyped

5 Stars because I had an amazing time watching some of their set when they played this album at a festival.

Bizarre, sweet, triumphant. It's a long listen but it rewards with major crescendoes, heartfelt performances, and very jazzy chaos. Only thing that's a blemish is the new cover art for it which is not as interesting.

Just sounds like a really shit version of Screamadelica to me.

If you want to know what Pink Floyd would have sounded like if they started in the 90s instead, listen to this album. It was an interesting journey from start to finish as I had no idea what to expect next. Probably wouldn’t listen again.

Definitely British. Not my favorite

This one surprised me. Not sure why I had a view in my head that I hated this band. Turns out it’s actually very good

I can't say this one really grabbed me. It's definitely musically very impressive but I didn't really latch onto any tracks in particular.

I had the special edition of this, where the CD was contained in a blister pack, like a giant paracetamol. We listened to it on the way back from an Unbelievable Truth gig, it sent my dad to sleep and he crashed into a hedge. It's still a great album. I was 16 when I first heard it, and it sounded how I expected love and drugs to be. The album can't quite maintain the starburst of its first three tracks, but it still switches between heartracing and heartbreaking. It's the album Primal Scream, The Verve, and Kasabian wish they made.

I thought for sure this was gonna be too weird, but it turned out to be just weird enough. I liked it.

las lentas son bellísimas, los sonidos fascinantes, es un agasajo. mágico, fantástico, increíble. bien pudo haber sido producido este año, muy adelantado. en una palabra: etéreo

Great album.

This is a cool record. Brash and loud. Modern psych rock?

Very nice. Different. Varied.

Pretty decent space rock. Album starts off strong but gets a bit unremarkable about halfway through

didn't finish listening to it but amazing sound. It reminds me of Duster

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

I enjoyed this a lot, but wasn’t a huge fan of the lengthy noodling on some tracks.

some very cool parts. Some meh parts.

4.5 really nice album with lots of cool soundscapes. Something I've never heard of and very cool discovery . Def worth a revisit

Bangers: Almost all of it! I really like this shit. Jazz vibes, occasional pink Floyd vibes, gospel vibes, ska vibes, whew. really neat stuff. Clangers: I could take or leave Broken Heart. Bit slow... Vibe: Not sure I've ever heard anything like it. Really eclectic mix of stuff from start to finish and it all scratches me right where I itch.

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

Neither here nor there

Enjoyed it

Ladies and Gentlemen is music about music, and packs enough worship into seventy minutes to sustain the jamming tendencies in evidence throughout. I'm not sure if the vision will work for everyone - though it certainly does for me - but feel confident that there are a few minutes for everyone here. It puts me in the mind of Matmos's Consuming Flame, though it's eminently listenable as an album. Too many love songs to choose from, and I love that.

Interesting. I like the last song, but it's 17 minutes long haha. A quiet, melodic album.

Interesting, space rock with a couple of good songs. Not amazing though.

Ladies and Gentleman, I am back. The first song is gorgeous but the whole album was bloody fantastic. I loved the spacey vibes and weird sounds. I found the cd for 4 quid a couple of days after this album was generated, an easy buy and it came packaged like a pill which is cool

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

I listened to this not too long ago but wanted to relisten anyway just to decide whether to give it a 4 or a 5 I swear it just hits harder every time. The textures are just so beautiful throughout and every vocal line is either catchy as hell, a tearjerking lullaby, or both

Never heard this in full before but now appreciate why its spacerock gospel is loved so much. Borderline euphoria in contrast to extreme melancholy: what a mix!

The review I wrote for this didn’t go though and I don’t feel like recreating it. Too much shoegaze lately in a nutshell.

Really, really good.

Where have I been with regards to this - excellent!

Meh.

Meh

Bored me a little.

Nice blend of electronica and shoegaze indie. Like it! A lot!

I never heard about Spiritualized and didn't have much information about "space rock", but I loved this album. The last songs are a little bit exaggerated for my taste, but the first songs are more than a good reward to receive for these last songs. I rate it with 4 stars for the whole album, but absolutely 5 stars for the first half of the album. It's very nice to note that the late 90s (that I lived and liked very much) still have these hidden gems to find out.

Ugh Insufferable. Droning space gaze something.

Still sounds great.

Good but overrated, I imagine they're better live

Spiritualizedin tuotannosta ennakkoon tuttua oli oikeastaan vaan levyn avaus/nimikappale. Ennakko-olettamuksena olikin että koko levy on samanlaista eteeristä kikkailua. Yllätys heti toisen kappaleen rokkimeiningeissä olikin oikein positiivinen. Vaikka siis toki myös avauskappale on genrensä helmiä! Saman genren helmeksi osoittautui myös Broken Heart. Mainiota! Kokonaisuutena levy ei kuitenkaan jaksanut pitää mielenkiintoa yllä ihan riittävästi. Levyllä oli myös muutamia vähän liian kokeellisia renkutuksia jotka saivat keskittymisen herpaantumaan. Kuitenkin varsin miellyttävä uudehko tuttavuus. 3,5 joka sääntöjen vastaisesti pyöristyy alaspäin.

4.5

So captivating right from the beginning. I've always loved this album so an easy 5 stars. Faves: easily the opening, and closing tracks, along with I Think I'm In Love.

Ladies and gentleman, this album is overrated (kidding). I liked some moments on here, but it's not as special as people make it out to be.

I really liked the first song and the unique take on "Can't Help Falling In Love" but after that my feelings aren't so clear. Everything was decently put together but not really my thing. 3.5 stars.

Good, but felt kinda generic at times

Vmp

This didn’t really grab me but perhaps I didn’t give it a fair listen. 2*

It was OK... Worked well as background music for working. I don't think I'd listen for pleasure...

I like it, has some great tracks. Also doesn't fall into the space rock trap of extended spoken word sections

It's like one long annoying song. Didn't enjoy so didn't add.

Ladies and Gentlemen...is really atmospheric, emotive, uplifting and downcast in equal measure, but I really enjoyed it. Stay with Me is a great track, I tend to like big walls of noise if they're able to make me feel something and have a purpose, and this seems to accomplish that. Goes on a bit and it's a little samey but a high 3/5 for sure.

Really like this. One of the few albums we've had so far that I've actually listed to from start to finish before, but it must've been at least a decade since I last heard it all the way through. That beginning section is wonderful, it tails off a little in the middle, and then picks up again at the end with that closer. Just squeaks a 4 for me.

An old favourite I still regularly listen to, the arrangements for strings and choir elevate this album beyond Jason Pierce’s previous work with Spaceman 3 and the earlier Spiritualized albums. Hard to be objective about this album as it informed/(s) so much of my musical taste, but I particularly love the repeating bass refrain on “I think I’m in love”, the juxtaposition of the lost, plaintive lyrics on “All of My thoughts” against the chaos of the music, the emotive use strings on “Broken Heart” and the tentative steps towards acceptance and even hope on “Cool Waves”.

Took a few listens to get into it but it was rewarding once I did. I particularly enjoyed "I think I'm in love" and "Cop Shoot Cop"

Good but not my fav of theirs

Excellent. Makes me wish I was a stoner.

Bit trippy but tells a story through it.

I loved this so much. Cool Waves is my fave song off the album.

Probably their best album but still a bit droney for my tastes or to keep me interested for a full album. Cop vs cop is excellent. 3 🌟

02/02/2022 Sooooo good and unique. Love that I was able to experience this!

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

Meh

First half was a five. Second half was a 2. Final score 3..... shame

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

not listened to this for ages. you have to be in the right mood, but when you are in that frame of mind, its fucking excellent.

Eating cake on the toilet

Yeah, whatever

The smack-addled, cinematic end of Britpop.

Some genuinely brilliant songs here, loved the second half more than the first half, but I don't think it was anything life changing. Probably should've listened to this smoking a J, but I didn't. 3.5/5

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

This one was cool

Meh.. mjög unremarkable.

Spotify always suggested the first track of the album to me which on its own I find incredibly boring. Therefore never felt the urge to discover more of this band. Glad I now got to listen to the whole thing! It's great, rocking, noisy weird good stuff

I actually liked it :o

Reminds me of a movie soundtrack for an imaginary film about rocket ships being lost in outer space. Super interesting, really chill, I love it

This was a new band and new music for me. I'm not sure where to put this album. I heard music that reminded me of Badly Drawn Boy, Damon Albarn or Oasis - and I like at least some music from each of those artists. There were also tracks that I definitely would skip ("All of My Thoughts", "Come Together", "The Individual"). I do not expect to listen to this album again, so rounding up to three stars is an okay measure of this listening experience.

Not my bag…

eee the screeching noises triggered me massively… there were maybe two good songs and the rest made me furious

I read about this before putting it on and based on the descriptions - space-rock...neo-psychedelia...epic - I was ready to love this. But I don't. It's dense in a way that becomes inaccessible. Is it something that comes with time? The songs are long already yet seem longer than they are. Not a compliment. I had this one over the weekend which gave me time with it but I actually am finding myself liking it *less* the 2nd/3rd times through. It's noisier than i'd wanted (holy hell "The Individual" is an abomination that I didn't need in my headphones with the lights off). And I don't necessarily need pop but there aren't anything resembling hooks *anywhere* on this album that I could remember - even the best/longest prog songs will have recurring themes. I still don't really remember anything from this. I think I'm trying too hard - just cannot connect with this one. Clearly a lot of time/effort was put into this which - great - but there seems to be so much effort into making a vast variety of sounds and tones that they forgot to put any effort into the craft of songwriting. Lack of any good actual songs makes it essentially unlistenable for me. 2/10 2 stars.

I’ve liked

Strong 3, i was in space

Some really nice songs (ladies and gents, broken heart) and I liked the start of good cop bad cop but not the last 8 mins or so. Overall pretty good! 6/10

Cool waves sounds so spiritual. Felt like listening to a soulful hymn.

Expansive, excellent. Surprised that i hadn't heard any of this before. Reminded me in places of the Kula Shaker album that i adored in my early teenage years

spiritualized é criminalmente subestimado. a primeira track é coisa de outro mundo.

bão d+

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

Solid 4.5

I will love you till I die And I will love you all the time Everything happens today And we're out here in space And I don't know where we are all going Baby I love you today I guess that's what you want And I don't know where we are all going

Sometimes I really, really wonder what the compilers of this list were thinking. This was just the biggest, boringest non event of an album. Never again. 2/5.

This album had me enraptured from the opening minute. Space gospel, space rock, whatever this is, it's great. It's really unlike anything I've heard before, and that uniqueness carries you through the album, making you wish there was more to listen to.

😑 sounds like a mish mash to me, all the instruments sound indistinct, the vocals sound all floofy. I would describe the album as mostly floofy.

that was good!

Holy crap, this sucks

4.5/5. Kinda a classic. Solid rocker

Plus one point for the interesting cover of an Elvis Presley song. Minus one point for not just calling it "Can't Help Falling In Love". Some of this wound up being strangely appealing, but most of it got extremely monotonous. Still not sure where I stand on the album cover resembling a prescription drug label. Maybe I didn't take the right drugs while listening.

It wasn’t as annoying as I was expecting but won’t be played at my funeral.

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

The songs are mixes of psychedelia, gospel and space rock. The songs are long and can drag on. Usually break up albums are exciting - this one is like the pub bore droning on at you about nothing. Best Tracks: Come Together; I Think I'm In Love; Electricity

I could not find a single thing about this to appreciate.

Fundamentalmente ruido y disonancias. Aburrido.

Forgot how good this album is

Epic sound but falls short on songwriting ability. 2.5

I find it both interesting and boring.

Massive disappointment to me when compared to Lazer Guided Melodies which I really enjoyed... Couldn't get into it at all

Hugely bland with a singer who sounds like he can't be arsed getting out of his bed to do his vocals.

Great album

Wow - an album I always read about in the late 90s and everything have should have told me to listen to it properly. I went back in a few months back and I’ve no hesitation in paying forward and giving this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Could not get all the way through it.

new found appreciation for the harmonica (all of my thoughts) beautiful instrumentation in general

5/10 it was interesting. really beautiful at some parts and really really hard to listen to at others.

7/10. Honestly, pretty good, at least in the background.

I’m a big fan of the sound, not a big fan of the length. 7/10

Väldigt stor skillnad i känsla låtarna emellan. På ett bra sätt, det känns lite som ett konceptalbum som tar en till lite olika platser. Vissa låtar som Come together, känns lite som Oasis, medan albumets första spår ger väldiga Yo La Tengo-vibbar. All in all är det ett bra album, klart godkänt! Bäst: Gillar nog ändå "Come together" bäst. Oasis är ju fina.

I listened to some of this a few weeks ago... Crazy, I know.

Pretty trippy and ambient, I didn't mind this.

Очень тяжело было слушать этот альбом. Много лишних фоновых звуков, создающих шумы. Какая-то неразбериха. Один трек был похож на музыку из заставки к «Тайнам следствия».

Great album. Had been awhile since I’d listened but really enjoyed that. Climbatize is amongst the best things the Prodigy have done. One Star off for that Firestarter nonsense but otherwise a top album

i loveeee the name of this album. also i can hear the influences of pachelbel's canon in the titular track. not the last person to do that and probably not the first but still very neat :)

I liked the vibe of this one, and how it utilizes rapid tempo changes. Some the the tracks drag on a bit

Good album made me happy to listen to this music

A lovely wallow in late 90s drug-fuelled indie.

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

p820. 1997. 5 stars. Terrific mix of 60s psychedelia, Pink Floyd, Stones, Beatles, Julian Cope, 90s Brit Pop. This is GOOD.

Not sure how I've never heard this album before. It's amazing.

Really enjoyed this spacey album.

Eka täysin tuntematon! Kiinnostava alku, mut meno ylty vähän liian sekavaksi. Ehkä toinen kuuntelu auttaisi mut ei jaksa ei pysty.

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

Not my bag. Baby.

I didn't like this one very much, but it was mostly inoffensive background music for coloring. I say mostly because some of the music strayed a little far into what I think of as noise. I liked I Think I'm in Love and Stay with Me alright. 1.75.

lo que llegue a escuchar me parecio bastante bueno!

Not into this album. I like the song Broken Heart and thought it was well place. Other than that I found the record meanderings

Easy 5

Una altra de les grans bandes sobrevalorades dels 90. Aporta el toc oníric, confós i suficientment enrevesat de l'época per fer-se passar per música d'alt nivell per cervells escollits. Nah. No és més que soroll blanc amb molts apunts d'idees sense interés per desenvolupar-les

Exceptional album 💿 in my opinion I have loved it for years. The opening track melts your heart.😁

the instrumentation and mixing is incredible, truly like a spaceship, but the vocalist…doesnt do it for me most of the time.

I dont if I really like this, I gave a chance, I think it's the genre. The couple of songs did listen to were alright, but definitely not my cup of tea

During 1st song, I thought this was going to be awesome, but really the rest of it didn't grab me at all. Well constructed music, but a bit boring.

Interesting - a new album for me

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

A lot of noise. I like chaotic and experimental music, but I was starting to get a bit annoyed after the third warbly noisy song in a row. The title track is genuinely amazing, so is the 17-minute long finale "Cop Shoot Cop". Not the biggest fan of the middle, but songs like "I Think I'm In Love" and "Broken Heart" nicely break up the tinnitus.

Cerebral. Love the reimagining of Can't Help Falling In Love right off the bat. Rest of the album's a mixed bag, but fascinating sound.

A mix of ambient and structured songs. Some smooth and light, some more like the brass breakdown on Radiohead’s National Anthem

2/5 it was somewhat noisy

Groovy baby

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

Yes. This one is a classic

Eargasm

Nice production but writing was a bit dull

A dreamy album full of vast orchestral instrumentals that take you to a place off into the ether. Just as the album name suggests - we are left to feel as though we are indeed floating in space (and time). The addition of Elvis' 'Can't Help Falling in Love' on the title track, sets you up for a kind of mystique the album is going to bring. Best: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (I Can't Help Falling in Love) Worst: No God Only Religion

6/10

weird but fun

6/10

Not very charming lyrics. Reverb sounds cool but loses its novelty.

1. The rock defined genre 2. Vocals along with bg vox 3. Societal lyrics

Not really space rock as much as it is space themed. Not bad, but far too long and by the end they lose concept and just start shoegazing.

Decent space rock, was a bit confused though as to why in the midst of the album the sound drastically changed from rock to almost only ballads

It was Ok

Multistyled post-Roses grooves, borrowing Oasis's played-out schtick of nicking from familiar songs to prick up the ears. Interesting, pre-Grandaddy sci-fi buzz. Likeable.

Cool atmostpheric album. Won album of the year over Radiohead ok computer. Need to give it a relisten.

Music that I dont like

Hits you like a psychedelic assault. In a good way.

90s alt rock baby. Definitely some Stone Roses, The La's, maybe even Oasis vibes, but there's also some nice detours from that sound in the latter half of the album

Just not a fan of this style of music.

I loved the atmospheric quality of the album but it was a little messy

Spacey

Shit

Another album with lots of noise, although the style of this noise is a little more in line with my current mood than most. It has an experimental feel to it, and the singing is so subdued that I actually can't state or even recall a single lyric. As such, it can't really be any better than 3 stars, which is where I'll leave it.

There was a lot of this album that I really enjoyed. I really liked the first three three tracks, and Broken Heart. I did not enjoy the long, unpleasant, discordant sections in many of the songs. A bonus that "Cop Shoot Cop" quoted John Prine, a minus that it went on for 17 minutes with an unlistenable, interminable center.

So, I didn’t get a chance to give this one multiple listens as I prefer for albums with which I am unfamiliar. From my first listen…I didn’t get it. It started out decent, but then kind of just became white noise…until each tune seemed to turn into actual noise.

Haven't we already listened to this? A lot of these records from the mid-90s are all running together. I liked the first few songs: the title track, Come Together (not the Beatles), and I Think I'm in Love (with lyrics like "Just me and my spike in my arm and my spoon," think more Lou Reed's Perfect Day than Eddie Money's song with almost the same title). Sorta liked Electricity. But the rest was unmemorable and felt endless. Are the 1990s overrepresented in the 1001 Albums book or is the randomization front loading the 90s records for us? Everything's starting to sound the same!

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

I enjoyed the album but there were moments of chaos and noise I had to fast forward through. Overall a 3.5

A little too out-there for me.

I think this album unfairly gets called a one-song-album a lot, but there's a lot here beyond the title track. The first three songs (including that title track) are all fantastic, and there are some great deep cuts throughout. It's too long, and some of the songs also feel too long on their own, but this is brit-pop required listening to my ears.

It seemed like good quality and I should like it but it just didn't speak to me at best, and annoyed me at worst.