- Audio CD (7 May 1997)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Dedicated
- ASIN: B000024B0E
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
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Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space is the seminal album from Jason Pierce’s Spiritualised. A wall of progressive space-rock that soars, amongst its trance-like hooks you will find guest appearances from Dr John and The London Gospel Community Choir.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Soundscape might seem like a strange word to use to describe this album - it's not an Eno-esque ambient constellation, but is clearly structured into twelve songs - yet its blending of the ends/beginnings of songs, its far from arbitrary choice of track listing, the fact that the songs work much better in the context of the rest of the album, and even the artwork/packaging make it so much more than just your standard avant garde rock affair.
This was the album that got me into Spiritualized back in 1997, but it also blew my musical world apart, sending me searching in so many directions for something that could live up to this masterpiece (I think the closest i've got to finding it is Khonnor's 'Handwriting').
From the blissful lazy elegance of the opening (and title) track, through the more standard rock of Come Together and Electricity, to the hazy broken jazz of The Individual, via the tear jerking Broken Heart before the 16 minute finale that is Cop Shoot Cop, every minute is a journey; every moment is perfect.
This kind of record emerges once every generation. Jason Pierce has taken Spiritualized in different directions since, probably because he realised that this record could never be matched and he didn't want to taint it by trying.
This was the album that got me into Spiritualized back in 1997, but it also blew my musical world apart, sending me searching in so many directions for something that could live up to this masterpiece (I think the closest i've got to finding it is Khonnor's 'Handwriting').
From the blissful lazy elegance of the opening (and title) track, through the more standard rock of Come Together and Electricity, to the hazy broken jazz of The Individual, via the tear jerking Broken Heart before the 16 minute finale that is Cop Shoot Cop, every minute is a journey; every moment is perfect.
This kind of record emerges once every generation. Jason Pierce has taken Spiritualized in different directions since, probably because he realised that this record could never be matched and he didn't want to taint it by trying.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Recently rediscovered this album after listening to it a lot in 97/98. Better than I remembered it - life isn't usually like this!
It takes you through absolute highs from the spacey 'Cool Waves' to base lows of stringed fantismo 'Broken Heart' (which is my at-the-moment favourite song - listened to it about 15 times in the last 3 weeks).
The eponymous opening track just builds and builds like a 20th century pachalbel's canon (in fact I think it must be based on it) and the lyric is beautiful. The whole album is great and I enjoy each song individually and together. It is really clever and textual music with many layers - sometimes I hate it when music is too clever but not in this case!
The influences are diverse (classical, blues, gospel)and you hear something new every time that you listen to it.
Can you tell that I really like it?
It takes you through absolute highs from the spacey 'Cool Waves' to base lows of stringed fantismo 'Broken Heart' (which is my at-the-moment favourite song - listened to it about 15 times in the last 3 weeks).
The eponymous opening track just builds and builds like a 20th century pachalbel's canon (in fact I think it must be based on it) and the lyric is beautiful. The whole album is great and I enjoy each song individually and together. It is really clever and textual music with many layers - sometimes I hate it when music is too clever but not in this case!
The influences are diverse (classical, blues, gospel)and you hear something new every time that you listen to it.
Can you tell that I really like it?
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I first heard of Spiritualized in 2001 when Let It Come Down was released. I kept an ear out for them, and decided to fine out more about them. I trawled through the music magazines I had, and Spiritualized had a reputation. This album, my first Spiritualized one, simply blew me away. It's immense sonic clarity, it's diverse changes and form showed me the effects one man's vision can have on music.
Jason Pierce is a complete genius, although a not entirely happy one at that. This album was recorded at a time of great personal strife for Jason - the band were slowly imploding, and his relationship with Kate Radley, who was the Spiritualized keyboardist, had ended with her marrying Richard Ashcroft. This is regularly seen as one of the great 'break up'albums(the media interpreted the album as a lovelorn, drug addled note to Kate Radley)but Pierce rejects this, believing it to be more than that, and he is right - but it easy to interpret songs like 'Broken Heart' with lyrics of wanting to get wasted in order to get rid of the pain, as a sign of a troubled man. The break up, coupled with a mild heroin addiction, do leave their mark on this album.
Anyway, what matters are the songs, and this albums has them in quality and quantity - the album is nigh on 70 minutes long. The title track is heartmelting in it's multi-layered vocals, but the original version, with lines lifted from an Elvis song, and a a gospel choir is perhaps even more fantastic (Jason had to to rerecord the track due to the Elvis estate). 'Come Together' is a great slice of ragga rock, with its lyrics that combine two of Pierce's staples - god and drugs - he often fails to see the differnce between the two. 'I think i'm in love' is basically two great songs in one. 'All of My Thoughts' and 'Stay With Me' carry on the baton until 'Electricity' storms in. 'Broken Heart' is sandwiched by two free jazz songs, but it provides the calm in the storm. It is a great track, with simply outstanding strings - it make you feel thatlove can be redemptive. 'Cool Waves' is a gospel led treatise on love, and then there is the final track, the absolutely epic 'Cop Shoot Cop...' which is an sixteen minute observation of Pierces mind. The whole album is a vision by Jason Pierce, and the mixing reportedly took almost as long as the recording, but it was worth the hassle. I truly believe this is one of the great albums, but is does require patience - give it time, and you will think it is great.
Jason Pierce is a complete genius, although a not entirely happy one at that. This album was recorded at a time of great personal strife for Jason - the band were slowly imploding, and his relationship with Kate Radley, who was the Spiritualized keyboardist, had ended with her marrying Richard Ashcroft. This is regularly seen as one of the great 'break up'albums(the media interpreted the album as a lovelorn, drug addled note to Kate Radley)but Pierce rejects this, believing it to be more than that, and he is right - but it easy to interpret songs like 'Broken Heart' with lyrics of wanting to get wasted in order to get rid of the pain, as a sign of a troubled man. The break up, coupled with a mild heroin addiction, do leave their mark on this album.
Anyway, what matters are the songs, and this albums has them in quality and quantity - the album is nigh on 70 minutes long. The title track is heartmelting in it's multi-layered vocals, but the original version, with lines lifted from an Elvis song, and a a gospel choir is perhaps even more fantastic (Jason had to to rerecord the track due to the Elvis estate). 'Come Together' is a great slice of ragga rock, with its lyrics that combine two of Pierce's staples - god and drugs - he often fails to see the differnce between the two. 'I think i'm in love' is basically two great songs in one. 'All of My Thoughts' and 'Stay With Me' carry on the baton until 'Electricity' storms in. 'Broken Heart' is sandwiched by two free jazz songs, but it provides the calm in the storm. It is a great track, with simply outstanding strings - it make you feel thatlove can be redemptive. 'Cool Waves' is a gospel led treatise on love, and then there is the final track, the absolutely epic 'Cop Shoot Cop...' which is an sixteen minute observation of Pierces mind. The whole album is a vision by Jason Pierce, and the mixing reportedly took almost as long as the recording, but it was worth the hassle. I truly believe this is one of the great albums, but is does require patience - give it time, and you will think it is great.
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disappointed
severely disappointed in the condition - which had been described as fair/good. It is far from it - torn cardboard, foil had long been broken and ripped - essentially I bought a... Read more
Published 7 months ago by PO
not for me
I discovered Spiritualized with an album called Songs in A + E, I love this album. Ladies and Gents is good, but not great. A lot of great ideas that did not quite make it.
Published 12 months ago by Matan Lavi
Album of the 90s - Overlooked Classic #4
Forget OK Computer, this is THE album of the 90s (OK don't, just get Radiohead next). The imminent re-release has made me listen to this again recently, and I now realise how... Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2009 by M. Stevens
Quite Beautiful
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space is quite beautiful and without doubt one of the most heart breaking albums of the last fifty years! Read more
Published on 19 Oct 2009 by countvoncampbell
Painful listening
You'd have to be on serious drugs to enjoy listening to this. Yes there are a couple of really good songs, but on the whole it's just random noise that really grates and hurts your... Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2009 by Keith Hughes
One Of The Greatest Albums Ever Made
You won't find a better album to listen to than this. It is simply magnificant. I have the original that came out in the tablet form with the intructions inside. Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2007 by Rjbeevers
Spellbinding, Truly The Work Of A Visionary
Lower the lights, get in your favourite chair and turn up the volume; you're in for a sonic treat. You really will feel like you are floating in space. Read more
Published on 7 July 2006 by Mr. J. F. Marshall
Am i missing something?
Im a big fan of Spiritualized but now im thinking maybe im not. Lazer, phase and come down all are fantastic albums. LAGWAFIS is meant to be their best and brightest album? Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2006
ladies and gentlemen this record is ace!!
Well I could go on about individual tracks and diversity and being taken on a journey of sound.
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Published on 16 May 2003 by bluetonic
well worth the effort
I will admit, when I first got this album and listened to it (about six months ago now) I simply couldn't get into it. Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2003 by Dan
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