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Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space made a profound impact in the summer of 1997, both critically and commercially, with its psychedelic soundscapes and heart-rending lyrics.It has influenced a whole range of musicians ever since. It was NME’s album of the year for 1997 and reached No.4 in the official charts. Originally packaged as a giant pill offering a written prescription, the concept was creatively inspired reflecting the depth of emotion and trauma laid bare on this truly remarkable work. Re-released with new artwork on special limited edition formats with 2CDs of bonus content. These bonus tracks give a valuable insight into the artist’s work-in-progress – and include demos, instrumental versions, and session mixes – and highlight an aim for perfection prior to recording the definitive version.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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OK, so let's get to the important stuff...
The two bonus discs for this re-issue of "Ladies and Gentlemen we are Floating in Space" are not at all what I expected.
First of all, get out of your head the idea that this is your typical, complete-your-collection-compilation-of-b-sides-and-non-album tracks/mixes-you-couldn't-be-bothered-to buy-when-they-were-released-at-the-time-but-years-later-have-taken-on-a-significance-quite-out-of-proportion-formed-into-a-companion-album release. It is not.
Based on Amazon's tracklisting, my initial expectation (and not a bad idea at that, or so I thought) was that Spiritualized had released all of the alternate versions of the songs, to enable those of us who know this LP note-for-note/word-for-word, to rip it onto our MP3 players and reconstruct alternate sequences of the album, because: surely nobody would want to listen to (for example) 7 variations of the title track in succession, would they?
But in fact, that is EXACTLY the intention. What these bonus discs represent is, effectively, a "directors cut" of the original record. They play like an extended version, a more (no pun intended) spaced out version. It's as though the whole album's been remixed by The Orb. All the original elements are present and correct and yet it's different. It SOUNDS like the same album (better, even?), but as though heard in a dream.
Utter genius (though possibly, if I may be so bold, two versions of "Electricity" too many?)
As for the original (i.e. disc 1) - it's mildly irritating that they've "revised" the title track. But I can live with that, because discs 2 and 3 are good enough to work as a stand alone-release, albeit a pricey one.
If Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space is one of your favourite LPs of all-time then, you need this, it's as simple as that. Although, brilliant as it is, it IS overpriced.
If you're a newcomer, my advice would be buy the original first, get into that and THEN buy this one (it will hopefully have come down in price by then).
But £30 or not, I can't criticize this record any more than I can scratch titanium.
The two bonus discs for this re-issue of "Ladies and Gentlemen we are Floating in Space" are not at all what I expected.
First of all, get out of your head the idea that this is your typical, complete-your-collection-compilation-of-b-sides-and-non-album tracks/mixes-you-couldn't-be-bothered-to buy-when-they-were-released-at-the-time-but-years-later-have-taken-on-a-significance-quite-out-of-proportion-formed-into-a-companion-album release. It is not.
Based on Amazon's tracklisting, my initial expectation (and not a bad idea at that, or so I thought) was that Spiritualized had released all of the alternate versions of the songs, to enable those of us who know this LP note-for-note/word-for-word, to rip it onto our MP3 players and reconstruct alternate sequences of the album, because: surely nobody would want to listen to (for example) 7 variations of the title track in succession, would they?
But in fact, that is EXACTLY the intention. What these bonus discs represent is, effectively, a "directors cut" of the original record. They play like an extended version, a more (no pun intended) spaced out version. It's as though the whole album's been remixed by The Orb. All the original elements are present and correct and yet it's different. It SOUNDS like the same album (better, even?), but as though heard in a dream.
Utter genius (though possibly, if I may be so bold, two versions of "Electricity" too many?)
As for the original (i.e. disc 1) - it's mildly irritating that they've "revised" the title track. But I can live with that, because discs 2 and 3 are good enough to work as a stand alone-release, albeit a pricey one.
If Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space is one of your favourite LPs of all-time then, you need this, it's as simple as that. Although, brilliant as it is, it IS overpriced.
If you're a newcomer, my advice would be buy the original first, get into that and THEN buy this one (it will hopefully have come down in price by then).
But £30 or not, I can't criticize this record any more than I can scratch titanium.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By Chris Widgery
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Format:Audio CD
I'm not quite sure what has motivated the timing of this release - Jason Pierce originally released this 12 years ago. However, let's set that to one side. Because the main disc is once again repackaged in the lovely pill dispenser packaging. Gorgeous.
This album is Pierce's masterpiece. It's where all of his ideas came together in a beautiful, touching, heart rending, lovelorn, astonishing whole. The world entire is here - love, loss, life, friendship, pain, joy, darkness and light. It's also ridiculously, ludicrously ambitious, but it hits every single target Pierce aims for. It's uplifting and utterly depressing. Joyful and miserable. One of the albums of the 90s. Possibly, although whisper it quietly, the album of the 90s (OK, probably not, but top five, certainly. It's that good) As an aside, it also contains my all time favourite sung punctuation (the comma in "Broken Heart" - "I've been told that it will heal, given time". Listen to it and you'll see what I mean)
And the two bonus discs are packed full of ideas, demos and alternate versions. Do I need a further seven (seven, count em!) versions of the title track? No, of course not. But if you are a bit of a geek like me, it is interesting hearing his ideas come together and evolve before turning into the masterful final version.
The earlier albums were him shaping his ideas, and whilst fabulous in places, they never came together as a consistent whole as this album does. And afterwards, he was too inconsistent - brilliant occasionally. But here he got it all right. Deserved to sell 10 million. Probably sold 10,000. There's no justice.
This album is Pierce's masterpiece. It's where all of his ideas came together in a beautiful, touching, heart rending, lovelorn, astonishing whole. The world entire is here - love, loss, life, friendship, pain, joy, darkness and light. It's also ridiculously, ludicrously ambitious, but it hits every single target Pierce aims for. It's uplifting and utterly depressing. Joyful and miserable. One of the albums of the 90s. Possibly, although whisper it quietly, the album of the 90s (OK, probably not, but top five, certainly. It's that good) As an aside, it also contains my all time favourite sung punctuation (the comma in "Broken Heart" - "I've been told that it will heal, given time". Listen to it and you'll see what I mean)
And the two bonus discs are packed full of ideas, demos and alternate versions. Do I need a further seven (seven, count em!) versions of the title track? No, of course not. But if you are a bit of a geek like me, it is interesting hearing his ideas come together and evolve before turning into the masterful final version.
The earlier albums were him shaping his ideas, and whilst fabulous in places, they never came together as a consistent whole as this album does. And afterwards, he was too inconsistent - brilliant occasionally. But here he got it all right. Deserved to sell 10 million. Probably sold 10,000. There's no justice.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Dai Bandit
Format:Audio CD
One of Jasons best efforts from the stunning title track onwards there isn't a bad number on this one. Great lyrics, memorable melodies and exquisite musicianship. What more can I say.
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