Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (2LP, Vinyle bleu)
RARITY - SEALED
Spiritualized:
- Jason Pierce – vocals, guitars, hammered dulcimer, piano, autoharp
- Kate Radley – organs, piano, Roland D-20 synthesizer, backing vocals
- Sean Cook – Fender Jazz bass guitar, harmonica
- Damon Reece – drums, percussion, timbales, bells, timpani
Dr. John – piano and backing vocals on "Cop Shoot Cop..."
John Coxon – guitars (Fender Jaguar, Gibson Firebird), melodica, Roland JD-800 synthesizer
Ed Coxon – violin
B.J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
Angel Corpus Christi – accordion
Andy Davis – Hammond organ
Simon Clarke – flute, baritone saxophone
Tim Sanders – tenor saxophone
Terry Edwards – tenor saxophone
Roddy Lorimer – trumpet, flugelhorn
Neil Sidwell – trombone
Tim Jones – French horn
The Balanescu Quartet (Alexander Balanescu, Clare Connors – violins; Kathy Burgess – viola; Sophie Harris – cello)
London Community Gospel Choir – choir
Arranged by Jason Pierce
Written by Jason Pierce (all tracks), George David Weiss (A1), Hugo Peretti (A1), and Luigi Creatore (A1)
2 LPs, Gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Blue
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : GZ Media
Label : Vinyl Me Please - Essentials series
Original Label : Enterprise
Recorded 1995–1997 at Moles Studio (Bath), The Church / Rooster / The Strongroom (London), House of Blues (Memphis), The Hit Factory (New York), A&M (Los Angeles)
Recorded by Carl Nappa, Darren Allison, Darren Nash, Mads Bjerke, Trevor Curwen
Mixed by Chad Bamford, Darren Allison, John Leckie, Mads Bjerke, Pat McCarthy, Trevor Curwen
Produced by Jason Pierce, John Coxon
Remastered at Alchemy Mastering by Ray Staff
Lacquer cut at Alchemy Mastering by Bazza (Barry Grint)
Design by Farrow Design, Spaceman
Originally released in June 1997
Reissued in 2023
Tracks:
Side A:
- Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
- Come Together
- I Think I'm In Love
Side B:
- All Of My Thoughts
- Stay With Me
- Electricity
- Home Of The Brave
Side C:
- The Individual
- Broken Heart
- No God Only Religion
- Cool Waves
Side D:
- Cop Shoot Cop…
Awards:
NME 1997 album of the year at the end
Review :
“Spiritualized's third collection of hypnotic headphone symphonies is their most brilliant and accessible to date. Largely forsaking the drones and minimalistic, repetitive riffs which have characterized his work since the halcyon days of Spacemen 3, Jason Pierce re-focuses here and spins off into myriad new directions; in a sense, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, with its majestic, Spector-like glow, is his classic rock album. "Come Together" and the blistering "Electricity" are his most edgy, straightforward rockers in eons, while the stunning "I Think I'm in Love" settles into a divided-psyche call-and-response R&B groove, and the closing "Cop Shoot Cop" (with guest Dr. John) locks into a voodoo blues trance. Lyrically, Pierce is at his most open and honest: The record is a heartfelt confessional of love and loss, with redemption found only in the form of drugs -- designed, no less, to look like a prescription pharmaceutical package, Ladies and Gentlemen is pointedly explicit in its description of drug use as a means of killing the pain on track after track. Conversely, never before have the literal implications of the name "Spiritualized" been explored in such earnest detail -- the London Community Gospel Choir appears prominently on a number of songs, while another bears the title "No God, Only Religion," pushing the music even further toward the kind of cosmic gospel transcendence it craves. A masterpiece.” AllMusic Review by Jason Ankeny
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.55 / 5