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CRITIC REVIEWS
100
Truly, Sweet Heart, Sweet Light is one of those gorgeous things and, if nothing else, the most profound late statement Spaceman has given us in a decade.
90
Sweet Heart, Sweet Light covers a broad aural spectrum from surrealistic haze to outward pop and as such, is some of Jason Pierce’s and Spiritualized’s best material since Ladies and Gentlemen.
85
Spiritualized have mastered the use of these instruments to be able to lift a song effortlessly from its standard verse into a magnificent chorus.
83
From its opening moments, in fact, Sweet Heart packs in one of Pierce’s most impressive works yet.
80
Though there’s no shortage of beauty or orchestral decoration on Sweet Heart Sweet Light, the influence of a middle age precipice on those pop trappings gives the album a rare and yes, spiritual, power.
80
This is the best and most complete set of songs Spiritualized have made since Ladies And Gentlemen.
80
His tendency for perfection shines through once again on an album put together by an obsessive personality – in more than one sense.
70
This record is, as you’d expect, by turns breathtaking, entrancing, deafening and challenging, and Spiritualized are still the Vatican of bands.
60
The atmosphere of utter, abject sorrow is never properly established enough to get your guts and I don’t get my gateway track.
Nov 6, 2017*
I have never listen to any of Spiritualized discography but after hearing this album, i damn will now. Their LP "Truly, Sweet Heart, Sweet Light" coat a wide array of space rock, chamber pop and neo-psychedelia that feels more purification with the blissful soundscape.Their single track alone "Hey Jane" is a great example of the band displaying a catchy melody and evolving throughout the tune. Some tracks of the track-list feels more uplifting and cheerful. One of the best ... read more
Nov 13, 2015
What the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre would sound like if they put on their pants and stopped playing with each other's dicks.
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END OF YEAR LISTS
| #15 | / | Piccadilly Records |
| #15 | / | The Needle Drop |
| #16 | / | No Ripcord |
| #17 | / | Under the Radar |
| #18 | / | Beats Per Minute |
| #18 | / | MAGNET |
| #18 | / | Pretty Much Amazing |
| #20 | / | PopMatters |
| #20 | / | Stereogum |
| #22 | / | Consequence of Sound |
| #24 | / | Cokemachineglow |
| #28 | / | NME |
| #31 | / | Pitchfork |
| #34 | / | Pazz & Jop |
MISC LISTS
| #20 | / | Stereogum (First Half) |
| #32 | / | Pitchfork Readers |
Track List
- Hey Jane
- Little Girl
- Get What You
- Too Late
- Heading for the Top
- Freedom
- I Am What I Am
- Mary
- Life Is a Problem
- So Long You Pretty Things
Added on: December 7, 2011
