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Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

Spiritualized® - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Critic Score
Based on 8 reviews
1997 Ratings: #6 / 108
User Score
1997 Ratings: #27
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
NME
The work of a man who, having assimilated an army of influences - Captain Beefheart and Sly Stone for sure, but everyone from Elvis to Zappa to Red Crayola are all lost in here somewhere - has managed to create an entirely new noise out of the wreckage. And wreckage is what this album is all about.
83
Entertainment Weekly

The title says it all. From the otherworldly opener ”Can’t Help Falling in Love,” to the narcotized 16-minute closing track, ”Cop Shoot Cop,” Ladies and Gentlemen, We’re Floating in Space is beautifully weightless and way out.

76
Pitchfork

Floating In Space requires a touch of patience and a desire to probe its depths, but the reward is well worth the investment.

70
Rolling Stone

Hardly the stuff of halcyon trances. Both ethereal and earthy, Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating in Space doesn't try to hide its uglier aspects – which, in the end, is what makes it so damn gorgeous.

fakeplasticrose
100

i just listened to this whilst literally floating in space (and by that i mean on an aeroplane) and I doubt anything will ever touch that.

CLJesse
84

Ladies and Gentlemen We are Fucking Your Mom (gottem)

UltimateLifeFrm
98

Shoutout to @Rice, thanks for the recommendation! I got to check out more space rock music in the future because this was fucking amazing!

Spiritualized are a group who I've heard quite a lot about in the last year, thanks again to RYM for that. This is regarded as their best album by critics and audiences alike, and now that I've finally heard it, I can certainly see why.

I'm not that fully familiar with space rock as a genre, so consider this album to be my proper introduction to it. At the ... read more

spicyy
100

to me this sounds like what i like about beach house combined with what i like about pinkerton

amiinac
95

recommended this to my roommates and they actually liked it. i win again

juney
87

when i listen to this album i feel like im going to ascend into the sky and fucking die

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Added on: August 22, 2012