Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
Critic Score
Based on 21 reviews
2008 Ratings: #22 / 794
Year End Rank: #44
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Based on 97 ratings
2008 Ratings: #211
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CRITIC REVIEWS

grjowitt9
64

Spiritualized #6: Space-pop?!

Going for more of a pop direction this time around, the band throw together 51 minutes of jumbled music, with most of the songs paying off. ‘Sweet Talk’ and ’Soul on Fire’ are both instant classics, punchy, pop hits that stand out in their huge discography: finally, their experimentation seems to have worked out. In true Spiritualized fashion, however, this album is very inconsistent. The rest of the tracklist is definitely more ... read more

TheCarioca
62

Harmony 1 (Mellotron) - 3/5
Sweet Talk - 3/5
Death Take Your Fiddle - 2/5
I Gotta Fire - 4/5
Soul On Fire - 5/5 ❤
Harmony 2 (Piano) - 3/5
Sitting On Fire - 4/5
Yeah Yeah - 3/5
You Lie You Cheat - 3/5
Harmony 3 (Voice) - 3/5
Baby I'm Just a Fool - 3/5
Don't Hold Me Close - 3/5
Harmony 4 (The Old Man ...) - 3/5
The Waves Crash In - 3/5
Harmony 5 (Accordian) - 2/5
Borrowed Your Gun - 3/5
Harmony 6 (Glockenspiel) - 3/5
Good Night Goodnight - 3/5

mikehermida
75

Very pretty and very Spiritualized. Not quite at the standard of his best work but still a record that has a number of enjoyable moments even if it is quite a maudlin piece of work.

Essential Track - Soul On Fire

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