Ladies and Gentlemen... We Are Floating in Space

by Spiritualized

Overview

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. ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	09/10/2021
Label:	Fat Possum Records
UPC:	0767981175324

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Spiritualized   Primary Artist
Dr. John   Guest Artist,Piano,Vocals
Balanescu Quartet   Guest Artist
John Coxon   Fender Jaguar,Guitar (Electric),Multi Instruments,Guitar,Melodica,Roland JD800
Jason Pierce   Piano,Vocals,Autoharp,Dulcimer,Fender Rhodes
Sean Cook   Harmonia,Harmonica,Fender Rhodes,Bass (Electric),Fender Jazz Bass
London Community Gospel Choir   Choir/Chorus
Tim Sanders   Sax (Tenor)
Simon Clarke   Flute,Sax (Baritone)
Damon Reece   Bells,Drums,Guitar,Timpani,Timbales,Percussion
Ed Coxon   Violin
J. Neil Sidwell   Trombone
Timothy Jones   French Horn
Kate Radley   Piano,Vocals,Farfisa Organ,Vox Continental,Multi Instruments,Roland Synthesizer
Kathy Burgess   Viola
Edmund Coxon   Violin
Roddy Lorimer   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
J. Spaceman   Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Autoharp,Hammer Dulcimer
Sophie Harris   Cello
Neil Sidwell   Trombone
Clare Connors   Violin
Andy Davis   Organ,Organ (Hammond)
Terry Edwards   Sax (Tenor)
Angel Corpus Christi   Accordion
Alexander Balanescu   Violin
B.J. Cole   Pedal Steel

Technical Credits

J. Spaceman   Producer,Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Choir Arrangement,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Jason Pierce   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer,Choir Arrangement,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Tim Sanders   Horn Arrangements
Simon Clarke   Horn Arrangements
Darren Allison   Mixing,Engineer
Ray Staff   Mastering
Andrew Clark   Horn Arrangements
Ed Coxon   Horn Arrangements
Chris Scard   Assistant Engineer
Frank Gironda   Management
Edmund Coxon   Horn Arrangements
Darren Nash   Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Lem Lattimer   Assistant Engineer
Basil Hughes   Choir Arrangement
Patrick McCarthy   Mixing,Engineer
Carl Nappa   Engineer
Mads Bjerke   Mixing,Editing,Engineer,Post Producer
John Coxon   Producer
Chad Bamford   Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer,Mixing
John Leckie   Mixing,Engineer
Clare Connors   String Arrangements
Trevor Curwen   Mixing,Engineer
Patrick McGovern   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Elliot Roberts   Management