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[gil-scott heroin]

I like Jay Pierce and Spiritualized. My favorite album is let it come down. I don't want to have a fuckfest and talk about his older band, you know. If you must talk about Spiritualized older albums. But please talk about A&E. I wanna pick this record up. Someone here must like Spiritualized. The thing with Leno and then Letterman was fucking funny. I read about all the history regarding A&E, I support this guy through thick and thin. Tell me about the new album...Tell me little details about the songs

[BobtheSquid]

OK.

[gil-scott heroin]

didnt really tell me much. but whatever it's not the message board way, someone can delete this.

[Pavement Ist Rad]

Pretty good album. I like "Sweet Talk" and "Borrowed Your Gun" a lot. That's all I got.

[Bleep Blop]

I just listened to this two or three albums ago. Some quality tracks, but I'm still waiting for it to really click in. Although yeah, Sweet Talk is great. and the song after is pretty good too- nice and depressing first verse there. Seeing them live a week from Monday, I'm hoping seeing the songs live will help me appreciate the album a bit more, but as of right now it's still holding up somewhere in the top 10 of '08.

[Chicken Invaders!]

something like my...9th favorite record of the year. No, it is not any kind of sonic grounbreaking masterpiece. It's just a whole bunch of classic Spaceman songs, excellently performed. Wonderful record, his best since Ladies and Gents. The only thing that really bugs me is that "You Lie You Cheat," which would arguably be my favorite song on the record otherwise, fades out! What a terrible way to end that song. Seriously, it breaks into this monster final chorus with guitars fucking themselves to shit and then it's just... NO WAIT, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?! Should have at least done it like the Letterman performance. Or something.

[RabbiSchmoiley]

Yeah, I like this a hell of a lot. Doesn't seem to drag as much as their last few albums have for me. "Sitting on Fire" and "Baby I'm Just a Fool" are the two standouts for me, but there really aren't any bad songs on this album. Most likely top 10 (and at least top 20) album of the year for me.

[Bleep Blop]

something like my...9th favorite record of the year. No, it is not any kind of sonic grounbreaking masterpiece. It's just a whole bunch of classic Spaceman songs, excellently performed. Wonderful record, his best since Ladies and Gents.

The only thing that really bugs me is that "You Lie You Cheat," which would arguably be my favorite song on the record otherwise, fades out! What a terrible way to end that song. Seriously, it breaks into this monster final chorus with guitars fucking themselves to shit and then it's just... NO WAIT, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?! Should have at least done it like the Letterman performance. Or something.

Yeah, wait.. that's a pretty great song too. I don't really mind the fadeout too much-- although I think for that song, it may have worked better if it would have built up and cut off mid chorus(in the vein of "Untitled" by D'angelo)

[gil-scott heroin]

something like my...9th favorite record of the year. No, it is not any kind of sonic grounbreaking masterpiece. It's just a whole bunch of classic Spaceman songs, excellently performed. Wonderful record, his best since Ladies and Gents.

The only thing that really bugs me is that "You Lie You Cheat," which would arguably be my favorite song on the record otherwise, fades out! What a terrible way to end that song. Seriously, it breaks into this monster final chorus with guitars fucking themselves to shit and then it's just... NO WAIT, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?! Should have at least done it like the Letterman performance. Or something.

this is the stuff i wanna hear

[Mike Schank]

I don't know a fuckin thing about this band but I love this album. Smokin mass weed, it's all acoustic and lo-fi with strings and shit then it's all crazy, loud psychedelic rock.

[torrance]

brilliant, my second favourite spiritualized reccud (after live at the royal albert hall) though i've still heard nothing pre ladies and gents, before this album i didn't care to either, but i will be getting round to that now, eventually

[Badger]

brilliant, my second favourite spiritualized reccud (after live at the royal albert hall) though i've still heard nothing pre ladies and gents, before this album i didn't care to either, but i will be getting round to that now, eventually

as a result of which, those 2 records will shift down to become your 3rd & 4th favourite Spiritualised albums, I bet

[torrance]

that would be nice

[The Luscious Phil]

This is a great record. Sweet Talk is really a glorious opener. And yeah, Sitting on Fire is tremendous. Anyone else really bothered by Death Take Your Fiddle? I dig the song, but that sound affect which sounds like labored breathing through a tube freaks me out. I literally cannot listen to it on headphones, it feels like I am suffocating. I skip it every time. Great record, one of the more "I did not see that one coming," records of the year. I love his absolutely wrecked voice on this record.

[RabbiSchmoiley]

brilliant, my second favourite spiritualized reccud (after live at the royal albert hall) though i've still heard nothing pre ladies and gents, before this album i didn't care to either, but i will be getting round to that now, eventually

as a result of which, those 2 records will shift down to become your 3rd & 4th favourite Spiritualised albums, I bet

OTM

[Chicken Invaders!]

. I love his absolutely wrecked voice on this record.

Yeah, that's another of this record's strong points. He sounds like latter-day Dylan on a few tracks, almost. It's great.

[st. park]

i don't like a & e that much. i dunno, it's not rocking enough to compete with his earlier stuff but it's also not pretty enough to top ladies & gentlemen.. it just treads this middle ground that i don't find that interesting.

[Finn McCool]

...that sound affect which sounds like labored breathing through a tube freaks me out. I literally cannot listen to it on headphones, it feels like I am suffocating...I love his absolutely wrecked voice on this record.

Pierce was near death in the hospital for quite some time before getting around to this album, hooked up to the respirator that creeps you out so much. I'd say mission accomplished, eh? And I agree about his voice on the album - he's never been a strong singer, per se. Great record.

[spiritofeden]

this is still my # 1 album of the year. just picked it up on vinyl. fucking beautiful. iam beginning to suspect at the end of the day i like it better then Ladies and Gentlemen. a very very welcome come back.

[bleach]

pretty good interview in:

including the reveal that j spaceman doesn't listen to headphones. that bothered me.