Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

Occupation

Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space is the third album by Spiritualized ®. It was taken between 1995 and 1997 and published in June 1997. The album title refers to the philosophical novel Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. The CD edition of the album was shipped in a box that was shaped like a blister packaging: The CD was like drugs sealed in a foil package and had to be pushed by an aluminum foil from the pack, this included a dosing instructions and package leaflet with information on side effects.

Title list

Originally the theme song should match the lyrics and the tune of " Can not Help Falling in Love" (written by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore for Elvis Presley ) appear, but there were copyright problems, so the album first with a alternate text and changed the melody for the song was released subtitled. Live used the band continue the Presley version. It was not until 2009, the copyright issue was resolved and (now as "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (I Can not Help Falling in Love ) " ) published on the new edition of the original version.

All other songs are loud Credits alone by Jason Pierce.

Reception

The album received consistently positive reviews and is the highlight of the band. It was also commercially highly successful ( see Section Charts ).

Pitchfork Media gave the Collector's Edition of the album the highest rating with 10.0/10.0 points and lists the album ranked 55 of the top 100 albums of the 1990s.

The New Musical Express ( NME ) gave the album 9 out of 10 and chose Ladies and Gentlemen ... album of the year 1997, OK Computer by Radiohead and Urban Hymns by The Verve. In similar lists of other magazines the album landed on rank 5 ( Melody Maker ) and 2 ( Select).

Charts

The album spent a total of 15 weeks in the UK Top 75 Album Charts with the peak position 4 in the very first week.

As singles Electricity ( UK # 32), I Think I'm in Love ( UK # 27) and Come Together were released.

Musician list

  • Jason Pierce - vocals, guitar, dulcimer, piano, autoharp, Fender Rhodes, horns arrangements, string arrangements, choral arrangement
  • Kate Radley - piano, vocals, Farfisa, synthesizers, Vox Continental
  • Sean Cook - Harmonica, Fender Rhodes, electric bass
  • And the London Community Gospel Choir and a further 15, detailed in the booklet, a studio musician.
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