Spiritualized

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	Amazing Grace New - LP - 46341 Sealed 2003 Vinyl. Fifth Album From The Notorious British Psychedelic Trance-Rock Outfit. more
	Amazing Grace (Peace On Earth) New - LP - 15128 Sealed 2002 12 Inch Mini LP. Includes "Amazing Grace" And Evening Session Versions Of "On Fire" and "Do It All Over Again / Come Together." Over 25 Minutes Of Music. more
	And Nothing Hurt New - LP - FP1675-1 Sealed 2018 Original Standard Black Vinyl Edition. "Six Years In The Making, And Nothing Hurt, The Eighth Album By Spiritualized, Is Instantly Recognizable For Its Trademark Meld Of Garage Rock, Pillowy Psychedelia, Gospel, R&b, And Blues Via Guitars, Strings, Horns, Keyboards, And A Stellar Backing Chorus In Intimate, Vulnerable, Confessional Songs. Since The Early '90s (Earlier If You Count Spacemen 3), Jason Pierce Has Cultivated A Lush Production Palette And Songwriting Style That Often Involves Dozens Of Musicians In Big-budget Recording Studios. This Date Follows That M.o. With A Caveat: It Was Largely Recorded On A Laptop Alone In His Bedroom. Pierce Began These Sessions As A Series Of Demos With Youth. Unhappy With The Result, He Scrapped Almost Everything To Begin Again, But Faced A Logistics Problem: Most Of His Money Had Been Spent. Necessity Being The Mother Of Invention, He Bought A Laptop And Undertook The Painstaking Process Of Learning To Use Pro Tools. His Budget Was So Miniscule, The Record's Requisite String Orchestra Was Assembled From Sampled Bits Off Classical Recordings. After Finishing Basic Tracks, He Hired Players For Instruments He Couldn’t Play, Including Timpani, Horns, And Upright Bass, As Well As The Vocal Chorus. He Cut Their Parts In Professional Studios. Despite This, And Nothing Hurt (Titled After The Epitaph Of Billy Pilgrim, The Hero Of Kurt Vonnegut's Novel Slaughterhouse Five), Fits Spiritualized's Aesthetic Perfectly. As A Songwriter And Arranger, All Of Pierce's Strengths Are Readily Apparent. The Strummed Ukulele Intro To Opener "A Perfect Miracle" Blossoms Into A Baroque Psychedelic Waltz That Ray Davies Might Have Constructed During The Kinks' Village Green Preservation Society Period. "I'm Your Man" Is Drenched In The Warmth Of Stax-style Horns In Kaleidoscopic R&b. The Sunshine-drenched "Here It Comes (The Road) Let's Go" Weaves A Strolling Nola-style Horn Chart Through A Gospelized Vocal Chorus, Pulsing Analog Synths, And Shambolic Guitars. "Damaged" Is A Country Waltz À La Mickey Newbury With Slide Guitars In Place Of Pedal Steel And A Lonesome, Lyric That Sounds Simultaneously Exhausted And Needy. "The Morning After" Continues The Story Of Jane From "Hey Jane," And Gives Way To A Squalling Boogie Garage Rock Orgy Built On A Two-chord Vamp And Peppered With Bleating Saxophones, Brass, And Backing Vocals. "The Morning After" Nods Toward The Loaded-era Velvet Underground With Its Textured Yet Frenetic Attack, Underscored By A Howling Harmonica And Framed By A Female Chorus That Transforms The Tune Into Mutant Gospel. Two Other Tracks Here, "The Prize" And The Closer "Sail On Through," Are Hazy, Languid Assemblages Of Orchestral Psych Pop And Narcotic Gospel. During The Recording Process, Pierce Felt He Was Creating The Final Spiritualized Effort; Pleased With Results, That Seems No Longer To Be The Case. In Full, And Nothing Hurt Stands Alongside The Very Best Outings On The Spiritualized Shelf. Its Finest Moments Are Consequently Its Most Tender, Revealing How Much Pierce Has Grown As A Writer. If He Continues To Record, This Will Be The Album That Opens A Vibrant New Chapter In The Saga Of Spiritualized." AMG Review By Thom Jurek. more
	Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space New Import - FP1753-4 Sealed 2021 2LP 180gm Special Edition Remastered Reissue With New Artwork, Pressed On Neptune Blue. “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, AMG. more
	Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space B P New - LP - P766613 Sealed 2010 2LP 180gm Reissue With Custom Inner Sleeves. “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, AMG. more
	Lazer Guided Melodies New - LP - 159 Sealed, Out Of Print 2010 2LP 180gm Vinyl Re-Issue Of Spiritualized's Debut Album With Custom Hype Sticker On Shrink. more
	Lazer Guided Melodies New - LP - FP1751-1 Sealed 2021 2LP 180gm Special Edition Reissue, With New Artwork Pressed On Black Vinyl. Part Of Fat Possum's "Spaceman Rissue Program". Half Speed Lacquer Cut From Original Sources By Alchemy Mastering, Presented In A Gatefold Jacket Adorned By Reworked Art By Mark Farrow. "The Group's Seminal Debut Album Is Aptly Titled: The Melodies Shimmer And Drone And Hum Like Otherworldly Pop Tunes, And Radley And Pierce's Vocals Hover Gently In The Mix. One Of The Premier Dream Pop Albums, Lazer Guided Melodies Is Both Beautiful And Innovative." AMG Review By Heather Phares. more
	Let It Come Down New - LP - OPM001 Factory Sealed. Gorgeous 2001 2LP. more
	Pure Phase New - LP - FP1752-1 Sealed 2021 Special Edition 2LP Heavy-Duty Gatefold Reissue On Black Vinyl, With New Artwork. "Much Of The Reason That The Pure Phase Album Seemed A Tad Disappointing Upon Its 1995 Release Was That The Electric Mainline Teaser EP Issued Over A Year Earlier Was So Fantastic -- Its Three Tracks Possess An Organic Vitality And Soulful Grit That The Overly Fussy Versions Reprised On Pure Phase Sorely Lack. "Good Times" Exists At The Intersection Of Cosmic Rock & Roll And Salt-Of-The-Earth R&B, Fusing A Chugging, Hypnotic Guitar Riff With Backing Vocals And Horn Arrangements Channeled From Some Off-planet Franchise Of Muscle Shoals Studios. "Lay Back In The Sun" Somehow Manages To Achieve Exit Velocity Despite (Or Maybe Because Of) A Grinding, Circular Melody That Actually Goes Nowhere, And The Two-Part Instrumental Title Cut Captures The Same Arriving-Without-Traveling Zeitgeist. Jason Pierce Advises In The Liner Notes To "Play Loud 'N' Drive Fast" -- Words Worth Heeding At All Times." AMG - Jason Ankeny. more
	Songs In A&E New - LP - 1768732 Sealed 2008 2LP Vinyl. "Who Would Have Thought That Jason Pierce's Spiritualized Would Have Had Any Life In Them After The Rather Uninspiring Amazing Grace In 2003? In The Intervening Five Years, Pierce Nearly Died From Double Pneumonia. Near Death Experiences By Their Very Nature Are Life-Changing Events. The Music On Songs In A&E Were Recorded In That Aftermath, But Most Of The Album Was Written Two Years Before He Got Sick; With So Much Of It About Near Death And Survival, It Feels Like Life Imitating Art. From The First Notes Of "Sweet Talk," It's Obvious That A Very Different Spiritualized Is Up And About; An Acoustic Guitar, A Sparse Drum Kit, The Voice Quartet, A Few Horns, And A Minimal Bassline Fuel It. Pierce Sweetly Croons To A Loved One In Waltz Time; His Words Are Simultaneously Appeasing And Accusatory. The Gospel Chorus Isn't As Overblown As It Was On Amazing Grace Or Let It Come Down. They Are In A Support Role, Offering Pierce's Reedy Voice A Fullness And Authority It Wouldn't Have Otherwise. Songs In A&E Is The Most Consistent Recording Spiritualized Has Issued Since 1997's Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space. It Contains The Best Elements Of The Band's Signature Sound, And Paradoxically Hedonistic Yet Utterly Spiritual Lyric Themes. That Said, Newly Focused Energy, Willfully Restrained Arrangements, And Taut Compositions Give The Set A Sheer Emotional Power That No Spiritualized Recording Has Ever Displayed Before, Making It, Quite Possibly, Their Finest Outing Yet.” – Thom Jurek, All Music Guide more