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Today's album of the day

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1997.
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Overall rank: 211
Average rating: 83/100 (from 486 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
2. Come Together
3. I Think I'm In Love
4. All Of My Thoughts
5. Stay With Me
6. Electricity
7. Home Of The Brave
8. The Individual
9. Broken Heart
10. No God Only Religion
11. Cool Waves
12. Cop Shoot Cop

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.

[Jimmy Dread]

Ahh... This brings back a bucketload of memories. Bought it the second it came out (in the CD 'blister pack' that was designed to look like a tablet. Looked shite on my shelf in its squashed cardboard box next to Lazer Guided Melodies, which is still my favourite Pierce LP), listened to it on repeat for weeks and thoroughly adored it, then saw them perform close on the whole thing live at the Royal Albert Hall with my mate who was stoned out of his box.

To these ears at least, time's been relatively kind to it unlike a lot of mid-90s stuff the NME praised to the skies at the time (such as Urban Hymns, which I wouldn't have in my collection even if you paid me and let me shag Kate Radley). Cool Waves was always my favourite track - an audio massage of the soul after the emotional bruising you're put through with Broken Heart. Always though Cop Shoot Cop was about 9 minutes too long, but aside from that it's ace.

Fun fact - the aforementioned NME put this as their AOTY above OK Computer in '97. I concurred then, and still do now.
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[meccalecca]

When I got married, we walked down the aisle to the title track. Need I say more about what this album means to me?
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[19loveless91]

Cool Waves is gorgeous and my favourite thing on here (though there's a lot to like). It sounds so majestic and uplifting but bittersweet at the same time.

[RoundTheBend]

Heard it for the first time a few weeks ago... regretting not hearing it sooner.

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[benpaco]

Took me a few listens for whatever reason, but I really do like this. And when I was in charge of a playlist the family thanksgiving, the title track was one of the songs people specifically asked about as they enjoyed it (just about my only playlist that was well received at a family function too.)
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[Applerill]

I really hope to one day "get" this, but so often the Britpop sheen gets in the way of the psychedelia for me. Haven't heard it in years, though, so maybe it's time for another listen.

[Graeme2]

Saw them do the whole album in full about 5 or 6 years ago. A top 10 gig for sure. Mind you, every time I've seen them, bar once, they've been fantastic. The rubbish one was early on in a field at a festival, not the right setting. Possibly one the greatest bands to watch after a jazz tab.

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