Post subject: User Pick of the Day (#80): Lazer Guided Melodies (NoWaxJim)
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Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized
Chart: Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by noWaxJim
Rank on User's Chart: 10
Year: 1992
Rank on BEA Overall: 1,878
Average Rating: 78/100
Chart Notes:
"PICK - Sway; FIRST HEARD: In a dream somewhere (apart from "If I Were With Her Now", which I know for a FACT was used in a Toffee Crisp advert. Youtube it if you don't believe me. Now THAT'S subliminal advertising for you)."
Only J spaceman i heard is the 1997 epic.This next or Spaceman 3 first?
You really can't go wrong with most of his stuff. I'd say it's more important to hear some Spacemen 3 first to get perspective, but I think my second favorite J Spaceman related album after Ladies And Gentlemen is Let It Come Down, so take that how you will.
Anyways, this album is amazing and among J Spaceman's best. Spiritualized at their most dreamy and psychedelic is a great thing.
Such an amazing LP - but then I would say that, wouldn't I?
I was lucky enough to see the Albert Hall gig in '97 which later ended up as a Live LP. Until I'd seen Joanna Newsom (ironically at the same venue), and then Panda Bear play the Electric Ballroom in Camden it had been my all-time favourite live experience. But oddly enough LGM lends itself to headphone listening much more so than any other Spiritualized release - it's deep, ethereal and droney, especially the second half which is like a lucid dream set to music.
Spacemen 3 are definitely worth a listen (Playing With Fire is a superb record), but LGM provides a perfect bridge between them and Ladies And Gentlemen..., Let It Come Down et al.
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