Lazer Guided Melodies
by Spiritualized

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Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized
Year: 1992
Release date: 1992-03-30
Overall rank: 1,435th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 269 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (21st)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (254th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,435th)

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Spiritualized bestography

Lazer Guided Melodies is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Spiritualized on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Spiritualized is Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space which is ranked number 263 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,059.

Spiritualized album bestography « Higher ranked (263rd)
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space This album (1,435th)
Lazer Guided Melodies Lower ranked (2,304th) »
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Lazer Guided Melodies rankings

Lazer Guided Melodies rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,435th | 1990s rank: 254th | 1992 rank: 21st  Overall chart history
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From 01/09/2014 23:21 | #100316 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
If ever an album was made for listening to in the dark with a decent pair of headphones, this is it. Substances may also help. It's like having your brain kissed through your ears. Bliss.
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From 11/29/2018 06:05 | #225837 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of the most cohesive and mind-blowing album listening experiences to listen to. There are plenty of good albums out there, but this is one of those few that has that certain extra magic ingredient. The best way I can describe it is that they know when to NOT play. This is the same ingredient that gives Bon Iver's "For Emma, Forever Ago" its mystical feel, the same ingredient that makes Talk Talk's "Laughing Stock" the best album of all time (in my mind). This album has the perfect amount of layers, no more, no less. Like floating in a liquid substance that is your exact density. Suspended, motionless, floating, dreaming. Lord Shine A Light On Me

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From 09/16/2015 17:27 | #149890 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Listening to this was borderline religious. It's often layered, but it's never muddy. Each note seems to be in a near perfect place and the production shines through, even on my shitty earbuds.
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From 07/31/2011 17:20 | #25355 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The album, which falls into the 'shoegazing' genre, skillfully combines free-form jazz and plaintiff melodies utilizing a variety of percussion and strings. Jason Pierce's use of drones and layers of tremolos create hypnotic lullabies and majestic symphonies that are accentuated with a clever use of technology. Whether the latter is an alibi for what some describe as Pierce's 'contrived' "art", is arguably made redundant such is the emotional punch of the music, particularly the sublime baroque extravaganza, 'Shine A Light'.
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From 07/11/2017 21:33 | #194080 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Sensitive and gloomy... like being lost in a dream that makes you feel sad but you don't exactly want to get out of bed. Very unique sound.
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