Cover of Spacemen 3 Playing With Fire
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For fans of psychedelic and space rock, lovers of 1980s alternative music, and listeners seeking immersive, emotional soundscapes.
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THE REVIEW

Turn on a blue neon. If you don't have one, buy it, there's surely a store under your house...
Now turn off the lights.
Put on this record.
Good, to conclude, ingest massive doses of antidepressant and lie down on the bed.
Volume very high, very.
If someone bothers you, say you're listening to the Spacemen 3.
Well.
Time will start to stop, you will be time...
You will dream of being children rolling in a field of honey pies. 
In the park, there will be lots of huge strawberries, like you, smiling.
The strawberries will suddenly explode and the sky will turn red.
The sun, blue, will start rolling like a ball and will start playing with you. 
The day is ending and you, all dead tired, will lie down at the foot of a small tree...
and you will realize that the fruits are many crystal balls (remember that strange, somewhat mystical straw on whose end you placed a fragment of unknown material...then you had to blow and out came oily, chemical, inviting bubbles that, for some reason, all the children played with...they even smelled!) that sway and that the trunk is the best pillow you've ever had. 
And you will be a highlighter, yellow let’s say.
And then... someone new will enter your room to bother you again.

But meanwhile, you have enjoyed a moment of purity.

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Summary by Bot

The review invites listeners to immerse themselves deeply in Spacemen 3's Playing With Fire by setting a vivid, dreamy atmosphere. It portrays the album as a hypnotic psychedelic journey that suspends time and offers moments of pure emotional escape. High volume and focused attention are recommended to fully experience its mystical qualities. Ultimately, the album is celebrated as a unique, intoxicating sonic trip.

Tracklist Lyrics Videos

02   Come Down Softly to My Soul (03:46)

03   How Does It Feel? (07:58)

04   I Believe It (03:20)

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06   Let Me Down Gently (04:29)

07   So Hot (Wash Away All of My Tears) (02:38)

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08   Suicide (11:03)

09   Lord Can You Hear Me? (04:33)

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Spacemen 3

Spacemen 3 were an English psychedelic rock band from Rugby, noted for minimalist, repetitive songs, heavy feedback, and trance-like live performances. Central figures Jason Pierce and Pete “Sonic Boom” Kember later pursued separate projects, including Spiritualized and Spectrum.
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By lapter

 Playing With Fire is probably their masterpiece, the album that definitively consecrated their style.

 Honey, a very sweet but at the same time distorted psychedelic serenade, immediately captivates the listener into a parallel, visionary world.


By Cervovolante

 "Playing With Fire is not just an album; it is a fiery sound spaceship, a portal to an experience that unfolds in a vortex of distorted sound perceptions."

 "This experience manifests as a dreamlike journey, a sonic odyssey that twists through the folds of reality, boldly challenging earthly musical laws."