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Rating: Fourth work by Spiritualized from Jason Pierce, former half of Spacemen 3, who concluded their arc with "Recurring," an album during the recording of which Pierce and Peter Kember (aka Sonic Boom) broke up and composed and recorded the songs separately without speaking to each other. The only song in which they both appeared was a cover of "When Tomorrow Hits" by Mudhoney, rendered with a dialogue of acid guitars where you could easily distinguish Pierce's telecaster and Kember's vox, and where the two competed over who played and sang more "fucked up". Pierce has been the most prolific so far, and by comparing the records of Spiritualized and Spectrum (Sonic Boom's latest incarnation), you can recognize the two components of Spacemen 3's sound. More sixties and symphonic for Pierce; more monotonous and minimal, à la Suicide (Martin Rev, Alan Vega) for Kember. Spiritualized this time records with an entire symphony orchestra, and the sound turns out to be weighed down, far from the alienated blues of the debut "Laser Guided Melodies" (with "Run" cover by JJ Cale), or the distorted bluesy rock of "Pure Phase". The symphonic turn was already seen in the previous "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space", where the splendid "Broken Heart" appeared, a love song/prayer lost in space. Because the space metaphor, directly cited by Jason Pierce in album titles or pseudonyms (as a producer, he always signs as J Spaceman), is what best explains the music of Spiritualized: expansive, light, timeless, spiritual music (sic!). However, this "Let it Come Down" leaves me cold, it is not as beautiful as the first three must-have albums and feels like something we've already heard. They remain, however, a group that “talk it like they walk it”. Respect. This time just that.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Do It All Over Again (03:48)
You gotta hope for the best and the best looks good now baby
And I don't think a few words of sympathy are gunna make your world go round
I'm sitting here looking at the TV and burning holes in everything that I get
You'd better come right down and do it all over again.
You'd better come right down and do it all over again.
You'd better come right down and do it all over again.
I love you like I love the sun in the morning
But I don't think a few words of mine are gonna make you change your mind
I'm gonna spend the day in bed and I'm planning on sleeping my life away
You'd better come right down and do it all over again.
You'd better come right down and do it all over again.
You'd better come right down and do it all over again.
You've gotta hope for the best and the best looks great now baby
and I don't think a few words of mine are gonna make your world go round
I'm sitting here looking at the TV and burning holes in everything that I get
You'd better come right down and do it all over again.
You'd better come right down and do it all over again.
You'd better come right down and do it all over again.
You'd better come right down and do it all over again.
04 Out of Sight (06:11)
Out of sight is always out of mind
I think out of mind is out of sight
I was just looking for some peace of mind
I just couldn't find a peace of mine
They say that pride comes just before a fall
I have fallen and I wasn't sure
You know that I have fallen further before
I just cannot stand falling no more
If I am good I could add years to my life
I would rather add some life to my years
Life is really what you make it they say
I can't even make my mind up today
The world keeps turning it keeps me in my place
Where I stand is only three miles from space
Standing space is all the space I can stand
Gravity just keeps on keeping me down
06 The Straight and the Narrow (05:11)
The Straight And The Narrow
by Spiritualized
The trouble with the straight and the narrow
Is its so thin, I keep sliding off to the side
And the devil makes good use of these hands of mine
And if jesus is the straight path that saves
Then i'm condemmed to live my whole life on the curb
On the crossroad to the devil, I'll dwel and i'll count my years
You know that I got a little something I should say
I guess that I'm just so easily led astray
It's alright because I know my own way back home from here
And I don't fall of the wagon you know
I take a dive and go as deep as I can go
Don't hold your breath because I'm coming up slow, this time.
And The trouble with the straight and the narrow
Is its so thin, I keep sliding off to the side
And the devil makes good use of these hands of mine
You know a little problem or two
I guess that I keep on taking a few
I've been told its not the best thing that I can do, right now
And I don't go looking for my sins you know
They come out waiting, and I just get on and go
Don't hold your breath because I'm coming up slow this time
And The trouble with the straight and the narrow
Is its so thin, I keep sliding off to the side
And the devil makes good use of these hands of mine
And if jesus is the straight path that saves
Then i'm condemmed to live my whole life on the curb
On the crossroad to the devil, I'll dwell and i'll count my years
And The trouble with the straight and the narrow
Is its so thin, I keep sliding off to the side
And the devil makes, the devil makes, good use of these hands of mine
07 I Didn't Mean to Hurt You (05:13)
I love you like I love the sunrise in the morning
I miss you like I miss the water when I'm burning
I didn't mean to hurt you dear
the words just came out wrong
Now I'm broken down and lonely
and I can't get along
I love you like I love the sunrise in the morning
I miss you like I miss the water when I'm burning
I didn't mean to hurt you dear
the words just came out wrong
Now I'm broken down and lonely
and I'm so colder now
I love you like I love the sunrise in the morning
I miss you like I miss the water when I'm burning
I didn't mean to hurt you, dear
the words just came out wrong
Now I'm broken down and lonely
and I can't get along
I love you like I love the sunrise in the morning
I miss you like I miss the water when I'm burning
I didn't mean to hurt you, dig
the words just came out wrong
Now I'm broken down and lonely
and I'm so colder now.
I love you like I love the sunrise in the morning
I miss you like I miss the water when I'm burning
I didn't mean to hurt you dear
the words just came out wrong
Now I'm broken down and lonely
and I'm so colder now
08 Stop Your Crying (05:16)
Nothing hurts you like the pain of someone you love
There ain't nothing you can gain that prepares you enough
Come on baby stop your crying
Come on baby stop your crying now
Nothing hurts you like the pain of someone you care about
If I could take it all myself you know I sure would without a doubt
Come on baby stop your crying
Come on baby stop your crying now
Nothing hurts you like the pain of someone so close to you
I feel so broke inside but I'll devote my life to loving you
Come on baby stop your crying
Come on baby stop your crying now
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