Quarto lavoro degli Spiritualized di Jason Pierce ex metà degli Spacemen 3 che avevano chiuso la loro parabola con "Recurring" album durante la registrazione del quale Pierce e Peter Kember (aka Sonic Boom) avevano rotto e avevano composto e registrato le canzoni separatamente senza parlarsi. Unica canzone nella quale comparivano entrambi era stata la cover di "When Tomorrow Hits" dei Mudhoney, resa con un dialogo di chitarre acide dove si distinguevano facilmente la telecaster di Pierce e la vox di Kember e dove i due facevano a gara a chi suonava e cantava più "fucked up". Pierce è stato il più prolifico fino ad ora e confrontando i dischi degli Spiritualized e degli Spectrum (ultima incarnazione di Sonic Boom) si riescono a riconoscere le due componenti del suono degli Spacemen 3. Più sixties e sinfonico Pierce; più monotono e minimale, à la Suicide (Martin Rev, Alan Vega) Kember. Gli Spiritualized incidono questa volta con una intera orchestra sinfonica, il suono risulta appesantito lontano dal blues straniato dell’esordio di "Laser Guided Melodies"(con "Run" cover di JJ Cale), o dal rock bluesy distorto di "Pure Phase". La svolta sinfonica si era vista già nel precedente "Ladies and Genlemen We are Floating in Space" dove compariva la splendida "Broken Heart" canzone d’ amore/ preghiera perduta nello spazio. Perché la metafora dello spazio, citata direttamente da Jason Pierce apertamente in titoli di dischi o pseudonimi (come produttore si firma sempre J Spaceman), è quella che spiega meglio la musica degli Spiritualized: musica dilatata leggera, senza tempo, spirituale (sic!). Questo "Let it Come Down" però mi lascia freddo, non è bello come i primi tre album imperdibili e sa di già sentito. Rimangono comunque un gruppo che “talk it like they walk it. Rispetto. Questa volta solo quello.
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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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