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| | Songs in A & E | | | Music Artist : | | Spiritualized | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Fontana Int'l | | Release Date : | | 2008-05-27 | | Store Price : | | $14.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $14.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Harmony 1 (Mellotron)
2. Sweet Talk
3. Death Take Your Fiddle
4. I Got a Fire
5. Soul on Fire
6. Harmony 2 (Piano)
7. Sitting on Fire
8. Yeah Yeah
9. You Lie You Cheat
10. Harmony 3 (Voice)
11. Baby I'm Just a Fool
12. Don't Hold Me Close
13. Harmony 4 (The Old Man...)
14. Waves Crash In
15. Harmony 5 (Accordion)
16. Borrowed Your Gun
17. Harmony 6 (Glockenspiel)
18. Goodnight Goodnight
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Songs in A & E
Submitted on: 2009-10-10 |
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| Songs in A & E being Spiritualized 6th studio album and their 2008 release was met with positive reviews by a majority of the critics. Allmusic, NME and Uncut all gave it high marks. Compared to their 2003 release Amazing Grace this is a stronger album with better lyrics and sound. The booklet is a bit annoying in that one has unfold it in order to read the lyrics. Their is a list of whom plays what but not on each track. 4/5. |
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Only 9 Reviews!! (4.5 stars by the way)
Submitted on: 2008-10-26 |
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| I can't believe there are not more people raving about this record. I love it. It shows Jason Pierce at his simplest production wise and it actually reminds of those awesome Sparklehorse records ( another person who is criminally underrated). Put it simply this guy does not get his due at all. Phenomenal mind at work on this record and on his others. i can't wait to see them live in January once they come to Auckland. |
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brilliant as The Black Watch's "Icing the Snow Queen"!!!
Submitted on: 2008-09-01 |
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This is what we have come to expect from Jason Spaceman: awe-inspiring melodies, majestic in their pathos, their simplicity.
As good as any of their records (i have them all), if not better.
Don't listen to anyone who slags off the lyrics--who cares about lyrics in pop songs, anyway? If you want poetry, read Eliot or Shelley or Wallace Stevens, or Dylan, for heaven's sakes.
Plaintive, heartbreaking, ambitious in a sort of safe way, cathartic, lovely--as good as THE BLACK WATCH's masterpiece, released early this past summer.
If you like Radiohead, The Verve (ick!), or Flaming Lips--you will adore the new Spiritualized. |
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 Best since Ladies and Gentlemen. Maybe better.
Submitted on: 2008-08-18 |
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To me, this is the best Spiritualized record since `Ladies and Gentlemen'.
First lyric point: I think this is his most lyrically interesting work. Content wise, JP seems to have wallowed in the self-pity of drug addiction. I found his musical glorification of his wretched state a bit annoying. But maybe as a non-drug user, I just couldn't relate. The lyrics on this record seem to be much more honest. Dwelling on death is probably as much of a rock lyric cliché as the addiction/redemption dichotomy, but I think he explores it with more insight and heart. (As an aside, I've read that most of this record was written prior to his major illness. So I find the fact that he got to this point without the actual brush with death all the more impressive.)
Second lyrical point: JP's penchant for parodying clichés as a basis for lyrics seems to be gone. And I'm glad. Other than `She Kissed Me and It Felt Like a Hit', I found these groan inducing rather than funny or insightful.
Musically: I thought "Let it Come Down" was really overblown and sterile (relative to L&G. It's still sonically a very impressive sound). And I thought "Amazing Grace" was good but a bit too raw and under-produced. But for me, I think this record is the perfect balance of the two sounds. It has great dynamic range in the arrangement and mix/master which is a welcome change these days. The loan acoustic guitar sounds detailed but hushed, and the orchestra sounds massive but with a lot more restraint than LICD.
And I really like the Harmony Interludes and how they help pace out the album.
In summary, I know Jason Pierce hasn't been labouring for the last 10 years trying to make a second great record to please me personally, but I must say, he has succeeded. |
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glad to have him back
Submitted on: 2008-07-17 |
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First, I definitely like this album. J-Spaceman's first album after his life-threatening illness is not a disappointment. It is a little different and I don't like it overall as much as his last few records.
Favorite songs: Baby I'm Just a Fool, Soul On Fire, The Waves Crash In
I must admit that I laughed when I read the other reviewer's comment that the acoustic songs sounded like Adam Sandler singing his silly songs. I don't necessarily agree but the acoustic songs are definitely the weakest songs on the album.
Overall, if you are a longtime Spiritualized fan, you would be insane to skip this. There are definitely some classics on here.
For new fans or younger folks getting into psych, shoegaze, britpop, etc - this ain't a bad place to start (although "Ladies & Gentlemen" is a way better record of course). |
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