Live at the Albert Hall [Live]

Spiritualized | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 1998)
• Original Release Date: November 10, 1998
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Live
• Label: Arista
• ASIN: B00000DFSW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,682 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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As a founding member of the early-'90s psychedelic band Spacemen 3, Jason Pierce and bandmate Sonic Boom, a.k.a. Peter Kember, proudly proclaimed they were "taking drugs to make music to take drugs by." These days Sonic pretty much adheres to his original credo, but Pierce has blasted off on an entirely different trip. OK, Spiritualized's droning chords, sedated melodies, and atmospheric passages don't exactly discourage stoners from toking up, but their music is far too emotionally involving to be called drug rock. Not that it's complex, exactly. Many of the group's songs revolve around endlessly repeated two- and three-chord progressions. But what the group is able to express in these simple structures is breathtaking. Some songs splash and spiral like slow-motion Spin Art, some ascend like rising mist, and still others reach the heavens via gliding strings and gospel choirs. Spiritualized is hands-down one of the most captivating, mesmerizing live bands since early Pink Floyd, and the double CD Live at Royal Albert Hall captures every violin quiver and guitar dribble with absolute clarity. On old Spacemen 3 tracks like "Walk with Jesus" and on Pierce's own "Electric Mainline" and "No God Only Religion," Spiritualized are truly celestial. --Jon Wiederhorn

Product Description

Royal Albert Hall October 10 1997

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars -)+**, September 25, 2005

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your mutha (Washington DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the Albert Hall (Audio CD)

i once declared after a spiritualized show that i no longer believed in the written word. i wanted the whole of life to be sensations from heaven, and nothing to be planted firmly on paper again. it took about three months to get over that, but the memory is still strong... this disc captures part of that for me, especially since i won't see a show like that again for a long time. take that by itself or with a grain of salt.
to you and yours, j spaceman... let it flow haha!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly dangerous, December 14, 1999

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Matt Sweeney (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the Albert Hall (Audio CD)

Like a strong acid trip. Live is not for everyone.

You have to be willing to give yourself over to the sound. You must be able to put your trust in the fact that spz will guide you through. If you can do this, this album will take you to amazing places that you have probably never seen (or heard) before. If you can't this album will likely rip your head off and hand it to you on a platter.

You have to ride this album, and let it drive. If you try to steer you will be left scrambling for a stop button before Shine A Light.

That said, this is one of the reasons headphones were invented. Throw on a pair, and just lie down on your bed listening to the sounds.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best concert album of all time, March 14, 1999

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Chris Williamson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the Albert Hall (Audio CD)

Spiritualized play the music in all of our heads so well that it is honestly scary. At times during this two-cd concert set, it feels as if they have entered one's head and are quite consciously toying with the various emotions held inside. This is tremendous, esctatic, wonderous magic that everyone should listen to at some point. I am confident that once you give Spiritualized a chance by really listening to this a few times (this is not a band that you can "get" right off the bat, it might take a few times to really feel like you have them down) you will feel entirely compelled by a force beyond yourself to buy the rest of the albums (all of which are spectacular by the way). Too few people in this country know about this band. It is a tragedy that needs to be remedied. Help by listening to this album and allowing them to take their proper place beside the likes of Radiohead and other bands that are considered to be the musical pinnacles of today's music scene.