The Perfect Prescription

Spacemen 3 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Taang Records
• ASIN: B000000EU8
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,814 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #16 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > British Alternative

Track Listings

1. Take Me to the Other Side

2. Walking With Jesus

3. Ode to Street Hassle

4. Ecstasy Symphony/Transparent Radiation (Flashback)

5. Feel So Good

6. Things'll Never Be the Same

7. Come Down Easy

8. Call the Doctor

9. Roller Coaster

10. Starship

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Never shy about letting listeners in on their biggest influences--a later Spacemen disc was titled Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To--this British trio crafted some of the most genuinely psychedelic music of the '80s and '90s before splitting into Spiritualized and Spectrum/EAR. The Perfect Prescription should appeal to fans of the former band, with its dazzlingly layered treatment of songs that, when pinned down for analysis, actually prove to be pop in its most majestic sense. The constantly oscillating guitars of Jason Pierce and Pete "Sonic Boom" Kember, seldom shackled to anything as pedestrian as a standard beat, are unparalleled in their ability to take listeners on a journey to the center of the mind. Devotees of the earlier psychedelic era should note the presence of an extended, demented cover of the Red Krayola's "Transparent Radiation." --David Sprague

Product Description

Spacemen 3's second album is a remarkable departure from the band's 1986 debut, SOUND OF CONFUSION. Reduced to a trio (guitarists/keyboardists Pete ''Sonic Boom'' Kember, Jason ''Spaceman'' Pierce, and bassist Pete Bassman) following the departure of the first album's drummer, Spacemen 3 makes an asset out of the newfound lack of percussion, giving THE PERFECT PRESCRIPTION a considerably less rock oriented sound with much more open space in its varied, subtle arrangements. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buzzy Buzzy Buzzy and more Buzzy, June 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Perfect Prescription (Audio CD)

Do you like long periods of sustained feedback? Do you like a heady drone? Do you like to enhance your high? Do you like Jesus? Do you want to know what heroin is like without taking it? Yep their that good!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect mix of Spacemen 3 material, July 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Perfect Prescription (Audio CD)

The current version available in the U.S. is the Taang! version with added tracks. I own the earlier Genius version, but then it doesn't really matter. Showers of pure noise (Take Me to the Other Side) hold hands with quiet symphonic masterieces (Walkin With Jesus). Ecstasy Symphony/Transparent Radiation is a dreamy space song in the finest sense. The centerpiece is the 17:00 minute version of Rolercoster which is what the title says it is. From the era when Sonic and Jason still worked together, and what a document it is.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Perfect Introduction?, June 27, 2000

By 

Gordon Christie (Aberdeen, Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Perfect Prescription (Audio CD)

Apart from the Revolution 12" this was my real introduction to Spacemen 3. Some of my friends thought it/I was weird - but I didn't care. What a record. The cover of 'Transparent Radiation' must be one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded. 'Take me to the Other Side' is pure rock'n'roll energy and excitement. 'Ode to Street Hassle' (their tribute to Lou Reed) is appealing in its catchiness - but it is no pop tune.

This is a heavily drug influenced record - "In 1986, all I want to do is get stoned. All I want for you to do is get yourself a little higher." What more needs to be said?

Take this gem to the counter of your local record store and say its been prescribed to you - I guarantee you'll enjoy it.