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Spiritualized Re-Issue 'Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space'

• 3rd Oct 2009

Spiritualized will re-issue their classic album Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space on Monday 16th November on Sony Music.

The album release coincides with the upcoming live performances of the entire album; part of All Tomorrow’s Parties ‘Don’t Look Back’ series. The band were approached two years ago to perform the album live on its 10th anniversary though it took a while for J.Spaceman to finally agree to the idea. “It was a decision made at altitude” he says referring to being on top of Mt. Buller in Australia at the time. The live performances will see the regular band augmented with strings, brass and choir.

It is now 12 years since Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space made a profound impact in the summer of 1997, both critically and commercially, with its psychedelic soundscapes and heart-rending lyrics. It has influenced a whole range of musicians ever since. It was NME album of the year for 1997 and reached No.4 in the official charts. Originally packaged as a giant pill offering a written prescription, the concept was creatively inspired reflecting the depth of emotion and trauma laid bare on this truly remarkable work.

The album will be released with new artwork on special limited edition formats with bonus content. These bonus tracks were in storage and subsequently forgotten about until Jason Pierce moved house and discovered the ‘lost’ recordings from 12 years ago. The tracks give a valuable insight into the artist’s work-in-progress – demos, instrumental versions, sessions mixes – and highlight an aim for perfection prior to recording the definitive version.

The formats include:

The Collector’s Edition. This will include 12 x 3” Mini CD’s of the complete full album track-by-track, an homage to the original release. This will be accompanied by 2 bonus discs (as per tracklisting below). Only 1,000 of these sets will be made, making these extremely limited.

The Special Edition will include the original album in the legendary and unique pill pack style packaging, alongside the 2 bonus discs. This Special Edition will also will be a limited, one-off release.

The original album with new artwork and a revised version of opening track ‘Ladies & Gentlemen’ (now including “Can’t Help Falling In Love” as originally intended for this album), will also be released as a Standard 1CD Version.

Track Listing is as follows:

Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

1. Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

2. Come Together

3. I Think I’m in Love

4. All of My Thoughts

5. Stay With Me

6. Electricity

7. Home of the Brave

8. The Individual

9. Broken Heart

10. No God Only Religion

11. Cool Waves

12. Cop Shoot Cop

Bonus CD 1

1. Ladies And Gentlemen (A Cappella)

2. Ladies And Gentlemen (Demo)

3. Ladies And Gentlemen (Strings)

4. Ladies And Gentlemen (Kate Telephone Call)

5. Ladies And Gentlemen (Moles Studio Mix 7)

6. Ladies And Gentlemen (Original Oratone Ideas)

7. Ladies And Gentlemen (A Cappella w/ Lead Vocal)

8. Come Together (Instrumental Demo)

9. Come Together (Demo In Lower Key)

10. I Think I'm In Love (Original Demo Idea)

11. I Think I'm In Love (Demo)

12. I Think I'm In Love (Drums/Wah)

13. I Think I'm In Love (A Cappella)

14. I Think I'm In Love (Vocal Demo Jan 96)

15. I Think I'm In Love (Gospel Choir Session)

16. All Of My Thoughts (Demo)

17. All Of My Thoughts (Strings)

18. Rocket Shaped Song

Bonus CD 2

1. Electricity (Demo)

2. Electricity (January 96)

3. Electricity (June 96)

4. Home Of The Brave (Demo)

5. Home Of The Brave (Panned Vocal)

6. Beautiful Happiness

7. Broken Heart (Demo)

8. Broken Heart (Strings)

9. Broken Heart (Vocal Harmony/Angel Corpus Christi)

10. Broken Heart (Early Vocal)

11. No God Only Religion (Demo)

12. No God Only Religion (Horns)

13. Cool Waves (Demo)

14. Cool Waves (String Session Mix)

15. Cop Shoot Cop (Demo)

16. Cop Shoot Cop (Dr. John 'The National Anthem)

17. Cop Shoot Cop (String Session Mix)

Spiritualized are set to perform the album in its entirety at the following venues:

12 / 13 October
Royal Festival Hall – London

SOLD OUT

14 December

Apollo – Manchester

16 / 17 December

Barbican – London

19 December

Sage Centre – Gateshead