Reviews
Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997.", "Alternately chaotic and meticulous, thundering and quivering, LADIES ANG GENTLEMEN finds power in conflict -- between restraint and excess, addiction and isolation, and ultimately, love and hate.", Included in Q's Best Psychedelic Albums of All Time, 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...their most rocking album to date....monumental in scope, boasting 58 contributors, who range from Dr. John to the avant-classical Balanescu Quartet....Both ethereal and earthy...", "...The zero-gravity guitar drone can get monotonous, but Memphis-soul horns, blues harmonica, and gospel singing keep the songs from drifting away altogether." - Rating: B+, Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums of the 1990s.", Ranked #12 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "Dramatic, drenched in string arrangements to rival those of Jack Nitzsche's.", "...you'll feel like your soul has been stretched somehow....one mind-blowing perspective-fusing supernova of an album....that redefines notions of bittersweet and love-hate to the point where everyday emotions seem very small indeed. ", 5 stars out of 5 -- "'Come Together' -- featuring The London Community Gospel Choir -- and 'Electricity' are amp-crackling surges of power...", Ranked #3 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums" - "A warped concept album...offering a portal into the fragile mental state of Jason Pierce. Concerned with heartbreak and drug use...", Ranked #17 in the Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll., "...a sprawling 70-minute meditation on the highs and lows of love and beyond....it gnaws away incessantly to take you to the kind of places never normally marked on the map...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Spiritualized's third album consisted of 12 richly-layered, often gospel-tinged songs that seemed to claw for redemption.", Ranked #1 in Nme's 1997 Critics' Poll., "...an often gripping and adventurous record, oozing bluesy slide guitar, wailing harmonica, hymnal organ and strings, drenched in churning rock blowouts and anthemic gospel epics....a masterpiece of equal parts sonic exploration and resplendent inner madness...", "With love as the drug, Spiritualized found their own space, choreographed a floating army and made a cast-iron, feather-light classic.", Ranked #4 on Melody Maker's List of 1997's "Albums of the Year.", Included in AP's "10 Essential Breakup Albums" - "...Jason Pierce's cure for a broken heart is to soak it in 48-track layers of vocal melodies, strings, vintage keyboards, horns, guitar noise, harmonica and whatever else is in the studio..."
