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{{quote| ''Lay back in the sun''<br />
''Good dope good fun''<br|'''Spiritualized''', />"Lay Back in the Sun" }}
'''Spiritualized''', "Lay Back in the Sun" }}
 
{{quote| ''Makes me feel so good, makes me fucked up inside''<br|'''Spiritualized''', "Medication" />}}
'''Spiritualized''', "Medication" }}
 
[[Spiritualized]] is best described as what happens when [[X Meets Y|a psychedelic space-rock musician who loves soul and gospel music]] writes a ton of songs about life and love and using drugs to cope with it all. Don't let that scare you off though, it is way [[Better Than It Sounds]].
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* Mike Mooney - guitar (1995-1999)
* John Coxon - guitar (1994-1997, 1999-present) <ref>also engineer for ''Pure Phase'' and co-[[Record Producer|producer]] for ''Ladies and Gentlemen''</ref>
* Tony Foster ("Doggen") - guitar (1999-present)
* Will Carruthers - bass (1990-1992)
* Sean Cook - bass, harmonica, keyboards (1992-1999)
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* using lots of drones, tremolo and repetition to achieve a hypnotic effect
* [[Perishing Alt Rock Voice|apathetic, lethargic vocals]]
* some chemically-themed lyrics.
 
Their third album, ''Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space'' (1997) is widely regarded as their masterpiece. Here, Jason injected influences from soul, gospel and blues music into his psychedelic blueprint and dialed up the lush production ([[Phil Spector]] and [[Beach Boys|Brian Wilson]] were cited as influences increasingly loudly around this time). He was rewarded with universal critical acclaim and respectable commercial success, ''Floating in Space'' reaching #4 on the UK charts. Notably, the album won the NME's ''Album of the Year'' award versus [[Radiohead]]'s ''OK Computer''.
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The band are planning to release their next album ''Sweet Heart Sweet Light'' in April 2012 on Double Six Records, some of its material having already been played live. Pierce said that it was partly inspired by the experiences of performing ''Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space'' live in its entirety, and that it will embrace more poppy material compared to their previous releases
 
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== Albums ==
* 1992 - ''Lazer Guided Melodies''
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* 2003-2004 - ''The Complete Works'' volumes 1 and 2 (compilation)
 
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== Spiritualized uses the following tropes: ==
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]] - The rare moments when some of the other bandmates do something without Pierce, or guest musicians show up to take the spotlight for a moment. For example, that's Kate Radley counting in the background in "200 Bars" for almost 4 entire minutes without any other vocals (Pierce comes in after she gets to 100), Mark Refoy gets a writing credit for "Sway", three guest vocalists show up on "The Slide Song", and so on.
* [[Anti -Love Song]]
* [[The Artifact]] - The band's website still uses the medical/pharmaceutical theme famously used for the art and packaging of ''Ladies and Gentlemen'' more than a decade ago.
* [[Artistic Stimulation]] - A frequent topic in their songs.
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*** ''Royal Albert Hall'': "Shine a Light", "Electric Mainline", "Medication", "Take Your Time", "Come Together", "I Think I'm in Love", "Cop Shoot Cop...", "Oh Happy Day"
** From the ''Complete Works'' compilation: "Anyway That You Want Me", "Feel So Sad (Rhapsodies)", "Feel So Sad (Glides and Chimes)", "Effervescent (Chimes)", "Sway", "Medication (from ''Medication'' EP)", "Feel So Sad (from ''Medication'' EP)", "Electric Mainline" parts 1 and 2, "100 Bars (Flashback)", "Don't Go/Stay With Me", "Broken Heart (instrumental)", "Spread Your Wings (instrumental)", "On Fire (live)", "Amazing Grace (Peace on Earth)", "Do It All Over Again (live)".
* [[Executive Meddling]] - See the above note for the three EPs released in 1991. Additionally, "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" originally borrowed the lyrics and melody from [[Elvis Presley]]'s "Can't Help Falling in Love", but his estate objected and forced Pierce to release an alternate version with new lyrics. However, they relented and allowed him to include the original in the 2009 remaster, now retitled "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (I Can't Help Falling in Love)".
* [[Grief Song]] - "Broken Heart", "Cool Waves", "Stop Your Crying", etc.
* [[The Hedonist]] - Jason, considering 50% of his lyrics are about drugs.
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* [[Love Triangle]] - Kate-Jason-Richard Ashcroft. [[It's a Long Story]].
* [[Lonely Piano Piece]] - "Harmony 2" from ''Songs in A&E''.
* [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]] - The band released a remastered and expanded edition of ''Ladies and Gentlemen'' in 2009 in three formats: a collector's edition (twelve 3" mini CDs of the complete album track-by-track, plus two bonus discs of unreleased material), a special edition (a limited edition of the original album in the original pill-pack style packaging, alongside the two bonus discs) and the standard one CD version of the original album with new artwork. The aforementioned two bonus discs include original demos, preliminary mixes, isolated tracks from the album's songs ([[Throw the Dog Aa Bone]] for remixers?) and a leftover song, "Rocket Shaped Song".
* [[Literary Allusion Title]] - ''Ladies and Gentlemen'''s title comes from ''[[SophiesSophie's World]]'' by Jostein Gaardner.
* [[Loudness War]] - ''Ladies and Gentlemen'' is a bit squished at times, but doesn't clip and remains a dynamic, great production. ''Let It Come Down'' and ''Amazing Grace''... well, ignore the last part and worsen the first.
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]] - Sometimes the dreamy, ethereal music that clashes with Jason's lyrics about using drugs to cope with his problems.
* [[Minimalistic Cover Art]] - All of their covers, as seen from their [https://web.archive.org/web/20130327213335/http://www.spiritualized.com/admissions/ own discography page].
* [[Murder Ballad]] - "Borrowed Your Gun".
* [[The Muse]] - Kate Radley in [[The Nineties]], making her one of the few people to be this and half of a [[Creator Couple]].
* [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly]]:
** [[Psychedelic Rock]] + [[Shoegazing]] + Space Rock (+ [[Soul]] + Gospel + [[Blues]] + Free Jazz later on) = Spiritualized in [[The Nineties]].
** Garage Rock + Free Jazz + [[Soul]] + Gospel + Blues = Spiritualized after [[The Nineties]].
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* [[Ode to Intoxication]] - Both played straight and averted. Once you create a song with the chorus ''Lay back in the sun/Good dope good fun'', it's hard to not be this trope, and once you write a song with the chorus ''Now the trouble with the straight and the narrow/Is that I keep falling off'' it's hard not to be [[Drugs Are Bad]].
* [[Perishing Alt Rock Voice]] - Jason, going hand in hand with [[Dull Surprise]].
* [[Shout -Out]] - Pierce frequently inserts references or quotes from tunes he likes into his own songs. "Cop Shoot Cop..." borrows and adapts a few lyrics from "Sam Stone" by John Prine. "She Kissed Me (And It Felt Like a Hit)" is a blatant reference to "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" by The Crystals. "Run" borrows lyrics from "They Call Me the Breeze" by J.J. Cale, and so on.
* [[Something Blues]] - "These Blues"
* [[Textless Album Cover]] - ''Lazer Guided Melodies'' and ''Let It Come Down''.
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* [[Word Salad Lyrics]] - Prone to this every once in a while.
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{{quote| ''[[The Stinger|I think I can rock 'n roll/Probably just twistin'...]]''}}▼
 
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