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Spiritualized

Spiritualized (stylised as Spiritualized®) are an English rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire, by Jason Pierce (often known as J. Spaceman), formerly of Spacemen 3. After several line up-changes, in 1999, the band centered on Pierce (vocals, guitar), Doggen Foster (guitar) and Kevin Bales (drums and percussion) with revolving bassists and keyboard players. The band’s current bassist, James Stelfox, has been playing with the band since 2012.

As of 2023, Spiritualized have released nine studio albums. The best known and most critically acclaimed of these is 1997's Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, which NME magazine named as their Album of the Year, beating other critically acclaimed albums by fellow British bands such as OK Computer by Radiohead and Urban Hymns by The Verve.

Albums

1992 Lazer Guided Melodies
1995 Good Dope... Good Fun
1995 Pure Phase
1997 Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
2001 Let It Come Down
2003 Amazing Grace
2008 Songs in A&E
2012 Sweet Heart Sweet Light
2018 And Nothing Hurt
2022 Everything Was Beautiful
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Latest Articles

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt
"The results are so immaculately detailed; It's hard to believe the orchestral swells of 'Damaged' are the work of one man."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Supersense - Festival Of The Ecstatic
"It's mesmeric, but no one snoozes in their seat."
Features / Music
Why A Run In With Death Calls For A Final Spiritualized Album
"Every record, to me, feels like I'm running out of time. Like, I've gotta finish this quick, because there ain't going to be many more."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Spiritualized & Lost Animal
And what a storm Smiles becomes! With this, their final song, Spiritualized unleash a final immensity of sound – one that is usually reserved only for legend.
Reviews / Live
Spiritualized, Pic by Elaine Reyes
Live Review: Spiritualized & Lost Animal
There’s no doubt this is a fine performance but it’s what he and his disciples believe it all means that’s frightening.
Features / Music
Intergalactic Planetary
“It’s not about comparisons or money. It’s about music.”
Reviews / Live
Spiritualized pic by Josh Groom
Live Review: Spiritualized
News / Music
Spiritualized Announced Meredith Sideshows
They're heading to the Opera House
Features / Music
Darkness In Light
News / Music
Beach Boys & Spiritualized Play TV Gigs This Week
The Beach Boys, Spiritualized and Ed Sheeran are amongst the acts playing TV show gigs this week - and Chit Chat's gone global on Max.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
While Sweet Heart Sweet Light retreads many of Pierce’s obsessions – doomed relationships, death and, most frequently, reconciling religious beliefs with a life of wanton hedonism – there are some new developments.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Drug abuse, troubled musical relationships, pneumonia, liver disease; what doesn’t kill Jason Pierce – aka J Spaceman – only makes Spiritualized more of a single-minded anomaly it seems.
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