Spiritualized Electric Mainline - Pure Phase (1995)

Spiritualized's second album, credited to "Spiritualized Electric Mainline" instead of just "Spiritualized". Jason Pierce has stated that the band was actually called "Spiritualized Lazer Guided Melodies", after the first album, and he wanted to change it to "Spiritualized Rocket Shaped Songs" for the second album, but soon rejected the idea and settled on "Spiritualized Electric Mainline" before finally settling on "Spiritualized".

Although Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space is often considered to be Spiritualized's magnum opus, I think this album is better. The album flows together perfectly and has amazing balance in the sequencing. At times it will make you want to melt into the floor, and right when you're on the verge of completely zoning out and embracing nothing but the pulsing drone of a song like "Electric Mainline" until you're caught in a almost meditative stupour, you're thrown right into a space-pop gem like "Lay Back In The Sun" that you'd rather be listening to outside in the summer while enjoying a cold beverage than in your basement in the dark with headphones on. The album's made up of three type of songs: droning ambient instrumental tracks, pop/rockers, and ballads. And they're sequenced in such a way that they flow together seamlessly. This album is meant to be listened to from start to finish. It's an experience.

Ripped from the 2010 reissue on Plain Records.

Tracklist:
1. Medication
2. The Slide Song
3. Electric Phase
4. All Of My Tears
5. These Blues
6. Let It Flow
7. Take Good Care Of It
8. Born Never Asked
9. Electric Mainline
10. Lay Back In The Sun
11. Pure Phase
12. Spread Your Wings
13. Feel Like Goin' Home
14. Good Times
15. Pure Phase

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