Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space is the third studio album by Spiritualized

Spiritualized

Spiritualized are an English space rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Jason Pierce after the demise of his previous outfit, space-rockers Spacemen 3...

, released in June 1997, and features guest appearances from the Balanescu Quartet

Balanescu Quartet

The Balanescu Quartet is an avant-garde string quartet founded in 1987 by Alexander Bălănescu that achieved fame through the release of several complex cover versions of songs by German experimental electronic music band Kraftwerk on their album "Possessed"....

, The London Community Gospel Choir and Dr. John

Dr. John

Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.Active as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came to wider...

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Background

The title of the album is taken from the philosophical novel Sophie's World

Sophie's World

Sophie's World is a novel by Jostein Gaarder, published in 1991. It was originally written in Norwegian, but has since been translated into English and many other languages. It sold more than 30 million copies and is one of the most successful Norwegian novels outside of Norway...

by Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder /ˈju:staɪn ˈgɔːrdər/ is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often uses metafiction in his works, writing stories within...

, the context being: "Only philosophers embark on this perilous expedition to the outermost reaches of language and existence. Some of them fall off, but others cling on desperately and yell at the people nestling deep in the snug softness, stuffing themselves with delicious food and drink. 'Ladies and Gentlemen,' they yell, 'we are floating in space!' But none of the people down there care."

The album itself was written shortly after the breakup of Spiritualized's Jason Pierce

Jason Pierce

Jason Pierce , also known as J. Spaceman or Spaceman, is an English musician. He was formerly the joint leader – with Peter Kember – of the alternative rock band Spacemen 3, and is now the leader and sole permanent member of the band Spiritualized.In between his work with Spiritualized...

 and Kate Radley

Kate Radley

Kate Radley was a keyboard player for the British rock band Spiritualized, and was, for part of her tenure with the band, in a long-term relationship with the band's frontman and principal creative force, Jason Pierce...

, the band's keyboard player. Radley had secretly married Richard Ashcroft

Richard Ashcroft

Richard Paul Ashcroft is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer and occasional guitarist of alternative rock band The Verve from their formation in 1990 until their split in 1999, and continues as a lead vocalist working with guitars and keyboards...

 of The Verve

The Verve

The Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space...

 in 1995.

Original pressings had an alternative version of the title track, incorporating the lyrics and melody of Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....

's "Can't Help Falling in Love

Can't Help Falling in Love

"Can't Help Falling in Love" is a pop song originally recorded by American singer Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company. It was written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss. The melody was based on "Plaisir d'Amour" but with a different...

." The Presley estate initially objected to this, and a remixed version of the track was included on the commercial release, with new lyrics. However, Spiritualized continue to use both sets of lyrics in live performances. By 2009, they were allowed to use the version of the song with the Presley lyrics on the reissued edition of the album, with the proviso that the song is now titled "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (I Can't Help Falling in Love)." Album closer "Cop Shoot Cop..." references lyrics from the John Prine

John Prine

John Prine is an American country/folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a recording artist and live performer since the early 1970s.-Biography:...

 song "Sam Stone

Sam Stone (song)

"Sam Stone" is a song written by John Prine about a drug-addicted veteran with a Purple Heart and his death by overdose.The most familiar refrain in the song is "There's a hole in daddy's arm, where all the money goes"...

," incorporating variations on a key line from that song's chorus.

Special editions

The artwork was designed by Pierce in collaboration with Mark Farrow

Mark Farrow

Mark Farrow was named Designer of the Year in the Creative Review Peer Poll in 2004, voting him ‘the most important graphic designer working today’. His career began in the early 1980s designing experimental sleeves and posters for Factory Records, and The Haçienda, which placed him at the...

. A special edition of the album was packaged in a box designed to resemble prescription medicine, complete with "dosage advice" and a foil blister pack containing the CD. A limited edition was also released, featuring each of the 12 songs in its own individually-wrapped 3-inch CD, inside a large blister pack and box.

Critical reception

The album reached number four on the UK charts, during the height of the Britpop

Britpop

Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...

 period. It attracted favourable reviews from the music press, including Allmusic, who hailed the album as "a masterpiece" and awarded the album 4.5 out of 5 stars. Ladies and Gentlemen went on to win the NME album of the year

NME album of the year

Every December, British music magazine NME compiles a list of what it considers the best albums of the year. It was started in 1974. The list is usually published in one of the issues sold before Christmas – in 2006 it was published in the issue for December the 9th...

 award at the end of 1997, beating Radiohead

Radiohead

Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...

's critically acclaimed OK Computer

OK Computer

OK Computer is the third studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released on 16 June 1997 on Parlophone in the UK and 1 July 1997 by Capitol Records in the US. It marks a deliberate attempt by the band to move away from the introspective guitar-oriented sound of their previous...

and The Verve

The Verve

The Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space...

's Urban Hymns

Urban Hymns

Urban Hymns is the third album by English rock band The Verve, released on 29 September 1997 on Hut Recordings. It earned nearly unanimous critical praise upon its release, and went on to become the band's best-selling release and one of the biggest selling albums of the year...

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Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Spin Spin (magazine) Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...	United States	125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years	2010	110
Melody Maker Melody Maker Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...	United Kingdom	Best 50 Albums of the Year	1997	5
NME NME The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...	United Kingdom	Best 50 Albums of the Year	1997	1
Q Q (magazine) Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...	United Kingdom	Best 50 Albums of the Year	1997	*
Select	United Kingdom	Best 30 Albums of the Year	1997	2
The Face The Face (magazine) The Face was a British music, fashion and culture monthly magazine started in May 1980 by Nick Logan.-1980s:Logan had previously created the teen pop magazine Smash Hits, and had been an editor at the New Musical Express in the 1970s before launching The Face in 1980.The magazine was influential in...	United Kingdom	Best 20 Albums of the Year	1997	5
The Village Voice The Village Voice The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...	United States	Best 40 Albums of the Year	1997	17
Uncut UNCUT (magazine) Uncut magazine, trademarked as UNCUT, is a monthly publication based in London. It is available across the English-speaking world, and focuses on music, but also includes film and books sections...	United Kingdom	Best 25 Albums of the Year	1997	13
Vox Vox (magazine) Vox was a British music magazine, first issued in October 1990. It was published by IPC Media, and was later billed as a monthly sister-magazine to IPC's music weekly, the NME....	United Kingdom	Best 50 Albums of the Year	1997	2

* denotes an unranked list.

Legacy

A majority of the songs on the album were recorded live for the band's following release Royal Albert Hall 10 October 1997. Three singles were released from the album: "Electricity" in July 1997, "I Think I'm in Love" in January 1998, and "Come Together" in July 1998. Spiritualized re-recorded the songs "Come Together" and "Broken Heart" (the former with a cleaner radio mix and the latter with an Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...

-styled string and horn section) at Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...

 in early 1998; these tracks comprised the band's Abbey Road EP released in August 1998. The title track of the album appeared in the 2001 Cameron Crowe

Cameron Crowe

Cameron Bruce Crowe is an American screenwriter and film director. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, for which he still frequently writes....

 film Vanilla Sky

Vanilla Sky

Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American psychological thriller film directed, co-produced and co-written by Cameron Crowe. The film is an English-language remake of the 1997 Spanish movie Abre los ojos , the screenplay for which was written by Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil...

.

In late 2009, Spiritualized performed the album live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties

All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)

All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....

-curated Don't Look Back

Don't Look Back (concert series)

Don't Look Back is a yearly series of concerts in which London based promoters All Tomorrow's Parties ask artists and bands to play one of their seminal albums live in its entirety...

series, in London. Another performance of this production featured as part of the ATP festival in May 2010 curated by Matt Groening

Matt Groening

Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell as well as two successful television series, The Simpsons and Futurama....

. A remastered and expanded legacy edition of the album was released on 30 November 2009 to coincide with the show. The remastered edition was released on three formats:

• The Collector's Edition: twelve 3" mini CDs
  Mini CD
  Mini CDs, or “pocket CDs” are CDs with a smaller diameter and one third the capacity.-Formats:Amongst the various formats are the* Mini CD single, a small disc. The format is mainly used for audio CD singles in certain regions , much like the old vinyl single...
  
   of the complete album track-by-track, plus two bonus discs of unreleased material. This edition was limited to only 1,000 copies.

• The Special Edition: a limited edition of the original album in the original pill-pack style packaging, alongside the two bonus discs.

• The standard one CD version of the original album with new artwork.

All three editions included the revised version of the opening track "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" (now including "Can't Help Falling in Love" as originally intended for the album).

Track listing

Album tracklisting credits all songs as written by Jason Pierce

Jason Pierce

Jason Pierce , also known as J. Spaceman or Spaceman, is an English musician. He was formerly the joint leader – with Peter Kember – of the alternative rock band Spacemen 3, and is now the leader and sole permanent member of the band Spiritualized.In between his work with Spiritualized...

, except "Can't Help Falling in Love" written by George David Weiss

George David Weiss

George David Weiss was an American songwriter and former President of the Songwriters Guild of America.-Career:...

, Hugo Peretti

Hugo Peretti

Hugo E. Peretti was an American songwriter and record producer.Born in New York City, Hugo Peretti began his career as a teenager, playing the trumpet in the Borscht Belt in upstate New York...

, and Luigi Creatore

Luigi Creatore

Luigi Creatore is a American songwriter and record producer.From a musical family, Creatore began his career as a writer. After serving with the United States military during World War II, in the 1950s he became a writer then partnered with his cousin Hugo Peretti to form the songwriting team of...

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1. "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" – 3:40
2. "Come Together" – 4:40
3. "I Think I'm in Love" – 8:09
4. "All of My Thoughts" – 4:36
5. "Stay with Me" – 5:08
6. "Electricity" – 3:46
7. "Home of the Brave" – 2:22
8. "The Individual" – 4:15
9. "Broken Heart" – 6:38
10. "No God Only Religion" – 4:21
11. "Cool Waves" – 5:05
12. "Cop Shoot Cop…" – 17:13

Bonus disc #1

1. "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" (A Cappella) – 2:33
2. "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" (Demo) – 2:54
3. "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" (Strings) – 1:40
4. "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" (Kate Telephone Call) – 1:21
5. "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" (Moles Studio Mix 7) – 4:48
6. "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" (Original Oratone Ideas) – 0:42
7. "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" (A Cappella with Lead Vocal) – 1:57
8. "Come Together" (Instrumental Demo) – 3:18
9. "Come Together" (Demo in Lower Key) – 4:02
10. "I Think I'm in Love" (Original Demo Idea) – 1:01
11. "I Think I'm in Love" (Demo) – 2:04
12. "I Think I'm in Love" (Drums/Wah) – 4:16
13. "I Think I'm in Love" (A Cappella) – 1:38
14. "I Think I'm in Love" (Vocal Demo January 1996) – 3:31
15. "I Think I'm in Love" (Gospel Choir Session) – 1:18
16. "All of My Thoughts" (Demo) – 3:52
17. "All of My Thoughts" (Strings) – 0:38
18. "Rocket Shaped Song" – 8:16

Bonus disc #2

1. "Electricity" (Demo) – 3:34
2. "Electricity" (January 1996) – 5:07
3. "Electricity" (June 1996) – 4:55
4. "Home of the Brave" (Demo) – 3:48
5. "Home of the Brave" (Panned Vocal) – 2:40
6. "Beautiful Happiness" – 5:14
7. "Broken Heart" (Demo) – 2:15
8. "Broken Heart" (Strings) – 1:52
9. "Broken Heart" (Vocal Harmony/Angel Corpus Christi) – 2:41
10. "Broken Heart" (Early Vocal) – 0:50
11. "No God Only Religion" (Demo) – 4:05
12. "No God Only Religion" (Horns) – 2:48
13. "Cool Waves" (Demo) – 1:00
14. "Cool Waves" (String Session Mix) – 6:10
15. "Cop Shoot Cop…" (Demo) – 2:47
16. "Cop Shoot Cop…" (Dr. John The National Anthem) – 6:22
17. "Cop Shoot Cop…" (String Session Mix) – 3:46

Personnel

Spiritualized

• Jason Pierce
  Jason Pierce
  Jason Pierce , also known as J. Spaceman or Spaceman, is an English musician. He was formerly the joint leader – with Peter Kember – of the alternative rock band Spacemen 3, and is now the leader and sole permanent member of the band Spiritualized.In between his work with Spiritualized...
  
   – vocals, guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  s (Fender Stratocaster
  Fender Stratocaster
  The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as "Strat", is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation to the present. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top...
  
  , Fender Jaguar
  Fender Jaguar
  The Fender Jaguar is an electric guitar introduced in 1962. A descendant of the Jazzmaster, the Jaguar quickly caught on in the emerging Surf music scene...
  
  , Vox Starstream, Gibson Firebird
  Gibson Firebird
  The Gibson Firebird is a solid-body electric guitar manufactured by Gibson from 1963 to the present.-History:The Gibson Guitar Corporation released several new styles during the 1950s to compete with Fender's instruments, such as the Telecaster and Stratocaster. After success with the Les Paul in...
  
  ), hammered dulcimer
  Hammered dulcimer
  The hammered dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument with the strings stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board. Typically, the hammered dulcimer is set on a stand, at an angle, before the musician, who holds small mallet hammers in each hand to strike the strings...
  
  , piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  , autoharp
  Autoharp
  The autoharp is a musical string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers, which, when depressed, mute all of the strings other than those that form the desired chord. Despite its name, the autoharp is not a harp at all, but a chorded zither. -History:There is debate over the...
  
  
• Kate Radley
  Kate Radley
  Kate Radley was a keyboard player for the British rock band Spiritualized, and was, for part of her tenure with the band, in a long-term relationship with the band's frontman and principal creative force, Jason Pierce...
  
   – organs (Farfisa Compact
  Farfisa
  Farfisa is a manufacturer of electronics based in Osimo, Italy.The Farfisa brand name is commonly associated with a series of compact electronic organs, and later, a series of multi-timbral synthesizers. At the height of its production, Farfisa operated three factories to produce instruments, in...
  
  , Vox Continental
  Vox Continental
  The Vox Continental is a transistor-based combo organ that was introduced in 1962. Known for its thin, bright, breathy sound, the "Connie," as it was affectionately known, was designed to be used by touring musicians...
  
  ), piano, Roland D-20 synthesizer, backing vocals
• Sean Cook – Fender Jazz bass guitar
  Fender Jazz Bass
  The Jazz Bass was the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender. The bass is distinct from the Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange and treble with less emphasis on the fundamental harmonic...
  
  , harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  
• Damon Reece
  Damon Reece
  Damon Reece is an English drummer, who has been a member of Spiritualized, Echo & the Bunnymen and Lupine Howl.-Biography:Growing up in Croydon, Reece moved to Liverpool at the age of eighteen and played in various local bands...
  
   – drums, percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  , timbales
  Timbales
  Timbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-toms, and usually much higher tuned...
  
  , bells
  Bell (instrument)
  A bell is a simple sound-making device. The bell is a percussion instrument and an idiophone. Its form is usually a hollow, cup-shaped object, which resonates upon being struck...
  
  , tympani

  Additional musicians John Coxon Spring Heel Jack Spring Heel Jack is an English electronic music group consisting of John Coxon and Ashley Wales.Formed in 1993 in London, England, Spring Heel Jack began their career exploring drum and bass and jungle, but have since branched out into free improvisation and jazz, collaborating with many acclaimed...  - guitars (Fender Jaguar Fender Jaguar The Fender Jaguar is an electric guitar introduced in 1962. A descendant of the Jazzmaster, the Jaguar quickly caught on in the emerging Surf music scene... , Gibson Firebird Gibson Firebird The Gibson Firebird is a solid-body electric guitar manufactured by Gibson from 1963 to the present.-History:The Gibson Guitar Corporation released several new styles during the 1950s to compete with Fender's instruments, such as the Telecaster and Stratocaster. After success with the Les Paul in... ), melodica Melodica The melodica, also known as the "blow-organ" or "key-flute", is a free-reed instrument similar to the melodeon and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole,... , Roland JD-800 synthesizer Roland JD-800 The JD-800 was a digital synthesizer released by Roland in 1991. The synthesizer featured many knobs and sliders for patch editing and performance control - features which some manufacturers, including Roland, had been omitting in the name of 'streamlining' since the inception of Yamaha's DX-7... Ed Coxon - violin B.J. Cole - pedal steel guitar Pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"... Angel Corpus Christi Angel Corpus Christi Angel Corpus Christi is a San Francisco-based singer, songwriter and accordionist, who initially began recording with her husband, guitarist Rich Stim ....  - accordion Accordion The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist.... Andy Davis - Hammond organ Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard... Dr. John Dr. John Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.Active as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came to wider...  - piano Piano The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...  and backing vocals on "Cop Shoot Cop..." Simon Clarke - flute Flute The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... , baritone saxophone Baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the largest and lowest pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax. The baritone is distinguished from smaller sizes of saxophone by the extra loop near its mouthpiece... Tim Sanders - tenor saxophone Tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble... Terry Edwards Terry Edwards Terry Edwards is an English musician.Edwards gained a degree in music from the University of East Anglia in 1982, where he was also a founding member of The Higsons. He produced and played on the debut album by Yeah Jazz "Six Lane Ends"...  - tenor saxophone Tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble... Roddy Lorimer - trumpet Trumpet The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air... , flugelhorn Flugelhorn The flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus... Neil Sidwell - trombone Trombone The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate... Tim Jones - French horn The Balanescu Quartet (Alexander Balanescu Alexander Balanescu Alexander Bălănescu is a violinist and founder of the Balanescu Quartet.He emigrated with his family to Israel in 1969.... , Clare Connors - violins; Kathy Burgess - viola; Sophie Harris Sophie Harris Audrey Sophia “Sophie” Harris was an English award winning theatre and opera costume and scenic designer.-Biography:...  - cello) London Community Gospel Choir London Community Gospel Choir The London Community Gospel Choir is a successful gospel choir located in the United Kingdom.-History:The London Community Gospel Choir was founded in 1982 by the Reverend Bazil Meade with the assistance of Lawrence Johnson, Delroy Powell and John Francis.Initially the idea was for a single concert...  – choir Choir A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...

  Technical personnel Jason Pierce Jason Pierce Jason Pierce , also known as J. Spaceman or Spaceman, is an English musician. He was formerly the joint leader – with Peter Kember – of the alternative rock band Spacemen 3, and is now the leader and sole permanent member of the band Spiritualized.In between his work with Spiritualized...  – arranger, producer, mixing John Coxon Spring Heel Jack Spring Heel Jack is an English electronic music group consisting of John Coxon and Ashley Wales.Formed in 1993 in London, England, Spring Heel Jack began their career exploring drum and bass and jungle, but have since branched out into free improvisation and jazz, collaborating with many acclaimed...  – producer Record producer A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... Darren Allison Darren Allison Darren Allison , is a British record producer, musician, and recording engineer, best known for his work on the epic soundscapes of such artists as The Divine Comedy, Spiritualized, and ,more recently, Efterklang.-Selected Discography:...  – engineer, mixing Chad Bamford – engineer, mixing Mads Bjerke – engineer, editing, post-production Trevor Curwen – engineer, mixing John Leckie John Leckie John Leckie is a British music producer, notable for producing many high-profile albums such as The Stone Roses's debut and Radiohead's The Bends...  – engineer, mixing Patrick McCarthy Patrick McCarthy (record producer) Patrick McCarthy is a record producer from Dublin, Ireland who has worked for several rock and alternative rock artists, including The Waterboys, Counting Crows, R.E.M., and U2. In 1998, he replaced Scott Litt as R.E.M.'s in-house producer, co-producing three of their albums Up, Reveal and Around...  – engineer, mixing Patrick McGovern Patrick McGovern Patrick Joseph McGovern, Jr. is the chairman and founder of International Data Group , a company that includes subsidiaries in technology publishing, research, event management and venture capital....  – engineer, mixing Carl Nappa – engineer Darren Nash – engineer, assistant engineer, mixing assistant Lem Lattimer - assistant engineer Chris Scard – assistant engineer Ray Staff Ray Staff Ray Staff is a mastering engineer best known for his work with a diverse mix of artists including Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Clash and Black Sabbath...  – mastering

Horn arrangements by Jason Pierce

Jason Pierce

Jason Pierce , also known as J. Spaceman or Spaceman, is an English musician. He was formerly the joint leader – with Peter Kember – of the alternative rock band Spacemen 3, and is now the leader and sole permanent member of the band Spiritualized.In between his work with Spiritualized...

/Simon Clarke/Tim Sanders/Ed Coxon

String arrangements by Jason Pierce

Jason Pierce

Jason Pierce , also known as J. Spaceman or Spaceman, is an English musician. He was formerly the joint leader – with Peter Kember – of the alternative rock band Spacemen 3, and is now the leader and sole permanent member of the band Spiritualized.In between his work with Spiritualized...

/Clare Connors

Choral arrangements by Jason Pierce

Jason Pierce

Jason Pierce , also known as J. Spaceman or Spaceman, is an English musician. He was formerly the joint leader – with Peter Kember – of the alternative rock band Spacemen 3, and is now the leader and sole permanent member of the band Spiritualized.In between his work with Spiritualized...

/Basil Hughes

Singles

• "Supplementary Dosage" (June 1997; US promo-only CD)

1. "Cop Shoot Cop" (Live)
2. "Shine a Light" (Live)
3. "Electric Mainline" (Live)
4. "Cool Waves" (Instrumental)
5. "The X-Files
   The X-Files
   The X-Files is an American science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. The program originally aired from to . The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans became popular culture touchstones in the 1990s...
   
   Theme"

• "Electricity" (28 July 1997)

CD1

1. "Electricity" (Edit)
2. "Take Your Time" (Live)
3. "All of My Tears" (Live)
4. "Cool Waves" (Instrumental)

CD2

1. "Electricity"
2. "Cop Shoot Cop" (Live)
3. "Shine a Light" (Live)
4. "Electric Mainline" (Live)

• "I Think I'm in Love" (12 January 1998)

1. "I Think I'm in Love" (Edit)
2. "I Think I'm in Love" (The Chemical Brothers
   The Chemical Brothers
   The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...
   
    Remix)
3. "I Think I'm in Love" (The Chemical Brothers Instrumental)

• "Come Together" (17 July 1998)

1. "Come Together" (Richard Fearless
   Death in Vegas
   Death in Vegas are a psychedelic rock and electronic rock band from the United Kingdom, comprising two permanent members: Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes...
   
    Remix)
2. "Come Together" (Two Lone Swordsmen
   Two Lone Swordsmen
   The Two Lone Swordsmen are British house DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall and studio engineer Keith Tenniswood. Formed in early 1996, following the dissolution of Weatherall's influential Sabres of Paradise techno act, the Swordsmen have explored a variety of styles, from electro and 4/4 techno to...
   
    Remix)

• The Abbey Road EP (14 August 1998)

1. "Come Together" (Abbey Road Version)
2. "Broken Heart" (Abbey Road Version)
3. "Broken Heart" (Instrumental; Abbey Road Version)

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1997	Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	#26