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- Record Label: Fat Possum Records
- Release Date: Apr 22, 2022
- Summary: The ninth full-length studio release for J Spaceman's space rock band Spiritualized was recorded at 11 different studios.
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- Record Label: Fat Possum Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Dream Pop, Post-Rock, Noise Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Space Rock, Ambient Pop, Shoegaze, Slowcore
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Positive: 23 out of 24
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Mixed: 1 out of 24
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Apr 29, 2022There is immensely evident craftsmanship that runs through the album, and a newly revitalized soul that, for all its beauty, And Nothing Hurt missed. If it turns out that Everything Was Beautiful is the last Spiritualized project we ever get, it is an unexpected gift that lives up to the best of Jason Pierce’s storied career.
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Apr 21, 2022Everything Was Beautiful shows Spiritualized accessing yet another artistic plateau, forging an exemplary hybridization of unshakeable songs and sublimely assembled music.
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Apr 20, 2022Everything Was Beautiful marks another career-best in Spiritualized’s euphoric discography.
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Mar 8, 2022Everything Was Beautiful pulls heavily from throughout the Spiritualized catalog, whether it be the Ladies and Gentlemen-era “Best Thing You Ever Had”, the soft, sentimentality of Pierce’s mid-career work on “Crazy” or the lush balance of And Nothing. All those influences, and their tonal similarities to his last album, never distract or take away from the conceptual success of Everything Was Beautiful.
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Apr 22, 2022You don’t need to be in an altered state to become overwhelmed by his mastery of controlled cacophony. It is a pleasure to report that everything is still beautiful in Pierce’s strange sonic world.
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Apr 27, 2022Nothing here quite reaches the fizzy highs of something like “Come Together” or “Hey Jane”, and he can’t quite recapture the slow, sad, and syrupy balladry of past tracks like “Broken Heart”. But he can still kick up quite a storm when he wants to, and though perhaps a bit too streamlined for some fans, this is another fine album in Pierce’s and Spiritualized’s repertoire.
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Rolling StoneMar 10, 2022Most of Spiritualized's ninth LP comes off intricate, elastic, and soulful. [Mar 2022, p.71]
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