“I Gotta Fire” sounds like a barn-burning rock nightmare, while “Baby I’m Just a Fool” brings the tenderness back into the scenery. Most of Songs in A&E feels like forlorn thoughts cast out from a hospital bed when the future isn’t certain but optimism still reigns supreme.
Spiritualized’s Songs in A&E is perfect music for listening to the end or the beginning of your life. Its CD booklet contains a powerful visual theme of intravenous drip catheters designed to serve as deliverance, but it’s the music that really offers spiritual cover here.
Containing moving songs with genuine soul and passion, this is Spiritualized’s best album to date and a wonderful study of the extremes of the human experience.
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Article comments
1 - Eric Whelchel
Better than Ladies and Gentlemen...?
Seems hard to believe, but the reviews have been very positive for this album.
Thanks for the review.