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Let It Come Down

The follow-up scaled up: 115 session musicians, an orchestra and a gospel choir.
Spiritualized, 2001

Released
17 September 2001
Recorded
1999 to 2001
Studio
Abbey Road Studios and AIR Studios, London
Label
Arista
Producer
Jason Pierce
Length
63:01

It took Pierce four years to write, perform, produce and release. Recorded and produced at Abbey Road and AIR Studios, it used 115 session musicians, including an orchestra and the London Community Gospel Choir. Singles were "Stop Your Crying" (10 September 2001), "Out of Sight" (26 November 2001) and "Do It All Over Again" (11 February 2002). The closing track revisits "Lord Can You Hear Me", a Spacemen 3 song.

The album reached number three on the UK chart, the band's highest position there. Dave Simpson of The Guardian wrote in 2001 that Pierce's achievement was to rehabilitate rock grandiosity. Pitchfork found the sound only slightly more lush and refined than the 1997 album. NME said much of it was recorded live at Abbey Road with up to 100 musicians.

Track listing

  1. On Fire4:02
  2. Do It All Over Again3:48
  3. Don't Just Do Something6:54
  4. Out of Sight6:12
  5. The Twelve Steps4:43
  6. The Straight and the Narrow5:12
  7. I Didn't Mean to Hurt You5:14
  8. Stop Your Crying5:16
  9. Anything More5:36
  10. Won't Get to Heaven (The State I'm In)10:34
  11. Lord Can You Hear Me5:38

Personnel

More from Spiritualized

Lazer Guided Melodies (1992), Pure Phase (1995), Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997), Songs in A&E (2008), And Nothing Hurt (2018)

Sources

  1. Let It Come Down (Spiritualized album), Wikipedia
  2. Heaven can wait: Let It Come Down review, The Guardian (2001-09-13)
  3. Spiritualized: Let It Come Down, NME
  4. Spiritualized: Let It Come Down, Pitchfork (2001-11-19)