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Pure Phase | 
| Artist: Spiritualized Electric Mainline
Label: Arista
Category: Music
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 37176
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 743212603521
EAN: 0743212603521
ASIN: B000002VUG
Release Date: March 28, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Medication | | • | The Slide Song | | • | Electric Phase | | • | All of My Tears | | • | These Blues | | • | Let It Flow | | • | Take Good Care of It | | • | Born, Never Asked - Spiritualized, Anderson, Laurie | | • | Electric Mainline | | • | Lay Back in the Sun | | • | Good Times | | • | Pure Phase | | • | Spread Your Wings | | • | Feel Like Goin' Home |
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Amazon.com
It's been three years since the debut album by Spiritualized, but Pure Phase is worth the wait. Guitarist/vocalist Jason Pierce combines touches of gospel, the classical minimalism of Steve Reich and Terry Riley, and the swirling guitar rock of his old band, Spacemen 3. The result is lazy, melodic jams such as "Medication" and "Electric Mainline" that have a transcendent power somewhere between a religious revival meeting and a really good acid trip. --Jim DeRogatis
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
Good Dope Good Fun September 1, 2008
Ryan G. Tintera (Moscow, Russia)
Thank God that the library has this. What more can you want from an album than the quote "Good Dope Good Fun". I really think that if you can get through the first song "Medication"...you'll have a good time with this. Read the lyrics first for the song "medication" and if you aren't disgusted and can relate in any way. Go ahead an d push "Add to Cart"
The absolute best April 22, 2007
Janvil (Tx)
I'm tired so I don't feel like typing alot but this cd is pretty much perfection. The best of this band for sure. These Blues, Electric Mainline... wow. Seriously.
A beautiful, challenging record December 22, 2006
Devan (Astoria, OR)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm still trying to figure this one out. This 1995 record by Spiritualized falls into a category which has become so convoluted by anal-retentive critics that I have decided to invent my own moniker for said music: Nyquil Rock. If you are unable to count sheep, just slip this disc into the changer and prepare to be lulled to sleep. Is that a good thing? Hell yes.
The reason I can't sum up what "Pure Phase" is all about is because it's so tangled and backass-wards that you can't go by what it conveys on a song-by-song basis. Instrumentation either comes out of nowhere or lingers for so long that you find yourself wobbling on your heels (warning: do not listen to this while standing up and most importantly not while driving. I nearly steered off the road and ran into a ditch because of "Pure Phase"). The lyrics are meant to delve into drug use and altered states of mind, but to be honest they don't matter when you first listen to the album. The vocals swoop in and out like mere whispers or low, harmonious chants, so you can barely hear what is being said. It's almost as if the voices themselves are instruments (a la "Loveless").
I must say that I like "Pure Phase" if only because it's so hard to place. As disjointed it may be, you can't say it doesn't hold surprises. It will have you drifting to sleep one minute and then BOOM!--some horrible racket of noise will jolt you from your coma. I suppose it's the composition that carries the record's concept more than its lyrics, because maybe that's what it's like to be addicted to a mind-altering substance. When you think about it it's frightening, because if the high felt as soothing as the tracks which spill from your speakers, could you imagine how hard it would be trying to quit? However, I still think "Thirteenth Step" by A Perfect Circle deals with this issue in a more coherent manner. If I haven't made it clear by this point I'll say it again: "Pure Phase" is not accesible.
I recommend this to you, the reader, if you want to solve the musical equivalent of a puzzle. You won't be able to dance, party, drive, have sex or bang your head to it, but if you lie down and put on "Pure Phase" by Spiritualized, you will either find yourself floating or waking up the next morning and thinking to yourself, "What the hell did I just hear? I want to hear it again!" It's one of those records that will redeem itself time and time again. For that it earns my praise.
 Spiritualized Let's it Flow October 24, 2006
Stowaway (Australia)
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10.48am... weather is brisk... decide to indulge in new acquistion by english gospel space rockers spiritualized..
...listening for the second time...starts incredibly well... medication is an all out blast of pompous, fuzzy, glorious spiritualized rock. every track offers something different and engaging... album hits a minor peak with the stunning 'let it flow', then seems to lose focus a bit in the middle
lay back in the sun is great...good times also a nice track, but after that it retreats straight back to droning ambient stuff that doesnt really go anywhere for 7 minutes or so before the warbled vocals of 'spread your wings' rises out of the swamp...the strings in this track are gorgeous, but it never really finds its way out of the swamp...its not until about 3 minutes in that the closer makes itself known either.. once again, its a sweet sounding close... but you spend about 20 minutes waiting for that last little climax..
really like the album but definitely feel that there's a bit too much filler drone... some of those parts could have made a nice 2 minute come down before the next epic song, but they just drag a bit... and the album really loses steam in the second half....it could probably have been 10-15 minutes shorter and not lost anything.
will report back in approximately 1 hour...
heading towards more spiritual, tribal, and spacey territory next...the incredible, vision creation newsun...
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My least favorite Spz album well not counting the new one November 3, 2001
musicburgler (DC)
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
This album reminds me of White Light White Heat the cover is similar but the music is all over the place as well. You get the soft weepy ballads coupled with loud abrassive rockers. This can be a good thing but it means you are lulled you into dreams only to be kicked in the head out of them. Dont get me wrong this contains great songs some of my favorites. but its not as strong as a whole collection of songs like LGM or LAGWAFIS.
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