Let It Come Down (Spiritualized album)

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Let It Come Down
Spiritualized - Let It Come Down.png
Studio album by
Spiritualized
Released17 September 2001
Recorded1999–2001
Studio
Genre
Length63:01
Label Arista
Producer Jason Pierce
Spiritualized chronology
Royal Albert Hall October 10 1997
(1998)		Let It Come Down
(2001)		 The Complete Works
(2003)
Singles from Let It Come Down
  1. "Stop Your Crying"
    Released: 10 September 2001
  2. "Out of Sight"
    Released: 26 November 2001
  3. "Do It All Over Again"
    Released: 11 February 2002

Let It Come Down is the fourth studio album by the rock band Spiritualized, released in 2001. It was recorded and produced at Abbey Road and AIR Studios. It took Jason Pierce, Spiritualized's lead singer, guitarist and sole constant member, four years to write, perform, produce and release. The album utilises 115 session musicians, including orchestra and London Community Gospel Choir. The wall of sound technique (most notably used by 1960s record producer Phil Spector) is evident on this album, especially on such tracks as "Do It All Over Again", "Stop Your Crying", "The Straight and the Narrow" and "Out of Sight".

Contents

Music

The album's sound is described as art rock, [1] symphonic rock, [2] space rock, [3] and gospel. [4]

Album cover

The album was released in two different sleeves – one in a standard jewel case, the other in a much bulkier one-piece box, with the cover image (the wife of the artist) debossed in the case material.

Track listing

All songs written by J Spaceman.

No.TitleLength
1."On Fire"4:02
2."Do It All Over Again"3:48
3."Don't Just Do Something"6:54
4."Out of Sight"6:12
5."The Twelve Steps"4:43
6."The Straight and the Narrow"5:12
7."I Didn't Mean to Hurt You"5:14
8."Stop Your Crying"5:16
9."Anything More"5:36
10."Won't Get to Heaven (The State I'm In)"10:34
11."Lord Can You Hear Me"5:38
Total length:63:01

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Entertainment Weekly A− [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME 9/10 [9]
Pitchfork 8.4/10 [10]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Spin 4/10 [13]

Q listed Let It Come Down as one of the best 50 albums of 2001. [14] Paste ranked the album number 18 on its list of best albums of 2001. [15]

The Independent ranked the album number 11 on its list of 20 most underrated albums ever. [16]

Commercial performance

Let It Come Down is the band's most successful album on the UK Albums Chart, where it peaked at number three. As of 2005 it has sold 55,000 copies in United States, [17] and as of 2003 it has shipped 250,000 units across Europe. [18]

Personnel

Spiritualized

Additional musicians

Additional vocals

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