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Songs in A&E
Rock · 2008 · 18 tracks · 51m

Songs in A&E

Spiritualized

A fragile, orchestral meditation on mortality. Recorded following a near-death experience, it balances skeletal acoustic folk with lush, cinematic space rock.

May 26, 2008 · Fat Possum Records

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A fragile, life-affirming meditation on mortality that balances clinical coldness with orchestral warmth.

Tracklist · 18 Tracks · 51m
01
Harmony 1 (Mellotron)
0:24
02
Sweet Talk
4:05
03
Death Take Your Fiddle
3:13
04
I Gotta Fire
2:28
05
Soul on Fire
4:08
06
Harmony 2 (Piano)
0:43
07
Sitting on Fire
4:38
08
Yeah Yeah
2:28
09
You Lie You Cheat
3:04
10
Harmony 3 (Voice)
0:18
11
Baby I’m Just a Fool
7:07
12
Don’t Hold Me Close
3:08
13
Harmony 4 (The Old Man…)
1:33
14
The Waves Crash In
4:08
15
Harmony 5 (Accordion)
1:04
16
Borrowed Your Gun
3:48
17
Harmony 6 (Glockenspiel)
0:51
18
Goodnight Goodnight
4:38
Moments Worth Listening For
The wheezing, rhythmic sound of a medical ventilator providing the percussion for Death Take Your Fiddle.
The sudden, soaring gospel-infused chorus of Soul on Fire that breaks through the album's prevailing fragility.
The way the six Harmony interludes act as sonic resets, moving from Mellotron to glockenspiel to clear the palate.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Songs in A&E sound next to the rest of Spiritualized's catalogue?

Death Mortality+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into death mortality than the rest of the catalogue.

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