Let It Come Down (Spiritualized album)

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Let It Come Down
Studio album by Spiritualized
Released	September 25, 2001
Recorded	mid-2001
Genre	Space Rock
Length	63:01
Label	Arista Records
Producer(s)	?
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Spiritualized chronology
Royal Albert Hall October 10, 1997 (1998)	Let It Come Down (2001)	Complete Works Vol. 1 (2003)

Let It Come Down is the fourth album by the space rock group Spiritualized, released in 2001.

Let It Come Down is the 4th Spiritualized studio album, recorded and produced at Abbey Road and Air Studios. Using 115 session musicians, including orchestra and The London Community Gospel Choir, it took Jason Pierce, Spiritualized's lead singer, guitarist and sole constant member four years to write, perform, produce and release. The Wall Of Sound ideal as used by 60's record producer Phil Spector is evident on this album, especially on such tracks as Do It All Over Again, Stop Your Crying and The Straight And The Narrow. It is unusual amongst Spiritualizeds other work in that it doesn't utilize many of the bands usual trademarks, such as effects pedals, free jazz and drones, being a mostly orchestral work. The final song, Lord Can You Hear Me, is actually a Spacemen 3 song written by Jason in 1989, on the album Playing With Fire. However, inspired by a cover of the song by the band Low, Jason started playing the song live and subsequently re-recorded it as a gospel ballad. Mimi Parker of Low appears on several tracks of the album as a backing vocalist, and is clearly audible dueting with Jason during Lord Can You Hear Me.

[edit] Track listing

1. "On Fire"
2. "Do It All Over Again"
3. "Don't Just Do Something"
4. "Out Of Sight"
5. "The Twelve Steps"
6. "The Straight And The Narrow"
7. "I Didn't Mean To Hurt You"
8. "Stop Your Crying"
9. "Anything More"
10. "Won't Get To Heaven (The State I'm In)"
11. "Lord Can You Hear Me"