Reissued to coincide with Spiritualized’s live recreation of the album for ATP’s Don’t Look Back concert, ‘Ladies And Gentlemen…’ was immediately proclaimed a masterpiece on its 1997 release, scooping many album of the year plaudits at that year’s end.
Time hasn’t diminished its impact; it still stands as a hugely ambitious, and successful, work that holds its own alongside the classics of any decade. Here presented with two bonus discs containing a multitude of versions of each of the album’s songs, it provides a unique behind-the-scenes insight into those definitive versions.
Quite simply, a masterpiece then, a masterpiece now.
9/10
Words by Nick Annan
