PURE PHASE includes tracks from Spiritualized's ELECTRIC MAINLINE EP.

Spiritualized: Jason Pierce (vocals, guitar, dulcimer); Kate Radley (vocals, piano, Farfisa organ); Sean Cook (harmonica, bass).

Additional personnel: Caroline Crawley, Marilyn McFarlane, Helen White (vocals); Mark Refoy (guitar); Leon Hunt (banjo); Stuart Gordon (violin); The Balanescu Quartet (strings); Bammie, Simon Clarke (saxophone, flute); Tim Sanders (saxophone); Tam Tam, Roddy Lorimar, Stephen Sidwell (trumpet); Rico (trombone); Chris Sharrack (drums); Jon Mattock (percussion).

Engineers: Mike Long, Andy Wilkinson, Julian Withers, Barry Clempson, Mads Bjerke.

Emerging from the ashes of '80s psychedelicists Spacemen 3, Spiritualized simultaneously refined and expanded that group's Velvet Underground-on-acid sound. Like Spiritualized's other albums, PURE PHASE is full of lush, orchestral pop, psychedelic Britrock and spacey freakouts. Atmosphere is all, as gentle voices glide over heavily reverberating guitar and organ patterns.

The spirit of early Pink Floyd is mixed with the panoramic semi-prog of Radiohead as wah-wah guitars join swooping keyboards and complex latticeworks of feedback. PURE PHASE's greatest strength lies in it's dynamic range, as tender, breathy ballads give way to mind-bending free-for-alls in an album that paves the way for the band's 1997 masterwork LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE ARE FLOATING IN SPACE.

Rolling Stone (5/18/95, p.93) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...[Jason] Pierce's inspirations have been immersed in a lush stream of sound, head music that alternately caresses and bombards the senses....more like a loop unraveling than a series of songs..."

Q (3/95, p.104) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Music for the unhurried."

Alternative Press (5/95, p.80) - "...the velvety noise of Spiritualized decadently envelops you....Sonically, PURE PHASE is a more soothing than fuzzed-out album, smoothed over by a string quartet....very gorgeous and intriguing, using repetition in a way that never becomes monotonous..."

Option (7-8/95, p.139) - "...the songs themselves [are] worth the effort...this is very good for an album of ballads..."

NME (Magazine) (12/23-30/95, pp.22-23) - Ranked #23 in NME's `Top 50 Albums Of The Year' for 1995.