Spiritualized have announced a 20th anniversary vinyl reissue of their fifth album, Amazing Grace, which will be out January 19 via Fat Possum. It has been remastered for vinyl in London by engineer Matt Colton, with lacquer cuts by Metropolis Mastering, and comes in a gatefold jacket designed by Mark Farrow.
As a sharp contrast to widescreen records like Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space, Amazing Grace was primarily recorded in one three-week session at Rockfield Studios in Wales and is one of the rawest-sounding, lyrically heavy records in Spiritualized’s catalog. “The idea of the songs was we weren’t gonna keep chasing them forever,” J Spaceman says. “It was kind of weird listening back to it again because I think it’s successful and not in equal measures.”
This launches Vol 2 of The Spaceman Reissue Program: Curated by J Spaceman and you can watch the previously unreleased video for “Rated X,” along with videos for Amazing Grace singles “She Kissed Me (And it Felt Like a Hit)” and “Cheapster,” below.
Spiritualized will be on tour this fall, beginning at NJ’s White Eagle Hall on November 6, and including Basilica Hudson on 11/8, and NYC’s Webster Hall on 11/12. They’ll also hook up with Queens of the Stone Age for shows in the Southwest and West Coast. All dates are below.
Amazing Grace
1. This Little Life of Mine
2. She Kissed Me (It Felt Like a Hit)
3. Hold On
4. Oh Baby
5. Never Goin’ Back
6. The Power and the Glory
7. Lord Let It Rain On Me
8. The Ballad of Richie Lee
9. Cheapster
10. Rated X
11. Lay It Down Slow
Spiritualized Tour Dates
Mon. Nov. 6 – Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall
Tue. Nov. 7 – Buffalo, NY @ Babeville
Wed. Nov. 8 – Hudson, NY @ Basilica Hudson
Thu. Nov. 9 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
Sat. Nov. 11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Sun. Nov. 12 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Tue. Dec. 5 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre %
Wed. Dec. 6 – El Paso, TX @ Abraham Chavez Theatre %
Fri. Dec. 8 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center %
Sat. Dec. 9 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall %
Sun. Dec. 10 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory %
Tue. Dec. 12 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel Entertainment Center %
Fri. Dec. 15 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena %
Sat. Dec. 16 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum %
% supporting Queens of the Stone Age