spacemen 2some

captain memphis sounds like jim morrison's ghost

i'll just throw spiritualized out there, they had two or three good albums to spectrum's .... zero?

are we counting everything sonic though? because i love the EAR albs to death.

Ach, I quite like Spectrum, and latterday Spiritualized are terribly boring, but their highs were so much higher, really.

surprised this hasn't been done...?

Ach, I quite like Spectrum, and latterday Spiritualized are terribly boring, but their highs were so much higher, really.

― emil.y, Friday, February 22, 2013 6:49 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^this, basically

yeah Sonic has had the more interesting career in some ways, but nothing that really touches Spiritualized's best records

can't believe this hasn't been done either

definitely would be interested in including all of kember's stuff in this showdown, not just spectrum proper

lazer guided melodies on vinyl is divine but overall i have to go with sonic

Soul Kiss/Highs Lows vs Lazer/LAGWAFIS is an even match imo, throw in the EAR stuff and I go with Kember.

i love the first spectrum (as group) alb, esp the cd version that came w/ a oil bubble sleeve

what's a good bit of spiritualized to start with? i remember them from mix cds people used to make in 6th form stuff, but this was always coming from my friends who liked ocean colour scene, gomez and kula shaker and seeing glastonbury footage. i probably haven't heard the good stuff?

goddamn should have proof read that, and shouldn't post in nano second alt-tabbing at work, sorry!

start with lazer guided melodies

so am I the only Spacemen3/Spectrum/E.A.R. fan here who never liked Spiritualized? I always found them so boring compared to what sonic was doing.

not necessarily. i like 2 or 3 spz songs but they largely annoy me

I had a serious obsession with Spiritualized leading up to LAGWAFIS, culminating with driving to Detroit to see them (Dandy Warhols opened and dedicated the junky song to jason lol). My interest waned with each subsequent release, but I always caught their shows when I got the chance and they were usually excellent. I've never seen Spectrum and the one time I saw Sonic do an EAR set at a Flaming Lips mini festival thing, the set was cut short (something about gear detained in customs...)

I rarely put on Spiritualized records but I listen to Spectrum all the time lately. Just picked up an lp reissue of Soul Kiss.

I saw him do the speak & spell thing in the '90s which was pretty cool. then more recently I saw him I think billed as Spectrum which was great until MGMT came onstage with him and did a cover of Mongoloid lol.

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:D

Could the results be any more fitting?

For the record, I'd have given half a vote to each.

that's perfect

awesome

hahahaha wow

should've included the darkside

i didn't vote, so Spectrum is the winner