Everything Was Beautiful is the ninth studio album by Spiritualized, released under Fat Possum Records on April 22, 2022.[2] The album contains influences from psychedelic music, gospel music, and classic rock.[1]

Everything Was Beautiful
Studio album by Spiritualized
Released	April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
Genre	Space rock[1][2][3] psychedelic rock[1]
Length	44:01
Label	Fat Possum Records
Spiritualized chronology
And Nothing Hurt (2018) Everything Was Beautiful (2022)
Singles from Everything Was Beautiful
"Always Together with You" Released: November 2, 2021 "Crazy" Released: January 10, 2022 "The Mainline Song" Released: March 7, 2022

Recording and release

The content of Everything Was Beautiful was taken from the same demo sessions and serves as a companion piece from band's previous album, And Nothing Hurt.[4] The album's lead vocalist, Jason Pierce, played 16 different instruments during the album.[2][5][6][7][8]

The album's first single and music video, "Always Together with You", was released on the 2nd of November 2021;[9] the album's second single and music video, "Crazy", was released on the 10th of January 2022;[10] the album's third and final single and music video, "The Mainline Song", was released on the 7th of March 2022.[11]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.2/10[12]
Metacritic	83/100[13]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[14]
The Arts Desk	[15]
Beats Per Minute	78%[16]
Clash	9/10[17]
Evening Standard	[18]
The Line of Best Fit	9/10[19]
NME	[20]
Paste	8.5/10[21]
Pitchfork	7.8/10[2]
Under the Radar	9/10[22]
XS Noize	9/10[23]

On the review aggregate site Metacritic, Everything Was Beautiful earned a rating of 83 out of 100, based on 23 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[24] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 8.2 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[25] The album received 4/5 stars from the Observer[26] and 4/5 from the NME.[27] Ben Cardew of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.8/10 and described the album "like meeting an old friend and finding new shared memories."[2] Caleb Campbell writing for Under the Radar gave the album a 9/10 while claiming that there is "immensely evident craftsmanship that runs through the album".[1] AllMusic reviewer Fred Thomas described the album as a "delirious and exciting, a perfect distilment of the best parts of the band's various phases that feels reinvigorated and new" and gave the album a 4.5/5.[4] Writing for The Line of Best Fit, John Amen gave the album 9/10 and concluded, "Everything Was Beautiful shows Spiritualized accessing yet another artistic plateau, forging an exemplary hybridization of unshakeable songs and sublimely assembled music."[28]

Track listing

Personnel

References