CD Packaging of the Week: Spiritualized “Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space”

This album is more than a decade old but it is still well-known simply because of its very unconventional CD packaging! It tries to push the lines of creativity and functionality and it continues to serve as inspiration to those who want to go against the grain with CD packaging.

The premise of the album is that music is like a drug that soothes us and makes us feel like we’re “floating in space”. Everything in this pack resembles an over-the-counter prescription drug.

It is a large prescription box with 12 mini CDs in blister packs complete with a sheet of product information.You have to break each foil seal to take the CDs out. Awesome! Especially because I have this fascination for breaking foil seals.

The downside is that, after you have all the fun breaking the foils and reading the descriptions, you will have to find another case for the 12 CDs (since the foil is already broken, it won’t protect the CDs properly, would it? If you accidentally pull the blister pack wrong side up, then the CDs would fall to the ground). But the main problem is actually in playing the album. It could be a pain in the ass switching CDs now and then.

But for CD packaging enthusiasts, this is definitely a great collector’s item! Expect to hear lots of ooohs and aaahs from your friends as they get overwhelmed by its awesomeness. But make sure you purchase two sets if you plan to include this to your collection. You cannot listen to the music if you don’t break the foil. If you break the foil, its appeal is gone.

Overall, very awesome pack!

Spiritualized