Man It Feels Like Space Again

Man It Feels Like Space Again is the sixth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band Pond, released on 23 January 2015 in Australia.

Man It Feels Like Space Again
Studio album by Pond
Released	23 January 2015
Recorded	2013–2014
Genre	Psychedelic rock psychedelic pop neo-psychedelia
Length	45:08
Label	Caroline Records
Producer	Kevin Parker
Pond chronology
Hobo Rocket (2013) Man It Feels Like Space Again (2015) The Weather (2017)
Singles from Man It Feels Like Space Again
"Elvis' Flaming Star" Released: 19 October 2014 "Sitting Up on Our Crane" Released: 16 December 2014 "Zond" Released: 11 January 2015

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Head Heritage	Positive[2]
AllMusic	[3]
DIY	[4]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[5]
Exclaim!	8/10[6]
The Guardian	[7]
musicOMH	[8]
NME	[9]
Renowned for Sound	[10]
Rolling Stone Australia	[11]

Man It Feels Like Space Again received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".^[1]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank
NME	NME'S Albums of the Year 2015	2015	34[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Waiting Around for Grace"	Nick Allbrook Jay Watson Joe Ryan	Allbrook	5:10
2.	"Elvis' Flaming Star"	Allbrook Watson Joe Ryan	Allbrook	3:25
3.	"Holding Out for You"	Ryan	Ryan	4:44
4.	"Zond"	Allbrook Watson	Allbrook	4:04
5.	"Heroic Shart"	Allbrook	Allbrook	4:05
6.	"Sitting Up on Our Crane"	Watson	Watson	6:00
7.	"Outside Is the Right Side"	Allbrook Watson	Allbrook	5:10
8.	"Medicine Hat"	Ryan	Ryan	4:08
9.	"Man It Feels Like Space Again"	Allbrook Watson Ryan	Allbrook	8:22
Total length:				45:08

Personnel

Pond

• Nick Allbrook – mixing, engineering, design, layout; vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9), guitar (6), background vocals (8)
• Jay Watson – mixing, engineering, design, layout; drums (1–5, 7, 9), vocals (6), bass guitar (8)
• Joseph Ryan – mixing, engineering, design, layout; vocals (3, 8), guitar (1, 7), background vocals (2, 9), synthesizer programming (4)
• Jamie Terry – mixing, engineering, design, layout; keyboards (1), bass guitar (3), background vocals (8)

Additional personnel

• Rob Grant – mastering
• Kevin Parker – mixing, engineering
• Lukas Glickman – engineering
• Bjenny Montero – artwork, design, layout

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13][14]	15
Australian Physical Albums (ARIA)[14]	11
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[14]	27