"Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" reached number four on the UK charts, during the height of the Britpop period. The album went on to be named the "NME" album of the year at the end of 1997, beating other critically acclaimed albums such as Radiohead's "OK Computer" and The Verve's "Urban Hymns". "Select" and "Vox" named "Ladies and Gentlemen" the second best album of the year, while "Melody Maker" and "The Face" named it the fifth best. The album ranked at number 13 on "Uncut"s year-end list, and "Q" named it as one of the year's 50 best albums. "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" also ranked at number 17 on "The Village Voice"s year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll.