Space Ritual

Wat wordt hier af en toe een lekker potje muziek gemaakt zeg (o.a. 'Down Through the Night'). Heerlijk gruizige gitaren en, zo zag ik toevallig op de Wiki, ome Lemmy op de duidelijk aanwezige bas. Het klinkt allemaal zeer aangenaam op de koptelefoon. Ik vind dit een stuk minder pijnlijk dan ik aanvankelijk had verwacht. Ik zag de lengte, ik zag dat het live, psychedelisch en spacey was en ik schrok me dood, maar het valt dus mee. Het scheelt ook dat ik nergens heen hoef en de boel gewoon lekker kan laten draaien. De zanger had eigenlijk beter een instrument kunnen gaan spelen, maar toch is het ook weer niet verschrikkelijk storend. De speelduur is te lang, de space-effecten zijn soms teveel, het gare gelul tussendoor boeit helemaal niemand, maar ik vind dit wel een hele leuke ontdekking. Dus ondanks die duidelijke minpunten ga ik toch 5 sterren geven. Deze moet je zeker een keer gehoord hebben. Blij mee.

Ah Hawkwind, the band that never ends. I last saw them at their 40th anniversary gig in London, which was still 20yrs ago! I think Bezos or Musk should give Dave Brock a free ticket to space, he’s been writing albums about it for 60yrs, I’m sure he’d appreciate a new angle on the matter. Anyway, they are a band not to be taken too seriously, but definitely to get fecked up to, or just to zone out on the groove. I think we can all agree Lemmy’s bass playing here is exceptional (any dissenters need to have a long hard think about their choices). More generally they created their own space rock genre, which has spawned many many different directions. Ozric Tentacles a prime excellent example, and I think some dance music to an extent. In my head they are somewhat the quintessential background vibe of your traditional British festival; you know, the ones before festivals turned too commercial and where you’d happily buy suspiciously cheap scrumpy and some soapbar from a crusty sat in a puddle [and looks wistfully into the distance]. Anyway, back to the album, basically it’s Hawkwind, so it’s a 5*.

This album is a crazy trip, man. I went into it thinking it was going to be some mellow space rock, but this thing is loud, chaotic, and completely in your face. It's a live album, and you can feel that energy. It's like being at the show. The guitar riffs, the wild synth sounds, the trippy sound effects... it's all there and it works. This isn't some polite music you put on for background noise. This is the kind of stuff that just makes you feel like you're floating in space, getting hit by a meteor. This puts all that modern screamo stuff to shame, for sure. This is the real deal. I'm definitely digging this band and will be checking out more of their stuff.

Not having any previous knowledge of Hawkwind, I was initially concerned with the hour and a half runtime. There was no need for concern because this was excellent. It’s a live album of a band that leans heavily into the psych, space sounds so yea, it carries on a tad but they put on a heck of a performance here. On second listen, driving to hockey I picked up a buddy on the way and he confirmed my first listen thoughts, when he quipped, “I thought this was Sabbath” For such a long album, I never felt that it dragged but I really do appreciate this style and they were so tight as a group. I gotta imagine, present day live performance masters, King Gizzard have heard this before bc there’s a lot of parallels I can draw here. Born to Go is a track I will return to plenty of times. Great live recording here. 5 stars

10/10 - DID SOMEONE SAY PROG ROCK ???

Brainstorm and masters of the universe for the win. Hawkwind is one of my favorite bands. The first 6 albums are exceptional. This album is pretty spaced out, as in outerspace. I think they might have been on some drugs or something. Go watch Silver Machine on top of the pops on YouTube for some real good fun footage. This isn’t the best but there’s so much going on. And on, and on.

Love it.

C'est un voyage initiatique vers un monde nouveau. C'est un album qui transforme le quotidien en un moment spécial.

Om mezelf maar te herhalen: een live-album = valsspelen. Dat schept wel wat tegenzin voordat ik het opzet. Het voelt als een optreden waar je bij geweest moest zijn, en tja..dat was ik niet. In het begin haak ik dus een beetje af, ook omdat de ruimte-geluiden niet gewoon de intro zijn, maar continue aanwezig zijn en er naar een paar nummers een tekst wordt opgewaust. Toch kom ik er langzaam in. De basis van het album is de voor die tijd vrij standaard schurende rock. Prima uitgevoerd. Maar wellicht zou het zonder het bijgeluid wel erg snel saai worden. Na een tijdje gaat het in mijn beleving in elkaar op, en lijkt het elkaar toch te versterken. Het vormt warempel een geheel. Nu duurt het album ruim 2 uur. Dus dat ik er wat later in kom, is niet zo erg. Ik kan nog heel wat meepikken. Ik drijf steeds verder met het geheel mee, en kan me bijna voorstellen dat ik er toch bij was. Eerlijk is eerlijk, dit is toch een bijzondere muzikale beleving. Eigenlijk ben ik het er wel mee eens dat dit in de lijst staat. Dit is een optreden dat iedereen mag horen.

Great album. Already familiar with as I spent a lot of time contemplating/listening to this. It does not seem to age with time and 'masters of the universe', 'orgon accumulator' seem as fresh as they day recorded.

Always had this on my list but wasn't sure if I would like it or not based on the little bit I had heard. I'm so glad I listened to the whole thing, so cool. For a live album, this one felt especially immersive and I felt like I was there in the room - I'm sure for anyone who was actually there for this show it was even more mind blowing

Far out. Awesome cover art

yeeeeah oh yeah, yeeeahhhhh

So many influences and contemporaries in here. Shades of Pink Floyd, Sabbath, Rush, Phish, Grateful Dead, Sonic Youth, etc etc. just a little outside the mainstream but so good. Put it on and say it’s the new Queens of the Stone Age record and a lot of people would believe you.

The greatest prog-punk album ever made. Sometimes this website is your grandpa who bombards you with sub-par boomer rock (KISS- Destroyer). Sometimes it’s your cousin who’s gone away to art school showing you boring indie shit (The Avalanches- Since I Left You). Today, this website is my pot-smoking delinquent older brother, blessing me with some of the weirdest and most wonderful music I’ve ever heard. What an album, what a band. A lost masterpiece.

hold on to your underwear folks, try not to get lost in the void of space as this record plays through. a vast, dramatic and somewhat frightening rock album, almost two hours in length, and chock full of weird otherworldly imagery. seriously, i don't know what it is from around this time... maybe it was the drugs, maybe it was the way that the guitars were tuned? i'm not just rating most every space prog rock album i see high because i'm biased. all of them are good. i just straight up like albums that challenge the listener.

Sure it's a little long, but i don't think i was ever bored at any point. It's a truly space-y and psychedelic journey, love the atmosphere. The spoken word interludes make it feel like a full experience rather than just a random live recording.

Wish I heard of these guys earlier, great space/stoner rock

Ovo je vojkecu možda najdraži album i često citira sound biti s njega od kojih mu je omiljen "do not panic, think only on yourself" i naravno vikat "sonic atttack!!!!"

What a whirlwind, desperately thrusting all what they‘ve got. A strange mixture of first wave Drug Rock close to some instrumental postrock outfits around the millenium (Trans Am).

Wow. Never had heard of this before and its great. Psych, space, fuzz rock in all its goodness.

Holy shit - This is great stuff. Such a great dirty driving hard rock sound, this is an outstanding album. Note: listen to this under the influence of something for maximum effect. Remember, everyone was high AF in the 70s. 5/5

I do love me a bit of space rock and am happy to add a band like this to the pile. Fave: Organe Accumulator

This is not an Album, this is a Journey...

Great background rumble!

Definitely too long. Definitely fucking ruled.

They had me at “…the jeweled forests of Venus…”

Incredibly goofy, and I will not rate this below a 5

Space guitars and space sax? Hell yeah!

Listened to this on 2 gummies on the flight to Vegas. Good stuff.

Loved certain bits of this, sure it would be amazing experience to space out to live, but for a novice Hawkwind listener it’s a hell of a lot to get through

amazing

Classic prog rock..also Lemey's old band

An amazing aural experience. Mind and body expanded to fill the cosmos. I'm moving in with this album.

One of the best live albums

Transcendent guitar playing interspersed with poetry about the multitudinousness of the universe. All of that with an unbelievably tight band for a live album. Great listen.

doom metally psychedelia? i’m in no questions asked. this has some really amazing instrumentals and really strange lyrics, the fact that it’s a live performance is pretty incredible

The ultimate Hawkwind album and one of the best live albums ever.

When I saw this one pop up on the list, I was pretty excited because I had been meaning to check Hawkwind out since a while. Then I saw that this is a live album and my enthusiasm instantly dropped. But in this case, even though I consider live recordings strictly worse versions of the tracks (unless you're actually there and enjoying the atmosphere and energy of the live concert) the music was so good that it's still fantastic as a live recording. And there's nothing stopping me from listening to more - studio recorded - Hawkwind.

The pinnacle of space rock. I will never get tired of listening to this album.

Long, trippy, highly weird and disturbing at times. Whether I would have enjoyed it even more had I been under the influence of something is up for debate, but to me there's something about psychedelic rock that meshes really well with long bus and train rides, and I happened to listen to most of this on the bus. While the psychedelic rock albums on the list have been a little hit and miss to me, I thought this one was a banger with some amazing songs and excellent riffs. I must say that some of the songs (And perhaps the album itself) overstayed their welcome a little bit, but I don't think I ever got totally bored by it. The little interlude pieces were quite strange, but it certainly suits the whole "Space Ritual" aesthetic. Excellent early 70s rock for sure. Favourite: Brainstorm

Absolutely phenomenal record - grandiose, theatrical, absurd but propelled by a commitment to the music and the concept which makes for an incredible sounding experience. The whole thing teeters on the edge of absurdity but manages to pull through. The highlight is a perfectly delivered, Michael Moorcock authored Sonic Attack, a spoken word piece that sums up this sci fi fantasy rock opera.

I’ve found my go-to album for my ‘70s drug montages. Perfect for fast zoom-in/zoom-outs, blurry close-ups of go-go dancing and multicolored double exposure lights circling over fast cuts of smiling and screaming faces. This album overflows with psychedelic energy. Today I was not tripping and feared this might be tedious. I needn’t have worried - it was quite the opposite! The housecleaning I did as I listened became wildly more interesting. I lost track of how long I had been listening or whether the song had ever changed. The 2+ hour run time flew by. Several songs into a second listen of disc one I realized I had repeat turned on and the music had started over. My cats went wild and started running all over like crazy midway through the album. I’m pretty sure this has psychoactive effects. I love how seriously Space Ritual takes itself. I love the weird cats on the cover. I love the use of flute and sax. I love the analog synthesizers. I love the serious spoken word parts (“vermilion deserts of Mars, the jeweled forests of Venus”, and instructions provided in case of Sonic Attack). I love the noodly bass lines. I love gyrating wildly to Lord of the Light. I love the cosmic grandeur. “In the fourth second of forever I could remember nothing that I did not love.” Totally groovy!

Fantastic, ahead of its time Space Rock album. Phenomenal

I've been always obsessed with all things related to space. Space travel? Cool. Space operas? Awesome. Space ROCK??? Hell yeah!!! I actually started getting into this weird, almost forgotten subgenre shortly before discovering this page, and I listened to Doremi Fasol Latido (many of the songs of that album are also present here). So I was really excited when another Hawkwind album popped up here! Now, Space Ritual is definitely not an album for anyone. A lot of people are going to hate it, and that's fair. It's basically a bizarre voyage on drugs across the black corridor of space. It is crude, it is trippy and it's long... Really long. But if you make it to the end, you'll be rewarded with a weird sense of catharsis. At least that's what I felt when listening to the final track. 5/5, I would listen to it again.

What a cool and weird album, a whole experience. I'm very into psychedelic rock at the moment and I think I just discovered a new band to listen to all of the albums!! Fav tracks: Brainstorm, Lord of Light, Down Through the Night

If you had a drink every time someone says the word "space" on this album, you'd basically end up evaporating. It's great, though, surely an inspiration on Star Wars and Flash Gordon and other sci-fi of the era.

WOW! Amazing! Like Black Sabbath but heavier and more tripped out! And they were around during Sabbaths early years! How have I never heard this before!

I needed this today. This was fantastic. Fully titled "The Space Ritual Alive in London and Liverpool" is a double live and the fourth album from Hawkwind recorded on the studio album "Doremi Fasol Latido" tour. The album intersperses the core songs with electronic and spoken word pieces to create essentially one continuous piece. The concert was meant to be an audio-visual experience including naked dancers and "entwinning the fantasy of seafarers in suspended animation traveling through time and space with the concept of music of the spheres (movement of celestial bodies as a form of music)." You betcha, I'm on board. And, the music and band are/were classified as "Space Rock." OK. All I know is that this fuckin' rocked. It sounded like punk met heavy metal met jam band (and other stuff). I heard so many future influences - Monster Magnet, Sleep, Mastodon. The band was killer too with none other than Lemmy on bass. The are a lot of songs worth highlighting. It seemed that each of the band members stepped up at different times throughout the album. Most the big songs are between 7 to 13 minutes long. The first song with lyrics "Born to Go" sets the pace with driving music. Drummer Simon King shines and there is a killer guitar solo by Dave Brock. This song has aspects of both punk and heavy metal. "Lord of Light" continues the driving music with Lemmy standing out and interesting sax towards the middle to end which gives it almost a Roxy Music feel. And how can you not mention "Brainstorm" which is just a jam. I'd classified it as like Stoner punk. It defintely starts out like a Motörhead song and continues on for over 13 minutes. Epic! I had listen to Hawkwind before and was expecting a lot having not listened specifically to this album. I got a lot. It is a lot. A big enthusiastic recommendation for anyone who likes Rock.

Fkn hell yeah this is what I'm talking about. A 2hr space prog odyssey with fat riffs and spoken word always has the potential to go very bad but this is perfect. Love the whovian drama in Sonic Attack that flows into the big foot-on-fold-back Time We Left This World Today. Excellent live recording too. Will need to spenore time with this, might put it on my ski trip playlist.

What a magic journey

my kind of album. psychedelia of the jazz rock type. intense yet meditative. definitely hear the influence on bands like the black keys and black rebel motorcycle club. i like this album, a lot.

For me this was first time hearing this artist and what a absolutely fantastic trip this album is. Especially love the long and spacey guitar plays. Psychedelic rock might be something I want to listen more.

SPACE ROCK

It is fckn amazing, it has the lively energic mojo with the spiritual vibe. 5/5.

A brilliant eyeopener. I didn't know this one.

First time listening to this band that heavily influenced KGATLW. The album starts off a little slow but builds into an absolutely wonderful experience.

A little strange, noisy at times. Would have been fun to be there - probably a party! Lots of great ideas heard throughout. Amazing how tight they groove for a love album. Tremendous musicianship - can see predictors for hard prog-rock groups. Drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.

This is as good as it gets for old music.

Psychedelic rock. What else needs to be said?

The only comparison that springs easily to mind is Sun Ra. There are important differences, of course. Sun Ra has both better instrumentation, more varied rhythm, and a mythology that seems less hokey. But this is a great, sprawling project, clearly inspired by space, and with at least two levels of a heartbeat. There's the rock-and-roll pulse of course, but that's shared by even bad doom or stoner metal. There's a second rise and fall happening underneath, within and between the songs, of words, textures, electronics. The wind instruments greatly contribute to creating the sense of anticipation which is so needed to sit through a couple hours of largely similar music.

Despite the spoken word interludes sounding like Spinal Tap outtakes and subpar vocals, the music on this is great.

Good ol space rock. Fascinating every time.

It’s been ages since I last listened to Hawkwind, probably not since the 1970s. I’d forgotten just how brilliant they are.

This album was good, but it is a marathon. Plan on having a long time to listen to it.

All I knew about Hawkwind is that Sir Lemmy was in the band at one point. It would be hard rocking, for sure, and... it is! Drums are insane on this album. The cheesy lyrics are here, and I embrace them. Were they an inspiration for Spinal Tap? I hope so! Album cover apt for 70's van art and tattoos. Definite plus. Solid 4/5

For some reason did not expect to find Hawkwind on this list but I'm glad they're here and it makes sense for this hybrid live album to represent them. Really interesting and cool space band. I love the guy twisting the knobs on primitive oscillator box. Definitely strong 4 stars

3/4

This is my kind of live album. A band lost in the moment playing elongated space rock. Can see where Kyuss and Monster Magnet got their best ideas from.

I typically rate live albums quite low, but this was super interesting. The guitars were quite heavy, and even occasionally reminded me of modern doom metal, like a bit of Domesmoker, Sleep or Boris. With that in mind I felt the instrumentals were quite impressive. The singing was ok, and the spoken word (while cheesy) did make me think about the infinite universe. Pretty cool album. 4/5

Not a big fan of live albums; most '70s prog rock takes itself way too seriously and is a bit meh; Hawkwind are basically who Spinal Tap parody; but... something about this album set off the dad rock in me. Reckon this would have been a good gig to go to. Though it does seem to go on for forever. And respect to a band where Lemmy got his mojo.

Hårdrock, spacerock, psykadelisk ... Men också protometal i hur trummorna och basen driver på. Fläckvis fantastiskt! Men dubbel-live håller de inte för. Fast vem gör det? En fyra iaf

Rock from another dimension. So spacey. It pretty much takes you on a 90 minute long adventure with constantly progressing songs, massive riffs and just pure psychedelia. I don't know when I'll listen again but this album impressed me.

Album 209. Space Ritual (https://open.spotify.com/album/7wH3vXQZgy9a6PUvMXLayk?si=P6kY1detTn-01ajpi0NLLA) — Hawkwind (1973) I was extremely biased initially to the album: low ratings, 2 hr 12 min length, live recording! "Is it another mediocre hard-metal-shitrock?" Yes, it is a little, but I was so surprised. It's an alien rock. Space rock. Mixed with a lot of psychedelic rock. You don't even need drugs to get trippy — it's enough just to play this music. I get why the rating of this album is so low. Humans don't like alien music. But I am, as half-human, half-alien, with double citizenship: Humans and Nibirians — I like this album so much. Maybe humans should give it a more unbiased chance and maybe they will like it as much as aliens like it. Anyway occasionally we have to listen to something during space travels. And I'm on a space journey already, going to Alpha Centauri. The sci-fi album feels infinite, endless monotony and strange like space itself. 4/5 Liked: — Earth Calling — Born to Go — Down Through the Night — Lord of Light — Electronic No 1 — Orgone Accumulator — Brainstorm — Seven by Seven

Thought I'd hate it, but it felt like finally solving an impossible rotational motion problem first try.

This was a great album to have playing in the background - very out there sounds. Not quite as much energy as I would have preferred. The runtime was a little too long for my liking too.

I've avoided Hawkwind for years because I thought it was hippy bullshit, mostly beacuse of Neil and The Young Ones. My loss. 70s Psych Rock done right. I'll even overlook my stance on live albums on the list for this one.

Una sorpresa! No lo conocia. Me gusta esaa mezcla de sonido sucio y letras voladas.

It would be easy to call this album boring but I think it's a great record. I would have loved to be at the show. Psyche Rock like this sounds better when it's hifi so the live recording doesn't really help with anything but what it does do is act as great background music for hanging out. Chill dudes no exactly what this music is for, it's a mood setter to fill some of the silence when you're hanging out with the boys. You put it on and forget about it, the vibe is set for the next two hours. You need this kind of thing when you are partying all day, lest you hear the same playlists over and over again.

What a trip!! Talk about your freak outs! Fierce & unapologetically in your face. I wish I could've been there to experience it in person. Wow!

This feels less like a live album and more like being absorbed into a continuous sonic environment. The repetition, the space rock drift, and the heavy rhythmic drive create a trance-like state that prioritizes atmosphere over structure. It can feel overwhelming or even monotonous depending on your tolerance for that hypnotic approach, but when it clicks, it becomes immersive in a very physical way. Not perfect, but deeply effective within its lane.

Enjoyed this! Would of loved this in the classic rock stage of my life

This could have been a bit shorter. But I enjoyed it.

Do you like Science-Fantasy Fiction from the 1960s/1970s? A little hit of Moorcock to ignite the nervous system and see through the doors of perception as you hurtle through space and time in the ritual alive? Motoring down the high(est)way of Hawkwind getting your relentless groove on with this sonic survival kit. Mesmerized, they take us inward in our travels. An intense two-hour journey into the spectacular through the earhole with the spacefarers of Chaos and Entropy...it's an unsettling soundtrack to found footage of imaginary youth freak outs and excess — prog, metal, and jazz set free — all for the takeoff and barely around for the comedown. Do Not Panic.

Can see that this might get tedious for our ears today, but think back 50 years and it seems positively futuristic. The driving Lemmy base, the weird sci-fi interlude accompaniment, the Kraut-rocky psychy lead, what's not to love? Works for me.

This fucks, for sure. It has air of an alternate universe where there was a 1970s Star Trek series fueled by a lot of drugs and written in Berlin.

This album just seems to be completely unhinged jam workout! What's not to like?

doesn't get boring, great execution, nice ideas

Space rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, proto-punk, hard rock.

groovy shit

This was pretty cool. Will likely check them out again.

Wild psyc rock

7 - GOOD

Very proggy. I dig it. 4.5 bumped down to 4.

A genius album! To really get it, you almost have to be living in 2026 — inside all this synthetic noise. Generative music, artificial lyrics, fake bloggers. And then, right in the middle of that synth-pop blur, you find a decent speaker or a pair of headphones… and press play. Rough. Uneven. A bit raw around the edges. Not polished to death. Not optimized. Not pretending. Something real.

Fucking EPIC !!!!!

Lots of guitar. Pretty long, but also pretty cool. Was pleasantly surprised

An absolute blast! Extraordinarily fun intersection of space rock, prog rock and psychedelia. The Pink Floyd influence is not subtle but I think they really made it their own. Nothing but a good time in my opinion.

What a trip! Sad I was fully sober listening to this, as I feel like I didn't get the full experience. Started off a little apprehensive, but once the riffs and solos started on Born to Go I was locked in. Maybe not an album that I would listen to often, but definitely one to throw on and vibe to for a couple of hours. I get that we are going for a space theme here, but some of the songs and monologues almost pull me out of it rather than add to the experience for me (Electronic No 1). Favorites: Born to Go, Orgone Accumulator

The weirdness of early Pink Floyd meets the muscle of MC5. Plus Lemmy. You can almost hear Motorhead in some of the heavier parts. I thoroughly enjoyed this.

Zdecydowanie za długie, ale przyjemne. Fajne gitarki. 4

The space rock branch of psychedelic rock is one that I think really doesn't get enough light shined on it in my opinion. I only ever hear it on random youtube mixes. I don't love live albums and judging by the wiki, it sounds like the live visuals added a lot here. The length is also a lot to get through. I think this could have been a 5 if it wasn't for the live production and 2+ hour runtime. Regardless, it was nice background music for work today.

Loved this album. Some great bass lines. Really hypnotic and psychedelic to listen to. Haven't put it as a 5 as because of the length of the album (over 2 hours) it's not one I'll listen to again and again unfortunately. But that takes nothing away from the music. Really great listen

I thought Space Ritual was a pretty great album. Apparently Lemmy Kilmister was involved with this show with him playing bass as well as providing vocals on a couple of the tracks and i can really see how a lot of the stuff he did on this record went on to inspire some of the music in the Motorhead albums that i listened to especially in No Sleep Til Hammersmith (Probably because that is also a live album). Lemmy Kilmister stuff aside, my opinions on the music are very positive. I enjoy a lot of the jazzy undertones a lot of these songs have and the bass was obviously incredible here. Granted this one did get long and some of the vocals were a bit weird for me but i still really liked this one. Best Song: Master of the Universe Worst Song: Sonic Attack

From a band I have never heard of comes a two hour long psychedelic jammy live set with shades of Jethro Tull and Deep Purple. Needless to say I loved it. Favorite songs were Born To Go, Down Through The Night, Orgone Accumulator, and Brainstorm.

Pretty good psychedelic rock

Interesting prog rick I would normally be into, need right mood to listen to this

4/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/hawkwind/space-ritual/ The single thing I knew about Hawkwind before listening to this album, is that I always confuse them with Alestorm, for no reason but the weather-related word that takes up half the band name. Imagine my surprise, therefore, when this album was a live space opus of more than 100 minutes. One, moreover, that I quite liked! Yes, it’s very long—I listened to the extended album available on Tidal—and not everything is as exciting, but overall the atmosphere created by the band is very cool. Not sure how often I’d listen to it again, but this first listen was very pleasant.

Now THIS is sick. Really amazing live set of absolute cosmic jams and peak riffs with that wonderful element of flute and early 70's drugged out haze. Would definitely spin again.

DUAS HORAS DE ALBUM... MEU DEUS FAVS (top 3): electronic no 1, organe accumulator, master of the universe mençoes honrosas: born to go, lord of light, space is deep, time we left this world, welcome to the future acho q esse foi o maior album q ja ouvi aqui ate agr e GRAÇAS A DEUS ele foi bom, as musicas sao bem grandinhas e tem 21 delas entao da 2 horas mesmo, tem umas q sao bemm repetitivas mas tem outras q da pra aproveitar bastante, tem umas no meio bem curtinhas q vc ate assusta mas é um rock muito bom com OTIMAS transiçoes, principalmente no inicio nota final: 4/5

This is really far out. I had heard of these guys but had never listened to any of their recordings. It's a bizarre mix of early prog rock and what seem to be kraut rock (Can, Tangerine Dream) stylings. I like!

Great album with a fantastic atmosphere. It really fits the most literal definition of space rock, and I love it. One of the rare examples of a longer record actually being a benefit as it immerses you and doesn’t let go. I wasn’t a fan of all the interludes. Didn’t feel like they were adding much, and all their spoken word parts could’ve easily been fit into the long songs, all of which I very much liked, by the way. They’re quite repetitive, but most of the repetitions are great, so they didn’t feel boring. There are bunch of very catchy and groovy parts here. Not the most outstanding music as I thought some of the songs could’ve been a little busier but still very much enjoyable.

Maybe the pinnacle of space rock. I was raised on this by my dad and it is a really great record, although it’s a big commitment to try and get through it in one sitting.

Psychedelic space rock with distorted guitars, wandering sax, and electronic drones, with Motörhead’s Lemmy on bass before and space age lyrics and spoken word poetry (some written by Michael Moorcock). Easy to get lost in while listening, but never boring. Orgone Accumulator and spoken-word Sonic Attack are my favourite tracks.

Definitely a huge spacey vibe in this one and also love how its a live album. I thought 2 hours would be grueling for an album but it was incredibly immersive and just great to listen and vibe to. Lots of interesting elements in it and even has an ominous element to it that I enjoyed. 8/10, Favorite Song: Brainstorm

The album cover is so cool! Another one where listening through headphones doesn't do it justice, though it did feel sort of "samey" after awhile. Transporting sound, curious lyrics. Favorite song: Orgone Accumulator.

It's like Spinal Tap performing a two hour rock opera based on Interstellar Overdrive. Incredibly, THEY . . . NEVER . . . FLAG . . . It is so magnificently absurd and over the top that I can't help but simultaneously wonder at and worship everything about it.

Huiii bin ich froh hani das no nahglost! Und bin ich froh het hawkwind so gueti musig gmacht bevors vom Vecna überfalle worde isch. Let's goooo und 4 kick is demoorgen füdli

This was better than I expected it to be, though I admit I only listened to the original tracks. I’ll definitely listen again soon.

Far out space jams. Whooshy and whoaahhwww whaaawwhh noises a plenty, with lashings of grooving guitar and excellent drums. So I liked this much more than I thought I would. Even the poetry.

Definitely one to chill out to. Sci-fi stories and psychedelia, rock and rockets.

I can see why this splits opinion. I've never liked Hawkwind as much as I should. There's something a little too ragged and jazzy about them. But live it works (I saw them a few years ago at Glastonbury and I remember it was much the same as this album 40 years before). I love the atmosphere and the spoken word ridiculousness too. And Lemmy's bass is great. Best album I've listened to while working too.

I didn't know what to expect from this album, I thought this was a regular psychedelic rock live album from the early 70s but I was wrong. It genuiely surprised me, it's a great space rock (one of the best in the genre) and proto-punk album, and I can hear how influential it was on future bands. It's a really good album, very spacey and far out. A bit too long, but nevertheless a fantastic journey.

Very cool insight into what seeing this band live might be like. Good generally, but some standout tracks like "Space is Deep" and some more accessible ones like "Orgone Accumulator". The chat between songs is priceless from the sci-fi nonsense of Sonic Attack to one bandmember asking if there are any Liverpool fans in tonight.

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4/5 - This felt way ahead of its time, I'd never guess early 70s if someone asked. I probably wouldn't listen to this as an album due to the interludes and overall length, but I really enjoyed the songs. I found the repeated lyrics a bit mixed, I enjoyed it sometimes and didn't others, but the instrumentals were consistently really impressive.

My favourites were Orgone Accumulator and Master of the Universe. Very cool album. I think the bass really shines.

I’ve been meaning to get around to this album, and what a ride. So far ahead of its time. I can see how this influenced generations of musicians that led to the development of multiple genres.

Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space

If you like reading old scifi paperbacks, you'll love this album. And I'm a retro scifi paperbacks collector, SO!

Another wall of noise album. Again this one is great. A little more abrasive than I would like but still thoroughly enjoyable.

Wow, super cool and super weird. The Space Rock genre was not even on my radar, so it's especially interesting to hear this. It's also amazing to see that they went on for decades after this came out.

That was pretty Epic. I had heard of hawkwind for decades but never listened to them. They lived up to their name.

Long as hell but some interesting stuff happening here. Not typically a fan of space rock and the infrequent lyrics are painful but I could see myself listening to this again one day but no rush.

Driving stoner space rock. A good live album makes you feel wish you went, and this would have been an amazing show.

This is an amazingly complex album. As someone who listens to a good bit of classic rock, this is an entirely different experience. The people who rate this lowly seem to ignore the obvious point of this album which is it's like a stream of consciousness with music. So much goes into it and it isn't devalued because it's a "live album" or because it doesn't match with other artists of the time. This shit rocks and I will come back and listen to this while I'm reading comic books

I've been on the space journey and it was wonderful, weird, and over the top.

I love nerd rock

Honestly, really kind of enjoyed it! Basically every part of the space rock that was "space" was cringe, but the rock part of it was fun!

Very good

hell YEAHHHHH

never heard of them before. Lemmy! 3 or 4

J’avais déjà écouté du Hawkwind par le passé (In the Hall of the Mountain Grill, excellent titre) et ça m’avait plu, mais pas assez pour passer le test du temps. Il y a beaucoup de choses à aimer dans cet album live, et c’est une écoute très plaisante, mais ce n’est pas quelque chose que je me vois écouter super souvent.

Long, overwrought, kind of all over and barely makes sense, gets lost in groves and almost a weird jazz element, all while being a live album. You can't say it's perfect by any stretch and this isn't the first Hawkwind album I'd put on but it's great and should be heard.

First time listening to this band. Sounds great for a live album, but I would be interested in hearing it with studio quality mixing. I might try and check out other their other albums. I got lost a chunk of times just enjoying the ride. The saxophone doesn't even bother me on this album. Taps into some noise rock elements that I enjoy. An aural adventure.

This one was a whole vibe and I was into it!

4 - great psychedelic concept album

Pretty cool, quite the long album, but there's some whacky stuff going on in there too.

This album is pretty good, though I don't think I was nearly stoned enough for it. Some of the spoken word stuff was kind of hilarious to me; reminded me of something Jemaine Clement would do. Also heard some stuff in here that reminded me of early Butthole Surfers. 3.5/5

I really liked this but it was just way too damn long.

This was a pretty fun ride sober... I can only imagine how much more insane it would feel on whatever drugs these guys were taking

I'm not usually one for live albums, but this was good.

It’s pretty sick love a good psychedelic album! Cover art is sick and this just makes me want to get high and wriggle around on a shaggy carpet in my friends basement

Reeeeallly digging this one. Such a cool, psychedelic, and at times jazzy, vibe. The instrumentation is so groovy and draws me in. The vocals match perfectly over top and it creates for such an engaging atmosphere. I bet these cats were a thrill to see live back in their day. This is fantastic.

Not bad for a live album. Good mix. No audience noise. The only thing that made it “live” was the insanely long solos. Like a Prog metal Allman Brothers show.

Epic. Bombastic. Pompous. Incredible. 70s. This album is the perfect encapsulation of space rock. I couldn't imagine settling in for a set of this at Isle of Wight or some similar British event in 1976. Fantastic, sprawling album of music.

The guitar work was super cool but this was very long.

This goes pretty hard. Seems early enough to be the back drop for a lot of punk and metal, sounding at times like sabbath, other times the dead. This album is long, and their sound can be fatiguing after 2 hrs of it. Hard for me to stay in that pocket. If I had a motorcycle this would be in my ears as I careened.

The only knock on this is it gets a bit tedious, but the music is really great. Love the riffs and jams. Pretty sure I got high just listening to it.

Very long but good vibes

I didn't love it all but I do love that spacey psych rock.

Весьма интересный альбом собравший в себя классический хард-рок с прогрессивом и психоделикой характерными для семидесятых.

Far too long but great fun to listen to. Enjoyed this way more than I was expecting to.

Quite an entertaining listen, if a little long. I like the overall sound especially when it got heavy.

There are bits of this that are dangerously close to jam band territory, but it manages to walk the knife edge quite deftly. Feels driving and repetitive in a way that works for me. I liked Lemmy's bass playing especially in Lord Of Light. I didn't really mind the spoken word bits, though Sonic Attack sounded like a Monty Python skit :) All in all, there's a lot more to like here than dislike.

Never heard of Hawkwind, but I enjoyed this way more than I had expected.

Would have been a hell of a show to see. The album gets a bit redundant, but I’m giving benefit of the doubt because the audience surely left gobsmacked.

Tof, soms een beetje 'too much' spacey,

I had no idea that Space Rock was a thing, but as a certified Gizzhead, I approve.

Good Friday/weekend album. Long jammy psychedelic sci-fi prog rock rippers. Would listen again, especially when doing some focused work

Favourites: Born to Go, Down Through the Night, Space Is Deep, Orgone Accumulator, Brainstorm, Seven by Seven

Whoa man, far out. I really enjoyed this acid-drenched dispatch from a Charles Manson cult circa 1971. Fantastic jamming, especially Lemmy on bass, some bizarre spoken word poetry, and a great mix of garage, psychedelic, free-form jazz, and deep space canoodiling. A lot of fun if a little too long.

7/10 This was certainly an experience. I feel that the enjoyment of an album like this may in part be down to the listening environment. For the bits that I could sit and enjoy with my eyes closed, I felt more engaged with it and I'm looking forward to cranking it in the dark on the home stereo. I also feel like a little bit of the magic is lost by not being present in the moment. I can only imagine the experience that this would provide live, with the volume, lighting and the naked artsy hippy woman dancing on stage. The recording is also, unfortunately but kind of expectedly for a desk recording of a band with this much going on in 1972, quite muddy, so it's hard to pick out everything that's going on. I feel like if there was a really clean multi track of this available for remixing it would be absolutely incredible, with all of the elements given fresh space to breathe in. Those caveats aside, this really hooked me in. There were lulls, and some bits did drag on a little, but in general there was so much going on that it continued to hold my interest despite the length of some tracks. In some respects you could consider this to be jazz for stoned rockers. They have a few core ideas and then just riff around them with a constant ebb and flow of ideas that circle around the core structure. It's also very up its own arse, but in the most magnificent way possible. They are super into the conceit (until the bonus track, which is hilariously 'back to earth'). You can also hear a great deal of influence that this had on music that followed. In some respects, it's über 70s, but it has elements that sound very contemporary too. I can definitely see why this is on the list, and I'm really glad to have heard it. I'll definitely be back to this and relistening in a better listening environment could even pop it up a point. Earth Calling - A tone setting intro. It's going to be weird and psychedelic. Born to Go - This is anchored in the lyrical section, but just goes off-piste through the middle. It's noisy and wacky and definitely conjures up its own atmosphere. Down Through the Night - When this settles in the aftermath of the previous track, we end up on a far more traditional base of a song, although it does have it's 'freak out jam' section in the middle. There's still the swirling morass of parts that move around it, but the riffs are solid and at feels more song like than what's come before. The Awakening - A little weird sci-fi narrative interlude. I can really visualise this as a live experience. Lord of Light - A similar structure to other tracks. They don't often stick on one thing for too long which keeps it interesting, but there is generally some kind of anchoring thread that keeps it somewhat grounded. I am enjoying it as an experience. The Black Corridor - More 70s sci-fi poetry. I can just imagine the room that they wrote this stuff in. It smelled funny and many of the people in it were passed out. Space Is Deep - This is, by comparison, a pretty normal song. It does drift into a quieter section through the second half, but never gets quite as off-the-wall as other tracks. But the variety and interest is still present. Electronic No 1 - A little bloopy-bleepy interlude. Atmospheric but not vastly interesting. Orgone Accumulator - This starts off as a decent, and far more traditional rock song. You're not fooling me this time, Hawkwind. Ah, here we go. A jamming section that just goes on a bit too long before we return to the vocals. And then back to the jam. And there's still three minutes left! This one just goes on a bit too much for me. Upside Down - This is less interesting. It's a fairly uninteresting song surrounded by a wash of phase, delay and noise. Better than a fairly uninteresting song on its own, I guess. 10 Seconds of Forever - Ah, they've intercepted some Vogon poetry for us to enjoy. Brainstorm - Despite the fact that this is nearly 14 minutes long, I actually kind of got lost in it. It's got drive, elements come and go and there's always something happening to keep me engaged. And it's got such a vibe. Seven by Seven - The calm after the storm. But the storm will build back, and quickly. The swirling tones that build and build in the background are immense. And again, it just drifts out into something more sparse, but oh, so 70s. I really like this one. Sonic Attack - I think we can guess where Douglas Adams got some of his inspiration from. I mean it's weird, but it's also kind of great how deeply into this they are and how seriously they present it. Time We Left This World Today - A great riff to start us off, with nice dual vocals. I'm just getting more and more lost in the soundscapes they create. Even when the main thread is a fairly repetitive refrain, there's just so much going on around it, it really keeps moving and rewards engaged listening. Master of the Universe - Holy shit, this one comes firing out of the blocks. It's heavy and fierce with those spacy vocals. Tones just appear and disappear into the wash of sound. It's pretty intense and almost feels like it's falling apart at the seams towards the end. Lovely stuff. Welcome to the Future - A psychedelic end point. A drifting, warped mass of vocal, wall of sound clashes that drift away into a thank you to the crowd and chanting recorded through some kind of phased delay. You Shouldn't Do That (not on the original LP!)- This hilariously grounds them when the singer asks if there are any Liverpool fans present, because the drummer supports Chelsea. Maybe they're not the space lords they claim to be. This track builds slowly before it eventually lets loose. It's not as interesting as some of the others and is a bit to repetitive. I can see why it wasn't on the LP. They do seem to have almost decided to play Paranoid by Black Sabbath for a good chunk of this too.

Long but very interesting space rock album. Bonus points for sounding so great and spacey/psychedelic for a live album.

4- Stars (10/15)

Not heard them from decades, but same old. Liked them back in the day & it still sounds good. Yay!

Psycadelic garage rock with tints of Sabbath, The Who, and Pink Floyd. Raw and rough around the edges

A little hard to listen to but goes down easy after you get into it

Yuummmmmmm

When I saw the length of this, I sort of rolled my eyes a bit. I was not really ready for such an extensive listening experience. I ended up splitting it into two sessions - one for each LP, basically - and I found the entire affair surprisingly enjoyable. It finds a nice groove and settles into it, but it never gets boring. The sci-fi interludes - which often sound like something from a contemporary Doctor Who season, in a good way - keeps the listener engaged, curious, and *just* a little off balance, and then the music comes in and you're off and running again. A really fun listen.

A bit too long but I enjoyed it a lot

J’ai peur En fait c’est cool Et ce qui est vraiment bien c’est que c’est un vrai album qui s’écoute dans l’ordre tout ça c’est super ça Après une longue réflexion je pars sur un 4 j’aurai aimé au moins un gros banger, mais l’album en lui même est génial (j’ai eu le 5 trop facile sur les autres)

Wah, je ne m'attendais pas à un truc comme ça Assez chelou mais j'aime bien On sait ce que le mec prenait comme champignons dans son omelette aux champignons

Great album! I wish I would have found them sooner.

Just a bit too much of it

New to me and sickkkk

There are lots of live Hawkwind LPs. This early 2 album disc release still stands out.

Best Song: Down Through the Night I never heard of this band. It reminded me of pre-Darkside of the Moon Pink Floyd. Plus, being Lemmy's band before Motorhead helps with the heavy side of their music. Cool stuff!

Live Psychedelic Rock album - wasn’t in the mood for it at all. Still good tho - I can appreciate at least

An attempt to blast off into outer space that can't escape their own thick clouds of smoke. One of the most stoned albums of all time, a pothead triumph. Lemmy's bass is the driver, picking out forceful droning blues rock riffs that ebb and flow and build intensity before breaking out into a euphoric blissed out groove. The guitars make a huge fuzzy reverby echoey noise, billowing smoke and frothing atmosphere that occasionally coheres into a melody or a solo before diffusing back to ambience. Pulsating whirling synths, gnarly sax lines that amp up the energy, propulsive drumming. Big dumb fun, an inspiration to thousands of basement rocker psychonauts all across the land.

Did not finish it (2 discs and long tracks) but exactly the kind of thing to get lifted and lie back to.

Live fir crissakes! Lemmy is a machine on bass. Can, Neu, Hawkwind amirite? I am. Get high af and halfway thru, double up. Oh yeah. Feel the pulsing groove.

I am writing this first but before listening to the album - SURELY 2+ hours is a bit long. And for it to be a live album too?? I have my doubts. Conclusion: this is an old-head ball-knowers favorite live album, I’d imagine. Like Alive 2007 for white men in their late 60’s. The target audience is any old dudes now who were probably fried on some amalgamation of substances back when this came out, and record store owners. As far as live albums go, especially for something so old, this is really good. I’ll eat my words in that regard. A lot of cosmic, fantasy influence. Great spoken word parts. This album is still way too damn long though, at least without a visual element or just experiencing it in person. If it stopped at “You Shouldn’t Do That” I’d say we have a masterpiece in our hands. But it nosedives hard as that song plays out. There are so many good loops and chunky bass lines through this live project. The 1:10 mark of “Down Through the Night” is the first example of those loops and bass lines picking up gradually and building some insane energy. Following that, “The Awakening” hit me right in the face - thats a fantastic delivery of a spoken word interlude. The same is true on “The Black Corridor”. “Orgone Accumulator” could be accused of sounding a bit too much like the Doors, but it has the best vocal melody of the album to me so I give it a pass. I wish so badly that this album was cut off a few songs shorter. The whirling synths and looped instruments got a bit too repetitive, all the good ideas felt ran through towards the end. But outside of that, really cool album. Tons of energy, performances that were very in-sync, crazy imagery. Probably tons of drugs. Light 4/5 I won’t listen very often but I enjoyed the journey.

This was a fun album by a band I knew nothing about. I could definitely hear the rock/punk/prog influences and how other artists would be influenced by them. I thought this was a really thought provoking album with interesting sounds. It is something I will definitely continue to listen to and I anticipate listening to more Hawkwind in the future.

"space is a remorseless, sexless, impossible fact" way to take all the fun out of it

Listened to the first half. Really enjoyed it. Probably should finish it some day

Whoa, how have I not heard of this before? I'm amazed at how trippy cool this is. It went on for a long time but help my attention the whole time.

Lemmy on bass! I had no idea he was part of Hawkwind, so that was a nice surprise. And completely obvious when you listen to the recording. Inject this directly into my veins, honestly. Space nonsense, chaotic psychedelic rock, it's great. Four stars because the live recording isn't great sound-wise, and this isn't exactly a tight album, but it's really fun.

Overly long, but a trippy psychedelic journey executed by a tight band of true believers. Great entry point into a rewarding deep dive into the phenomenon of Hawkins.

I didn't expect to like this but it was an amazing bass and drum driven heavy rock experience.

Will definitely listen again. Didn't especially care for the spoken word parts, but the music (particularly Lemmy's bass) more than made up for it.

Maybe my orgones are all aligned correctly, or maybe I just fucking love space and titties. This ticks all my boxes.

This album is good but it’s just so long That being said if I was a stoner this would go hard

Pretty long but pretty good. Kinda wild even though I was half asleep for most of it

Pour it straight into my brain. Very very very very much my BS. Peaks and valleys of 5 star songs tempered with occasionally excessive noodling.

It’s apparently psychedelic week! This was for a good portion of its runtime my jam. I liked the long drony grooves, they reminded me of krautrock. There were some spoken word bits that I could’ve done without though.

Stoner/Space rock, lots of droning repetitive fuzz guitar, I really liked their sound, album is far too long, would have been stronger if it was edited down.

Energetic and interesting

Rolón

you know what hell yeah

way too long but it fucking slaps, stellar space-y heavy psych rock

A live album? I have a really difficult time getting into a band for the first time with a live performance. Typically, I need to be familiar with the music to be able to enjoy them live. The exceptions would be 2 Skinnee J's and Dial7. Those were bands that were introduced to me live, and I immediately got hooked. This performance sounds psychedelic and fun. I could imagine being stoned and enjoying this, but it isn't doing much for me while I'm at work. I'll need to give it a proper headphone listen. Cool, spacey noises, and driving rhythm. Lemmy was in this band, so that's nice, and they have a million albums. Apparently, they influenced several musicians I like. I guess it was groovy enough for a 4. Lord of Light was a favorite. The spoken word on The Black Corridor and 10 Seconds of Forever reminds me of something on FishHawk's 2010 album Spacehawk. If you haven't heard that album, I highly recommend it.

This was pretty cool! I was unfamiliar with these guys before, but I guess it turns out they are fairly well known. There was a lot going on here. A busy, driving, heavy sound with the bass and drums, with a lot of abstract, soaring, shredding guitars blasting you out to the stratosphere, and then occasionally Stewie Griffin would talk about space. Druggie party music.

Not the worst album to be stuck in traffic on a rainy Saturday in Toronto. But just like traffic, it does last forever.

This was mega-weird but a lot of fun for me and I definitely loved the proto-"stoner rock" sound. When they would lock into a groove and just rock out it was pretty magical actually.

Thoughts before listening: I think this is the 2nd Hawkwind album I have gotten from this list. They are pretty good, kind of a prog rock metal mix...and a major influence on both genres. Lemmy was in the band for a while but I'm not sure if he is on this album or not. Should be good. Review: I could do without the weird spoken word tracks, but this album definitely rocks. Lots of long, jammed out songs that maintain a solid pace throughout means that this is certainly not a boring album. Maybe its just because this is a live recording, but this isn't really prog rock in my opinion. Prog bands are all about very orchestrated and technically proficient songs where as this is essentially "simple" rock songs with long jams. More akin to modern day psych rock bands than lets say King Crimson. I am enjoying this quite a bit. 4-stars

this was a drug fueled, sex romp, groovy, psychedelic rock, wacky, space alien, and frankly weird adventure through music

Likte det. Deilig syttitallsstøy. Bra å lese til

Damn it! I was hoping that I would hate this so I could skip through some songs, but I'm a sucker for some psychedelic rock. I found the whole album really enjoyable. Songs flow into each other and the lyrics are few and far between. It's super easy to lose yourself in the music. I was jamming all day to this two hour monster. That's not an exaggeration either. I started at 7:30am and finished at 5:15pm. I would never recommend this album to anyone, however, I can see the perfect situation of having this record on while getting stoned in a basement with a buddy. We're about 30 minutes in and he leans over to me and asks "Who is this?". I get to respond while blowing out a bong rip with "It's Hawkwind bro". If I had one recommendation for this album, it would be shrooms.

I'm thoroughly confused how I never encountered this album, much less ever heard of Hawkwind before this moment. This seems like something I should have stumbled upon on my voyages through Pink Floyd and The Grateful Dead. Though this is decidedly a spacier rock than either of the former two (which is saying something). This is like a weird love child between Deep Purple (a la Child In Time) and Black Sabbath sprinkled with a heaping dose of jam spirit. Love the end result even if some of the spoken word lore is a bit corny. I will definitely go through for another listen, but based on a fractured first listen this is an easy 4 for me.

Solid from start to finish. Reminded me a bit of the Deep Purple live set with a skosh of acid.

Some of this was really awesome prog rock. But some was really strange and corny rock opera-esque which got a little stale, especially with the length of the album. Sonic Attack and Time We Left specifically with the interludes that were so strange were when I was ready for this album to be over. Overall though this live album ripped hard for the majority and I found myself really enjoying it. Surprised I have never heard of this band cause this is my style of music.

Holy hell this is long! Though it looks like the last few songs are bonus material. What a weird album after the first disc. Super spacy, proggy, Pink Floydy. Not a huge fan of all the spoken word stuff but it fits with the vibe of the album. Trippy. Had me bouncing a lot and got lost a few times. Fun album.

That was really something... Some cringe lyrics but the music was good 4/5

No need to get high for this album, this album IS the high

Back in the early eighties I hand several friends who were into Hawkwind, but I could never quite get it. Then one of them said about them appearing at Queensway Hall in Dunstable (now sadly no longer. They put a supermarket on the site) so we all decided to go. Well, they are a band best appreciated live. It was an amazing night and from then on I have been a total convert. And they are the band I have seen more than any other, as I rarely pass up on the opportunity to see the perform. And this album does well to capture a lot of the magic of seeing them live, but, as with any recording, can never fully replicate the atmosphere. So it's got to be a high 4 from me.4

I don't know whether I should admit this, but I really liked this. Long thudding repetative tunes, filled with swirly noises and loads of effects. I always love a good bit of wah wah pedal action too. Stylistically it's not a million miles from many bands I love in alternative psychedelia. It might have got a 5 star rating, but it gets knocked down by the pseudo mystical bollocks about space and stuff.

I'm suprised a live album is included in this list! It's hard for me to quantify this, as live albums are a total crapshoot due to the nature of it all - venue, crowd, mixing, playing, etc. Some live songs sound significantly worse than their studio counterparts, some sound better. Which side of the equation does this fall under? Speaking individually on the album though, this is pretty fun! The tones are super heavy at times, most of the songs have a lot of range in them. Brainstorm was probably my favorite. Overall, it sounds like an epic show to have been at, regardless if this is a good showing from the band or not, cause they certainly seem on point! I will definitely check out some other stuff from them so I can judge this better, but for now, rating as very good!

Psychedelic space travel? Sign me up

A long album that was good for background music, I liked Down Through the Night the most.

Took me about 3 days to get through this monster of a live album, but it's actually cool as hell (and I did not have high hopes)

a bit too long

4* No song on here jumps out to me but i like the vibe of the album as a whole. Although it is way too long

Rock psychédélique. S'écoute super bien en musique de fond. Des longues tounes instrumentales et des très courtes. Pas mauvais.

It was great that it was selected on December 24th, given that today would have been Lemmy's birthday. My only complaint about this album is that I found that often the vocals were lost in the mix, but I'm guessing that since it's a remaster, it's probably a purposeful choice. I'll also admit I was in the right state of mind to enjoy this album, given the holidays, and our current laws around intoxicants. I loved it.

I’ve never heard of Hawkwind before, but I’ve come across this album cover quite a few times when marking my progress on the album checklist site. It’s a pretty striking album cover, and I always wonder what this album sounds like. Well, I guess today is my day to finally solve the mystery of this naked space lady and her space panthers! I thought this album was really good, and I had a great time listening to it. I was promised space rock, and Hawkwind delivered on that promise. The overall atmosphere of the album was great, and I really enjoyed how the guitars and synthesizers were layered to create a really unique sound. The use of the flute was great too, and I liked that it wasn’t used in a way that felt gimmicky. Early on in the album, I was afraid that things would get repetitive, but the songs were really unique and varied in sound, and each song was like its own fun little journey. The lyrics were kind of goofy, but they were incredibly fun; it was refreshing to see a band really commit to a niche sound on every front. One of the only elements that didn’t land with me was the spoken interludes. I don’t mind them in theory, but in practice, they were kind of jarring compared to the smooth and peaceful atmosphere of the album. Granted, the shorter songs in general were the worst part of this album, and most of them felt kind of jarring compared to the longer songs that made up the bulk of the album. Maybe that was the point of them, to create a more solid interlude between the epic longer songs, but it was a miss for me. I’m not a big Motörhead fan, but it was a really cool surprise that Lemmy was on this album. As far as the individual songs go, “Space is Deep” was really great, and “Orgone Accumulator” was probably the most fun song on the album. This was a really fun and unique experience, and I wouldn’t be opposed to adding this album to my vinyl collection.

Overall: 7/10 I think I appreciate this a lot more than I enjoy it and I think that has a lot to do with Hawkwind's visual presentation rather than the music. Their live performances were basically performance art for people on shrooms, and they even credit poets and dancers as band members because of it. The music itself is very trippy and spacey. I think I would have rather watched a performance than listen to this but it's still a great piece of music worth checking out. Also, Lemmy from Motörhead played bass in this band! Fav Song: Brainstorm Least Fav Song: Lord of Light

It’s good but not really my taste

a pretty cool album when all's said and done. a fun iteration of early 70s psych rock, a bit harder edged at times and bordering on prog. when it really goes, it's a blast. the poetic interludes are a bit generic, of the time, and dated, but i think that adds to the charm of this one. i enjoyed it a lot, and it's one i think i could come back to in the future.

This was an odd and interesting listen to say the least. When everything clicked in the music, there were some truly killer songs and moments that I'd argue would rival any other contemporary prog performance. The space stuff was a little goofy, a little too goofy at times, and does take away from what is otherwise a stellar album. Also could definitely use a remaster since the recording is less than optimal

I'm not familiar with Hawkwind's music, and while I'm not sure I'd particularly want to listen to this album again, and I certainly won't add it to my Tidal library, it is good enough to make me want to explore more of this band's material. I like the music, but the album just seems a bit corny these days, what with the over-dramatic spoken-word interludes and seventies "space noises".

I play this "game" by listening to these records only once before rating them. In 2024, it isn't easy to listen to a 90-minute album, so I probably missed all the details. That said, I enjoyed a lot of moments of this album. I wanted to give it 5 stars. But my millennial attention span has its limitations, unfortunately. So I'll rate it with a 4 and setting a mental reminder for myself "listen to this in the car".

Bit of a messy live record, but love the spacy psychedelic yet straight to the point rock from a band I had never heard of before.

Fesselndes Live-Album, das Rock, Wave, Psycho, Avantgarde und Rap Stile verbindet .. und das Anfang der 70er. Das Album - zum Wiederhören - war seiner Zeit weit voraus. Respekt

On the one hand, "you had to be there" and "you had to be on drugs." Lots of truly weird moments and waaay too long. On the other hand, this album rocks. Surprisingly heavy, driving tracks throughout. Can't help but bang your head along to the beat. Not an album I'd focus on for two hours again, but would probably put on just to get a good heavy groove going. Favorite tracks: Born to Go, Lord of Light (particularly the part with the bass groove and sax interplay), Upside Down, Time We Left this World Today.

I feel like, given the dates on this album, that this is what everyone copies. I expected to not like it, but I found that it was rather well put together.

This is pretty awesome. Never listened to this before really. Cool to hear early Lemmy bass. I like a lot of the drawn out jam parts.

The Space Ritual Alive in Liverpool and London (commonly known as Space Ritual) is a live double album by Hawkwind, originally released in 1973. I've always hears Hawkwind being discussed in psych rock circles, but never gave them a fair listen. This is the first time I'm diving into their music. This is a double live record and man do they jam on here. A lot of these songs are very drawn out and delve into ambient territory at times. They were pretty ahead of their time sonically. I hear their influence in modern bands like Slift. The lyrics can be a bit corny at times but the instrumentation makes up for it imo. I also really dig their spacey vibe.

great album, want to listen more! probably a 4.5 out of 5.

Album gets better the further you delve into it. Some of the tracks commanded attention and sounded a bit like proto-Boris while others were too drawn out and boring for my taste. Did have some great highs though, like Brainstorm.

This is probably the best live album that I know, and it must have been great to see a live concert of Hawkwind in that period. Yet, it is still a live album and it does not make sense to include it in the list.

3.5

Only a band with Lemmy in it can have a flute solo sound badass!

If it weren't for the weird and poorly done space doomerism, this might be the best jam rock album. Still great.

Very much silver machine!

Never been a fan of grateful Dead or fish, but these guys managed to put together a solid live album. Individual songs don't stand out but as a collection this is great.

Early Lemmy. Great stuff

I wasn't really looking forward to a double live album, but damn this was great. A lot heavier than I was anticipating. I was really enjoying the bass so looked it up and found out it's Lemmy! This would have been a great band to see at their peak.

Never heard of this before, but I loved it! Quirky, trippy, and it really rocks. All of the longer tracks are awesome jams, while the shorter tracks establish mood/vibe (admittedly not for everyone, but contribute to a unique listening experience). Especially like how the flute is worked into the longer jamming tracks. It's long, so you gotta be in the mood...but if you are, you're in for a fun ride. Best tracks: Orgone Accumulator, Brainstorm, Lord of the Light, Master of the Universe

I was too young to appreciate the 1970s in all its psychedelic glory, but this album is the soundscape in my mind. It's a cacophony of sounds battling it out in a hypnotic way. It's raw, angry, anxious, and calm. I'm in for the ride.

I can’t really see myself listening to this again. The music is good, but for me the epic format isn’t appealing. While I wouldn’t go back and listen on my own, I do think the music is good and I was jamming to it. Even at 2 hrs it was easy to get through the album.

Bra grejer. Jag förväntade mig psykadelisk rock, men fick typ 70-tals stoner rock. Intressant att Lemmy är med dessutom. Många av låtarna var bra, vissa med lite väl långa gitarrgrejer och sånt dock. Coolt albumcover och riktigt cool musik för den tiden. Kommer behöva lyssna mer sen.

Epic, sprawling psychedelic rock! Absolutely loved this! Will defo invest in it in the future! What a great album!

I have no idea what happened here, but that was a lot of fun! What a loud, moving, kaleidoscopic, wild, delirious ride. Would come again.

It was a lot of fun but liked the first disc a lot more than the second. Sounds like something Spinal Tap would make Rating: 3.8

FUN!! 4

Felt like a time machine back to the 70s.

Vitun hipit! Ei vaan: todella tiukka studiolive jossa on kyllä todellista avaruus- ja jopa aavikkorockin henkeä! Hienosti rullaa vaikka psyke ei ookaan mun lemppareita. Jatkoon! 4/5

On sen verran eeppistä kaahailua että nelosen saa, vaikka törkeän pitkä livelevy onkin.

Epic album, loved how ambient this one was. Very ahead of it's time for sonic ambience.

New to me, and I really liked it. Proggy space rock that kept on chugging along

weird and trippy

Hawkwind is great and these live performances show it. But, damn, two long discs like that? Jeez.

Never knew where to start with Hawkwind. As seminal as this band was for the whole stoner-rock umbrella genre, it's such a strange outfit--ambiguously placed somewhere between prog rock and krautrock, or between motorik psychedelic hard rock and proto-punk. Amazingly, Hawkwind can interest either fans of Steven Wilson or fans of punk rock--or, to put it back into the context of the seventies, either fans of Yes and fans of Mötörhead-- the latter because it was Lemmy Kilmister's first notable band as a bass player, of course. Yet as original as that band was, I always found there was something lacking in the plodding rhythms and somewhat linear vocal melodies of their *quote-unquote* "space rock". Something didn't click for me... But thanks to this app (and the 1001 Albums book), I can now say that the long-awaited click happened. The problem was that I had never really listened to Hawkwind play live, like on this gorgeous double-album, where their sonic aesthetics receive a better treatment compared to what usually occured in a studio, before, very ironically. Everything is more, well, atmospheric when those songs are recorded live--there's an "envelope" of sorts, something that's both warm and enticing. Here you really feel that "space" the band was aiming at, just as one hard jam ties into the next... Even more than the sound, it's the very organic performances on *Space Ritual*--surpassing most studio versions of those tracks--that finally convinced me Hawkwind could be pretty good. When Lemmy and drummer Simon King first took charge of the rhythm section of the band, on the supposedly cult-favourite studio album *Doremi Fasol Latido*, the performances were still a bit stiff. Lemmy Kilmister and Simon King were certainly bringing something more hard-edged that was missing from the first two Hawkwind LPs--LPs that were great in places, especially *In Search Of Space*, but never really finding their own "voice" compared to similar "progressive" acts. But if the new rhythm section was the trump card that could theoretically allow Hawkwind to find that voice at last, neither the sound nor the performances in their third studio LP did justice to the full abilities of the new version of the band. Thankfully, *Space Ritual* comprises all the songs of *Doremi Fasol Latido* bar one. And as said earlier, those live renditions (most of them longer than the originals) make the compositions breathe and bloom at last. Case in point: "Time We Left This World Today", which finally *grooves* as it should have in the studio. Plus, and unless I'm mistaken, *Space Rituals* harbours fan-favorites that are only available in it, such as "Orgone Accumulator" or "Born To Go". As such, it's like a "best of" album of that second version of the band. It's a little funny that in this record, as in others by Hawkwind, Dave Brock--a more than competent frontman, singer and main composer--is often shadowed by the extravagant personalities of his collaborators. Lemmy's power chords and simple-yet-effective tricks on his bass (played like a guitar!) often steal the show, even when he is somewhat behind the drums (which is actually pleasant on the ear--as it gives even more dynamics to the whole performance). And Del Dettmar's synth and Nik Turner's saxophone and flute steal the show as well when they take center stage. Add the spoken word interludes by poet Robert Calvert, and you even forget about Brock altogether! What matters is that this record is *alive*, in all the senses of the word, as topsy-turvy as it may sound at first. More alive than any of the virtuosistic--and ultumately void and pretentious--shenanigans played by Emerson Lake and Palmer around the same time. To be honest, I pity that ELP fan deriding Hawkwind towards the start of this reviews section, hoping that no one on this app will listen to *Space Ritual* just because he's the one who said it was "not good", "badly played" and "poor". How pretentious is that, huh? What's the problem with other listeners making up their minds on their own? That guy--probably a guy, right?--either has delusions of grandeur, or deeply hidden insecure feelings about his own tastes. Too bad he can't recognize where "modern" music becomes stifling and when it becomes exhilarating. That bloke should probably try to relax and watch "Stacia" dance to Hawkwind's "space music" on the stage... 3.5/5 for the purposes of this list gathering "essential albums", rounded up to 4. Which translates to a 8.5/10 grade for more general purposes. Number of albums left to review: 270 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 322 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 180 (including this one, most probably) Albums from the list I won't include in mine (many other records are more important to me): 234

Wow! This was one wild experience. A swirling, rocking, cosmic experience. Given some of my music tastes, this felt right at home for me. But I'll bet this is a special cup of tea for many (understandable!). It is a bit repetitive both in song styles and instrumentation, but I love this kind of music so it doesn't bother me at all. It definitely does what it seeks to do well: take you on one hell of a space ride. Favorite tracks: Born to Go, Lord of Light, Space is Deep, Electronic No.1, Orgone Accumulator, Brainstorm, Seven By Seven, Master of the Universe.

Nice!

I liked this a lot

Weird stoner jammy space rock is a genre I can get behind. Excited to listen to the first live album to come up on the generator. The bass lines in Lord of Light are so good, I love how heavy the bass is in the mix. Actually, the bass is the star of the show throughout the performance. The spoken word sections are a little distracting, but they do enhance the overall weirdness of it (usually a good thing in trippy space rock). I was hoping for a little more from the guitars, but I love the overall vibe and the trippy keyboard sounds added throughout. Overall it’s an enjoyable listen, probably best consumed along with a fat joint or edible. Without those things I’d give it 3.5 stars, rounding to 4. I hope to revisit it in the future.

Who knew that you could say “I’d like to dial up some trippy early 70s psychedelic space rock” and have it be legitimately entertaining?

if you must

Very, very long psychedelic jam session. Nonetheless, a pretty awesome live album.

Nice surprise to discover this album and this band. Its always nice to fly in the space in the 70s

Can’t believe I’ve never heard of this band before. Songs are amazing and trippy. Definitely worth a revisit.

I like such psychedelic stuff

Wow. I did not hate listening to this at all. Frequently captivated me. Bonkers.

pretty wild stuff. gonna go 4 stars but depending on the song could be 1.

Space psychedelia.

Long, but fun. The skits in between songs weren't my favorite, but whenever there's full riffage it's a really good time.

Enjoyed this much more than expected. Fuzzy guitar jams with spacey psychedelic electronic effects and proggy vocals. Some cheesy spoken bits.

I had really low expectations. I'm not that into prog or psychedelic music. But something about this really worked for me. It was fun to have on. That said, I did skip most of the weird talking songs.

This is the first jam band style album that I've really liked. Something about the sci-fi elements really worked for me. It's weird, but weird in a way that I really enjoyed. And for it to be as long as it is, and keep my attention the whole time, that's saying quite a lot!

Live albums, always a dangerous endeavor. And doing a live double album is even riskier. But this one's pretty wild, very psychedelic stuff going on. "Space Ritual" is a great name. I've never heard of this group, but I really like what they were doing here. I can only imagine how this concert would've been for all the people there high out of their minds. As much as I feel I should knock this a tad for being live, it's pretty great. Not sure if we'll get anything else from them either, but let the record reflect that I dig their brand of space ritual. Favorite tracks: Earth Calling, Down Through the Night, Black Corridor, Electronic No. 1, Seven by Seven, Master of the Universe. Album art: This cover rules. An illustration of a nude woman, flanked by golden panthers, surrounded by space and flames and an all-seeing eye. The sort of tattoo that would be dreamed up by the biggest pothead you know. I love it. 4/5

I've always been curious about Hawkwind. They seem like a crossroads between jam bands, hard rock, psychedelic, and electronic music. I don't know of any other bands that are quite like them, though there is a lot of overlap. It took a few songs for me to warm up to this album but it slowly won me over. While I would have preferred a studio album to showcase their sound, it must have been something else to see them performing back then.

Een live-album waar je eigenlijk amper merkt dat het live is. Niet echt publiek te horen en fantastische kwaliteit. En de muziek vond ik ook wel oké

I kinda wanted to go 5 stars here, but it just goes on too long. Very cool and trippy though.

#36. I liked this quite a bit. 70s prog rock with some old school heavy metal influence. And it's definitely prog rock done right. A lot of times I feel like proggy jam bands often sound like they're trying to compete with each other rather than play together, but these songs are definitely consistently coherent and the songs are long without seeming unnecessarily drawn out. 4/5: fantastic

3.8/5 - Damn cool sounds. The way the drummer and bassist seem to work in separate spaces is really impressive. There is a constant heavy rhythm to their songs that gives way for the guitar to really do whatever the hell they want to do. The end result sounds like a elevator to space - in a cool way. Theres some long songs there, and i dont think they miss however i could see why one would not like them. This album is much more of an acid trip than a shroom trip. some of it can be drawn out and almost hollow. And if youre not ready for something like that it can be underwhelming. But i loved it.

This is what I think I would've been listening to at my age, if it was 1973. Call up the plug, drinking cold beers in my garage listening to this on the hi-fi. I'm not a big fan of long jams and less-structured music, but this had an incredible groove to it. I found myself constantly surprised at the instrumentation and timbre, group chemistry, and how the music held my attention. The only thing preventing this album from being a 5/5 for me is the long-form jams and lengthy interludes.

very interesting, but long