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djöfull gott. ekki hrifin af læf-plötum almennt. kíki á katalóginn. 4.
76/100
That was good. At first I thought that 2 hour album is gonna be painful experience, but no, it's really good. Like a marathon of rock. Hidden goody.
its a 3.5 almost a 4 but it was bit too long but i love that space rock theme that fits too some pink floyd records
this album is crazy definitely needs a second listen to fully appreciate it but I was amazed... Cut together into a 1 LP version without some of the more dragging songs this would be a 5
Ok here we go. Primed for this after listening to the incredible Doremi Faso Latido, primarily because of the mind-melting Brainstorm. Had thought it was on this journey however I now remember Zaph Mann played it in the wake of Nik Turner's passing late last year and I went to the whole album, and didn't regret. Probably agree that this whole piece is a bit much to sit through in one go, but any several of these tracks are great in their own space. I can mostly leave the spoken word bleep bloop stuff in between, although Sonic Attack is something else, and unintentionally hilarious. Definitely worth staying until the end for the meaty riffage of Time we left this world today and Master of the Universe. Also, the last half hour or something is bonus tracks, so don't worry. And Brainstorm is still fantastic. You wouldn't imagine it was written by someone who primarily played the flute.
Won me over!
J'aime tout de cet album. Malgré son côté désormais classique, c'est inventif. Bon équilibre entre le plaisir et la recherche.
Cool discovery! Perfect album to have to go in a work tunnel after some time off.
Космическая музыка
Never heard of this band and wasn't sure what to expect. It was way too long but other than that I really liked it. Psychedelic jam band vibes.
Another pleasant surprise. A little weird, a little out there, a little trippy, a little left field, but never boring. And some tight grooves locked in. Lemmy sounds like a kid.
I visited Bob Calvert’s grave a couple of years ago. He’s the one responsible for the lyrics and much of the spoken word stuff that seems to divide the crowd. It’s down in Kent in a bit of an odd spot, just in the shadow of the runways at Manston where this government is treating refugees like cattle just now. I went for obscure reasons that a very small number of people may be aware of, not because I’m a massive fan of Hawkwind or anything. I happened to be driving a silver car that day (it would have been a bit far to go by bike) and parked it on an odd little road just down the way. The car’s no longer with me. Not that the visit to Bob cursed it or anything - someone burned the clutch out after 12 years. I can’t remember what I was listening to that day, but I hope it was at least as good as this. Fantastic start and plenty of other good stuff. And how nice to see a double live album on the list - the proper way to listen to music. And bluesier than I expected. Nice. Bob’s gravestone quotes Sonnet 116. Love’s not time’s fool, eh Bob? RIP.
spaciger rock
Oh, that's a nice one. I hate when metal is getting boring and monotonous, but this album sounds fresh and creative. Orgone accumulator is great! Also, the cover is so epic! I think it would be one of the few metal albums I rate higher than 3
What a show! Such energy and stamina. Heavy psychedelic science fiction is a winning combination in my book.
Damn for a live show I would have believed it was a studio recording. Totally tight performance. Get's a bit long-winded jammy but pretty neat Psych/Space rock. I knew of Hawkwind but never listened to them before. I imagine live this would have been mind-blowing.
The proggier aspects haven't dated well but the mad hypnotic space-rock jams are still fantastic
I was initially dreading jumping into another prog rock but the riffs and noises they were making were really good! (When they weren't doing their own radio space opera). They seemed to be having a lot of fun which comes through.
Je pense c'est le meilleur album live j'ai eu dans les 1001 jusqu'à date. Je suis surpris de ne jamais avoir entendu parler de ce band, c'est du très bon rock psychédélique, ça sonne presque comme du proto stoner.
actually good live album
Fuck yea
This was awesome 4/5
Can't believe I'd never heard of this band before. Pretty cool! Sort of prog rock meets proto-punk. Enjoyed it quite a bit, need to listen again. 4 stars.
Good album that I haven’t listened to for a few years. Certainly see the influence on stoner/slidge rock. I was thinking this deserved a five because Lemmy is I. The mix, but the awkward space talk brings it down to a more earthly four stars.
I only ever knew Hawkwind as the band Lemmy was in before Motorhead, forgetting they were an influential Space Rock group in their own right! || Cool riffs and sounds at times, and I'm very glad to have listened and for it's influence on later bands like The Sword, but it's not groundbreaking for me and as expected a little indulgent at times. Very solid four, but I could be persuaded to add or take away half a star depending on the argument.
Vaikka kuuntelin tämän lähinnä taustamusiikkina, enkä niinkään ajatuksella, niin nautin tästä silti. Luultavasti palaan tähän vielä myöhemmin vähän lyhyemmissä pätkissä, koska kokonaisen albumin kuunteleminen oli aika työn takana.
Right, this is fantastic. I don’t have two and a quarter hours to listen to it in one sitting.I did this in three goes, and I loved it. I’m a huge fan of the Amorphous Androgynous psych compilations and this sounds like the first 3 volumes. I’ll add most of this to my psych playlist but probably not listen to it as an album from start to finish.
I could've done with less of the narration or whatever but mostly I really dug this.
interesting 3.5
Very interesting music genre. Great musicians and love the weirdness.
psychadelic space rock with a sprinkling of jazz, very nice. some dutty dutty riffs would’ve been great if it was shorter might listen to some more of their stuff, as long as it won’t take up half of my day. cool album cover 8.8/10
Pretty good listen, very obscure psychedelic rock. Only annoying part was the weird prophetic ramblings. Made me hallucinate and wield a turnip hacksaw, running around the house.
1972 - Space rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, proto-punk, hard rock
O takie picki listowe nic nie robilem, nowosc zarowno jako banda, brzmieniowo taka progresja, ze ciezko stawiac ja wokol innych rokujacych zespolow lat 70, a przede wszystkim orginalnosc brzmienia, bo to najbardziej urzeklo mnie na Space Ritual od Hawkwinda z 73, ktory jest poteznym livowym podwojnym albumem, nagrywanym w 72 w londynie i liverpoolu, stad az tyle materialu zeby zrobic dwie epickie strony, ktore objetosciowo to w orginalne 86 minut, a rozszerzona wersja z 2k07 to az dwie godziny dwanascie minut, wiec jest czego posluchac, 21 mocno psychodelicznych kompozycji z motywem przewodnim przestrzeni, wiec space rock z definicji, pomimo tego, ze jest to nagranie koncertowe, to jednak calosc jest tak spojna, wiec banda w calej swojej dyskografii musi kierowac sie tym motywem, bo gdyby nie typowe koncertowe brzmienie tego albumu, to moglbym zakceptowac taka trakliste jako zwykly album, co do samego brzmienia livowego, to jest ono najbardziej zblizone do tego co slyszalem na deep purplowym made in japan, czy budokanowym albumie od cheap tricks, wiec potezny koncert na ktorym scena jest odpowiednio wielka dla szerokiej publicznosci, przez co wokale lubia sie czasami gubic gdzies z tylu, zwlaszcza ze czesto pojawia sie chorkowanie, gdzie ciezko zrozumiec chorek lub glowny wokal, co do samego zespolu to jak na rokowy sklad jest dosc spory, bo az siedmiu czlonkow, a wsrod reszty nazwisk znajomo pojawia sie pan Lemmy, dla ktorego hawkwind byl pierwszym zespolem przed motorowyheadem, podczas odsluchu wlasnie bas wydawal sie wyjatkowo hardy, ale nie sadzilem, ze az taka persona za nim stoi, kolejnym wartym uwagi instrumentem sa drumy grane przez Simona Kinga, nie bede zaglebial sie w kto byl wokalem lirykiem danych trakow, bo sluchalo sie tego dobrze, ale jest to livowy album, wiec tez mialo to cos do rzeczy, zostawie to sobie do zglebienia podczas odsluchu studyjnej dyskografii bandy, bo ten epicko kosmiczny material zachecia do dania mu szansy, bo az dziwne, ze nie slyszalem wczesniej o hawkach biorac pod uwage, ze to przeciez wyspiarski prog z lat 70, no chociaz strasznie mocno zestakowana scena w tamtym okresie byla, wiec nawet cos co brzmi tak dobrze bylo gdzies na drugim planie i nie przebilo sie do mainstreamu, nie dodaje livowych utworow na plejke, ale plyte wrzuce do biblioteczki spotifajowej, zeby nie zpomniec o sprawdzeniu jak wypadaja przy nim studyjne krazki
4.5
4.25
Simultaneously avant- grade yet accessible. This album sounds both old and new with its driving repetitive rhythms and virtuosity. This album runs a bit long, but it is interesting enough to be worth sitting through. I can hear the influence of this band in other artists that followed up through the present day.
Heavy space, psychedelic rock
Sound not great but good atmosphere.
Another classic
Another of those bands that I am aware of but haven't really listened to. With its sludgy cosmic soundscapes I have definitely become a new fan. That said, the album is a bit hit and miss, going a bit too hippy and a bit too jam band for my tastes at times. Maybe I was on the wrong acid or it was a case of you had to be there and that whole era
It's a lot of album, but damn is it a good live album. I couldn't imagine seeing Hawkwind in their hey day. Would be mind blowing, for sure. Hawkwind's catalog is so huge, that I've never really took a deep dive. Just seems so daunting a task, but I'm familiar enough with what they do to know what to expect from them. Everything is so seemless on this album and just keeps flowing with interesting interludes and all. And those Lemmy baselines drive their music so incredibly well. What a ride.
Great but super long
Wow, methamphetamine and hallucinogens actually get along quite well. A fantastic live show (7/10) FT: Born To Go, The Awakening
One of the greatest Hawkwind albums. Therefore, one of the greatest albums ever.
There were moments when my ears perked up and I was like 'damn this is some fun music' and then other times where it just felt weird. Solid and fun listen from a way out there band/album.
Vraiment weird, mais quand même un show qui a pas de sens. J'aime moins les albums live. Un écouter un show quand tu n'es pas dans le moment, sans image etc. c'est plus difficile d'apprécier toutes les nuances. Cependant l'album est vraiment éclater et certaines tounes sonnent vraiment comme un tonne de brique et j'adore ca. Quelque moments explosif entouré de plein de trucs bizarre. La réécoute est peu probable mais j'ai bien apprécié. 4
Good listen.
Cosmic. Blasting awesome prog guitar madness
pretty good pretty spacey
Hawkwind is great but the album is very long-winded
Hmm ja
Pura drogaaa... Pues me gustó, tiene sus momentos pesadones, me gustó sobre todo seven by seven y Brainstorm, están remolinescas, mareadoras. Mood: dando vueltas descalzo en un campo de flores
Can't believe I've never heard any Hawkwind before. I Enjoyed it quite a bit. It was long, but I think that's one of the things about space rock that I actually enjoy, long jam sessions.
I really enjoyed this, even though I don't really know anything about this band. It reminded me of more tuneful Krautrock.
Far out man. Meed to give it more of a listen. A bit long for the time I had for it.
Still listening through, but really enjoying it.
Space
I'm a sucker for media about space and how it makes us think about our place in the universe, so this album works for me, despite the layers and layers of pompousness and corniness (and spoken word bullshit). If Space Oddity and Rocket Man are about astronomy, then Space Ritual is about astrology or maybe astral projection. I have a lot of room in my heart for psychedelic space rock, so while I acknowledge this isn't for everybody, I dug it. Best track: Brainstorm
I really liked the Earth Calling intro. Born To Go was a little boring to me. The Awakening- 10 seconds of forever was amazing. That's for the first half listed on Spotify. Second half or whatever is also pretty amazing. Seven by Seven words are really thought provoking. Sonic Attack hit me hard and I can bravely say it's the highlight of the record for me. I am definitely not the biggest fan of this kind of music, so I tried to be very objective. It is pretty damn great, different, unique and thought provoking. However, some tracks were not able to have my attention for too long. 4/5 stars for me.
Sure the poetry is cheesy, but they know it's cheesy (there would have been a naked woman on stage if you were actually present at this show), and instrumentally it's fun extremely competent grunge-y space rock. And we have Lemmy from Motorhead! Playing a style of music where I personally have a much easier time appreciating his bass prowess.
Sole cool parts, early Floydesque, but don't like the spoken word and through drawn out. 3 stars
Whelp apparently for most of my life I've been ripping of Hawkwind riffs via ripping off Spacemen 3 riffs. Who knew? (certainly not I) The guitar work fucking rips. Right up my alley. Tho the vocals/lyrics, which is common for psychrock, are absolutely ridiculous. To counter that, boobies on the cover is always a bonus. Now I just need to find a psychedelic substance that lasts 2h 13min.
This felt too long and while it had creativity it just dragged on to long.
Phew, I made it through. This is actually really good but waaaaayyy too long
Long, everything’s blurred together, but I really liked the heavy jams and the whacked out monologues. Wish I remembered it better though. By the end of the album your brain is just fried.
A bit out there and it's a decent live album. Piece of advice...depending on which version you listen to, the run time can push 2 and a half hours. I highly recommend you time your medications accordingly when listening to it.
𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 is certainly one of the more unusual albums in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Hawkwind fully commit to their space-rock vision, filling the album with repetitive grooves, extended jams, and an almost constant sense of cosmic drift. There’s no mistaking it for anything else. The problem is that the same qualities that make the album distinctive also make it difficult for me to fully enjoy. The hypnotic approach works in places, but just as often it feels like the band is circling the same ideas for too long. I can appreciate the atmosphere, yet my attention starts to wander more than I’d like. What keeps me from rating it lower is that there’s something undeniably fascinating about it. Even when I’m not completely engaged, I can hear why 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 became such a cult favourite. In the end, I admire it more than I actually enjoy listening to it.
Probably could have gotten higher if it wasn't a two hour long live album, ngl
I listened to this album over what felt like the course of my entire eight-hour shift, feeling generally exhausted in both emotionally and spiritually. I was not emotionally ready for another live album, especially not a two-hour one. But even once I built up the energy to tackle it, I immediately ran into the frustrating hurdle of trying to piece together the right tracklist. Suffice to say, Hawkwind and I did not start off on good terms, and I don't know that our relationship ever really recovered. I learned that this is apparently Lemmy's band before Motörhead, and it does not remotely sound like it; none of that energy and urgency is here in this earlier band of his. Space Ritual contains many of the things I find tedious about other psychedelic space rock bands without any of the innovative songwriting I find compelling. It's certainly well-played, and it very well might do more for me if I was actually in the building or had any familiarity with the studio recordings prior to hearing the live versions, but as it stands, this felt like a lot of droning noise which flowed in one ear and out the other. There were eventually a handful of interesting spoken word bits, all of which teased a significantly more interesting soundscape than what the album actually delivers. These interludes are my favorite part, reminding me in the best way of Tim Curry in the Rocky Horror Picture Show. However, these moments just remind me how much I want an actual grand space rock opera, where the music here just sounds like more conventional rock. There's nothing wrong with the album, but I wish its execution matched its ambition. Highlights: The Awakening, The Black Corridor, Electronic No 1, 10 Seconds of Forever, Brainstorm, Sonic Attack, Time We Left This World Today, Master of the Universe, Welcome to the Future
Man, this was a trip far into outer space. I guess I am more comfortable with staying on earth. This is just too trippy for me. Musically it is really very interesting, but just not very appealing. Excellent musicians, horrible songwriters. 3/5
Hawkwind always makes me think of Derek Smalls. This album has not changed that view. Some enjoyable long jams with groovy bass and honking sax. They certainly got value from their space effects box. Not the greatest sound mixing with the vocals often a bit lost and muffled - although what lyrics I did catch were ridiculous with portentous guff of the spoken intros. A low 3.
Super
No, no no from me. The album is crazy long and the songs are as well. The past 20 or so albums I've gotten a fair amount 60min+ albums that it's kind of drained me a lot, so this review might be a bit harsh. But to the actual music, to describe the music it would be, quasi-cinematic space rock adventures on a high dose of LSD or magic mushrooms. Some songs are quite thriller and action-packed. This stuff is psychedelic as all hell, and some of those psychedelic-taking hippies made a lot of their music around jamming and stretching songs out to the point they become paper thin. I find those sort of songs hard to get into. If I could become entranced by this it would be a very good album, but all I see it as is repetitive. I can't get with jam band music at the moment. I do like repetitive in other cases, like the album Metal Box by Public Image Ltd. that is literally Repetitive: The Album and I can easily become entranced by it, so I'm not completely intolerant of repetitiveness. I guess I haven't 'got it' yet with this daily album. Maybe an album later down the track will change my mind. I've listened to Grateful Dead's first live album and Allman Brothers' "At Filmore East" but it's with the latter that I've probably gotten the most into jam music (and that was near the start of my listening; #34 for "At Filmore East"; #198 for "Live/Dead"; #408 for this album) Because It's a double album I have to say my favourite side, this case it would be the A-side as that's when I was the most into it. This is one of the rare cases where I don't think any songs were highlight worthy. Won't be returning, unless I get into jam music.
The Good: We get to attend a ritual! The Bad: We don’t get to see it… and it turns out there was nakedness involved… The Ugly: Realizing that the nakedness is old… Why are there live albums on this list? Especially double live albums? More especially, of bands most of us have never heard of before? Not that this is bad… it’s just not something which I am ready for… maybe, just maybe, the way that we are getting these albums presented to us—randomly that is—is not the right way. Maybe, for sanity’s sake, we should have received this album at the start of a journey, not when we are 700 albums in and really not looking forward to a 80+ minute live version of music that is in desperate need for us to have ingested some kind of mind altering substance… It’s fucking Monday morning… and I have reports to attend to. 4* because I know that I will want to to listen to this album again… and I will forget about it if I don’t give it 4*… isn’t that sad?… Okay, so I listened to this album all the way through, and have come to the conclusion that I will have to downgrade this to 3*… sorry Hawkwind… it could have been so nice.
🎧Sprawling and overstuffed. 3 exploding cosmic stars of infinitely glowing light.
323/1001 Hawkwind - Space Ritual Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❎ Overall, I did enjoy the sprawling, scuzzy prog sound on this, however as an introduction to the band, it's a bit much at over 2 hours. I just can't think of a time I would genuinely reach for this again...
A live album. Never heard of this artist either. At first, they gave me a little King Gizzard vibes. Talk about psychedelic rock.
pretty nice
Крута аерооооок , долго но драйвово
Only heard Silver Machine by these guys and really only knew them as the band Lemmy played in before Motorhead. Enjoyed this! (3.5)
I think I probably like this more than most people. That being said I get the main criticism. It really is way too long. Cool to see/hear some of Lemmy’s origin though. 3/5
Liked some parts a lot but the outer space thing got old
Hawkwind always makes me think of Derek Smalls. This album has not changed that view. Some enjoyable long jams with groovy bass and honking sax. They certainly got value from their space effects box. Not the greatest sound mixing with the vocals often a bit lost and muffled - although what lyrics I did catch were ridiculous with portentous guff of the spoken intros. A low 3.
Space Ritual _Our drummer wants to know if there’s any Liverpool supporters_ I don’t mind Hawkwind at all, but they’re a band I would rarely think to listen to, and I definitely wouldn’t think to listen to a double live album. It’s pretty much as you would expect; long space rock jams, some excellent bass playing, saxophones wailing away, and plenty of portentous nonsense in the introductions and in the lyrics. But it’s not unenjoyable for those same reasons - there is a notable Krautrock/Motorik element to the drumming as well as some of the guitar playing having the same spacey atmosphere as Neu and the general feeling of over the top silliness is fun. But it does get hard to differentiate anything after about half an hour, it essentially being 85 minutes of the above invarious unvarying configurations, but a couple of songs I liked - Lord of the Light, The Black Corridor, Orgone Accumulator, Brainstorm, Time We Left This World Today There’s not much else to say, if you love Hawkwind I imagine it's excellent, if you don’t mind them its fun but long. Think it just scrapes 3. 🦅🌬️🌬️ Playlist submission:Lord of the Light
"You Shouldn't Do That" is exactly how I feel about making albums this long.
OK so this genre is apparently “space rock”. I kinda liked it at first but wow this album is long. Which I guess makes sense because it’s a live concert album, but the music is all very similar. I think if I was in an altered mental state I might tolerate it much better. Not a big fan of the spoken word tracks. The drumming is great at times. Can’t really fault the musicianship. Had never heard of this band at all so kind of glad to know about them even if it’s outside what I choose to listen to usually. It’s not hard to believe there are people who really love this album. I think it reaches its goal of feeling spacey. Tl:dr Don’t love it, but respect it.
Kind of a crazy live album, very jam heavy but in a good way! Was decent enough but got kind of bored with it after a while lol
Into it
I started my morning with bowl of Greek yogurt sprinkled with slivered almonds and laced with a healthy dose of acid as this album took me from my body and on a trip to outer space! Wow! I was not expecting that! I actually really enjoyed this album despite having no idea what was going on. Earth Calling was an album favorite (along with Orgone Accumulator; though shout out to Brainstorm for its very pre-metal sound, which may have inspired Iron Maiden). It was intriguing knowing that timeline-wise, Ziggy was roaming the earth; Pink Floyd was heading to the Dark Side of the Moon; Billy Preston was in his own Space Race; and Hawkwind created this opus. Apparently, the moon landing in ‘69 had its influence. Honestly, you can hear the influence in other modern Space Rock bands today, like No Signal, Wooden Shjips, and All Them Witches. The hardest part about this album was I was ready to move on after disc 1, and there still a second disc to go. It was like the acid trip that just wouldn’t end. I will check this out again in smaller doses. In the meantime, I have to stop taking almonds. The brown almonds are that were circulating around me were not specifically good…
Gave me the skeeves tbh
it's not that i terribly mind the fuzzy stoner rock crunchy guitar droning but it just really meanders with nowhere to go; the killer album art suggests better material, but perhaps an eventual re-listen whilst high may make it all click 3/5
A lot of forgettable tracks but that bass groove on Lord of Light was 🔥
A little too trippy and too much talking
Lemmy has that thick bass
Didn’t have high expectations for this one after reading the reviews. I was pleasantly surprised. Sort of like if black sabbath did hero doses of LSD
Never heard of this before. Some interesting stuff but some of it gets a bit noodly and long.
The fact that this is Caro's least favorite album ever makes it automatically hilarious to me as I imagine her distaste. That being said, I don't hate it. Lemmy's bass playing is good (yes, THAT Lemmy) and although some of the tracks border on utterly ridiculous, it is live and the jams are not terrible. Some of it is awful. Some of it is not. There's a Hawkwind song on a space rock compilation I own and I love it. Drugs are bad, mmkay. Don't do drugs. Even on drugs I thought Hawkwind were pretty silly. Now, sober for 28 years, I still agree. but it's not all bad. Sometimes it legit rocks for a while. The last track is the best by far.
I really like the concept but at times the album meandered on a bit too much. Maybe I just wasn’t high enough.
Not my favorite, 3.1/5 Maybe I will change on further listens. Just very generic rock.
Orgone Accumator is the jam on here. The spoken word poetry is just silly stupid pretentious shit while also being unintentionally hilarious. Sounds like Alan Rickman on the poetry. Lemmy is on bass here. Is that the draw? Weird proggy metal to melt your face off though uneven. 3
6/10
I think I like "Space Rock" whatever that is, I keep thinking about the moon rock at the Smithsonian. Album is long. Better a few songs at a time.
Better than some other prog rock. This genre is apparently geared towards the length of the typical acid trip though.
Paikon ihan kelpo kamaa. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
This was ok I didn’t enjoy every second of it but there were some good time
3.5
long. winding. enjoyed the music more than the lyrics. too long.
This album would have been a perfect one for teenage me to curl up and spin in the dark on my beanbag chair. I'd give it a 3.8
Good but long
Em outras condições eu gostaria mais
Easy listen, pretty fun and commits to the theatricality in a fun way
so random that lemmy was playing bass for this live album... pretty awesome if you ask me but space rock and really quickly become cringe and sadly this became a bit cringe
Interesting but long.
pretty interesting. had some cool riffs. Had it on in the background while working. I get its a live album but 2 hours is too long. maybe if i was still into shrooms
This was an opus. You gotta respect the length but this was not for me
Worth listening to for any Motorhead fan to hear the beginning of Lemmy. Unlike any Motorhead song though, these are not straight to the point. It’s filled with 8 minute jams with Lemmys playing and synths that are outer worldly. Not bad by any means, but it’s extremely long and all of disc 1 sounds similar.
This album is long, a little too long for its own good. It took me about 4 or 5 different listening session for me to finish, which I've never done before because I lock in on one go. This album requires stamina. The bass is ridiculously good, and I can 100% listen to this shit for forever. The guitar is cooking too. But every single track, none be spared, are way too long. I understand it's a live psychedelic jam for hippies in zen tripping for the albums duration, but I was only smoking marijuana these scattered listens, so it droned on recognizably forever. The substance feels like the cool ass parts of the ocean, so many points are given for its extreme subversiveness. I do really like it.
Its cool and diferent but too cult like for me. Enjoyed up to a certain time frame then it was meh
First listen to this seemingly run of the mill psychedelic 60's rock. Solid yet unspectacular or really moving.
I do like Space Rock because of its sound. It's nice to hear the band that gave birth to it. Unfortunately, as with most live albums with long songs, "Space Ritual" gets a bit boring. Most of the songs are good to listen to as individual tracks. "Seven by Seven" is my favourite song; the guitar work is magical. 3 stars for "Space Ritual".
I was quite excited by the cover of this album, and, ha I g friends who are massive Hawkwind fans, glad to finally have some of rhe band’s music in my ears. And I think I could really like this - it’s just sooooo long and I’m the context of one album a day, it’s hard to carve out the time to properly listen. I could really get into the theatricality if it - the readings I don’t think are that overly serious, it sounds like fun play to me, and the extended improvisational nature of the live performance is indulgent but also a bit hypnotic and meditative. It would be great to have the time to properly sit with it - will come back for sure! 3 for now
Not for me but good
A psychedelic trip in its own right. Absolutely adored the instrumentals, especially hearing Lemmy’s bass work, but wasn’t as big of a fan of the spoken word bits in their place in the music; I probably wouldn’t mind too much if they were a separate project to be honest.
I am torn. Not just by these cosmic unicorns ordered to quarter me above the andromeda galaxy by an omniscient wizard owl from whom I pilfered the silver ball. As his head spins triplicate, my vessel is stretched into kaleidoscopic konfetti, becoming the seeds of a new universe. The greatest risks find the greatest rewards. This is no Motorhead but it did capture grimy psychedelia in a major way. With that said, this album was WAY too long. Oh well. Actual music review is too hard. Let's go back to the cosmos. 2.5-3 HIGHLIGHTS: Experiencing a microcosm of infinity
Weird spaced out psychedelia that’s kind of passable as background music. It might be annoying to really focus on this, especially for the full hour plus the album runs. But it was fine. I kind of enjoyed it
This album didn't particularly grab me but I can see how it could be an enthralling experience for folks in the right mindset, a la Pink Floyd or similar music.
Probably a good album for a long road trip. Too long for just about anything else.
I actually enjoyed this. Heavy and jammy psychedelic
Aware of rhem but never listened to an album. Think youve gotta be inn the mood for this. Definitely too long. Good for putting on and doing what youre doing. Impressive Psych and Meatiness. Obvs inspirations for King Gizzard. Coulda done without the Alan Rickman monologues but y'know
I had a nice time, I’d have probably left before the encore though.
Couldn't find this on Spotify in my country so can't comment.
If you took all the best parts from this album it would be a 5. If you just shortened the album it would be a 4. But it’s long as hell and there’s too much wasted space with the same old thing.
Wildly interesting sound. A couple songs were ok. Some like Awaking were bazaar
Very weird but I kinda liked the instrumentals in between whatever strange things they had to say
This was pretty interesting! Usually not a huge fan of live albums but this was cool. A bit long for a live album
Få vokaler Bare ren rock Litt A4 men schpa om du tripper Føles litt som en loop
I’m not saying that you need to be on drugs to enjoy this album… but it would definitely help. I’d forgotten how experimental Hawkwind actually were. This is psychedelic space rock layered over an ever-present oscillator wind tunnel, while Lemmy attacks his bass guitar like it owes him money. And it goes on for almost 2 and a half hours. The only break from the jet engine whooshing is from some dystopian sci-fi poetry read to the crowd in between songs. Probably just to give the band a chance to top up their acid and amphetamine levels. I enjoyed this as a whole. It’s music that’s built up of a lot of different facets that I really enjoy individually: glam rock, psychedelic rock, experimental Can-esque grooves, noise rock and Lemmy. I’m not a fan of live albums in general, and this doesn’t do much to change my mind. Hawkwind were clearly a band meant to be experienced in person, with all the intensity of the light show, dancers and noise. The music is captured well here, but that’s only a fraction of what I’d imagine the chaos of a Hawkwind gig was like.
10/03/26 essa capa é linda, agora o álbum não sei se posso dizer o mesmo como eu não tenho tempo e nem disposição pra sentar 2h e pouco para ouvir de uma vez, vou ouvir um disco por vez, tratando cada um com nota individual e média para descobrir o total primeiro disco o conceito sonoro somado ao visual é bem interessante, esse misticismo cósmico abstrato sei lá o problema é o exagero disso, com durações extremamente longas e/ou essa imprevisibilidade que vai se tornando cada vez mais esperada a medida que o álbum vai sendo escutado 5/10 segundo disco igual o outro, mesmo depois de mais de 10 horas após escutar o primeiro disco, começa bem e vai perdendo qualidade pelos mesmos motivos os monológos são tão abstratos que começam a irritar, porque o abstrato deles tenta ser profundo e só é ruim mesmo 4.5/10 9.5/2 dá 4.75, mas nem aproximando para o inteiro dá pra colocar duas estrelas e meia dou meia estrela a mais para ser possível mais pela capa (uma das melhores capas de álbum que eu já vi) do que por qualquer coisa, 6 sendo uma nota generosa 6/10
Some cool stuff but too spaced. Hørt ikke alt
Rockin instrumentals and cool poetry
I kept forgetting it was a live album, which is enjoy, since I typically fucking despise live albums. I also typically enjoy when I can't exactly tell where one song ends and another begins, but this one was a bit...much in that regard. Meh. 2.5 rounded up for this one.
If I was in the crowd I bet this would have been mind altering, but unfortunately the proggy mucking about doesn't really land the same. Some good tracks on here inspliced with some guff. 2.5 realistically but looking at what I've given 2s this deserves better. Maybe not the album to have on this list
Lemmy on bass........ This album is good but this is an entirely too large dose of this stuff at least for me in my current life .
Good ( at least the first parts that made a strong impression), but really, reaaally, reaaaaaaally long.
So long
Not bad. Not great. Standard early 70’s Brit rock.
Is this heavy metal? prog rock? punk? I am sure when it was released that it was new and cutting edge but in 2026 it seems unfocused and pretentious. If you like jam bands with a bit of a metal edge, you may enjoy this one.
70s psychedelia which didn't know when to actually end songs. Thought they really captured the doors live sound which turns out to be because it was live. Quite like the general sound of a lot of the music but far too repetitive and peppered with mad spoken parts. Would be good live but couldn't really get into it as something to listen to on headphones, definitely wouldn't go back. That said, 2.5.
Super long, super trippy. Went very fast, despite its length. Quite liked the trippier songs, towards the start and the end of the first disc. Scrapes a 3, for being largely enjoyable.
Used to have a mate that liked hawkwind. Not sure I've listened before but I thought I knew what it would sound like, and I did! Exactly what I was expecting. Kinda 70s stoner rock. I enjoyed it largely, but i wish it wasn't a 2 hour 20 min live album.... I've marked things down for being live albums so I'm going to have to stick to my guns. However, I really like the saxophone in some tracks and the general sound, just would rather it was a studio album. Maybe there will be one coming up 3.5 but 3 for it being a live album and too long. Let the record show that I did enjoy it though
Couldn't be bothered to listen to the full 2 hours, but from what I did listen to, this album is quite good. A bit hit and miss but I'm sure this is a wet dream for any psychedelic rock fan. Being high would improve this
Some pretty good jamming space rock. It's pretty long winded for my tastes, and not something I really think I'm going back to, but it's a solid time.
Unusual blend of hard rock and progressive music. I liked the music much more than the lyrics. Definitely didn't need the overly pompous poems.
Self indulgent nonsense but I enjoyed it! Probably would have enjoyed it more if I was on as many drugs as these guys clearly were.
A band I have wanted to check out for a while. A double live album though, maybe not the best place to start. Yup sounds like 70s prog. Fuzzy bassy long jammy sci fi nonsense. It's kind of cool but 3.5 rounded down. Heard before? No Owned: No 48/198 (24%) Will I get: No
This album shows us what would happen if some talented musicians got together and dedicated themselves to making a 2hour plus album sound exactly the same the entire time.
Hat nicht gevibet.
Cooler rock, aber nichts weltbewegendes
A bit weird. Didn’t love it or hate it. Some nice guitar pieces that are up my street. But in general not interesting enough. Bit too Flash Gordon for me
Meh pas ma came
Double live album, led, dane loved, psychedelic
6/10 I did not enjoy this one for the most part, there were a few highlights such as Sonic Attack but the majority of songs just felt like listening to someone play guitar without any major differences, it was a bit too unfocused for me. Might change my mind on another listen.
a little repetitive
very long
Pretty cool space rock and there are some really awesome parts but the problem is it doesn't really go anywhere. It sounds really intense for like 9 minutes straight but then it just stop, no climax or anything
Tricky, kind of enjoyed it, but looooooog album 3.5
95/1001 First listen. I’ve Never heard one Hawkwind song that I know of but I know the name. Didn’t get the best opportunity to take all this in today but this is rockin’ enough to make me come back for more even with the goofy poetry. 5/10
pretty cool, vocals suck though
I enjoyed this... At first... Then it got a bit too pretentious, but was still ok... Then it was fun again... Then it felt like it was going on a bit... Then I checked and I was only on track 8 of 18!... Then some of it really rocked again... Then brainstorm came on and I thought "what a fun end track to riff on for the end of an album, cool pulsing outro, great... Then I checked and that was only track 12... God damn... Double albums should be banned... I'm so conflicted at this point, there is a brilliant album in here, but there are times when I really wanted it to stop, let me go for a cup of tea and think about feeding ducks for a while... As I write this I'm on track 13, will I make the end?... The poetry is back again... I started reading about it, I didn't realise it was a live album, it's a great sounding live album, very well recorded... But I still disagree with comparing live and studio albums, I wonder why the doremi etc album that the tracks are taken from isn't on the list.and that one is only 41 minutes!! Argh!... I'm not sure I need a dalek giving advice on sex, stop poeting!!! Please... Oh man, I still have 4 tracks to go...the riffs are brilliant though! Quite Sabbathesque in places... My ears are tired... It felt very weird to chuck in a load of crowd noise where there hadn't really been any up to that point... It ended Man that was a slog. Really good bits. But also there were other bits. Lot of other bits.
It had its moments but 2+ hours is too much.
No hits or ear grinders. Psychedelic rock. Unusual sounds
prijemne prekvapeni
Liked it overall. Not a big fan of the vocals or constant space noises. Enjoyed the guitar/drums. Standout songs: Orgone Accumulator Brainstorm Seven by Seven
Interludes were weird but the songs themselves were pretty good guitar rock.
Interesting album. I love psychedelic rock and this delivered on that front…but some songs are just too long.
Psychedelic and weird in a trippy 70s way…I surprised myself towards the beginning by liking it, but unfortunately as it went on, turns out I didn’t live-double-album like it. Usually for me the energy of a live album increases the appeal but here I think it was too long and stretched out - maybe I’d like their studio albums more, idk. Thought it would be an easy 4 but it lost enough steam for me to go back to a 3.
This started off really not for me but it slowly grew. I may come to listen to this again but right now I don't think so. It's a brand a jam rock with a bit of space theme which I like overall and there's some seriously driving bass in there but it's handful of tunes. I'm sure live this was a great experience but my mind hasn't expanded enough to listen to this sober.
Meh 2.5/5
Exhausting LSD (presumably) fueled Pogrock. Not for me.
I bought the LP back in the day
Not bad, has some pace in places, but does go on a bit
overrated but ok
Ok this cover is amazing. I hope the music lives up to it. Never listened to Hawkwind before! ——- Yeah. Wait. This is- this- it’s Queens of the Stone Age! It’s Kyuss! Josh Homme must be a huge Hawkwind fan because I hear their fingerprints all over his stuff. ________ EIGHT HOURS LATER Good god. I did really enjoy this record. But - the songs are fat, and the album is fat. We could've done with a single album boiled down to the best moments of the best songs. This is just too much, man. THREE STARS
I don't mind Hawkwind, but I don't take them very seriously, either. The music is, basically, trippy and inoffensive. I quite liked some of the longer, melodic, largely instrumental songs like Space Is Deep and Brainstorm. All the songs were repetitive, though, so if I didn't happen to hook into the basic motif, it soon got boring (like Time We Left This World). Also, the shorter, sonic/spoken interjections were frustrating when trying to get through this in an evening. I do actually agree with a reviewer who said it sounds dated, even for then; it's basically 60s psychedelia, with some added Black Sabbath style riffing, but not really all that progressive - however, I'm not hating on it because of that. Do I want an orgone accumulator? I'm still none the wiser. Sadly, I found the songs on disc 2 less appealing, so a solid three stars may drop to two; let's see how I feel tomorrow. I will say that it's pretty great that Dave Brock is still rocking. But boo, no Silver Machine.
2.9 I enjoyed the first 30 mins or so (+ master of the universe). Some nice trippy early prog rock. For 1972 this is pretty fucking good. Great driving bass. However, by the end I was exhausted. Three main gripes: - live album without great fidelity. I've said before they shouldn't be included on this list unless absolutely necessary (eg Nirvana's MTV gig), I think this falls into that category. - length. I skipped the alternate takes at the end, but even then we're still talking like 2 hours long. - and most crucially, that fucking narrator voice that completely kills any flow they were having. Once as an intro to a track, fine, but it comes in about 5 times for up to 2 minutes a pop. Wasting my time.
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131/1089 2 hours… here we go i guess… Down Through The Night was pretty good but then followed up by some borderline-pompous spoken word overall, this was a fine psychedelic rock album, nothing stood out as being particularly bad to me, except from maybe the spoken word sections which just felt pretty naff. faves Down Through the Night, Seven by Seven, You Shouldn’t Do That 54/100
Kinda groovy, kinda long, good fade between songs but all sound similar
Some cool parts but agree that its a bit too long and flat. Wild that it was live though. Sounded great
I tried to appreciate this one but it put me to sleep. :(
so much.
Absolutely relentless! This album just doesn't quit, but I wouldn't mind if it was cut in half as it does drag on. Killer stuff though
I like the music for sure and I would like going live, this album is too long Will I listen to again: 3%
This is the second consecutive day I've generated a live double Rock album from the 1970s, so perhaps I'm a little burnt out, but for being out of this world, it wasn't...out of this world. The second half of this album saved this album from a bottom tier ranking. Favorite Track: "Brainstorm".
It's always challenging listening to a live album by an artist I know nothing about. I always feel I'm lacking a whole lot o context. This one wasn't too bad, if a bit long. I'm not too sure what makes this Space Rock. I'm probably more used to the revival bands from the 90's, which have a distinctly spacy sound. As far as not that well known 70's rock goes, it could have been a lot worse. Key tracks: Down Through the Night
I found genuine highs with this, cool instrumentals and fuzzy psychedelic guitars. At first I was a bit unsure about being introduced to a band through a one and a half hour live album, and still not sure having listened. I could do without the spoken word parts, that’s for sure. Clearly influential and I suppose much of it is enjoyable but given this is their only entry into the list, I am unlikely to listen to a studio album, or know if there would be a better introduction to their music. I’m unlikely to return to this also, even though it has its merits.
This was quite the journey. I can't say I was paying attention the entire time, but I didn't hate any of it. Some of it was pretty interesting. The spoken sections were awesomely nerdy. There were a few songs that I really got into, but I didn't notice or wouldn't remember the names of them. Fun journey that I'm not sure I'll take again but I'm glad I did it.
I mean, it certainly sounds like a space ritual. They got that part of this album right. Space Ritual is pretty cool. I think it has some faults, but also some cool elements. I think Hawkwind's style is quite good. It leans pretty heavily into the space-rock archetype, which I don't think I've seen enough of on this list. The band's instruments are nice as well. They even have Lemmy playing on bass! Hell yeah! Apparently he also has some vocals on here, but I couldn't really recognize them definitively. This must've been before he shapeshifted into the living embodiment of whiskey and cigars. His work here is a highlight for me. However, there are some faults with Space Ritual for me personally. For one, this thing is just too long. I'm fine with long songs and albums, but I feel like this one goes a bit overboard with it. I checked how much was left and one point and was stunned to see that there were still 5 songs remaining. So yeah, a bit too long for my taste. Of course, long-ass live albums can be really cool, but I don't think Space Ritual has enough variety for it to feel warranted. It's not the least varied thing I've heard, don't get me wrong. I'd say this has more variety than any of Motörhead albums I've heard. However, it starts to lose its luster by the end. I think the spoken-word stuff adds to these issues as well. They do a pretty good job of world-building and making you feel like you're hearing an actual space ritual, but they do also kinda pad out the runtime. Overall, Space Ritual is an album that's got some really cool things going on in it, but is also not something that I plan on going back to much at all. High 3/5.
It surprised me. Almost 4 stars
Intetesting
Seems like it would benefit from substances.
Decent. Barring a few tracks, you can almost forget this is a live album – and that's a good thing. The opening track is a really cool build-up to... well, not much. Some mildly bad rock harmonising and a continuous build-up in the guitar and percussion, but there's never a payoff. The entirety of the song Born to Go is like this, and it's a frustrating listen. In particular, once you notice the cymbal being relentlessly tortured in the right ear, it's hard to hear anything else. Regardless, I did kind of unironically enjoy how terrible the musicianship was. You can tell these guys don't care at all, and they're definitely on drugs. I wasn't. Maybe that was my mistake. As with many tracks that occur early in a track listing, I gave Born to Go the benefit of the doubt. If it were followed by a Comfortably Numb, I'd be eating my words, wouldn't I? It isn't followed by a Comfortably Numb. But Down Through The Night is solid regardless. Very spacey, psychedelic, with a strong riff and incredibly guitarwork, particularly in the left ear. The drumming is good for the first time, and the lack of vocals is welcome. Unfortunately, after this point, the record gets very spotty. The interlude tracks, which are nearly all over 2 minutes long (and there are 7 of them), are terrible. There's no obvious plot reason for them to exist and they contain nothing musically interesting. Just a dude speaking slowly and nonsensically over random noises. The longer tracks, which range from 6 to 13 minutes in length, are hit-or-miss, though most are honestly pretty solid. Seven by Seven is a great opener to disc 2, using the tried-and-true i-VIIb-VIb-V chord progression and alternating between lots of different textures for an exciting 6-minute mini-adventure. Orgone Accumulator has one of the only decent vocal performances on the whole album, meaning it's reasonably catchy. Master of the Universe has an excellent bassline and skilful drumming, which together make the song one of the strongest here. The only "meh" full-length track on the original double album is Time We Left This World Today, which is more annoying than anything else. That repeated titular back-and-forth between two bad vocals is just not good on the ears. 3/5 Key tracks: Down Through The Night, Orgone Accumulator, Master of the Universe
I guess you had to be there...and be high as a kite.
Well. That was long. And they can play. But it should have been a third of the length and focused on their best ideas. I'm sure for some this is top stuff. Not for me.
Heel vet en langdradig, maar iets te
Sure. Wizard on the size of a van music.
Yeah it really just keeps on trucking. Not bad but quite long
Too long, dammit
I was getting bored, kind of all sounded the same, but then Dr. Evil started telling me all about space.
Some interesting stuff that sounded influenced by kraut rock and obviously 60s psychedelia. I liked some of it. Space Is Deep caught me off guard. Honestly, I liked parts of most of the songs. Didn’t particularly appreciate how long each track went. Cool to read that Motorhead was formed after this project Somewhere around 3 stars I reckon
2,5/5
Stoner rock. Nice sound, but shit drags. I guess that's a feature, not a bug, but I don't need 2 hours of this. On the other hand, they fuckin' went for it, so kudos to them, I guess. Won me over in theory if not in reality.
I'm sure this album represents some sort of breakthrough in guitar technique or rhythmic structure or something, but none of that came through to me. It was alright.
Down Through The Night
I think if I liked this band I would love the album.
long and overstuffed but pretty good
I'm really not sure what I just listened to, great background music with a tonne going on if you peel back the layers.
This album had some pretty interesting bits sprinkled throughout but too much nonsense in between to really enjoy it. I think maybe starting with a double live album to get introduced to a space rock band I had never heard of is an ambitious task that most would probably struggle with. Perhaps in a different head space, at a different time, would actually be more intrigued to get in to this and give it another shot but unfortunately I wasn't that sucked in upon first listen and most likely won't go back to this any time soon.
Luckily I was in the mood for some repetitive psychedelic drone today as I embarked on my afternoon walk through the western suburban streets of Sydney. Were today a Monday in the office, an album of this genre and length would have severely irritated me. Aside from the stupidity of Sonic Attack's lyrical rant, it made for an ok listen.
Definitely cool but way too long. I only listened to the first album which is an hour and already went on too much but the second disc is another hour. Cool music but definitely should've been condensed
Genuinely enjoyed this, would listen again. It's like 'Piper' but without the best bits. Clearly too long as everyone's cosmic prog fuse is relatively short but I think - for me at least - there is a time and a place for this.
i have NO idea what this is i like the album cover
Psychedelic with sound effects that go on forever.
Some good live space rock not much here that is worth listening to again in my opinion. It's pretty cool that Lemmy is in this band though. 6/10 Favourite: Born To Go Least Favourite: 7 by 7
Nice
More mushrooms
Trippy sci-fi. Decent beat to not sound quite like a jam band, but something meticulously put together. Still didn't need two hours worth
I knew that it was basically a fun little piece of trivia that Lemmy was in a prog rock band before joining Motorhead, but i never actually stopped to find out what Hawkwind sounded like. To be honest, I assumed something lighter-sounding for maximum irony! Anyway, this has a really cool sound, but it's way too long for me to ever listen to it again, especially without a standout song.
This seems like it was a great night. Sounds like a document of a cool concert rather than a perfect album experience. It seems ahead of its time. It reminds me of Krautrock with louder guitars.
Hawkwind: Space Ritual: Its a fairly solid album. Pretty cool sounding psychadelic rock, with shockingly heavy riffs for the time. It is, however, VERY long and as a result, very repetitive. Would have been pretty cool if it was less of the same stuff. The audio quality is also fairly meh as a result of it being a live album from the 70s. I could see myself liking this band a decent bit in the studio, though. 7/10
#DÍA 37: 1001 Discos Que Hay Que Escuchar Antes De Morir (English Translation Below) Otro álbum en directo, esta vez bastante más largo pero interesante. Hablamos de Hawkwind, un peculiar grupo inglés que fue, entre otras cosas, el impulso de la carrera del legendario Lemmy Kilmister. También fueron un importante proyecto de Space Rock, pero su influencia llega bastante lejos pese a ser una banda de la que se habla más bien poco. En este caso, hicieron un show psicodélico, con muchos efectos de sonido, espectáculos de luces e incluso bailarines en el escenario. Sin embargo, no he encontrado grabaciones así que esa parte me la pierdo, seguramente me hubiese gustado más… Empezaré diciendo que los pasajes de poesía son un poco aburridos, incluso pretenciosos y no llegan a aportar demasiado. Siendo un concierto que parecía tratar de capturar al oyente y adentrarle en un mundo de ciencia ficción, las letras dejan bastante que desear por ser algo estereotípicas y, sinceramente, patéticas en mayor parte. Orgone Accumulator es un ejemplo de esto, la rima monótona llega a ser de risa. Aún así, entiendo que Hawkwind, con su estilo, no pretendían hacer nada profundo que te hiciera pensar o emocionarte, sino crear un ambiente hipnótico que, quizás, ayudado con alguna sustancia, hiciera entrar en trance a los espectadores. Tratando de ignorar las letras y la poesía, la música es muy interesante y parece pionera de muchos estilos posteriores. Para empezar, el estilo de canto y la velocidad de ciertos riffs le dan un aire proto-punk muy llamativo, algo que influenciaría a los Sex Pistols. Por otro lado, los efectos de sonido, algo extraños y alienígenas, son la base del Space Rock y han generado su eco en bandas como The Mars Volta. También, esos solos que hacen perderse completamente a tu mente mediante mayor atención a la textura que a la melodía (aunque aquí aún hay bastante) son el antecedente del post-rock. Y por último, como un triple que me tiro, pienso que temas como Master of the Universe o Space is Deep pueden ser la raíz de proyectos más actuales de Death Metal Progresivo basados en temáticas del espacio, como Blood Incantation o Cosmic Putrefaction. Gran parte del concierto son composiciones largas que gran parte son ocupadas por solos de guitarra intensos e inmersivos. Normalmente generan una sensación de crescendo pero ya arrancan desde un punto pesado y la acumulación de elementos (la batería cada vez más ruidosa, el sintetizador, el saxofón…) generan una sensación potente de velocidad, casi como un asteroide entrando en combustión tras atravesar la atmósfera terrestre. Un ejemplo es Lord of Light, con un bajo melódicamente exquisito por parte de Lemmy, crea un poderoso torbellino de texturas que parece ascender y ascender. También Master of the Universe, la cual parece acelerar y acelerar, donde el batería Simon King está dando toda su energía para cerrar el espectáculo del modo más intenso. La experiencia es muy buena, pero pienso que hay muchos momentos en los que pierdo el interés o que se termina haciendo repetitivo. Los interludios, como ya he dicho, no son interesantes para nada y aburren, aunque Sonic Attack sí creo que consigue crear un mínimo de narración que es divertida. Por otro lado, obviamente por cuestiones de época y recursos, la mezcla y producción cojean en muchos momentos, como en Upside Down, que junto con Brainstorm son temas en los que la voz está demasiado enterrada y todo se siente muy saturado. Además ocurre que los temas más cortos tienden a interesar más bien poco, así como los pasajes cantados, que no tienen mucho gancho, lo que culmina bastante en la repetitiva Time We Left This World Today. Es curioso ver el sonido tan único que presentaba Hawkwind a inicios de los 70s y su influencia es innegable. No obstante, las partes cantadas dejan mucho que desear y las letras no las hacen salvables. Creo que hubiese ganado mucho siendo un concierto meramente instrumental, porque las transiciones entre temas y el talento de cada miembro en su instrumento son de apreciar desde luego. Favoritas: Down Through the Night, Lord of Light, Orgone Accumulator, Master of the Universe Menos favorita: Time We Left This World Today #DAY 37: 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die Another live album, this time quite a bit longer but still interesting. We’re talking about Hawkwind, a peculiar English group that was, among other things, the launchpad for the career of the legendary Lemmy Kilmister. They were also an important Space Rock project, though their influence reaches much further despite being a band that isn’t talked about all that much. In this case, they put on a psychedelic show with lots of sound effects, light displays, and even dancers on stage. However, I haven’t been able to find recordings of that, so I miss out on that part—whith which I’m sure I would’ve enjoyed it a lot more… I’ll start by saying that the poetry passages are a bit boring, even pretentious, and don’t really add much. For a concert that seemed to aim at capturing the listener and immersing them in a sci-fi world, the lyrics leave a lot to be desired, being rather stereotypical and, honestly, mostly pathetic. Orgone Accumulator is an example of this, the monotonous rhyme scheme is almost laughable. Still, I get that Hawkwind, with their style, weren’t aiming for anything deep that would make you think or move you emotionally, but rather to create an hypnotic atmosphere that, perhaps aided by some substance, could put the audience into a trance. Trying to ignore the lyrics and poetry, the music itself is very interesting and seems like a forerunner of many later styles. To begin with, the vocal style and the speed of certain riffs give it a striking proto-punk feel, something that would go on to influence the Sex Pistols. On the other hand, the sound effects, strange and otherworldly, are the foundation of Space Rock and have echoed in bands like The Mars Volta. Also, those solos that completely lose your mind’s grip, focusing more on texture than melody (though there’s still plenty of melody here), are precursors to post-rock. And lastly, taking a bit of a stretch here, I think tracks like Master of the Universe or Space is Deep could be the root of more modern Progressive Death Metal projects with space themes, like Blood Incantation or Cosmic Putrefaction. A large part of the concert is made up of long compositions, much of which are taken up by intense, immersive guitar solos. They usually build a crescendo, but they already start from a heavy point, and the layering of elements (the increasingly noisy drums, the synth, the saxophone…) generates a powerful feeling of speed, almost like an asteroid combusting as it crashes through Earth’s atmosphere. A great example is Lord of Light, with melodically exquisite bass work from Lemmy, creating a powerful whirlwind of textures that seems to ascend higher and higher. Also Master of the Universe, which keeps speeding up and speeding up, with drummer Simon King giving his all to close the show in the most intense way possible. The experience is very good, but I think there are plenty of moments where I lose interest, or where it gets repetitive. The interludes, as I said, aren’t immersive at all and are boring—although I do think Sonic Attack manages to create a minimal narrative that’s fun. On the other hand, obviously due to the era and available resources, the mixing and production falter in many places—like in Upside Down, which along with Brainstorm are tracks where the vocals are too buried and everything feels overly saturated. It also happens that the shorter tracks tend to be less engaging, as well as the sung passages, which don’t have much hook—culminating most clearly in the repetitive Time We Left This World Today. It’s fascinating to hear the unique sound Hawkwind was presenting in the early ’70s, and their influence is undeniable. That said, the sung parts leave much to be desired, and the lyrics don’t redeem them. I think the concert would have benefited greatly from being purely instrumental, because the transitions between songs and the talent of each member on their instrument are certainly something to appreciate. Favorites: Down Through the Night, Lord of Light, Orgone Accumulator, Master of the Universe Least favorite: Time We Left This World Today
A good album, feels like a hard rock jam session, i feel like a lot of the songs could be a lot shorter and have the same impact, not something ill revisit often
Definitely an eccentric and weird album
Space rock, lsd, lemmy killister mitglied
I think this album would be great if i was high. Even as it is I quite like it. I love that Lemmy is playing bass on this. But even with Lemmy playing i had had enough by the end of the first disc.
More like a situational 4
Proggy, heavy, psych rock freakouts all blending seamlessly into one another for well over an hour, interspersed with spoken word sci-fi madness and the sounds of deep space...all performed live. It definitely kind of kicks ass, but I can't say I'm feeling too inspired to return and listen again. I'm certainly curious to listen to more Hawkwind, though.
It is what it is. If you want to space out and go back to the 60’s then this is a good album for you.
I'm not a big fan of live albums. Concerts are fun to attend in person. But the noodling, jamming, and overall messing about that happens at them is nowhere near as enjoyable when listening to a record of it. This album doesn't really change my mind, but there are still some impressive things to note here. The instrumentation is great, every one of them stands out, and I do get the idea that Hawkwind were kickass to see live. I don't have the same praise for the vocals, though, and it's a ridiculously long album for something I'm not really that into.
I get it, it's good. But not for me. Nice bass playing
Psychadelic vibes, not the worst not the best.
I think this is pretty interesting, but a two hour live album with visual effects seems like an awful jumping-in point to a band I've never heard of. I like the sound, gotta love the theremin, but the sci fi slam poetry is goofy. One that certainly must get slated as pretentious, and doesn't always work, but has intrigued me. I can see how this inspired some great modern bands like King Gizzard, Orgone Accumulator is awesome psych nonsense and sounds like it could be one of theirs. Praise be to the generator for the introduction, even if its a weird one.
3.5/5
Very long album, it was strange but alright.
3/5 good space rock
A live double album is a heck of a way to dive into a band. It was a lot, but also pretty cool overall. It's a 3 star album because I was sober, but I can imagine it could be 4 or 4 stars under other circumstances. Also wondering if Alan Rickman ever listened to this. The spoken word parts have big Snape energy.
Cool, spacey!
Cool concept of blending music with sound effects and poetry, but a lot of it ends up being jammy nonsense. Lenny kills it on bass tho.
This should be right in my wheelhouse, but I think it hit me on the wrong day when I didn’t have time to “experience” it. Long, double live albums without good recording (even by 1973 standards) do not make for enjoyable listening. Probably one of those “you had to be there” moments. Hawkwind’s performance has shades of Pink Floyd, Rush, and Jethro Tull (prog flute bands FTW!). Unfortunately, unlike those more well-known bands that I mentioned, the bass lines can get repetitive, and there aren't too many really great melodies to hook into. 3⭐️
Trying to be David Bowie
6/10. Something I haven’t heard! Psychedelic jam band. Well done live performance, but a bit too long, it drags by the end of disc 2
Meh, een conceptplaat over een ruimtereis gemaakt door een stel hippiemuzikanten. Hoe cliché wil je het hebben? Als het nou nog interessante muziek was, maar het zweeft het ene oor in, en het andere ook weer uit.
Een live album voelt toch altijd een beetje als valsspelen. Andere artiesten hadden graag liever met een live album in deze lijst gestaan gok ik, of in ieder geval had ik liever een live of een greatest hits album gezien. Hawkwind heeft het geluk dat zij een van de weinigen zijn. Dan moet het dus ook wel extra goed zijn vind ik, de lat ligt hoger. Ik heb om die reden al eerder (legendarische) live albums een mindere rating gegeven. Qua muziek is het wel lekker uptempo, wat vuige rock, dat kan ik wel waarderen. De zang is half vals, voor dat extra psychedelische effect. Of hij komt live niet zo goed uit de verf, dat is met de Peppers ook zo natuurlijk. Ze gooien er verder allerlei rare spacey geluiden in. En ook veel te wazige debiele intermezzos, nog erger dan skits. Dat levert ze een minpt op. Net als dat ze wat mij betreft niet profiteren van het live-album. Ik vind het op zich wel weer grappig om te horen waar Lemmy is begonnen, voordat hij 300 triljoen keer Ace of Spades ging spelen. En zolang ze gewoon lekker aan het spelen zijn, is er helemaal niks mis mee. Ze hadden wat wazigheid weg mogen laten, dan was het een stuk beter geweest. Ze hadden uberhaupt beter de helft weg kunnen laten, want het is gewoon veel te lang. Halverwege heb ik het wel weer gezien, ik heb de bonusnummers overgeslagen. Ik kan er nog net een 3 uitpersen, want de 70s rock is echt dikke prima.
I don't think this album was made to be listened in the car on your daily commute. 5* if I were on some psychotics. Some very cool riffs but very long.
Rather quite music in a way
There's a lot of cool stuff here, I can always get behind some crazy, psychedelic jam. This is still almost 2 hours of live jam and has it's drawbacks as such
Ambitious piece of work, clearly influential. Not one I’ll be revisiting a lot though.
Love the psychedelia, but it's long it's live
I listen to the majority of it, but a full live double album is definitely a lot. It’s fun 70s rock, I definitely appreciate it before, surprised. I’ve never heard of this band before now. It’s a good time if you’re in the mood for some cheesy 70s rock, I think a three out of five is better.
It's good but it's also the type of music you can't truly appreciate without being high as fuck.
boring but fine
This album is what I expected. It is psychedelic 70's full on. I did not expect it to be so varied and interesting, of of the actual quality level it is, which is quite high actually. (maybe pun intended?) I think maybe if one were to point at or show this genre (psychedelic 70's) this would work pretty well. I don't know if it is canon or just a part of all that, but it is pretty solid to be honest. Yeah, this is pretty good. Easy to listen to without getting bored or tuning out. Kinda felt like "old school" what would become techno, electronic, groove. But before all that.
A bit too long
1st half of album didn't do it for me. Simplistic Instrumental work and uninspiring vocals. Album took a turn for the better with "Orgone accumulator."
I thought I was going to hate this, but it was actually pretty good. 2+ hours is a little much especially since the encore is alternate versions of songs already on the album.
Ollut varmasti tosi vaikuttava kokemus livenä, mutta eeppisyys ei välttämättä välity niin hyvin levynä. Kappaleet johti sulavasti toisiin ja kappaleiden välissä olevat syna ja muut efektisäädöt toi tosi toismaailmallisen tunnelman. Nauhoituksen laatu vaan ei ainakaan auton kaijuttimista ollut erityisen hyvä joten kappaleet tuntui monesti hyvin meluisilta ja sekavilta. Parhaat: Masters Of The Universe, Orgone Accumalator
I really dug some of the riffs on here but the spoken word stuff, the length of some of these jams and those damn never ending keyboards definitely pull it back to meh.
was surprisingly good
I like it. I probably would have really enjoyed seeing this live. I don't think there's enough variety here for a double disc, but I think it's earned its place on the list. I'll probably have to revisit.
Space Ritual is a wild, swirling dive into cosmic chaos — part live album, part spaced-out fever dream. When it works, it really works. Tracks like “Brainstorm,” “Time We Left This World Today,” and “Master of the Universe” tap into a heavy, hypnotic groove that feels like the soundtrack to a sci-fi trip gone sideways. The energy is raw, the ambition is huge, and the atmosphere is thick with fuzz and phasers. But then there are the moments that pull you right out of the experience. The vocals, at times, veer into full Dr. Frank-N-Furter territory — theatrical, campy, and unintentionally hilarious. Some of the interludes and spoken-word bits sound less like serious space rock and more like a glam metal parody on a sketch comedy show. There’s something admirable about how far Hawkwind leans into the madness, but it’s a double-edged sword. Space Ritual is a fascinating listen, but not always for the reasons it intends. Great in doses, exhausting in others. Favorite song: Master Of The Universe
Pretty cool
Something tells me this would have hit a fair bit harder had I been there live back in '73 after having ingested at least three mystery substances and while dancing along to a woman clad in nothing but phosphorescent body paint. As it is, I am instead listening to this in my living room while engaged in the riveting act of solving sudokus. The music's still pretty cool, but without the aforementioned scenery, it does undoubtedly start to wear thin after some some 40 minutes of spacin' and rockin'.
Maybe this could have benefited from a closer listen, but it was pretty just OK.
Way too long but good moments.
3.5
It’s a long ride, but overall pretty interesting. Not sure if I’ll revisit, it is a big commitment and I think I got the gist of it.
Kinda just meanders. Maybe some chemical enhancement helps
Earth Calling 2.8 Born to Go 3.3 Down Through the Night 3.5 The Awakening 3 Lord of Light 3.7 Black Corridor 3 Space Is Deep 3.4 Electronic No. 1 3 Orgone 3.5 Upside Down 3.5 10 Seconds of Forever 3 Brainstorm 3.8 Seven By Seven 3.8 Sonic Attack 3.6 Time We Left This World Today 3.7 Master of the Universe 3.8 Welcome to the Future 3 Score: 3.376470588
Has a sense of fun messing around to it so that when it doesn't land it's still ok. Great contrast with the previous Emerson, Lake, & Palmer screaming "look at me! look at how sophisticated I am! *harsh Moog solo*". This one says "hey you can just rock out and play some wild noise stuff and it'll be pretty cool", and then other people did too & it was pretty cool. Probably 4 stars if cut to the best stuff at half the length. frickin around: appreciated. (⌐■_■)
With it's fuzzy guitars and space sound effects, I like the bones of these songs. Any time a band leans on genre fiction, I'm that more interested. But, ultimately, too overlong and self indulgent to get a high rating, but makes me curious about their studio releases.
Mixed feelings here. Do I love it or hate it? Sometimes this is very weird. Sometimes the rock really hums. I might give Hawkwind another try. I'll vote in the middle for now.
Rambly space rock. Actually didn't feel like a slog, despite being 2 hours long
I'm not huge on space rock but this is pretty great for the gendre
I started out really liking this raucous, high energy, rocky sound, but then the tracks of weird, narrative monologues started. I suppose it's the influence of the times, Revolution #9, the acid tests, but even in the 70s someone in production should have known enough to take away the microphone.
If you just took the 30-45 best minutes of this album it would be great. Even though I like these guys, a two hour live album is always tough to get through
3.5
Fun to get a live album
The cover is the most intresting part of this album it wasn't bad it wasn't really great. It existed and I listened to it.
Space is the place
Interesting! Felt Pink Floyd-esque.
I'm a fan of weird campy spacey stuff. This was a but much even for me. A lot of potential but didn't quite get there. Maybe you need to be high?
Probably 2.5 but I’ll give it a three.
I opened my window, facing a motorway, then turned on noise cancellation—still sounds just like the album. But then I realised the album was recorded in 1972 when the motorway was probably not as busy as today. It was a nice attempt and a good imagery work for the space and “future”!
I appreciate that this is just 2+ hours of rocking out, however sitting in my office chair while not being in a crowd in front of a live band, not drunk, not high, and not sweating while headbanging is making me aware that this is 2+ hours of rocking out. Some really cool parts but not a lot of moderation. It’s hard for me to judge this because it was good but it was kind of boring after a while. A double album with two repeats is just self-indulgent. I would read a fantasy/sci fi novel based on the lore of the lyrics though. High 2 low 3.
Two live albums of space rock. Which sounds like old doom metal or stoner rock. Not bad and I’m sure it was something to see live. Just never going to listen again. I do like the occasional Hawkwind song
Never heard of these guys. Definitely giving off a Yes (the band) vibe based on the song length and never-ending, sonic-inducing instrumentals. I SHOULD like this more than I did on first listen. But 2 hours is a long-ass time and I had to fragmentally listen to this album. Also it being live recordings made some of the lyrics hard to understand (in the first disc at least). There are elements here I really enjoyed and I vibed to the songs Lord of Light and Space Is Deep, while the 2nd disc was more of a mixed bag. I couldn't quite get to a 4, but solid 3 though.
y'know, i thought i would hate the length (and how difficult it was to find 'the' version of this album - eventually i gave up and just listened to the 116-minute version), but i still thought it was pretty solid the whole way through.
Anything with Lemmy in it gets extra stars from me and hot dang as this overblown monster of a Live album ambled along it seeped into my inner being. I was a true disciple.