Space Ritual

It’s too much.

This was prolly a real experience to have been at and would perhaps make for a good concert film, and it is prolly satisfying if you already like them, but I could not stay interested long enough to finish the first disc.

Seems like it would benefit from substances.

Space rock? No thank you. I didn't make it through the 2nd of 21 songs. 10 minutes was enough to know that I won't subject myself to 2 hours and 12 minutes of this.

never heard of them before. Lemmy! 3 or 4

Þetta er allt eins. Í tvo klukkutíma. Það má hafa gaman af geim-effectunum og einræðurnar eru skemmtilega hallærislegar, en þið þurfið ekki að hlusta á þetta.

This is like if Fatboy Slim played actual instruments. I am so sick of hearing the same driving drum and bass lines for nearly 90 minutes. The tracks individually are pretty cool, but the album experience is a tough, tough listen

It's like the Grateful Dead said, let's get an Ozzie impersonator to be our frontman, call ourselves the Interstellar Beach Boys and tour Uranus. Don't get your hopes up; it's even worse than you'd think.

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.

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'd love this high, but I've rated every other album sober so it seems quite unfair if I was to make an exception for one album. The music itself is decent and I like the space themes, but it gets too much even after the first side, let alone through to the full two hours.

Not for me

Back in the day I would drop an acid tab and listen to stuff like this. Now I'm completely sober I couldn't contemplate such a thing.

This was a trip. Parts were great parts were trash.

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.

Nežinau. Labai daug triukšmo, daug kartų teko nusiimti ausines pažiūrėti, ar sunkvežimis ant manęs nevažiuoja.

Not my cup of tea.

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

When in found its grove it was pretty cool, but the constant talking/storytelling just ruined a lot of the songs for me. I am gonna guess it was for a certain time and place but today it is just annoying. Also this album is just to damn long for what it is.

I guess you had to be there...and be high as a kite.

Like Space Rock version of Phish. Too repetitive.

Seltsam, endlos, schräg!

4 - great psychedelic concept album

Jam albums suck

Everything psychedelic

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.

Psychedelic masterpiece

I don't mind 'Silver Machine' but 2 hours 12 of this stuff is not a good investment of my time. I skipped through and gave it about 15 minutes. Sorry if I've broken the rules!

2h15 of psychedelic grunge trash. Almost so bad it’s good, but not quite. Only rating two stars because the feverish madness of it paired quite well with a comically busy and chaotic day in the office.

Heel vet en langdradig, maar iets te

i actually enjoyed this album much more than i thought i would. it was exciting at times and very original/creative. only reason i've given it such a low score is becuase i absolutely cannot see myself going back and listening to this. i have very little interest in live albums and this album doesn't change that. it was VERY long too - was only listenable while doing other things and having this on in the background.

Space opera in all ways possible. Flutes, synths, electronic reverbs of the spaciest kinds.

Very long, very experimental, soms great rock sounds but just to much over the top.

Sure. Wizard on the size of a van music.

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

Too long and meandering. It was fine, but nothing I'd pick to listen to again. Sorry, Lemmy :( 2.49/5

Nicht das meine

Cmon man. Jammy nonsense. Maybe if I were there I would have had a good time. Unnecessary 2 hours of stuff. 3.0

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

Trash

Space is deep, this album is not

My 8 year old son while listening: "why does it sound like he's just turning the pitch knob on my moog modular analog synth?" My 6 year old daughter: "I'm falling asleep, this is really boring. It wasn't so bad when he was singing" Overlong, boring, repetitive, sounds like it was recorded inside a can of Pringles. Terrible synth work. Horrible monologues. Why did they think in the 70s that spring reverb sounded anything like space?

Awesome album. Was not at all familiar with the band, but definitely remember seeing this album cover as a kid and thinking it was the coolest thing. More people need to fill their albums with sci-fi RP. The riffs in this are insane, banger after banger.

Yeah it really just keeps on trucking. Not bad but quite long

Groupe inconnu. Sympa de découvrir Lemmy dans un autre groupe que Motorhead ! La basse est excellente, mais par contre je n'ai pas vraiment accroché au reste ... L'album est très long, les morceaux aussi, certains avec de longues plages instrumentales parfois réussies. Et d'autres fois plus ennuyeuses, ou noyées par des sons de synthé pas terribles. Je passe aussi sur les récitations entre les morceaux, qui de mon point de vue n'apportent rien. Je suis allé au bout par curiosité (j'ai eu du mal), mais je n'y reviendrais pas. =>2/5

This is one of the few live albums I’d recommend checking out, especially for anyone interested in the space rock movement of the early ’70s. It’s a strong mix of hard hitting rock and acid psychedelia, blurring the line between structured songs and improvisational jams. The album also has a theatrical feel, with spacey synthesizers, hypnotic basslines, and swirling guitar work creating an immersive atmosphere. One thing worth mentioning is that the album is slightly over two hours long, but it maintains a steady energy throughout. With its long, repetitive grooves, it draws you in and takes you on a musical journey that’s easy to get lost in.

2/10

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

Monotonous

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

This prog/psychedelic scene just isn’t for me. Clearly great musicians, but self-serious to the point of unintentionally sounding like a joke. 2 stars because when the band actually just rocks out, it can be pretty cool. But those parts are too few and far between.

Too long, dammit

Weird. Very long.

Excessively long tracks. Bass playing is good and the rest is mediocre.

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.

Too weird and then just boring. No reason to be that long

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.

Far too aimless for me. 2/5

I was getting bored, kind of all sounded the same, but then Dr. Evil started telling me all about space.

The first disc was better than the second

so… this poop is butt

I like the spunk of the drummer. Generally, not a fan of this music. Pretty unimaginative and repetitive. It has got me thinking a lot about space though. Is it interesting? Can't help but feel there is more on earth these guys could have been exploring. SPACE IS DEEP. There's no reverb in space fellas. NO SOUND at all. Space may suck.

Don’t have time for this space bullshit today

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

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.

2,5/5

far out

Not sure if I really listened to this or if it just happened to me. There’s some competent, even fun rock music happening in here, but there’s so much of the same things over and over for a very long time that it obscures the highlights. Whatever works about this album buckles under the weight. I’m sure this goes hard live or on a psychoactive substance (best with both probably), but left me feeling impatient and unsatisfied just listening to it. For something that seems to be reaching for strangeness and experimentation, it’s not very dynamic. It feels a little unfair rating this so low but I just did not have a good time with it at all.

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.

What a goddamm blast this has been. This is the first album off the list that gives me a little confidence the list curator hasn't got cloth ears. I'm rating this upwards from 4.5 to a full 5 stars just for Brainstorm and Orgone Accumulator, but really the entire album is such an enjoyable jam.Actually it's Psycherock bliss. Take me to your leader.

long and overstuffed but pretty good

2.18

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

Some of the music was good but it’s just not for me really. I like me some prog, maybe you’d call it tame prog, Rush, Floyd, Marillion and the like but this was just too proggy and spacey! And long. I suppose if your a fan a 2 hour live album is the nuts, if your not it is 2 hours of enduring it.

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.

Live psychedelic space rock? Lemmy Kilmister on bass? Extended guitar, flute, and saxophone solos and wild synth experimentation? This is right up my alley. It sounds like it’s a direct influence for King Gizzard’s metal albums (Infest the Rats Nest and PetroDragonic Apocalypse). What could go wrong? A lot apparently. I’m not sure if it’s just the mix or if the band just isn’t really tight enough, but it sounds like they’re just playing on top of each other rather than actually playing together. It all builds into a wall of sound, but not in a good way. That said, I didn’t hate the album. It’s a great concept and all the pieces are all there; it just didn’t really come together. I was going to say I think I like more space and less rock in my space rock, but I love the aforementioned King Gizzard albums and they’re definitely more rock than space. Overall, I’m happy to have listened to it, but I can’t see myself returning to it.

Seemed like pretty rocky. Not many lyrics I don’t think or maybe the voice was just really strange tone. I wouldn’t probably listen ever.

Too long

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.

Favorite Track: Down Through the Night

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

Well that was lame.

It's not my style of rock music. It's space rock. I didn't know such a thing existed. There are dynamic space-like noises and such, otherwise it's extremely repetitive (chorus, drums).

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.

Low 1 Its exactly like spinal tap! Sadly the 2 hour run time is no joke. I couldnt face it. Something talentless about the songs I did listen to

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.

i have NO idea what this is i like the album cover

They were having a lot of fun but damn this was tedious

I might have gotten my hopes to high with the cover and the promise of space psychedelic rock. But honestly it was just alittle boring for me. And a lot of it was forgettable or underwhelming. I do think the biggest thing that hurt this album is it doesn’t have a sense of fun or humor. It’s just so bland.

These dudes tried way too hard to be some next big thing. Easy music to burn a couple hours while cleaning the pool…

Cool…a genre of music that has no cultural impact & an album that is eclipsed by far more well-regarded psych-jam shit. What do you do when you listen to this? I don’t understand the “smoke a j & listen to this!” review either. I’m doing all the right drugs & this still sounds as empty & soundless as space itself. All that said, even though I didn’t like a track off of this, there were moments where I enjoyed the spacey sounds (I think there was a song with a sax that I liked for about thirty seconds) & I think I could have a much worse time with a similar type of album. Still…one star despite not having the worst time ever.

Did I finish this? Absolutely not. Did I hate what I did listen? Not entirely. Does this kind of trash belong on a list of albums that you should listen to before you die? Only if you’re looking to rush to that day

excellent!

Psychedelic with sound effects that go on forever.

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.

I can appreciate the playing, but it is just not for me.

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

Nope

Live albums are so rarely good. This doesn't really buck the trend. It's fine, but it's so self indulgent and the music just exists. Perhaps it would've been wild to see it in person back in the day, but the recording quality isn't great and the music isn't strong enough to carry it.

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 feel like I would have liked this more if I was on lsd

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 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.

dozlaboga dosadno i neoriginalno, mjestimice jako krindž. loše zvuči

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.

Please make it stop ....

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

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

Uhh...No. Awesome album art though.

This was downright awful. Spacerock (whatever this term includes) seems not for me.

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

Weird sound, that is, however, undoubtedly successfully brings "spacey" vibes to the listener. A nice little piece of what is nowadays known as classic progressive rock — definitely not one my favourite genres. One of the key features of the album that hints to it — despite the uniqueness of every song, they "flow" into each other, making the feeling of a very long never ending composition. It's really long as well, and has a lot of strange songs, that consist of nothing but weird noises (it adds up to the spacey theme though). Saved one single song from the album — Lord of Light, the most "normal" from the track list. Want to relisten the Velvet Underground now.

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.

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*.

#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

It all sound the same. Psych but a little harder psych rock than I usually like. One good song

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

Not often that I don't finish an album but this was too long and low quality.

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.

It was cool, but I didn’t really wanna finish listening to the whole thing. I’m sure seeing this group live back in the day was awesome.

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.

It's just an extremely dull, droning piece of 70's psychedelic rock, I made it through the first two tracks before I was too bored out of my mind to want to keep listening. I can't even fathom sitting through all 2 hours of it.

2/3

Definitely an eccentric and weird album

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

I hate jam bands, but I can't loathe them entirely because I love CAN. Every place has one and it would seem the UK's is Hawkwind. Here it's Grateful Dead and Phish. At least Dead had a cool name. I will accept this entry strictly as pure music knowledge as I was unaware of HW existing. That's all I have to say about them. I can't knock space rock too much because one of my favorite songs ever is "Echoes". Genres of music centered on needing drugs to be enjoyed do not gain a lot of respect from me. And I like drugs. I'm a conflicted hypocrite. Side note: I am coming to a nearly fully formed opinion on double albums. They should mostly not exist. Ever. Maybe 'The Wall' and I gave it a 2-star rating because PF had done better work.

Apparently a live album. Lots of long boring songs and several short throw aways. Sounds very dated. Just not feeling it. Maybe if I had some drugs ...

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

太空摇滚，迷幻和朗诵融合的不是很好，大段的 riff 循环质量并不高，听的容易打瞌睡，不过近两个小时的专辑，迷幻太空摇滚的氛围贯穿始终，作为太空摇滚的里程碑专辑，影响了后续一众乐手。

Space rock, lsd, lemmy killister mitglied

Seriously though whoever did the artwork for the cover did an amazing job EDIT: Apparently his name was Barney Bubbles and he did some great artwork for musicians. Check out his stuff ✌️

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.

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

Tof, soms een beetje 'too much' spacey,

did-not-listen

Copia barata de the who y zeppelin. Me aburrio

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.

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

This isn't my favorite genre and the tracks feel repetitive. It's not totally offensive to the ear, but it's not something I would normally put on.

Maybe I don't like psychedelic rock...especially live.

3/10

This LP is when you hear Ummagumma and think "I can do that" but turns out you can't.

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 pride myself on the fact that I’ve never walked out of a concert early. I can’t say I’ve loved all the shows I’ve seen, but there’s been enough to keep me listening. I am positive I’d have bolted out of this show. No matter how high I might’ve been. Even when I used to get high, this wouldn’t be anything I’d enjoy. The only thing that kept me going was listening in the car on my drive to work, through a few construction zones no less. It is a DNF as I won’t play whatever is left.

A bit too long, hard to distinguish between songs, and the occasional spoken word was a bit annoying. Made sure to listen to the proper (pre-2007) version but still too long. Hard to rate really.

This sounds like a much less charming Gong. It's a good reflection of an intense hippy trance, but to my ears, it isn't very interesting nor pretty.

I get it, it's good. But not for me. Nice bass playing

Nah

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

WAY too long. Maybe a few interesting things but I don't think I would enjoy this concert at all. 1.5/5

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

Psychadelic vibes, not the worst not the best.

Well, it did sound pretty interesting, and I’m glad I’ve heard of it now, but I definitely thought it was just one really long song for about the first 20 minutes. And then the subsequent 100 minutes. (ntm.)

I try to listen through new-to-me albums at least twice. Not this one. I had to push through to get through disc 2. The band is great - if this was completely instrumental, it might have been an easier ride, but if I had to hear space ghost recite one more Spinal Tap worthy poem, I might have started to cramp. There will be blood from orifices indeed - ugghhhh

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.

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.

Crazy stuff. Don’t really like it.

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

3.5/5

What the hell was this - loved this then hated then confused then got a bit bored

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.

Very long album, it was strange but alright.

Remove the live albums. There were some ok moments but no-one’s listening to all of this shit

3/5 good space rock

Odd

nah. why does it have to be so long. DNF. 1/5

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.

Some really nice riffs. Just way too long- jam bands are not my thing. 2/5

If I wanted to hear oversaturated and rambling nonsense, this would be my jam.

4- Stars (10/15)

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

I saw the runtime on this a few weeks back and have been saving it for when... I really wanted to torture me with a 2 hour long record. Never heard space rock before, didn't even know there was a genre called that. The record started off pretty interesting. Pretty gritty rock sound, and it had my interest up. But the longer the album progressed, the duller it became. Though I thought the 'Orgone Accumulator' and 'Time We Left This World Today' definitely had something, by the end of the album I feel like it basically is the same thing playing as when I started it. And the album suffers immensely from just casual grazing and letting minutes pass by without anything interesting happening. It's by no means the worst album I've heard on this list, but it's way too long and slow for my taste.

Kind of cool album cover and the sound of the first few tracks was decent. That is all the good I have to say. The spoken-word parts were terrible, the album is way, way, WAY too long. As a short instrumental progressive rock album, I guess it would’ve worked. As it stands now it was a slog to get through.

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

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.

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

Cool, spacey!

Take me back to Earth. Not for me.

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.

Yuummmmmmm

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

Early 70’s Art rock

Yeah u know guitars are guitaring. I like that. But it's just not that good.

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.

This was a long album. I think it's live? Some of the spoken word stuff was kinda weird - don't know if i need a monologue about space orgasms. Some of the long psych jams felt like unfocused wankery (maybe apt for space orgasms?)

A bit too long but I enjoyed it a lot

Trippy, but not groundbreaking.

Love it.

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)

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

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

You’re in a cult. It’s rare I think something is “dumb” but Space Ritual fits perfectly fits the description.

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

very wooshy

< The Beatles No

I don’t understand the music these kids are listening to nowadays.

What the hell is this garbage? How is this something I should hear before I die? No thank you. Author dude! NOT EVERY ENGLISH BAND EVER IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO HEAR BEFORE WE DIE!! 1/5

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

Just a bit too much of it

This is pretty bad. And it's a double album. Doubles have to be pretty damn good to justify a 2-hour listening experience, and this one definitely does not do that. There are some brief interesting moments. "Seven by Seven" has some good instrumentals. Actually, the rock instrumentals are the best part. Once they start getting really "space-y" and techno, I'm out. And the instrumentals also go on so long without doing much that's interesting. You could "fix" this album by relying less on technology; their style of play gives is enough Space feel on its own, a light sprinkle of synth moments and vocal effects would hammer in the theme enough. And cut the instrumental moments in half. There are plenty of interesting things in them that would be more impactful if it didn't take forever to get there. And that would also cut the length of the album down by like 30-45 minutes. Make those changes, and I might actually enjoy listening to this album. Favorite Song(s): Space is Deep

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.

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.

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.

Must admit I fast forwarded and skipped my way through this. Some cool moments but mostly all blended together to me. (1.5 stars)

Too psychedelic for my taste. Was longing it to be over

I think you have to be on drugs to really enjoy the listening experience.

Annoying and too long.

Space rock... a little long for my taste, too much going on, too much talking

New to me and sickkkk

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

A chaotic, numbing space rock assault that confuses repetition for transcendence. Endless jams, buried vocals, and overwrought sci-fi monologues combine into a swirling mess that wears out its welcome fast. I just wanted out of this spacecraft. Not transcendent. Just exhausting.

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

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!

A live 70’s rock double-album with a bunch of songs that are way too long and includes Star Wars sound effects in the background? No thanks…life is too short.

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.

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

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

Absolutely not.

Far too long and self indulgent. Not for me. Thank goodness Lemmy got out.

I don't understand this music. I don't understand why Space Ritual is included! This live album is SO long, and their progressive rock unremarkable. Maybe I went into this album feeling bitter, but I felt like Hawkwind was so pompous and I'm just like, calm down guys. Yeah, it's music, but I'm going against my rule of "if it's truly music, it deserves a 2" because I trudged through an hour and a half of sludge.

When I saw genres such as "space rock", "prog rock", "psycehdelic rock", and "proto-punk" all listed for this album, I wasn't feeling very confident in this being the type of album I was going to enjoy. So when I also found out that the original version of this album was only 86 minutes instead of the 132 minute version that is linked to this project, you better believe I ran toward that original, shorter version. Even the shorter version seemed too damn long. This was basically like one giant not-so-great space age jam session. Parts of it were enjoyable, but parts of it were literally just annoying space noises.

Ambitious piece of work, clearly influential. Not one I’ll be revisiting a lot though.

More like Space Shitual.

Oddly enough, the main thing that came to mind (with the spoken intonations) was Maggot Brain - but where that album/track is ethereal and hypnotic and kinda sexy, I just found this interminable. I tried to get through as much as I could...

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.

My apologies to anyone who enjoys this, but I had to stop after 3 songs. Just terrible

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

I wouldn’t listen again. Revolutionary in terms of pushing the envelope of art but not for me

Love the psychedelia, but it's long it's live

Hard rock, not into it

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.

More like sucks-ass-wind.

damn this shit was long af and mostly pretty boring. Some cool physc stuff scattered, but it would almost be impossible not to at least have something interesting over 2 hours of music. I mean maybe this would have been hype to see live, but definitely not sitting in front of my desk. Very weak 2

Wow that was boring and dated. I can’t recommend this to anyone, except if they’re really into rock music history. These dudes could never get to the point - sounded like not great Black Sabbath for 10 minutes but like only 1 part of a Black Sabbath song. No good. Strong 1/5 - Lemmy hits the bass hard on some of these Disclaimer: I was not on drugs when I listened to this.

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.

It's good but it's also the type of music you can't truly appreciate without being high as fuck.

boring but fine

I really like 70s psychedelic rock. But this is some other monster. Horrible, muddy, messy, bizarre and while I hate to echo every other reviewer, it is just far too long. What a waste of time.

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.

Well that’s two hours of my life I will never get back! Horrible space prog with ridiculous lyrics and noise that went on forever. There are no riffs and there is no groove. This is what happens when you want to be Emerson Lake and Palmer, but all you have is Lemmy and too many drugs. Hated it!

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.

I dislike this.... so ... much. I could see this as maybe background music in a frenetic movie scene, but even then it just goes on too long.

Space! Space! Spacey! Space! TWANG!!!

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

Ots a lot to take in, a big wig out that feels like it never really goes anywhere.

Dieser Band habe ich meinen Tinnitus zu verdanken. Ein Bekannter hat mich am 1996 zu einem Hawkwind Konzert mitgeschleppt. Aua. Naja, selber schuld. Zu Hause kann ich den Schrott leiser hören. Zum Glück.

This is the type of overlong jamband bullshit that I don't enjoy as a general rule. There are good runs throughout certain songs, but there's rarely if ever a single track I enjoy start to finish. What drags this one down is its interminable double-album runtime. Talk about overstaying your welcome.

Didn't finish it but gave side 1 a listen. It's was insanely long, wasn't really my thing as I've never touched psychedelics but I think it does have a place on the list

So I’ve tried 4 times to listen to this album but it’s 2 FRICKING HOURS AND I CANT DO IT. Listened to first disc and I see the appeal but there’s no way I’m listening to a feature length movie of space music.

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.

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.

I wasn’t on the drugs needed at 8:30am on my way to work to be able to get into this album. A 1.5 hours long space rock opera live album. C’mon man. Its not bad but I can’t do it 4.2/10

I tried...not for me

Far out. Awesome cover art

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.

The moment I saw yet another live album from a psychedelic jam band, I let out a long sigh. How the fuck is this over 2 hours long 1.5/10

DNF. No thanks. I’m so over the psych rock.

A bit too long

This album didn't need to be this long. The first disc felt fun, heavy, speacy, a bit catchy, filled with nice riffs... It was good, nothing very special but at least it was tolerable, even though at the end I feel tired. Therefore, if I was feeling already tired at the end of the first disc, you could imagine how I felt listening to the second one. It wasn't fun. It is the same material and ideas from the first one.

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.

yeeeeah oh yeah, yeeeahhhhh

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

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.

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.

sounds like a mix of a jam band and stoner metal. the sound is interesting, but as with jam bands the songs get redundant after a few minutes into them. a nine minute song that repeats the same riffs over and over could be cut in half and be better.

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.

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

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.

was surprisingly good

I don't despise it, but it's 1 hour and 26 minutes (excl. extended edition) of whooshing sounds with the occasional bit of pretentious monologue to break it up.

Long monologues, repeating riffs.

Space rock really is something. After the first hour it didn't seem that terrible. I think it would be significantly better without the monologs. Anyway, this is something I am not playing again in the neatest future.

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.

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

So long and only some of it entertaining. 2.

This was a very long album. Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 1/5

Its not all that bad musically but did it have to be a 2hr live set, not great wont be coming back but I have heard much worse so it gets a 2.

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