Space Ritual

tiresome, though it has some good ideas

This was if prog rock got drunk and tried to be something it’s not. This was way too long. This was way too weird. This was way too boring. But it was perfectly abysmal. Why oh why are some of these albums on here. 2.3/10

3/10

Overly long but still listenable. Weirdo space rants were funny.

Ummm it was a thing. It was not my thing.

Mijn enthousiasme toen ik de plaat van de dag zag had meer sterren dan de plaat. Misschien was mijn teleurstelling daarom wat groter. Het was niet slecht, maar met deze live versie lag het er wat te dik op en was het allemaal nogal uitgerekt. Jammer.

Nope. I do not like live albums. This is a good reason why. Every song that I mustered the energy to listen to was not good. The first song is almost twice as long live then the studio version. Very Jam band vibes. Definitely would not be listening to again.

One of the best live albums

Gear: Moondrop Variations Mische: mitreißend (für ein 50 Jahre altes Live-Album), Bass kaum anwesend, High Hats etwas zu präsent Musik: psychodelischer Spass ohne Platzanspruch in meiner Bibliothek (zumindest nüchtern), muss man wohl dabeigewesen sein ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Wertung: 2/5

#36. I liked this quite a bit. 70s prog rock with some old school heavy metal influence. And it's definitely prog rock done right. A lot of times I feel like proggy jam bands often sound like they're trying to compete with each other rather than play together, but these songs are definitely consistently coherent and the songs are long without seeming unnecessarily drawn out. 4/5: fantastic Song added to playlist: Brainstorm I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link

Not my fave

Not my thing

I never heard of this group before, and I am glad I listened to this. I will listen to it again some day.

A long-form prog-rock album that I actually didn't hate. For almost 2 hours, this kept my attention longer than I thought it would. Though I was tired by the end of it. It was long without be annoying, so that's good. Felt more spacey than some of the more experimental stuff I've heard. And it was live? Man, they've got to be exhausted.

Nr. 30/1001 Earth Calling NR Born to Go 2/5 Down Through the Night 3/5 The Awakening NR Lord of Light 3/5 The Black Corridor NR Space is Deep 3/5 Electronic No 1 1/5 Orgone Accumulator 3/5 Upside Down 1/5 10 Seconds of Forever NR Brainstorm 2/5 Seven by Seven 3/5 Sonic Attack NR Time We Left This World Today 2/5 Master of the Universe 2/5 Welcome to the Future NR You Shouldn't Do That 2/5 Average: 2,25 That was just too weird for me

hated it

Just a bit mad and I have no idea what to make of it! I was busy and bit stressed listening to this so I feel I can't give a good impression as I likely wasn't taking much in. But I do know I didn't full on hate it!

My Dad likes Hawkwind. They are weird. But it's interesting. Can't imagine ever wanting to chill out and have a listen but it's cool stuff in places and weird in others.

I really dig this record. Psychedelic space rock rates very highly in my book. Hawkwind is one of my most listened to bands this year, but this album isn't getting anyone into the band. Warrior on the Edge of Time or Hall of the Mountain Grill should be the albums in the book. Absolutely stellar and much more palatable to ease people into Hawk World.

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

Fun fact, the first song I ever played on stage was "Down Through the Night". Buddy of mine in high school was obsessed with Hawkwind, though I never listened to them. I like the groove and I imagine this is better enjoyed intoxicated, but for 90 minutes, it's basically a lot of the same. Very well recorded, though. Favorite tracks: "Down Through the Night", "Orgone Accumulator"

Not my style of music at all. If I was the bass player I'd buy a cool hat and start a band singing about speed and gambling. Honestly give me two hits of acid and a time machine and I probably would of loved this concert. 7/10

I really, really struggle with live albums. Sorry Lem

No need for live albums on the list - especially not prog nonsense ones. Not actively bad, but far from good. Being slightly generous with my rating, but I'm a nice guy in a good mood!

What a spacey trip this album is...I like it spacey sounds. Great arrangements and lots of energy on an initial listen. Looking forward to hearing more from these old-timers. 3.5 stars

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

Changed my idea of what a live concert can sound like. Bass in your face. Cool trippy shit but gets old, fast.

Best aardige dingen gehoord, maar met 2 uur en 12 minuten gaat dit natuurlijk nergens over.

Ik ken mensen die hier keihard op gaan, maar ik krijg er een slappe zak van.

Niet vervelend, op een paar irritante experimenteel over-the-top gefrommel dingen na. En na disc 1 gehoord te hebben geloofde ik het wel. Aardig, maar denk dat het interessanter is geweest voor de mensen die er daadwerkelijk live bij waren.

Strafpunt voor de lengte.

Unless you have taken a mind bending amount of LSD this gets tiresome pretty quickly

Fuck no.

This is spinal tap

If this was a studio album it would probably be awesome.

lisergico casi en un buen sentido pero larguisimo

Too long, just do a skimming through some of the tracks, like some of them nothing much for me. Cool sound tho

I had never heard of Hawkwind before listening to this album, so going in completely fresh was a bit of a surprise. The album is a concept album, with an overall theme of a scifi space journey in suspended animation. Overall, I had very conflicting feelings about this album. The instrumentals are top notch and quite an enjoyable listen. The vocals are mid but inoffensive. Personally, I felt the album leaned a bit too hard into the "concept"; almost every other track is a lengthy monologue about space and the future, most of which say very little of interest in a overly dramatic fashion. It comes off to me as masturbatory and pretentious. I think this album is probably best listened to while high; the too-deep-for-you bits probably sound much more intelligent while under the influence. Highlights: Born to Go - Great instrumentals. Down Through the Night - Excellent bassline, really fun listen. Orgone Accumulator - This is the best track on the album IMO. Funky rocking beat. Master of the Universe - Excellent song. Lowlights: Upside Down - Dissonant, and not in a good way. The driving power chords are good, but the whiny and aimless lead guitar is disharmonic to the rest of the song. Brainstorm - 13 minutes of good instrumentals with some of the weirdest vocal choices and monologuing over the top of it. Any one of the seven tracks that are basically solely monologues over guitar tuning - I'm not high enough for this. Final Thoughts A very interesting sounding concept album with not much at all worthwhile to say. The instrumentals are top notch, but rarely allowed to stand on their own merit in favor of injecting some shallow and frankly off putting monologues on top.

I can think of a handful of things more painful than a two hour live space-rock jam album, but they all involve the desecration of my genitalia. 0 stars?

Не впечатлило. Вообще ничего не запомнил, кроме раздражающей гитары.

Un album de castors reconnaissables à leur queue plate et leurs longues dents incisives.

Long et nul

very interesting, but long

Good

Overall, a mixed bag of an album. The start is very odd production wise, lead guitar is way too quiet and the vocals sound drowned out. However, it does pick up during the second half. The longer songs are enjoyable but are interrupted by shorter, out of place, songs. The continuity of the album is perfect at times, seamlessly going from one song to the next, but it tends to get broken up by shorter more experimental tracks. Final Thoughts: Not bad, but not great. forgettable. Genre: Space Rock, 1973. Rating: 3/5

Maybe just the first 2 songs are decent

This is good. But how long!? 😅 Not sure how much of that is attributable to the remixed, repackaged version. Ain't nobody got time for that!

Trippy AF! Devil Cats and Titties.

Space rock. Taking Hendrix far out psychedelia and running with it for hours on end. Obviously way too long. Some isn't bad, but this kind of psychedelic space rock isn't my thing. All right as background sound. There is a place for this, I'm sure. It is musical, so I'll give it a three, just.

I don't enjoy 'live' albums

djöfull gott. ekki hrifin af læf-plötum almennt. kíki á katalóginn. 4.

Von Haus aus sollte ich das eigentlich mögen, tatsächlich habe ich gerade überhaupt keinen Nerv drauf

Psychedelic, funky, interesting rock. Kept me interested, but sometimes went on for a while. 3/5

I’ve tried to get into Hawkwind a couple of times now but just can’t. I know they’re hallowed in some circles and are like the Grateful Dead of the prog world but it just does not click for me at all

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.

This isn't actually terrible, but it does have the disadvantage of being both over-long and live. Meh.

Every song is too long. The space sounds are fun. The lyrics are SO BAD. Hilariously pretentious. Would be better without the singer - but still not good.

I get that Hawkwind is a bit of a performance/jam oriented band, and the live recording captures some of that, but the production suffers as a result. These tracks are likely substantially stronger with better production and so the studio versions should be recommended before the live ones.

A space ritual, indeed. Honestly I did not find this music very interesting, and then it's a double album which definitely wore on me. Lots of monologues instead of much singing, lots of rolling drums and strumming guitars without melodies that I found interesting. Basically just not to my taste.

I mean it's fine I guess. Just really long kinda dull prog rock. It's competent but that's about it. Barely would have known it is a live album as well. The spoken word stuff is goofy as hell.

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

Kind of liked it. Very spacey and full of jams. Bit too long

Ok. Nada muito especial.

Space doesn’t care. Space cannot be angered Space is there.

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

Totally bizarre. Seems to be some kind of space opera. Psychedelic spacey Back Sabbath? I dunno. Just weird.

My heart sank when I saw this was a live album, a double album, and an album filled with psychedelic space rock. Aka three things that can really turn a record into something unlistenable, which Hawkwind does flawlessly over the course of two unbearable hours. Congratulations! I hated this album.

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.

Es bueno lo que hacen pero terminó haciéndoseme muy extenso y cansador. Dato de color, Lemmy integra esta banda.

Det är inte särskilt bra.

Won me over!

First time hearing this one. Never heard of the band before. Born to Go is their most well-known song. According to the Classic Rock History website, they ranked it as the #1 Hawkwind track. It definitely rocks. The rest of the album....well, I think if you are high you might get into it. I'll pass on the LSD and pass on this album. 2.5

Now that's what I call nuclear anxiety.

2/5 Best: Orgone Accumulator Worst: Sonic Attack

Okay list…you and I both know a 2+ hour live prog rock album from 1973 doesn’t belong on this list. No shade at the genre, but I certainly didn’t need to hear this before I died. These albums are fine, but they’re a dime a dozen. To be honest I checked out around the hour mark. You kind of get it. Give me King Crimson or Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii.

A groovy, psychedelic, mostly-worthwhile, but ultimately inconsequential, head-scratcher of an inclusion on this list.

I tried....I really did. Not for me. Sorry Lemmy!

J'aime tout de cet album. Malgré son côté désormais classique, c'est inventif. Bon équilibre entre le plaisir et la recherche.

Cool prog rock sci fi epic. Maybe a little long-winded.

Longo pacarai e soh piracao

Cool discovery! Perfect album to have to go in a work tunnel after some time off.

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

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

It has some fun guitar moments. The space rock spoken word parts are pretty cringey though

Drumming was samey on every track they all kinda sounded the same vocals were lack luster 6/10

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.

3+/5

Matinée foutue en l'air

qu est ce que ca fout la

Space rockpsychedelic rockprogressive rockproto-punkhard rock. Un poco rollo.

Un dels directes mítics dels 70. Psicodèlia, hard rock, jams i sobretot l'space rock del que són estendard donen vida a un directe inesgotable, i també de vegades inacabable...

IDK dude. I mostly hated it. 1 star.

Too much!

How to rate this? It's a very long and drawn out affair. Some of the songs feel like they go on and on and are never going to end. The monologues are silly and pretentious at the same time. But when it rocks, it rocks. As far as live double albums go, I'd rather listen to KISS Alive! (I hope that one is on the list.)

It's 2 hours long. I think I'd have been down with it at the hour mark, but after a full football match it's hard to work out what new noises are in their noise? I do dislike live albums - any of the three albums that make up this set would get three or four stars. As this stands, it's a long slog of a two.

Weird, futuristic, and felt like a huge influence on Spinal Tap.

Don't know if I'll make it through todays album. It's 2hrs and first track is very experimental if the rest is like that then... yeah, not gonna happen. Well it turned out to be good ol 70s rock, but a bit too busy for me. Sorry. 1.5 stars.

Having to sit through an entire Hawkwind concert. Played mostly on skip what I heard was repetitive and weird. Definitely not for me

I didn't hate it. Some of the spoken word stuff was a bit wierd and meh.

Music made by people called Hawkwind for people who wished they’d call themselves Hawkwind.

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.

It sounds really cool, but not all my style. I could see myself trying to listen to it in another time, but I don't think it will happen. That doesn't mean it's not good, just my opinion.

The only Hawkwind song I knew before listening to this album was Silver Machine. This isn't my bag, but maybe a double live album isn't the best starting point...

Lemmy does more interesting things later. I think I don’t like psychedelia? This is … meh. Self indulgent. God, bring on punk.

I am putting this in the "unusual" pile. Having at least *heard* of these guys, I flicked off the actual album, went and listened to hits Master of the Universe & Silver Machine. And then I remembered Motorhead. The band. Music doesnt need a point, or message, or form, it can just be. I seek not to understand. I bare witness. It has its moments. Guitar grind. But I do wonder though what potion you need to take it with for this music to fully 'work'. Steve Halpern is far more transporting. And pleasant I feel the need for a towel folded under my feet to reduce the disorientation and nausea. The guitars are good - but is it because of Lemme? For me, this lacks the pleasant vibe I'd like to have during space travel. This is akin to riding in the back of a Transit van with a broken muffler all the way north on the M6. I'll take an early exit.

What a strange experience that was, first time listener to Hawkwind and I don't think I'll be going back anytime soon. What has this got to do with pop music, oy vey. Still if you are going to do it you might as well kick off your Hawkwind debut with a double live album, as only the 70's could deliver. Yes you read it right Paul Auster fans...a double live album from the early 1970's, it should have a health warning on the front. But wait there's more....the remastered edition goes for 132 minutes, if you wanted your enemies to spill state secrets you'd just wave the cover in their face, "that's right...the extended version..talk!" I've got a funny feeling a hell of a lot of Camberwell carrots went into the planning for this, and I'd strongly suggest that if you listen to this enough times, the wafting stench of a couple of thousand Camberwells will eventually come through. Having said that, thinking about the purpose of this exercise, maybe sparking up a Camberwell while listening to this just might be the right way to push up the daisies. Clearly this drove the Lemster to getting on with doing some serious arse kicking. Other than that can I say: fucking hippies.

Hippy that I was in the early 70’s, I somehow totally missed Hawkwind. This is the first album of theirs that I’ve ever listened to & I have to confess that I only skimmed quite a few tracks (so many of them are so bloody long). I find the whole cosmic space thing just a bit irksome - all that constant whirling synth & all that serious spoken-word sci-fi bullshit. Still I did find a couple of decent rock tracks here - Orgone Accumulator (whatever that is) & Time We Left This World Today. Unsurprisingly the latter is one of the songs Lemmy is the vocalist on. I own a single by Inner City Unit, who I’ve always thought were Hawkwind under another name. Having googled the name , I find that only Nik Turner & Dead Fred were members of this band - but do yourself a favour & listen to their last single, Bones Of Elvis. I find this more listensble than anything on Space Ritual. And it’s funny. In a good way.

I guess you had to be there... I don't mind space rock, and this rocks more than most. I found the first 20 minutes vaguely entertaining, but this just goes on _forever_. Orgone Accumulator, Time We Left This World Today and Master of the Universe are the only songs that really stand out as songs, compared to the aimless noodling and meandering noises that make up most of the album. The synthesizer wibbles and swirls are incessant. I could live without the spoken word, as all of the lyrics are science fiction twaddle and so really need a tune to carry them. That said, this is a precursor for a lot of the psych and doom metal that I listen to now (Wooden Shjips, Boris, Electric Wizard, etc), so it's not all bad. The cover art is outstanding. And I'm sure the live show was pretty fun, if you had enough drugs. But I don't really need to sit through the whole record again, let alone the extended re-release with an hour of bonus tracks.

Embarrassing. Self indulgent pap proving bad music can be made in every period.

Odd but good album. some great bass groves.

Some of the jams are really good but this was just really long, sci-fi space psychedelic rock that sort of just noodles all over the place. All of the spoken word stuff sounded really corny to me and most of it just ended up feeling completely nonsensical. Really wasn't a fan of this much at all but I can respect the skill they had and some of the riffs and instrumental passages. Maybe baked out of my mind I'd love this, who knows?

just kind of boring all sounds the same, corny lyrics

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.

6/10 Could be better not live

a 2 hour live album is a rubbish way to be introduced to a band...

spaciger rock

This album's atmosphere is great, it's fun to listen to, but it's also not really something to listen to consciously, more something to have on in the background. It's really long and repetitive, so it kinda suits that. The sci-fi stuff makes it stand out. Down Through the Night is the best track on this album, I also thought some of the spoken interludes were cool or at least funny. Some elements of the other longer songs are interesting. Respectfully a 3/5 Listened 5/27/23 10/1001

Listenable.

Yea not bad, a little long

too jamband for me

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

Lemmy in speed > lemmy on acid

It was either kind of good or 'turn on, tune in, drop out' new age hippie bullshit. Somewhere in between maybe... some of it was listenable.

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

I tried to listen to this twice and couldn't make it half way. A double live album by a mediocre band has no business on this list. Have Hawkwind no decent studio albums they could have included instead?

"Down Through the Night" had a catchy riff that repeated endlessly. However, this album should have been titled, "Wish We Were King Crimson".

Heady and jammy, this feels like only half the equation, which it sort of is — part of the thrill of their live performance was from the on stage antics. Still, this is a good collection, even if it’s missing their best song. Guess you just had to be there.

Interesting

There's a couple of really good songs in there, but the whole thing, and even the good songs, are far, far too long. I like some long songs and albums, but they have to go somewhere... this did not.

I think a double album is too much. They could have made a great single album from these recordings. The first couple of songs are very good. The singing is not entirely up to par. Maybe that's why there's not so much of it. Then the middle part is not very interesting to me. My favorite song is near the end: Master of the Universe.

Very jammy, and with the straight ahead nature of it, it's very listenable. Plus the live recording is so high quality that it doesn't even sound live, which is great. It doesn't sound cosmic enough to lift me off into outer space like "space rock" implies, but I can hear how it would be powerful in a live context, and the psychedelic interludes are a nice contrast to the classic rock.

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.

Live album of spac rock/prog rock. Long, loose tracks that have interesting bits of instrumentals, but mostly too drawn out for my taste. Standout is "Orgone Accumulator"

meh, not my thing

Its nonsense really. But there were times that I would seriously groove along to this. If it wasnt nearly 2 hours long, Id probably fall more favourably off the genius/shite line that it walks.

Album 12 of 1001 Hawkwind - Space Ritual Favorite Track : Orgone Accumulator Rating : 3 / 5 For the sake of the "project", I sat through this 2 hour live album. I'm not a big fan of live albums. There are exceptions, of course. This could be one of them. I wasn't sure about it in the beginning. Just seemed to be all over. It took a while to get going for me, but it grew on me. The bass is rocking. They are obviously committed to what they're doing and give a strong performance. It certainly has it's moments. It pulled itself up from an early 1 to a 3.

The proggier aspects haven't dated well but the mad hypnotic space-rock jams are still fantastic

это невероятный психодел. не смог я с одного подхода осилить альбом, уж больно он загружает музыка с невероятной энергетикой, еще и лайв. попробовать точно стоит

видимо надо быть в особом состоянии чтобы полностью преисполниться... местами интересно звучит, ухо цепляется к вокалу, ритмике и мастерингу, но так как это слишком долго идет, то я уже очень устал это слушать

Страшно, очень страшно! Мы не знаем что это такое, если бы мы знали что это такое, мы не знаем что это такое. Ну во-первых начнём с того, что это очень долго. Неоправданно? Не факт. Ну то есть, если сказать "А, ну это психодел" - всё становится понятно. Там в песне идёт два-три развития, куда уж там в 3 минуты уложиться. С одного раза послушать довольно тяжело. Во-вторых, может быть, у меня конечно крыша едет, но... басист не успевает за остальной группой? Да и вообще сведено как-то странно: если планировалось делать бас-гитару солирующим инструментом - чего она тогда такая глухая? И конечно же: всратое стерео! Не, ну ладно, здесь они пытались играться с динамическим панорамированием, но иногда получалось прям-таки слишком глючно, что хотелось сразу выключить. Окей, вопросы к сведению снимаются: это лайв. И всё равно, инструменты звучат как-то очень гулко, невыразительно... это сбивает с толку. Не знаю, впечатления смешанные. Вспоминая Spiritualized (кажется, это самое близкое из уже прослушанного), там был просто до отвала балдёжный звук. Здесь идеи вроде всё те же. Но запись говно. Альбом в списке, скорее всего, чтобы показать, что может получиться, если смешать шугейз, психодел и Спейс-рок. Везде всё абстрактное, получилось ещё более абстрактное.

"это она звучит в аду" ладно, в целом неплохо. чуть (достаточно) меньше и качественнее и ебать мы бы кайфовали, а так 2+, с рекомендациями особенно ебанутым

What kind of psychedelic nonsense is this? Booooooo.

My only familiarity with Hawkwind is that it was Lemmy’s other band. I’ve since found that this was quite incorrect, as they were certainly a very well established band before Lemmy joined (as well as after he stopped performing with them). Turn out I know nothing, so let’s listen! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Down Through The Night This was very different to what I was expecting. They sound very different to Motörhead. The music reminded me of Rush, but less intricate and more trippy and psychedelic. I imagine that with a certain mindset, maybe if trying to listen to this as an audiological modern art piece, then I may have enjoyed this more than I did. Some of the songs were good, but there was also a lot of ambient filler throughout. It is also a long album to listen to, and it did t really motivate me to listen again. I can appreciate this album, but it’s not one I’ll likely listen to again.

Dark psychedelia, certainly can hear the space themes

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Prog rock is hit or miss for me. Not having heard any previous versions of these tunes, I found myself not enjoying the multiple rounds through the song as it developed into a 15 minute piece. Glad I’ve heard it, but probably won’t return to it.

Genres: Space rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, proto-punk, hard rock Formed: London in 1969 Run time: 21 songs, 2 hours, 12 min Two hours, now that’s an album. Does the quality a match the quantity? If you’re looking for deep meaningful lyrics, this isn’t the place to find them. The album explores space and our place in it. The lyrics are very basic, almost childish in their simplicity. The original was shorter, and this reissued/remastered version was expanded. I suppose it gives fans more of what they want, but for the rest of us it’s a bit self-indulgent. Instrumentally good, lyrically poor. If you like Prog, you will probably like this. I’m not in that camp. It drags on for me and some of the sound effects are jarring and unpleasant. I know some groups like to experiment and push boundaries, but this album is too much. Four tracks are close to or over 10 minutes. Half the tracks have less than 500k plays on Spotify and the rest are less than 100k. I like the Hawkwind track “Silver Machine” but found nothing comparable on this album. I will never listen to this album again. Two hours I’ll never get back! I may listen to a “best of”. My Rating: **

can’t get into it

I usually like Hawkwind, but this live album was a bit of a struggle to get through in one go.

Rock psicodélico setentero. Ni fu ni fa.

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

Hippy shit

I really enjoyed this album. Sure, the ‘space poetry’ is a bit naff and the music isn’t as tight as you’d get from a studio album but it’s a banger of a journey into stoner rock and some lovely bass work. Highlights: Lord of Light and Orgone Accumulator

psych rock style

2h 12 min huhhuh tähän mahtuu monet vuodet, vuosikymmenet vuosisadat PRKL! Sodat nälkävuodet noitavainot tässä.. kun on niin paljon pituutta.. mahtuu vaikka mitä tämmöseen aikamäärään ja aikahan ei ole avaruutta niikuin käy albumissa selväksi... Selväksi käy myös muut totuudet avaruudesta.. heh tiedemiehiäkö... Uskomattomia asioita vaikka audiovisuaalisesta puolesta vain audio.. uskomattoman mid.. heh.. 3....

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.

OK baseline and some of the kisic good. Shame about the lyrics and some of it sou ding like Ross ' keyboard playing!

I can't stand this band, at all. The vocalist is whiny, the musical movement is to trippy and out there for my tastes. But, I was very impressed by the bassist powerhouse Lemmy Kilmister. I doubt I'll give this album or Hawkwind more proper listening time, I just can't gel with the genre. 3 out of 10

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

Very cool psychedelic rock Sounds like the love child of The Door & Jimi Hendrix at times Interesting use of delay and reverb to give it an over all spacey theme Great album just not particularly my cup of tea

Terrifying

*rips bong* Groovy. *rails speed*

I know what Hawkwind IS but I've never actually heard them. Pretty sure I know what to expect. But a 2 hour live album.... fuck, ok. Not too bad all things considered. Definitely played its whole hand by about the 15min mark, but enjoyable enough. Interesting little footnote in the history of rock with the whole Lemmy connection etc. Could have probably done with a studio album instead, but whatever. 3/5.

Blaah, kokonaisuus pitkästyttävä ja jäi lopulta kesken.

Ei nyt jaksanu vetää happoi ja fiilistellä kokonaan. Ihan makeita juttuja välillä, mut liikaa trippailua. Musa musana sanon minä

Super monotonous rock. No melodies and just wild banging on the drums. I really don't like it.

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

The only cool thing about this band is the fact that Lemmy was in it for a time and appears here. Sadly, he cannot save it. Dull, shitty sound, and too long. I really didn't like this much at all. The only thing saving it was the occasional kinda cool riff and the fact that I can't give anything Lemmy was involved with a 1. I'd rather listen to the worst Motorhead album than this any day.

God, was I relieved when this was over. It's really hard to motivate myself to listen to longer albums like this. That being said, it was okay. The music kinda felt like it was going in one ear and out the other, only grabbing my attention a few times during the duration of the album. It's an impressive album though, and good on anyone who enjoys this. I liked the interlude/introductions that some of the songs had. My favourite song was probably Down Through The Night, but barely anything stood out.

These guys rock harder than prog, maybe Lemmy joining by this point made the difference but I don’t like ‘em enough to go back and do a thorough investigation. Good riffs, but with many songs jamming over the 6-10 minute mark, I wish they were more economical (and less lyrically gimmicky).

"Space Ritual as a whole is loud, messy, simultaneously pretentious, and gloriously dumb." -user p_q on RateYourMusic.com, 3/11/2019 This is like trucker music from space. Like Deep Purple ate way too much acid. Lemmy's bass drives this shit straight to the moon. Simultaneously cheesy and kick ass. Like combining LSD and speed. Brainstorm might be the highlight for me, but there were a lot of good moments if not songs. 7.5/10.

Weak, trying to do a Zed thing, I guess

Weird as shit Another space concept album from the 1970s Would like to hear the non live original album. Psychedelic acid trip that I didn't want. Thanks Spoken word poem about orgasms a highlight...until he started shouting at me. Now I'm just scared

actually good live album

Fuck yea

This was awesome 4/5

Not bad but not super strong either. Some great elements, so others not so much

Whoa, dudes, total heavyosity alert. One is a heavy metal hater but they create a more ambient vibe that doesn't seem meant to achieve black-hole darkness or outright scariness. The guitars while driving, are accessible and fuzzy to the point of softness or at least accessibility. The yrics are laughably un-profound -- see "Orgone Accumulator," which the vocalist has and which makes him feel greater and who will see you later; bookier prog-rock types would look seriously down on its intellectual merit. One recognizes and is vaguely intrigued by the subculture – maybe cult – suggested by such an extensive back catalog (the same people must be buying these records, sad and friendless people, one reckons) but not enough to go exploring.

Pretty cool!

Lite mastigt album. Men Lemmy är ju med.

Har egentligen aldrig hört Hawkwind, men anar att detta inte är den starkaste plattan. Den mest motbjudande lyssningen hittills tyvärr.

No thank you

Ew!

Holy crap. Was the name Hawkshit already claimed?

Alright i’m going to try my best to get through a couple more songs…no chance I listen to 2 hours of this. Not a fan

Great, a live double album by an obscure British space rock band. Muddy production, noodling, weird noses, droning vocals. Bleh.

This can’t be a real band

This was unbelievably boring

3.25

Oh no. For two hours? Hopefully it grows on me. Update: it didn't. Not actively offensive to the senses, but ponderous, overwrought, and absolutely boring.

Really this just confirms to me that I don't like Psych Rock, could be the fact that I was going through some nightmare anxiety but I think mainly the Psych Rock, I'm giving it like 1.5 stars

3/10 there were some cool sci-fi-y rock moments but Christ this was a slog to get through

6/10. Got on my nerves after a while, but had some kinda cool bits.

Quite bad. 3/10

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.

The mixing is kind of nice, and some of the riffs are very cool, but I simply cannot get past 2 things: the length of this album, and how terrible the lyrics are. I feel like at this point (1973), this was just kind of an unexplored space (no pun intended) and so, like, "a vaguely dystopian album about space" was a novel enough concept on its own, but man, does this feel trite now. These guys are kind of contemporaries with Rush and man, would I rather listen to a Rush album right now. Skipping standouts because none of the tracks really did anything to differentiate themselves from any of the other tracks. Rating: 2 (maybe 1?)

decent

This album is alright. I really like the guitar playing in the songs, but not enough to listen to it for 90 minutes straight. Also I didn't like the singing or the weird transitions between songs. If the album was shorter I probably would enjoy it more, but that's not the style of the genre. Favorite song: Brainstorm Worst song: Born to Go

I could go on and on about all the reasons I dislike this album, but I’ve spent too long listening to it already and I just don’t want to think about it anymore. Hate live albums. 1/5

Probably huge in the day, but seems overdone & drawn out by current standards

I've listened to this before, and I'm mixed on it. There is some good stuff but it's also quite long.

I couldn’t get myself to finish this one, having gotten distracted, losing my progress, and not wanting to restart it. Never heard of the artist or the album. It’s not bad in an obvious way or even all that boring, it’s just too long.

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.

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

Now I know what happens when I remark that an album is a tad long. I apologize, oh 1001 Albums overlords! This was indeed a case of Sonic Attack. I know this because I felt dizzy, and the need to vomit, and there was bleeding from orifices, and an ache in the pelvic region. Thankfully I knew what to do! There were some fun and interesting moments on this album, so I give it credit for that. I can even imagine that watching them live with the assistance of a substance or two might have made it more compelling, but as it was I was subject to fits of hysterical shouting Or even laughter.

At first glance at what I was into with this double album, I felt dread. Then I started to listen, an although I thought the production quality was a bit lacking, I wasn't terribly opposed to what I was hearing. Hmmm...I think I kind of like this psychedelic guitar rock...Wait, what is that somewhat irritating noise...Phew, that went away, but this one is dragging out a bit...Oh god! Spoken verse...Why?!?...When will it end...Okay, back to the groove and kind of diggin...aaaand he's talking again...How much longer is this?

I find this kind of music rather silly. When I wasn't bored, I was embarrassed for all of us. My favorite parts were the spoken word bits where the guy sounds like Hans Gruber stating his demands to the miracle that is the Eff Bee Eye. "The following people are to be released from their captors: In Northern Ireland, the seven members of the New Provo Front. In Canada, the five imprisoned leaders of Liberte de Quebec. In Sri Lanka, the nine members of the Asian Dawn Movement. Small babies should be placed inside the special cocoons and should be left, if possible, in shelters."

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

Weird shit

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.

Psychedelic space rock. Not bad but not great. I only made it partway through, it’s a veeeery long album.

Fucking awful.

Hawkins, what a name for a band.

There's too much, too many ethereal moon sounds, too much indulgence. Whittle it down to a strong 6-song album.

a little too out there for me

Ooof! This album was entirely too long. It was just noise after awhile and the lyrics were very interesting at times.

The fuck was that?

Interesting album, but after awhile it just drags on and on and on.

Well that was weird! Psychedelic rock is my jam but most of this album is too far out even for me.

Why are the worst albums always so long? This sounds like a garage band that formed hell-bent on becoming the next Black Sabbath but then just got way more in to the drugs part than the rock and roll.

Fantastic, ahead of its time Space Rock album. Phenomenal

Echte ouwe rock inclusief schreeuwlelijk :-). Niet mijn ding. **

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

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

Hawkwind reminds me a lot of Pink Floyd, Rush, and The Doors. They are definately in the psychedelic rock genre. I've never listened to any of their stuff before this exercise, but heard about them, and how "out there" their music was. You can definately tell that the "space race" of the 60s-70s had a major influence on their song style. The use of synthesizers, theramins, trumpets, heavy bass grooves, lasers... (basically whatever they could get their hands on) gave the music a very futuristic feel, and was very exploratory in nature. Something I noted, given this is a live album, you barely hear the crowd at all throughout the duration of the album. The end of "Welcome to the Future" is the only time they are heard to any degree. I think the music and copious amounts of hallucinogens lulled them into a trance for the duration of the concert, lol. I didn't hate this album, like I thought I would. There was definately some experimentation going on, and the long drawn out solos sometimes are hard to keep focus on, but there were a few songs that weren't bad on the album. Favourite songs: Time We Left This World Today, Upside Down, Orgone Accumulator Least favourite songs: The Awakening, The Black Corridor, 10 Seconds of Forever, Sonic Attack, Welcome to the Future (these songs are just noises and talking), Electronic No. 1 (just God awful theramin noises), You Shouldn't Do That (almost 11 minute drawn out, acid induced solo) 2/5

Weird as shit 3/10

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.

Never heard of this band before but they’re totally the kind of group I like. This album can be a bit much (lots of long, dense, sludgy jams) but I’d be curious to hear a more streamlined batch of studio-recorded songs from them. The opening number “Born to Go” has a big thunderous energy! And “Down Through the Night” keeps the momentum chugging along. Their rhythm section in general really keeps things moving on these long songs. “Lord of Light” has some ripping saxophone in it! 🎷🕺🏼 There’s a fair amount of druggy instrumentals and spoken word nonsense that I could do without. But this was a live show so I understand the theatricality of that. “Master of the Universe” is a heavy, hard-rocker. 😎👍 Sometimes the live recording makes the songs feel a bit distant when I wanted a louder, more immediate sound. I felt like I was in the third mezzanine wishing I was upfront next to the stage.

Lemmy and Ginger Baker were both in this band and that's great. Even from track 2 (which is really the first track as track 1 is an intro) you can hear the big time bass driven sound. Solid rock album. I like the weird in between songs too, like "The Awakening" which is very different than the tracks around it. There's definitely some thematic space / cult stuff going on that is very interesting. This is an album I'll have to hear again to pick up all the details.

This was briefly engaging in spurts but overall, not my thing. Literally needed to take ibuprofen towards the end.

OK, here’s another genre of rock music I didn’t know: space rock. A few chords over a repetitive bass, aggressive drumming, background electronic “space” sounds… hypnotizing in its way, but I get the feeling it sounds better when high… not for me, sorry.

Interesting acid rock album

Definitely not high enough for this one.

“In case of sonic attack on your district, follow these rules: if you are making love it is imperative to bring all bodies to orgasm simultaneously.” Spacey. Some of that guitar was surprisingly grungy.

crazy lunatic stuff

Live album

not bad but live and 2 discs... kinda annoying

Not that bad, but 2h12m is too long... and a live album should NOT be in this list, period.

I could've done with less of the narration or whatever but mostly I really dug this.

interesting 3.5

Am I in an arcade? They have more than one album? Someone remastered them? It's not my cup of team, but there are some moments of rhythmic music.

Took about 10 seconds to realize this album wasn't for me and i was regretting my commitment to listen to every note of every album on this list. I could have given it two stars if it was only an hour long, but someone decided this deserved a double album and 2 hours and 15 minutes of length. I will say that Down Through the Night was a glimmer of interest, but the rest is pointless noodling dreck.

The album starts very well; the songs are likable, even psychedelic rock not being my favorite thing. After 1st hour, the songs start to lose any sense...why I'm still listening to it? After 2nd hour: Is this real life? The album's end is in a melting brain by psychedelia, "space rock" (whatever that means), and poetry(?). I got why this album is on the list, but more than 2 hours (only 2 hours?) of anything is enough to enjoy and hate that thing. Watching the live presentation looks like an authentic experience, but listening to it is just part of it and, at the most, is enjoyable. At its worst is annoying. A perfect 3-stars

Not really my cup of tea.

I need more drugs for this one.

3.5 some song feel like they don't belong, the album absolutely over stays it's welcome. But they do a great job of giving the feeling of being in space for most of it. If I was on shrooms this would probably be 5 stars.

Een trip, door het universum

I haven’t been attracted by it.

Сложный альбом, трудно было слушать, интерес какой-то был, но его надо искать, с учетом 2 часов это тяжко.

Just to much

Hard to know if they take themselves too seriously or not seriously at all. Better than I expected.

Fun album - but up to a point. Space rock at its best, allegedly, is very entertaining in small doses. Listening to a song or two was a great experience, sound of guitars really could take light years away from Earth. But the whole album was almost 2 hours, and trying to listen to those 'sounds of future' quickly became unbearable. I won't recommend this album to anyone, but I would gladly put a random song from this album on a party, as a 'something different and weird'. But that has to be reflected in the rating as well.

I get there was a whole art scene thing behind this, and this space theme I guess would have come out more strongly if I’d paid better attention to the lyrics? But as a purely sonic entertainment I’m not sure it’s distinguished much from any regular old hippie jam-a-roo, and one (at double length) I found increasingly tedious. Scrapes the barest three stars with me for style and the in-your-face artiness.

Lots of incredible parts, but too long and filled with a quite a bit of fluff.

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

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

similar to the grateful dead in that its a really long album that is meant to be listened to high and in person 2.5

Very interesting music genre. Great musicians and love the weirdness.

just sounded the same throughout the album. May have needed to take or smoke some things beforehand to appreciate.

Self-indulgent prog rock jam with a bit harder edge. I didn't notice when the album started repeating again from the beginning.

This didn’t do much for me too weird but can see why it’s on the list.

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

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

listened to about 10 minutes then decided a couldn’t be bothered. silly space noises for 2.5 hours is not my cup of tea 2/5

I didn't know this band. Not bad.

Rock psicodélico setentero. Ni fu ni fa.

Space rockpsychedelic rockprogressive rockproto-punkhard rock. Un poco rollo.

This album is close to 2 hours which is way too long for an album. The songs themselves are not that good either. There were some good parts of the music but those were overextended and the lyrics were crap. Some of the music was just weird too. I started skipping songs. It is better than a one not really a two. I will round down.

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

Thanks to this album leart about Space rock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_rock good sounds but a little boring.

What a magic journey

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.

Nope. Too long and meandering, lyrics are goofy, and the chord progressions are by-the-book. Nothing special here.

1972 - Space rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, proto-punk, hard rock

Jesse play "the 2 hour long psychedelic space rock album about accumulators and simultaneous orgasms, featuring Lemmy from Motörhead on bass with the naked woman on the cover" even if we scare the hoes. Yo Mr White that's a great idea. I love that album. My favorite song is "Brainstorm", which goes on for 14 minutes and roughly 12 minutes of that is a guitar solo.

It is a strong 3 though…. It’s fun…..

Man I got no clue on this one but I still don’t like the inclusion of live albums in the book… The set starts with earth cooling a perfect intro for a gig… Then rip roaring guitars come crashing in to announce the entry of born to go. The songs nearly 10 mins long which I think would be good if it held more lyrical ground other than just being 95% cool guitar solo, also the vocals aren’t even that great, but I’ll give that a pass as it’s a live album, so therefore it’s much harder to enjoy as the listener isn’t where the band originally intended to hear it. Then is down through the night it’s more compact than the last one which makes it better only at a fairly average 6 minutes. Again the guitars are by far the stars but as it’s shorter the vocals aren’t just a super super minor part. The awakening is just a small spoken part just to add “ atmosphere” to the set. Rolling out of that bolts in lord of light, it’s more vocally driven than the others but still holds awesome punching instrumental work,nice song! Out of the rubble ascends the black corridor just the same as the awakening to be fair. Space is deep really mixes choppy guitars with the background noise. I’am not sure if the vocals work too well with it but it’s still a good enough song. At 8 minutes the song does drag but what one on here doesn’t? Then is electronic No 1 it’s just a passable instrumental to be fair. Orgone accumulator is a 10 minute epic, this one’s really rocking probably a favourite of mine ( even if the instrumental is too long)! Upside down has such a cool guitar riff it’s short and sweet very enjoyable. 10 seconds of forever is just another spoken bit. It’s alright. Brainstorm is 13 f-ing minutes long and it’s an alright sonic just these longer songs don’t tend to strike the right chord with me especially on this generator. Still good enough though. Seven by seven is a slightly slower track at 6 minutes it’s certainly very enjoyable still just hard not having herd the original versions before. Sonic attack is the best spoken track it’s still odd as fuck but it’s cool. While it has repetitive lyrics, time we left this world today is a decent tune not too special but not shit. The penultimate track on the tracklist I’am going by master of the universe it’s cool very heavy it’s only 7 minutes, which isn’t bad for this album, so yeah cool song! It ends with welcome to the future it’s like most of the spoken tracks but with nice guitars. So a pretty druggy track. And a very druggy album, also not an album i’am a huge fan of. There’s bits I like and I won’t call it bad but without the knowledge of studio releases I have to give it a…

“A live double album recorded in 1972” is probably all you need to know about this one. I skimmed through this and whatever they were taking clearly took it’s toll on their creative faculties. Repetitive and indulgent.

Life's too short to listen to this. I did however skip to Orgone Accumulator out of curiosity. The Pop Will Eat Itself cover pisses all over this.

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

Better than I thought after reading the wiki.

4.5

2 stars. The tracks that were actual songs were like 3-4 stars, but so much nonsense in between. Why?

Oh no. I’m not that kind of girl.

4.25

Yesterday's album was a boring and repetitive effort. So I gave it one star and was looking forward to today's effort. When I saw what it was I had low expectations. They weren't met. I kept falling asleep but it sounded like the same song. 21 times! 1001 Alvin's has thrown up some wonderful surprises - PJ Harvey, 1 Eno album, Keith Jarrett, among others. But it has also introduced me to acts that were so unlistenable it defies logic that they made money.

Way too long for some unremarkable 70s stoner rock

Really enjoyed listening to this album, but not quite a 4 for me.

I tried it twice but the quality was bad and also I am not a big fan of live albums. And then the music was too weird for me..

I've been recommended Hawkwind for over a year now, and I'm glad to finally get around to them. Most cosmic rock I've heard is more on prog rock side, with some on the more krautrock end. But this is heavy, a derivative of the acid metal of the late 60s and early 70s. It's a very atmospheric work. Guitar solo isn't what I think of when it comes to this album. There's the wobbly synth effects that give off the cosmic feel extraordinarily well, always the focus but never too reliant on its effect. You have to be really careful when your album and each piece goes on for so long, and they pull it off well. Brock on the vocals and guitar feels more like a compliment, as if he displays himself as the star to the audience, but the atmosphere just overtakes and shrouds him in a cloak. Such characteristics make the album perfect for listening to while high. Nik Turner on the sax and flute are more familiar noises to us, complimenting the synths to add to the surreal nature, while still accessible to audiences. But by far Lemmy takes it away on bass. I can't believe his creepy voice is the same raspy cowboy voice he has on Motorhead. The major downside is its length. By the time you're half way through, there aren't any highlights to look forward to. It's still cool, but after listening to this album twice, I sighed both times by the time I got to the 14-minute "Brainstorm." If the album were cut in half, I would appreciate each track much more and award it a 4. But with an atmospheric album like this, especially considering the time era and the fact it was live, there are limitations on what can be done.

I'm a sober man now a days. So this maybe didn't hit like it should have. However, if I ever decide to smoke again and have the time, I'm gonna slap this one on in the background.

Je partais avec un préjugé défavorable puisque c’est un live. Et bien peut-être à cause de la forme du spectacle, on oublie que c’est un live. On y découvre du rock psychédélique où on entend les fondements du stoner rock. Je vais sûrement revenir à cet album et explorer d’autres albums du groupe.

a concert album? no

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

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