Reviews (page 8 of 8)
My love of lemmy might be entirely cancelled out by my dislike of most live albums. This is some kind of scifi proto-punk, but I don’t think I care for it. It feels lazy and uninspired. The recording quality is pretty poor as well. I like the distorted basslines, but that’s about all I can say that’s good here. There’s so many.. noises? Sound effects? I dunno, but it’s very unpleasant. “Space is deep” is about as deep of a sentiment as these lyrics go. I’m sure glad Motörhead exists, because it would be very depressing if this was Lemmy’s only legacy.
A wonderful album. The title track is, of course, an all-timer and is just one of those songs. The rest of the album is mostly covers and a few original tracks, including the fantastic “Behave Yourself”, all instrumental. What I love about this album is the way the electric organ serves as the main melodic device and serves a role in each song that would otherwise by served by either vocals or perhaps a lead guitar. In some tracks, the organ is played more like an organ, and in some it’s used for fast licks; the licks give a very interesting effect because the particular organ used doesn’t allow the notes to “overlap”. The effect is a very digital sound that belies the 1962 release date. The vibes of this album are second to none. It’s summertime backyard cookout, after you’ve already eaten and twilight is setting in and the heat is starting to relent. Beyond the vibes it’s also just excellent musicianship and interesting production. I don’t have any negatives to report really. 9/10
It’s not “bad”, but it’s long, boring and forgettable. Which might be worse
Pretentious and interminably long. I want my 2 hours back.
There were a few listenable moments, the rest was, to be polite, rubbish. Not even remotely deserving a place on this list.
This is a turgid mess of nothing in particular. My oh my it was hard work.
Awful continues.
Too out there for me.
This was rough AF, theres a pretty good guitar solo in one of the songs. Then a kazoo kicks in, then it just beeps for 2mins then I think something dies, then a fax machine boots up, it's dogshit, I didn't finish it and I never will 1
Mid af 1/10
I like a good jam band, but not this.
Awful
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Hard pass
Ugh, this is really just not very good. It sounds like a parody (which I guess could give it point for being influential?) I think they might have hit a grove about 30mins in, but way too little too late. I have zero interest in getting to the end of this live, 2 hour, prog rock, space jam.
Just noise. 1/5
More 60’s psychedelic bs. Actually really can’t stand this stuff now
So boring and so long. The only interesting parts were the weird spoken word parts and those did not make me like it more
Couldn't finish it
oh boy a double album into absolute no where. Whatever the fuck the spoken word part The Awakening is. Orgone Accumulator is pretty good. This damn sonnova bitch is such a painful slog in one go.
Proto Punk, which seem to have the creative concept seems to "see how many weird synthesizer noises one can throw against the wall to See If maybe some of them will stick.”
mmmmmm yes shove mid psych down my throat mmmm space and drugs and boobs mmmmmm wowza!
UNLISTENABLE.
So low energy... really didn't hook me at all. Kind of forgot it was on.
you guys know that Spinal Tap was a JOKE, right?
Painfully mediocre. I can’t wait for it to be done. I felt this way from the first song. It only gets worse. 2 hours!?! No. No more. I’m done. Goodbye Hawkwind.
I would have given this two stars for originality if it had been 30 minutes, maybe if it had been 45. But two hours of this? Nope.
Not my taste.
I might have been kinder to this album had this challenge not just served up the abomination 'Third' by the soft machine directly prior. Together, both albums represented 3.5 hours of psychedelic 70s Rock which is about 2.75 hours too much. I appreciate a good rock opera but add the psychedelic angle, and what seems to be a bunch of random noise, repetitive musical instrument notes and some absolute hippie bullshit space jargon. I'm not stoned = I'm out.
I felt so many emotions during this album! Boredom, anger, frustration, confusion and finally, acceptance (I accepted my need to skip the second disk!) The thing is there was a few interesting bits where I can hear Hawkwind starting to do something cool and interesting - and then we're right back into the weirdo meandering space astral projection transcendent jam session! I maintain the view that live albums are only for the fans, and are mostly too long and too annoying. Plus I'm not high enough to listen to this!
This album is a trip, not a good one, but definitely a trip.
I couldnt get into it
The noodling bits are bad enough but the talking bits are just awful
Oh dear.....
I couldn't do 2 hours of this - what a bunch of noise. NOT MY THING NOT EVEN CLOSE.
DNF. Is this music, or more just a collection of sounds? Album art is cool tho.
Again, I have to question the criteria for albums being added to this list. I had not heard of Hawkwind prior to seeing this album pop up. I read a bit about them and apparently they are pioneers of space rock and ethereal themes, but apart from a few interesting lyrics here and there, I don't see why this was an album I had to hear. The soloing sections were way overdone, although the sax and flute that popped up time to time were a nice break from the monotony. Two hours was way too long. What they had to say could have been said in a 30 minute set.
Not listening to all that…
This was so incredibly bad.
Terrible live playing. The bass speeds up and slows down constantly. Probably fine for people who can’t hear that I guess
Não é meu estilo, não finalizei
Off the bat this kind of sucks, I just have a low tolerance for mediocre vocals. A rambling album, maybe it would be ok without the vocals. 1* because this was much longer than it needed to be, it was torture. After a while I felt like I kept hearing the same guitar riff. 70s rock of jerking off to your guitar for several hours needs to stop. I'm learning psychedelic rock may not be for me. If I had to listen to this live, I would need copious amounts of drugs in me. Or a sleeping pill. I skipped the 3 alternate versions at the end. When they said "see you" in the last song, I took them up on it.
I hope there were some trippy space visuals and hilariously dated Doctor Who style alien costumes to keep the paying audience amused, as the audio alone was an absolute slog to get through. 1.5
Fucking hell this is even longer and even more pointless than that Allman Brothers live album I got a few weeks ago. I would give it 2 stars because some moments remind me of Queens Of The Stone Age which is cool, but that doesn't make up for the 2 hours of my life I wasted listening to this that I'll never get back.
An uninspired funeral dirge for jam band enthusiasts
Unless you’re on far too many mind-altering substances this is mostly unlistenable. I tried and just couldn’t do it.
1. earth calling - 0 2. born to go - 0 3. the night - 1 4. auuakening - 0 5. lord of light - 1.5 6. black corridor - 0 7. zpace deep - 1 8. electronic - 0 9. orgone - 1.5 10. upzide douun - 0 11. 10 zecondz - 0 12. brainztorm - 1 13. zeven - 0 14. zonic - 0 15. time - 1 16. mazter - 0 17 the future - 0 18. do that - 0 19. orgone - 0 20. time - 0 21. do that - 0
I guess if you are very stoned ………. Two hours is 1.5 hours too many.
Not awesome at all.
A nonsensical mess.
Since I do not smoke weed anymore, I can not imagine myself listening to this ever again. Ever.
Here we go again, more psychedelic stuff from the early seventies. On scale of ANNOYINGNESS this scores very high. Big Sigh. Sorry hawkwind, I getting on with my life now
Fuck that space shit
It’s really almost a perfect album.
This was terrible. Psychedelic jam band with a mixture is slam poetry. 🤮
Please what is this and why do I feel like I need to be high on every drug to understand what is going on
Utter insanity. I guess the drugs helped.
Nope, nope, nope. I need a break from the obscure UK bands
Que decir. No me gusta esta música. Marca mucho la época setentosa. Ni
Boring
Did not like
I had to tap out on this one.
It’s a no. I was not on acid when listening to this but I felt like I was on a horrible trip. Far too long. Nil point. Well, one good star. They obviously know how to play their instruments.
Would sound better in Dobly.
Livealbum
what the fuck???
Wtf was this?
Hate it
Didn't see why it's one of the best ever... Just typical drug rock of the era with too many interludes and spacey music. Wasn't a fan. I feel people just rate these albums highly due to it being what they grew up to and it's more nostalgia moments than the music itself
Pretentious pricks
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
Ummm it was a thing. It was not my thing.
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.
hated it
Strafpunt voor de lengte.
Unless you have taken a mind bending amount of LSD this gets tiresome pretty quickly
Fuck no.
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?
I don't enjoy 'live' albums
Von Haus aus sollte ich das eigentlich mögen, tatsächlich habe ich gerade überhaupt keinen Nerv drauf
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
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.
IDK dude. I mostly hated it. 1 star.
Having to sit through an entire Hawkwind concert. Played mostly on skip what I heard was repetitive and weird. Definitely not for me
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.
Embarrassing. Self indulgent pap proving bad music can be made in every period.
Listenable.
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".
What kind of psychedelic nonsense is this? Booooooo.
Not available in Canada
Hippy shit
Terrifying
Super monotonous rock. No melodies and just wild banging on the drums. I really don't like it.
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
Har egentligen aldrig hört Hawkwind, men anar att detta inte är den starkaste plattan. Den mest motbjudande lyssningen hittills tyvärr.
No thank you
Ew!
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
This can’t be a real band
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
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.
Weird as shit 3/10
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.
Live album
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.
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.
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.
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
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..
a concert album? no
Hawkward.
2nd March 2022 Listened in the day in the office and on the way to book club at Elliott’s. I don’t. Like. Prog. Rock. Don’t get it.
I'm 2 songs in, and if this doesn't get better, not sure I can make it through the remaining 19 songs... I think I need more LSD for this album. Now 5 songs in - I just can't. The looping effects and screeching make this album un-listenable for me. I shudder to think what the remaining 16 songs have to hold.
not enjoyable in the slightest
Not my thing
Terrible. I'm not listening to this. First 4 tracks were more than enough.
I imagine everyone at this concert was high as a kite. Just typical bad sounding 70s metal. 3/10.
Tried getting into this but could not.
Crummy hippie space junk. It fucking sucks and I hate everything about it.
I expected to at least like this, but it's more jazz with metal.
What a load of rubbish!
Ugh.
Had to turn it off 2 songs in, yikes. Really not my thing - a super jammy Phish like band but more metal sounding
Two strikes before I even started listening to this albums: 1) it's two hours long and 2) it's a live album. Uh oh. The best part was when it was over.
I imagine this is some people's idea of an amazing, legendary album. I get that, but it's not mine.
Naff!
Odd
No thanks
Nothing standing out for me here. Only really like live albums if I know the band and their songs.
Space, psychedelic, whatever. 0% my thing. Sorry Hawkwind.
not my vibe :/