Sonic Attack

by Hawkwind

Sonic Attack cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 October 1981
  • Label: RCA
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 42:17
  • Community rating: 3.27/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Huw Lloyd-Langton, Harvey Bainbridge, Dave Brock, Martin Griffin, Michael Moorcock

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Hawkwind's 'Sonic Attack' continued the band's long-running science-fiction rock mythology in a heavier early-1980s setting. The album includes spoken-word and conceptual elements tied to Michael Moorcock's writing, reinforcing the group's association with dystopian space-rock narratives.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, progressive, political

Tracklist

  1. Sonic Attack (4:45)
  2. Rocky Paths (3:38)
  3. Psychosonia (2:44)
  4. Virgin Of The World (4:22)
  5. Angels Of Death (6:02)
  6. Living On A Knife Edge (4:49)
  7. Coded Languages (4:53)
  8. Disintegration (1:07)
  9. Streets Of Fear (4:12)
  10. Lost Chances (5:45)

Credits

  • Harvey Bainbridge - bass, vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, directed by, written-by
  • Martin Griffin - drums, written-by
  • Jim Mountjoy - illustration
  • Arun Chakraverty - lacquer cut by
  • Huw Lloyd-Langton - lead guitar, vocals, other [harassed by], written-by, vocals, written-by
  • Dave Brock - vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, directed by, written-by
  • Michael Moorcock - written-by, vocals, written-by
  • Marion Lloyd-Langton - written-by

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