Space Ritual
by Hawkwind
- Type: Album
- Released: 11 May 1973
- Label: United Artists, Liberty, Parlophone
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 2:12:51
- Community rating: 4.56/5 from 9 ratings
Artists on this release: Lemmy, Dave Brock, Del Dettmar, Robert Calvert, Dik Mik, Simon King, Nik Turner
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded during the band's 1972 tour, 'Space Ritual' presents a continuous, immersive live performance that defines the space rock genre. The double album melds relentless proto-punk energy and heavy, trance-inducing riffs with layers of avant-garde electronics, saxophone, and flute. [2, 3] This sonic foundation is interwoven with spoken-word poetry from Robert Calvert and Michael Moorcock, creating a cohesive science-fiction narrative about interstellar travel that was accompanied by a full audio-visual stage show. [8, 9]
Genres
Descriptors: space, motorik, live, synth, sprawling
Tracklist
- Earth Calling (01:45)
- Born to Go (09:55)
- Down Through the Night (06:17)
- The Awakening (01:34)
- Lord of Light (07:17)
- The Black Corridor (01:51)
- Space Is Deep (08:12)
- Electronic No 1 (02:32)
- Orgone Accumulator (09:56)
- Upside Down (02:43)
- 10 Seconds of Forever (02:05)
- Brainstorm (13:46)
- Seven by Seven (06:05)
- Sonic Attack (02:53)
- Time We Left This World Today (05:42)
- Master of the Universe (07:40)
- Welcome to the Future (02:50)
- You Shouldn't Do That - Live, 2007 Version (10:47)
- Orgone Accumulator (08:54)
- Time We Left This World Today (13:24)
- You Shouldn't Do That (06:43)
Credits
- Dave Brock - guitar, vocals
- Nik Turner - saxophone, flute, vocals
- Lemmy (Ian Kilmister) - bass guitar, vocals
- Dik Mik (Michael Davies) - audio generator, electronics
- Del Dettmar - synthesizer
- Simon King - drums
- Robert Calvert - poetry, vocals, poet and swazzle
- Stacia - dancer, visual artist
- Barney Bubbles - sleeve design, stage set, writer
- Liquid Len - lightshow
- Michael Moorcock - writer
- Vic Maile - recording, mixing
- Anton Matthews - mixing