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Those who like Hawkwind can be pretty uncritical, whereas those who don’t definitely compensate for that generosity of spirit. This compilation is probably gtreen kryptonite for Abba and Adele-listeners, as much as those artists often repel Hawkwind fans. Greater minds than mine have asked will happen when Hawkwind are no more? Will there be a tribute act? Will space rock return? You’d think it could, particularly if there are exciting revelations about alien life, missions to Mars, mining of asteroids, etc, capturing the imagination of noisy geeks who like an occasionally bifter.
The unappreciated aspect of Hawkwind is their range, and the unfamilar listener could easily say “It’s Hawkwind, Jim. But not as we always know it”. Which Hawkwind? They have produced 34 studio albums. This excludes the 12 live ones, including the incomparable and possibly immortal “Space Ritual”. Folk, psychedelic, progressive, proto-metal, almost-punk, rave, tribal native American, electronic, orchestral, or what? This 6-CD compilation takes most of the well-known tracks plus deep cuts, single versions, and the occasional live recording, as well as definitive tracks – the “Master of the Universe” here is the one from “In Search of Space” where Lemmy’s bass » Continue Reading.