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General Information
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Artist...............: Hawkwind
Album................: Hall Of The Mountain Grill
Year.................: 1974
Genre................: Psychedelic/Space Rock
Number of Songs......: 9
Duration.............: 00:41:30 min
Audio Format.........: MP3
Bitrate..............: CBR 192 HQ
Channels.............: Stereo / 44,100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Included.............: M3U, Covers
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Release Notes
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Track Listing:
01. "The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear in Smoke)" - 7:21
02. "Wind of Change" - 4:36
03. "D-Rider" (Nik Turner) - 6:14
04. "Web Weaver" - 3:10
05. "You'd Better Believe It" - 7:15
06. "Hall of the Mountain Grill" (Simon House) - 2:24
07. "Lost Johnny" (Lemmy Kilmister / Mick Farren) - 3:28
08. "Goat Willow" (Del Dettmar) - 1:37
09. "Paradox" - 5:25
Album Review:
The band's best studio album, coming off of the success of Space Ritual. The group's
rock roots are juxtaposed effectively with the swelling synthesizer flourishes and
pretentious song ideas, creating the quintessential guitar-oriented space rock record.
The highlight was the live recording of "You'd Better Believe It," with its crunchy
guitars, but nobody minded keyboardman Simon House's languid synthesizer-laden
"Hall of the Mountain Grill" (especially as it was followed by the Lemmy-sung
"Lost Johnny," a great all-out rocker). The sound, especially the mix of ballsy
high-volume guitar playing and soaring electronic keyboards ("The Psychedelic Warlords,"
"D-Rider"), would later get co-opted by outfits such as Blue Oyster Cult ("(Don't Fear)
The Reaper") and Kansas. Overall, this is the sound and imagery that the punkier kids
and druggies who went to shows like Laserium were looking for, and if the producers of
Laserium had devised something hooked around this record, it could have run 20 years
or better.
- Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
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