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General Information
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Artist...............: Hawkwind
Album................: Warrior on the Edge of Time
Year.................: 1975
Genre................: Psychedelic/Space Rock
Source...............: CD
Number of Songs......: 12
Duration.............: 00:47:40 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. "Assault & Battery" (Brock) - 5:36
02. "The Golden Void" (Brock) - 4:34
03. "The Wizard Blew His Horn" (poem) (House, King, Moorcock, Powell) - 1:46
04. "Opa-Loka" (King, Powell) - 5:10
05. "The Demented Man" ( Brock) - 3:58
06. "Magnu" (Brock) - 8:15
07. "Standing at the Edge" (poem) (House, King, Moorcock, Powell) - 2:43
08. "Spiral Galaxy 28948" (House) - 3:41
09. "Warriors" (poem) (House, King, Moorcock, Powell) - 2:03
10. "Dying Seas" (Turner) - 3:03
11. "Kings of Speed" (Brock, Moorcock) - 3:48
12. "Motorhead" (Kilmister) (acetate demo) - 3:03
Album Review:
Hawkwind's fifth studio album found the band enjoying a rare oasis of stability
after the multitudinous personnel shifts of the past five years. Only the recruitment
of a second drummer, Alan Powell, disturbed the equanimity of the lineup that created
the previous year's Hall of the Mountain Grill, although it would soon be time to
change again. By the end of the year, bassist Lemmy had departed, vocalist Robert
Calvert had rejoined, and the group's career-long relationship with United Artists
would be over. In the meantime, Warrior on the Edge of Time ensured that it was
brainstorming business as usual. Decorated with a magnificent sleeve that unfolded
into the shape of a shield, Warrior on the Edge of Time delivered some of Hawkwind's
best-loved future showstoppers -- Simon House's far-reaching "Spiral Galaxy 28948,"
the frenetic "Assault and Battery," and the monstrous "Magnu" all made their bow here,
while the accompanying "Kings of Speed" single was certainly a big hit in the youth
clubs of the day, even if it did steadfastly avoid the chart. Remarkable, too, is
"The Golden Void," a stately bolero set, indeed, on the edge of time and buffeted by
one of the band's most impressive ever instrumental performances. A handful of tracks
do betray their age. Michael Moorcock's echo- and effects-laden recitation of
"The Wizard Blew His Horn" is impossibly overwrought, although it's worth sitting
through simply for the segue into the throbbing "Opa-Loka"; in fact, the entire album
is presented with minimal breaks between tracks, to deliver a seamless treat that --
in the light of Hawkwind's next musical moves -- has since seen Warrior on the Edge
of Time described as the band's last true "classic." It isn't, but you can easily
see why people think it might be. [The CD reissue includes one bonus track, Lemmy's
valedictory "Motorhead," recorded during the album sessions but released only as the
B-side to "Kings of Speed."]
- Dave Thompson, All Music Guide
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