Doremi may not be Hawkwind's most renowned album, but it carries the same type of prog rock spaciness as their first two releases.
Even though the keyboard playing is trimmed down just a tad, the introduction of Ian Kilmister, otherwise known as Lemmy of Motörhead fame, makes up for it.
With Lemmy's hard-lined guitar playing and Del Dettmar's synthesizer stabs, tracks like "Space Is Deep" and "The Watcher" are infused with elaborate instrumental meanderings in perfect Hawkwind fashion.
The longer tracks, both "Brainstorm" and "Time We Left This World Today," find Lemmy settling into the band's extraordinary milieu, but it ended up being the album's strongest cuts.
There's a harder feel to the songs all the way through, with the guitar and drums coming to the forefront ahead of DikMik's "generators" and "hot electronics." Doremi is the inaugural album for drummer Simon King, and with guitarist Dave Anderson and percussion man Terry Ollis now departed, Hawkwind still manages to muster up a firm intergalactic space-metal atmosphere, but with a more rugged thrust.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BrainstormNik Turner | Hawkwind | Play | 11:35 | 26 MB | 78 MB |
| 2 | Space Is DeepDave Brock | Hawkwind | Play | 06:17 | 14 MB | 42 MB |
| 3 | One ChangeDel Dettmar | Hawkwind | Play | 00:48 | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| 4 | Down Through the NightDave Brock | Hawkwind | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 5 | Time We Left This World TodayDave Brock | Hawkwind | Play | 08:43 | 19 MB | 59 MB |
| 6 | The WatcherLemmy Kilmister | Hawkwind | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| 7 | (Brock) The elements that gather here Upon this hill shall cast no fear Of lines that match across t | Hawkwind | Play | 06:58 | 15 MB | 47 MB |
| 41 mins | 95 MB | |||||
| 41 mins | 273 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baron Brock | Guitar, Guitar (12 String), Vocals |
| 2 | Dave Brock | Composer, Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards, Vocals |
| 3 | Captain Nik | Flute, Saxophone, Vocals |
| 4 | Dave | Producer |
| 5 | Del Dettmar | Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Synthesizer |
| 6 | Dikmik | Electronic Sounds, Keyboards |
| 7 | Hawkwind | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 8 | Lemmy Kilmister | Composer |
| 9 | Simon King | Drums |
| 10 | Lemmy | Bass, Guitar, Vocals |
| 11 | Lemmy the Lurch | Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Vocals |
| 12 | Simon | Drums |
| 13 | Nik Turner | Composer, Saxophone, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |