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 Öyster 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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D-RiderNik Turner | Hawkwind | Play | 06:14 | 14 MB | 33 MB |
| 2 | You'd Better Believe ItDave Brock | Hawkwind | Play | 07:13 | 16 MB | 40 MB |
| 3 | Hall of the Mountain GrillSimon House | Hawkwind | Play | 02:22 | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| 4 | Lost JohnnyMick Farren, Lemmy Kilmister | Hawkwind | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 5 | Goat WillowDel Dettmar | Hawkwind | Play | 01:36 | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| 6 | ParadoxDave Brock | Hawkwind | Play | 05:25 | 12 MB | 29 MB |
| 7 | You'd Better Believe ItDave Brock | Hawkwind | Play | 07:13 | 16 MB | 40 MB |
| 8 | ParadoxDave Brock | Hawkwind | Play | 05:25 | 12 MB | 29 MB |
| 9 | Web Weaver | Hawkwind | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 42 mins | 96 MB | |||||
| 42 mins | 232 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roy Baker | Producer |
| 2 | Doug Bennett | Producer |
| 3 | Dave Brock | Composer, Guitar, Guitar (12 String), Harmonica, Keyboards, Organ, Synthesizer, Vocals |
| 4 | Paul Cobbold | Digital Remastering |
| 5 | Del Dettmar | Composer, Kalimba, Keyboards, Synthesizer |
| 6 | Mick Farren | Composer |
| 7 | David Hamilton | Assistant Engineer |
| 8 | Hawkwind | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 9 | Simon House | Composer, Keyboards, Mellotron, Synthesizer, Violin, Vocals |
| 10 | Lemmy Kilmister | Composer |
| 11 | Simon King | Drums, Percussion |
| 12 | Lemmy | Bass, Guitar, Rhythm, Vocals |
| 13 | Peter Mew | Digital Remastering |
| 14 | Andy Morris | Assistant Engineer |
| 15 | Nik Turner | Composer, Flute, Oboe, 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). |