Released 14 May 1982 Length 35:29 | Recorded 1981–1982 Producer Dr Technical Release date 14 May 1982 | |
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Church of Hawkwind is the twelfth studio album by Hawkwind, released under the band name Church of Hawkwind in 1982. The name change reflects the fact that this was a musical departure for the band, being a more experimental electronic offering rather than the usual heavy rock that the band were known for at the time.
Contents
- 1 angel voices
- Side 1 Space
- Side 2 Fate
- Atomhenge CD bonus tracks
- Griffin CD
- Personnel
- Credits
- Equipment listed
- Release history
- Songs
- References
Dave Brock resurrects the "Dr Technical" alias which he had previously used for production of the band's 1972 hit single "Silver Machine". This is almost a Dave Brock solo album considering the heavy bias towards his work, and none of these tracks were performed live by the band, save "Looking in the Future" which was re-recorded as "Letting in the Past" on It is the Business of the Future to be Dangerous.
"The Phenomenon of Luminosity" features a sample of John Glenn on the Friendship Seven spacecraft during the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission on 20 February 1962. An alternative version of "Experiment With Destiny" had appeared on the preceding year's Sonic Attack album as "Virgin of the World".
Although credited to Dave Brock, the track "Some People Never Die" borrows much of its material from the track "They Call Me Gun" on an obscure LP by "On The Seventh Day" (US Mercury Records 61248, 1970), right down to the Robert F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald shooting commentaries. An alternative edit of "Some People Never Die" is on "SpaceBrock" (2000).
The CD bonus tracks on the 1994 Griffin release were recorded in the 1990s and seem at odds with the overall feel of the album, and they were placed in the middle of a resequenced side 2 disrupting the flow of the album, for example the rowing that linked "Some People Never Die" with "Light Specific Data" now has 5 tracks in between. The 2010 Atomhenge CD restores the original running order and provides a different set of bonus material.
1 angel voices
Side 1: Space
- "Angel Voices" (Dave Brock, Harvey Bainbridge) 1:21 – Brock; Bainbridge
- "Nuclear Drive" (Brock) 3:39 – Brock; Lloyd-Langton; Griffin
- "Star Cannibal" (Brock) 5:31 – Brock; Lloyd-Langton; Griffin
- "The Phenomenon of Luminosity" (Brock) 2:40 – Brock
- "Fall of Earth City" (Brock, Bainbridge, Huw Lloyd-Langton) 3:24 – Brock; Bainbridge; Lloyd-Langton; Griffin
- "The Church" (Brock, Lloyd-Langton) 1:32 – Brock; Lloyd-Langton
Side 2: Fate
- "Joker at the Gate" (Brock, Bainbridge) 1:51 – Brock; Bainbridge; Griffin
- "Some People Never Die" (Brock) 3:52 – Brock; Sperhawk; Bodi
- "Light Specific Data" (Brock) 3:48 – Brock; Bainbridge; Griffin
- "Experiment with Destiny" (Brock, Bainbridge) 2:31 – Brock; Bainbridge; Griffin
- "The Last Messiah" (Brock, Bainbridge) 1:27 – Brock; Bainbridge; Madam X
- "Looking in the Future" (Brock) 4:03 – Brock; Bainbridge; Lloyd-Langton; Griffin
Atomhenge CD bonus tracks
- Angel Voices" [Extended Version]
- "Harvey's Sequence"
- "Fall of Earth City" [Alternate Version]
- "Water Music (Light Specific Data)"
- "Looking in the Future"
- "Virgin of the World"
Griffin CD
- "Angel Voices" (Brock, Bainbridge) 1:21
- "Nuclear Drive" (Brock) 3:39
- "Star Cannibal" (Brock) 5:31
- "The Phenomenon of Luminosity" (Brock) 2:40
- "Fall of Earth City" (Brock, Bainbridge, Lloyd-Langton) 3:24
- "The Church" (Brock, Lloyd-Langton) 1:32
- "Identimate" (Brock) 3:45 – bonus track – Brock; Davey; Chadwick
- "Some People Never Die" (Brock) 3:52
- "Damage of Life" (Brock) 5:50 – bonus track – Brock; Davey; Chadwick
- "Experiment with Destiny" (Brock, Bainbridge) 2:31
- "Mists of Meridin" (Brock, Alan Davey) 5:13 – bonus track – Brock; Davey; Chadwick
- "Looking in the Future" (Brock) 4:03
- "Joker at the Gate" (Brock, Bainbridge) 1:51
- "Light Specific Data" (Brock) 3:48
- "The Last Messiah" (Brock, Bainbridge) 1:27
Personnel
Credits
Equipment listed
Release history
Songs
1Angel Voices1:21
2Nuclear Drive3:39
3Star Cannibal5:32