Levitation (album)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Levitation | ||
 |
||
| Studio album by Hawkwind | ||
| Released | 1980 | |
| Recorded | 1980 | |
| Genre | Space Rock | |
| Label | Bronze Records | |
| Producer(s) | Hawkwind and Ashely Howe | |
| Professional reviews | ||
|---|---|---|
|
||
| Hawkwind chronology | ||
| Live Seventy-Nine (1980) | Levitation (1980) | Sonic Attack (1981)
|
Levitation is a 1980 studio album by Hawkwind. It reached #21 on the UK album chart.
The recording of this album began with the same line-up that had produced the previous Live Seventy-Nine album, but King dropped out during the sessions and was replaced by Ginger Baker.
A good proportion of these tracks had been played on the preceding tour and so were well arranged, but here less boisterous than their live counterparts. In the absence of Robert Calvert, lyrics tend to be cursory and the number of instrumentals is increased.
Who's Gonna Win The War? was released as a single backed by the non-album Nuclear Toy.
Contents |
[edit] Tracks
- Levitation (Brock) 5:48
- Motorway City (Brock) 6:48
- Psychosis (Bainbridge) 2:22
- World Of Tiers (Bainbridge/Lloyd-Langton) 3:30
- Prelude (Blake) 1:28
- Who's Gonna Win The War? (Brock) 4:45
- Fifth Second Of Forever (Brock/Lloyd-Langton) 3:11
- Space Chase (Lloyd-Langton) 3:27
- Dust Of Time (Brock/Bainbridge/Lloyd-Langton) 6:22
- Nuclear Toy (Brock/Lloyd-Langton) 3:30 - bonus track on Griffin CD
[edit] Personnel
- Dave Brock - guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Huw Lloyd-Langton - guitar, vocals
- Harvey Bainbridge - bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Tim Blake - keyboards, vocals
- Ginger Baker - drums
[edit] Credits
- Recorded at the Roundhouse, London, July and August, produced with Ashely Howe. This is one of the earliest rock albums to be recorded with the burgeoning digital recording technology.
- Sleeve by Linda Curry and Phil Tonkyn.
[edit] Notes
- World of Tiers is a reference to the series of science fiction novels by Philip José Farmer. It is musically reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac's Oh Well.
[edit] Release History
- Nov-1980: Bronze Records, BRON530, UK vinyl initial copies pressed on blue vinyl
- Jun-1987: Castle Communications, CLA129, UK CD and vinyl
- Dec-1988: Castle Communications, TFO17, UK 2CD and vinyl with Live Seventy-Nine
- Feb-1992: Castle Communications, CLABX911, 3CD with Live Seventy-Nine and Space Bandits
- Sep-1994: Griffin Records, GCD 230-2, USA CD
- Jul-1999: Essential Records, ESMCD736, UK CD digipak
