Choose Your Masques

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Choose Your Masques
Studio album by Hawkwind
Released	1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	Space Rock
Label	RCA/Active
Producer	Hawkwind
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Choose Your Masques is a 1982 studio album by Hawkwind. Reached #29 in the UK album charts.

[edit] Track listing

Side 1

1. "Choose Your Masks" (Moorcock/Brock) 5:28
2. "Dream Worker" (Bainbridge) 4:58
3. "Arrival in Utopia" (Moorcock/Brock) 5:47
4. "Utopia" (Brock) 3:00

Side 2

1. "Silver Machine" (Calvert/Brock) 4:22
2. "Void City" (Bainbridge/Brock) 6:48
3. "Solitary Mind Games" (Lloyd-Langton) 3:58
4. "Fahrenheit 451" (Calvert/Brock) 4:48
5. "The Scan" (Bainbridge/Brock) 1:02
6. "Waiting for Tomorrow" (Lloyd-Langton) 3:46

CD release bonus tracks

1. "Silver Machine" (Calvert/Brock) 7:25
2. "Psychedelic Warlords" (Brock) 4:52

[edit] Personnel

• Dave Brock - guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Huw Lloyd-Langton - guitar, vocals
• Harvey Bainbridge - bass guitar, Keyboards, vocals
• Martin Griffin - drums
• Nik Turner - guest saxophone on "Void City"

[edit] Credits

• Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth – June & July 1982. Produced with Pat Moran.
• Sleeve designed by Andrew Christian and Terry Oakes.

[edit] Notes

• The lyrics for "Fahrenheit 451", contributed by Calvert, are based on Ray Bradbury's book.
• The Michael Moorcock tracks were originally credited to his wife Lynda Steele in order to by-pass Doug Smith in collecting royalties.
• "Dream Worker" features a sample of Ian Holm reading from The Lord of the Rings.
• "Void City" features a sample of The Outer Limits.
• "Silver Machine" and "Psychedelic Warlords" are re-recordings of the early 1970s singles which weren't originally intended for inclusion on the album.

[edit] Release History

• Oct 1982: RCA/Active, RCALP 6055, UK vinyl
• Oct 1996: Emergency Broadcast System Records, EBSCD124, UK CD
• Oct 1996: Griffin, GCD613-2, USA CD