Sonic Attack

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Sonic Attack
Sonic Attack cover
Studio album by Hawkwind
Released 1981
Recorded 1981
Genre Space Rock
Length Hawkwind and Pat Moran
Label RCA/Active
Producer Hawkwind
Professional reviews
Hawkwind chronology
Levitation
(1980)		 Sonic Attack
(1981)		 Church of Hawkwind
(1982)

Sonic Attack is a 1981 studio album by Hawkwind. It reached #19 on the UK album chart.

Michael Moorcock contributes lyrics and vocals, his theme being social control through the use of language. Musically it is probably one the band's most Heavy Metal leaning albums.

"Angels Of Death" was released as a single backed by the non-album "Transdimensional Man".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Side 1
  1. "Sonic Attack" (Moorcock/Hawkwind) 4:47
  2. "Rocky Paths" (Lloyd-Langton) 4:00
  3. "Psychosonia" (Moorcock/Hawkwind) 2:32
  4. "Virgin of the World" (Bainbridge) 4:32
  5. "Angels of Death" (Brock) 5:42
Side 2
  1. "Living on a Knife Edge" (Brock) 4:48
  2. "Coded Languages" (Moorcock/Bainbridge) 4:50
  3. "Disintegration" (Brock) 1:05
  4. "Streets of Fear" (Brock) 5:19
  5. "Lost Chances" (Moorcock/Brock) 5:44
CD bonus track
  1. "Transdimensional Man" (Brock) 5:05

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Credits

  • Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Wales, June to August. Produced with Pat Moran.
  • Sleeve designed by Jim Mountjoy and Andrew Christian.

[edit] Notes

  • "Sonic Attack" is a re-recording of the Space Ritual spoken piece with a new electronic backing.
  • "Psychosonia" starts with the coded "Abu Wabu Mabu Dabu Aka Taba Kata Bata Da Da Da Da Tee Aitch Ee Why Aey Are And Ee Tee Are Why I An And A Jee Tee And An O Are O Bee You And An Ess Oh Eff Oh You Are Are I Jee Aitch Tee Tee And An O See O Em Em You En I See Aey Tee And Ee"
  • "Virgin Of The World" is credited as being from Church of Hawkwind, and indeed appeared on that album as "Experiment with Destiny".

[edit] Release History

  • Oct-1981: RCA/Active, RCALP 6004, UK vinyl - initial copies came with a lyric sheet insert.
  • Oct-1996: Emergency System Broadcast Records, EBSCD123, UK CD
  • Oct-1996: Griffin Records, GCD612-2, USA CD
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