Hawkwind - Levitation (2009 )
Posted by Ceolte at 15:16
EAC rip | 3CD | FLAC-image - Log - Cue | Covers | Release: 2009 | 1,23 GB
Genre: Space Rock | Label: Atomhenge
An excellent album that thoroughly dismisses any fears that recent personnel upheavals might have damaged Hawkwind in the slightest. Recorded with veteran drummer Ginger Baker as an absolutely astonishing replacement for the departing Simon King and with Huw Lloyd Langton clearly reveling in the guitar hero status accorded by the watching ranks of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Levitation captures Hawkwind at their most confident and brash. Certainly the mighty "Who's Gonna Win the War" has few peers within even the classic lineup's vocabulary, with its drift out of Tim Blake's brief but beautiful "Prelude," a transition to be proud of. Feeling ever so slightly churlish, one could point to the absence of Robert Calvert and Nik Turner as a decisive blow in the songwriting departure -- there is certainly a hint of style over substance hanging around a few of the lesser numbers ("Space Chase," "World of Tiers," "5th Second of Forever"). But the relentless crunch that occasionally deputizes for melody has excitement of its own, especially when paired with a Baker/Harvey Bainbridge rhythm section that simply doesn't know when to quit. Just missing the U.K. Top 20 upon release in November 1980, Levitation has since fallen into a degree of disrepute on account of its contents' ubiquity in the world of less than stellar Hawkwind compilations. Return to the original disc, however, and that reputation is certainly not deserved.
Dave Brock (guitar, vocals, keyboards)
Huw Lloyd-Langton - (guitars)
Tim Blake - (keyboards)
Harvey Bainbridge - (bass, backing Vocals)
Ginger Baker - (Drums)
Tracklist:
Disc One
1 Levitation 5:48
2 Motorway City 6:46
3 Psychosis 2:26
4 World of Tiers 3:16
5 Prelude 1:41
6 Who’s Gonna Win the War 4:45
7 Space Chase 3:11
8 The Fifth Second of Forever 3:27
9 Dust of Time 6:24
Bonus Tracks
Hawklords Rockfield Sessions 1979
10 Valium 10 (full version) 7:53
11 Time Of 4:11
12 Who’s Gonna Win the War (Hawklords version) 4:52
13 Douglas in the Jungle 6:53
14 British Tribal Music 3:57
Hawkwind
15 Nuclear Toy 3:00
16 Who’s Gonna Win the War (single version) 3:39
17 Brainstorm (live 1980) 5:47
Disc Two
Live at Lewisham Odeon 18th December 1980
1 Technicians of Spaceship Earth / Levitation 7:28
2 Motorway City 7:36
3 Death Trap 4:44
4 Angels of Death 6:06
5 The 5th Second of Forever [incl. "Psychosis] / Dust of Time 12:02
Disc Three
Live at Lewisham Odeon 18th December 1980
1 Running Through My Back Brain (Messages) 6:23
2 Dangerous Vision 5:06
3 Who’s Gonna Win the War 7:26
4 PSI Power 4:50
5 Shot Down in the Night 7:15
6 World of Tiers 5:18
7 Space Chase 4:1
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