Spirit of the Age: An Anthology 1976-1984

Performer: Hawkwind
Distributor: Infinity Entertainment Gr

Notes: This anthology of veteran British space-rockers Hawkwind's middle period, from 1976's QUARK, STRANGENESS AND CHARM to 1984's THIS IS HAWKWIND, DO NOT PANIC finds an interesting array of players cropping up in the band's ever-changing roster, from Cream's Ginger Baker to Gong's Tim Blake. And it's immediately apparent that the lessons of punk and New Wave were not lost on these old hippies--they turned out some of their leanest, meanest, most concise tracks during this period. They still had spacehead vocalist/lyricist Robert Calvert on hand for much of this time, though, supplying the old interstellar themes.

Mojo (Publisher) (p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[It's] the 51-track SPIRIT OF THE AGE that shatters the received idea that Hawkwind's most potent work was created solely during the first six years of their existence." Record Collector (magazine) (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Kicking off with a previously unreleased, extended version of 'Reefer Madness,' which drips with strangeness, charm and phrasing, the first disc includes all that's good from the band's Charisma years."

Inspired equally by the hippie lifestyle/marathon jamming of the '60s West Coast bands and the interstellar excursions of Pink Floyd, Hawkwind helped invent "space rock" as we know it today. Through countless albums and personnel shifts, they've continued to combine heavy rock with science fiction in a futuristic setting, inspiring a generation of bands and several international space-rock festivals.

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