This Hawkwind disc has a bit of a different sound than some of their other albums had. There’s almost a punk rock edge to a lot of it. For my money, that doesn’t work completely well for the group. Still, when it’s Hawkwind even if there’s a bit of something that’s not all that effective, it’s still a great disc. I have reviewed a few of the tracks on the set previously on compilation album reviews. For the sake of consistency I’ve adapted those reviews for use here.

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This cut has a gritty rock and roll texture that is embellished with space rock elements that top the arrangement off.

There are some of the elements heard in the opener here, but this has more of a cheery psychedelic texture to it. There’s a keyboard dominated segment here that actually makes me think of Rick Wakeman.

A mellower tune, this seems a bit like something from In Search of Space. That said, some of the keyboard elements again feel like Rick Wakeman a bit. An instrumental segment late in the piece reminds one of “You Know You’re Only Dreaming.”

This track really seems to combine a lot of the sounds heard previously on the disc. It’s got great space science fiction lyrics. There are several twists and turns musically and this is arguably the best song on the set.