Love in Space

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Love in Space
Love in Space - Hawkwind.jpg
Live album by
Released20 May 1996
RecordedOctober 1995
Genre Space rock
Label Emergency Broadcast System
Producer Hawkwind, Paul Cobbold
Hawkwind chronology
Alien 4
(1995)
Love in Space
(1996)
Distant Horizons
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Love in Space is a 1996 live album by the English space rock group Hawkwind. It was recorded during the group's 1995 tour to promote the Alien 4 album.

Contents

It was re-issued in 2009 with bonus tracks taken from the Love in Space EP.

The cover is the last by Alan Arthurs, who was part of the band's crew and also worked on Brock's Devon farm, and had been responsible for covers from Electric Tepee onward. [2] On-stage photographs were by John Chase.

Track listing

CD1

  1. "Abducted" (Ron Tree, Dave Brock) – 2:53
  2. "Death Trap" (Robert Calvert, Brock) – 4:42
  3. "Wastelands" (a.k.a. "Wastelands of Sleep") (Brock) – 1:35
  4. "Are You Losing Your Mind?" (Tree, Brock, Alan Davey, Richard Chadwick) – 3:08
  5. "Photo Encounter" (Brock) – 2:16
  6. "Blue Skin" (Tree, Brock, Davey, Chadwick) – 6:56
  7. "Sputnik Stan" (Davey) – 10:20
  8. "Robot" (Calvert, Brock) – 7:38
  9. "Alien (I Am)" (Brock) – 8:52

CD2

  1. "Xenomorph" (Tree, Davey) – 5:16
  2. "Vega" (Davey) – 3:33
  3. "Love in Space" (Brock) – 9:43
  4. "Kapal" (Brock, Davey, Chadwick) – 6:05
  5. "Elfin" (Davey) – 2:09
  6. "Silver Machine" (Calvert, Brock) – 3:35
  7. "Welcome to the Future" (Calvert) – 2:10
  8. "Assassins" (a.k.a. "Hassan-i-Sabah" (Calvert, Paul Rudolph) / "Space Is Their (Palestine)" (Brock)] – 8:40

Atomhenge CD bonus tracks

  1. "Love in Space" (Brock) [Studio Version] - 4:48
  2. "Lord of Light" (Brock) [Live] - 3:52
  3. "This is Hawkwind Sonic Attack" (Michael Moorcock, Brock) [re-mix] - 7:05

Personnel

Hawkwind

Credits

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [3] 16

Release history

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References

  1. Thompson, Dave. "Love in Space Live - Hawkwind : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  2. Alan Arthurs. "Hawkwind Love in Space" . Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  3. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 30, 2023.