Space Museum (album)

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Space Museum
Solid Space - Space Museum.jpeg
Studio album by
Solid Space
Released1982
Recorded1982
StudioStarforce Studios, Clapham and The Shed, Ilford
Genre
Length30:56
Label In Phaze
Producer Pat Bermingham

Space Museum is the sole studio album by British minimal wave band Solid Space. It was released in 1982 by In Phaze Records through cassette, eventually becoming a rarity. [1] It was produced by the record label's owner Pat Bermingham. [2]

Contents

The album's sound has been described as "cold, disconnected, minimal synth-pop full of eerie moods and bizarre melodies." It features lyrics inspired by science fiction novels and television programs, in particular the popular shows Doctor Who and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons , and often deal with traveling through the galaxy, "delivered in a robotic deadpan vocals." [1] Tracks such as "A Darkness In My Soul" (inspired by the Dean Koontz novel of the same name), "Destination Moon" (based on The Adventures of Tintin novel of the same name), and "Tenth Planet" were also considered as "dark, atmospheric and atypical", because they feature guitar along with synthesizers and drum machines. [3]

The album was named number 2 on Fact magazine's list of "The 20 best Minimal Wave records ever made". [3] The cover art is taken from a publicity still from the Doctor Who serial "The Wheel in Space". Two song titles on the album, also reference Doctor Who serials: "The Tenth Planet" and "Earthshock", which like "The Wheel in Space", also feature the Cybermen.[ citation needed ]

On 10 December 2017, a remastered version of Space Museum was released by the label Dark Entries. [4] It is the first legitimate reissue of the album on vinyl, having been supervised and approved by the members of Solid Space, and was designed to curb the amount of bootleg copies that have circulated since its release. The LP expands the original tracklisting to feature two bonus tracks - a cover of "Tutti Lo Sanno" by Marine Girls, and "Platform 6" by the band's original incarnation, Exhibit A - plus a 11x11 double sided insert with lyrics, notes, and never-seen-before photographs of the group, as well as a postcard replica of the album's original advert. [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Goldstein and Matthew Vosburgh, [6] except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Afghan Dance"1:49
2."Spectrum is Green"3:11
3."Destination Moon"2:41
4."The Guests"1:57
5."New Statue ("Morning Song")" (Contains excerpts from the poem "Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath)5:42
6."A Darkness In My Soul"3:56
7."Radio France"2:15
8."Tenth Planet"2:52
9."Earthshock"1:37
10."Contemplation" (Dan Goldstein, Matthew Vosburgh, Jonathan Weinreich)3:15
11."Please Don't Fade Away..."1:39

Personnel [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cimarusti, Luca (27 February 2012). "12 O'Clock Track: Solid Space, "10th Planet"". Chicago Reader . Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Solid Space - Space Museum liner notes.
  3. 1 2 Vasicka, Veronica (26 January 2010). "The 20 best Minimal Wave records ever made: Solid Space - Space Museum". Fact . Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Solid Space - Space Museum LP". 12 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Solid Space – Space Museum LP". Dark Entries Records. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Space Museum, by Solid Space".
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