| Ultimate Space Rock | |
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | June 8, 1999 |
| Recorded | 1993 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 262:33 |
| Label | Cleopatra |
| Producer | Len del Rio |
Ultimate Space Rock is a various artists compilation album released on June 8, 1999 by Cleopatra Records.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
AllMusic gave the collection a rating of one and a half out of five possible stars and said "as a comprehensive document of this underground genre, Ultimate Space Rock's title says it all." [1]
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Landing on Cydonia" | Farflung | 5:18 |
| 2. | "Vision of Infinity" | Farflung | 4:25 |
| 3. | "Icarus/Daedalus" | Farflung | 3:49 |
| 4. | "The Way the Sky Is" | Farflung | 5:38 |
| 5. | "Future Days" | Farflung | 3:22 |
| 6. | "See You up There" | Farflung | 7:17 |
| 7. | "The Raven That Ate the Moon" | Farflung | 4:58 |
| 8. | "Mother Orbis" | Farflung | 5:21 |
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "INTRO: 7 - 2 - 47> Roswell> New Mexico" | 3:10 | |
| 2. | "Explaining the Unexplained" | Pressurehed | 3:10 |
| 3. | "Guiding Ray" | Yamo | 7:34 |
| 4. | "Earth Calling" | Hawkwind | 2:59 |
| 5. | "Natural Forces" | Synæsthesia | 10:01 |
| 6. | "UFO" | Guru Guru | 10:27 |
| 7. | "Nebula" | Brainticket | 4:47 |
| 8. | "See You Up There" | Farflung | 4:19 |
| 9. | "Shapeless Friend" | Surface 10 | 8:03 |
| 10. | "Celestial Hysteria" | Melting Euphoria | 6:13 |
| 11. | "Shapeshifter" | Dilate | 15:14 |
| 12. | "OUTRO: 7 - 4 - 47> The Truth" | 1:38 |
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| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "INTRO: 8 - ? - 47> Fortworth> Airbase> TX" | 1:50 | |
| 2. | "Sunrise in the Third System" | Tangerine Dream | 4:22 |
| 3. | "Artificial Human" | Chrome | 5:44 |
| 4. | "A Sprinkling of Clouds" (System 7 Remix) | Gong | 9:57 |
| 5. | "Sci-Fi Memento" | Kraftwelt | 5:50 |
| 6. | "Surrounded By the Stars" | Amon Düül II | 7:42 |
| 7. | "Dimensions Unmeasurable" | The Brain | 11:09 |
| 8. | "Spiral Galaxy 28948" | Nik Turner | 4:50 |
| 9. | "The Forge of Vulcan" | Spiral Realms | 6:18 |
| 10. | "Grid Coordinate-Vorp One" | Anubian Lights | 9:36 |
| 11. | "Longing for Daydreams" | Holger Czukay | 5:22 |
| 12. | "OUTRO: 9 - 6 - 54> The Future" | 1:52 |
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sudden Vertigo (Intro)" | Pressurehed | 1:50 |
| 2. | "Red Delta" | Pressurehed | 4:25 |
| 3. | "Dead Air" | Pressurehed | 5:44 |
| 4. | "God's House" | Pressurehed | 9:57 |
| 5. | "Shockneck" | Pressurehed | 5:50 |
| 6. | "The Right Stuff" | Pressurehed | 7:42 |
| 7. | "Majestic 12" | Pressurehed | 11:09 |
| 8. | "Man in Static" | Pressurehed | 4:50 |
| 9. | "Time Slip" | Pressurehed | 6:18 |
| 10. | "Conscious Control" | Pressurehed | 9:36 |
| 11. | "Wet Engines" | Pressurehed | 5:22 |
| 12. | "Slo Blo" | Pressurehed | 1:52 |
Adapted from the Ultimate Space Rock liner notes. [2]
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1999 | Cleopatra | CD | 579 |
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