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Track List
01) Quark, Strangeness and Charm
02) The Watcher
03) We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago
04) Flying Doctor
05) Psychic Power
06) Hymn to the Sun
07) The Age of the Micro Man
08) Intro the Night
09) Down Through the Night
01) Quark, Strangeness and Charm
02) The Watcher
03) We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago
04) Flying Doctor
05) Psychic Power
06) Hymn to the Sun
07) The Age of the Micro Man
08) Intro the Night
09) Down Through the Night
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2018
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"Road To Utopia" is the 31st full-length studio release for the British space rock band Hawkwind, released September 21st, 2018 on the Cherry Red label.
The British rock band worked with composer/conductor Mike Batt to create new orchestral arrangements of some of its songs for its 31st full-length studio release, that also features a guest appearance from Eric Clapton.
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Ex-Womble wrangler Batt has more than made his mark here, he’s rearranged, played piano and orchestrated. With mixed results.
Problems? The orchestral element is merely string quintet, sax quintet and brass section, which leaves Road To Utopia sounding less like a Wagnerian space rock spectacular and more like a BBC Big Band augmented slot on Seaside Special.
Brass predominates, and Brock’s guitar is often lost in a mix favouring Batt’s keyboards. Bob Calvert’s characteristic vocal is much missed on a pedestrian Quark, Strangeness And Charm, and the coup of securing Clapton’s services for The Watcher finds Slowhand sleepwalking through a masterclass in snoozy blues.
And the sleeve? More Barney Rubble than Barney Bubbles. A Brock-sung acoustic setting of We Took The Wrong Step Years Ago is a highlight, but the less said about how the massed saxes treat Down Through The Night the better. Shame.
Reviewed by Ian Fortnam for loudersound.com.
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"Road To Utopia" is the 31st full-length studio release for the British space rock band Hawkwind, released September 21st, 2018 on the Cherry Red label.
The British rock band worked with composer/conductor Mike Batt to create new orchestral arrangements of some of its songs for its 31st full-length studio release, that also features a guest appearance from Eric Clapton.
User Album Review
Ex-Womble wrangler Batt has more than made his mark here, he’s rearranged, played piano and orchestrated. With mixed results.
Problems? The orchestral element is merely string quintet, sax quintet and brass section, which leaves Road To Utopia sounding less like a Wagnerian space rock spectacular and more like a BBC Big Band augmented slot on Seaside Special.
Brass predominates, and Brock’s guitar is often lost in a mix favouring Batt’s keyboards. Bob Calvert’s characteristic vocal is much missed on a pedestrian Quark, Strangeness And Charm, and the coup of securing Clapton’s services for The Watcher finds Slowhand sleepwalking through a masterclass in snoozy blues.
And the sleeve? More Barney Rubble than Barney Bubbles. A Brock-sung acoustic setting of We Took The Wrong Step Years Ago is a highlight, but the less said about how the massed saxes treat Down Through The Night the better. Shame.
Reviewed by Ian Fortnam for loudersound.com.
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