Sonic Attack
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| Studio album by Hawkwind | |||||
| Released | 1981 | ||||
| Recorded | 1981 | ||||
| Genre | Space Rock | ||||
| Length | Hawkwind and Pat Moran | ||||
| Label | RCA/Active | ||||
| Producer | Hawkwind | ||||
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Sonic Attack is a 1981 studio album by Hawkwind. It reached #19 on the UK album chart.
Michael Moorcock contributes lyrics and vocals, his theme being social control through the use of language. Musically it is probably one the band's most Heavy Metal leaning albums.
"Angels Of Death" was released as a single backed by the non-album "Transdimensional Man".
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[edit] Track listing
- Side 1
- "Sonic Attack" (Moorcock/Hawkwind) 4:47
- "Rocky Paths" (Lloyd-Langton) 4:00
- "Psychosonia" (Moorcock/Hawkwind) 2:32
- "Virgin of the World" (Bainbridge) 4:32
- "Angels of Death" (Brock) 5:42
- Side 2
- "Living on a Knife Edge" (Brock) 4:48
- "Coded Languages" (Moorcock/Bainbridge) 4:50
- "Disintegration" (Brock) 1:05
- "Streets of Fear" (Brock) 5:19
- "Lost Chances" (Moorcock/Brock) 5:44
- CD bonus track
- "Transdimensional Man" (Brock) 5:05
[edit] Personnel
- Dave Brock - guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Huw Lloyd-Langton - guitar, vocals
- Harvey Bainbridge - bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Martin Griffin - drums
- Michael Moorcock - vocals (on "Coded Languages")
[edit] Credits
- Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Wales, June to August. Produced with Pat Moran.
- Sleeve designed by Jim Mountjoy and Andrew Christian.
[edit] Notes
- "Sonic Attack" is a re-recording of the Space Ritual spoken piece with a new electronic backing.
- "Psychosonia" starts with the coded "Abu Wabu Mabu Dabu Aka Taba Kata Bata Da Da Da Da Tee Aitch Ee Why Aey Are And Ee Tee Are Why I An And A Jee Tee And An O Are O Bee You And An Ess Oh Eff Oh You Are Are I Jee Aitch Tee Tee And An O See O Em Em You En I See Aey Tee And Ee"
- "Virgin Of The World" is credited as being from Church of Hawkwind, and indeed appeared on that album as "Experiment with Destiny".
[edit] Release History
- Oct-1981: RCA/Active, RCALP 6004, UK vinyl - initial copies came with a lyric sheet insert.
- Oct-1996: Emergency System Broadcast Records, EBSCD123, UK CD
- Oct-1996: Griffin Records, GCD612-2, USA CD
