HAWKWIND LIGHT ORCHESTRA: CARNIVOROUS

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Psychedelic/Space Rock

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3.72 | 32 ratings | 2 reviews | 35% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 2020

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Expedition to Planet X (1:25)
2. Dyna-mite (3:42)
3. Void of Wasteland (5:16)
4. Repel Attract (3:12)
5. Attraction (3:20)
6. Human Behavior (No Sex Allowed) (5:40)
7. Temple of Love (1:49)
8. Square Peg in a Round Hole (4:44)
9. Windy Day (4:42)
10. Model Farm Blues (7:51)
11. Whose Call Is It Anyway? (3:21)
12. Lockdown (Keep Calm) (5:43)
13. The Virus (10:18)
14. Forgotten Memories (5:24)
15. Higher Ground (4:43)

Total Time 71:10

Line-up / Musicians

- Dave Brock / vocals, lead guitar, keyboards & synths
- Richard Chadwick / drums
- Magnus Martin / guitar, vocals, keyboards

Releases information

Label: Cherry Red (CDBRED822)
Format: Vinyl, CD, Digital
October 16, 2020

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HAWKWIND Hawkwind Light Orchestra: Carnivorous ratings distribution

3.72
(32 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(35%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(39%)
Good, but non-essential (23%)
Collectors/fans only (3%)
Poor. Only for completionists (0%)

HAWKWIND Hawkwind Light Orchestra: Carnivorous reviews

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Review by Warthur
PROG REVIEWER

As with the previous "Hawkwind Light Orchestra" album, this is Dave Brock working with a smaller subset of the then-current Hawkwind lineup for a studio album. In this case, it's a project prompted by the COVID pandemic and lockdown, with the participants exchanging parts they'd recorded at home for later mixing; the title's an anagram of "Coronavirus" as a nod to this.

As such, whilst the earlier Hawkwind Light Orchestra album (Stellar Variations) was born of a creative decision to do that particular experiment, this was born out of necessity. It feels a little less compelling - valuable at the time as an exercise in making Hawkwind-esque music for the sake of keeping the lights on during a dark time, but somewhat more forgettable after the fact. Call it a low three and a half stars.

Latest members reviews

4 stars "Hawkind Light Orchestra" was used as a band name first time in "Stellar Variations"-album, when there were only Dave Brock, Richard Chadwick & Niall Hone involving of making it. This time Hone was replaced by Magnus Martin. Originally Brock was planning to make an solo album, but soon those two ... (read more)

Report this review (#2771606) | Posted by Mortte | Sunday, June 19, 2022 | Review Permanlink

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