Sonic Attack

Artist: Hawkwind
Label: Griffin Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 054421061225
EAN: 0054421061225
ASIN: B000001LK3

Release Date: 1996-09-24

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BLANGA: The Best of Hawkwind

Tracks:

Sonic Attack
Rocky Paths
Psychosonia
Virgin Of The World
Angels Of Death
Living On A Knife Edge
Coded Languages
Disintegration
Street Of Fear
Lost Chances
Trans-Dimensional Man

Customer Reviews:

Starting to sputter.......2004-06-08

The brave Hawkship sailed on through the 80s and 90s, even after it was fairly clear that their time had passed. Listening to Sonic Attack seems to confirm the suspicion that by this time, the silver engine had begun to sputter a bit. The previous year's Levitation (the group's last true masterpiece) was--and still is--a stunning testament to the band's resiliency. Sonic Attack is certainly a good solid album, and there is one classic hawktune, the blazing "Angels of Death." Other highlights include "Rocky Paths" and "Living on a Knife's Edge." For hawkfans, it's certainly another enjoyable trip, but the decision to rework "Sonic Attack"--how can you improve upon the original?--was a mistake. Harvey Bainbridge's stultifying influence on the hawkcraft also begins to ominously make its presence felt here. Hawkwind certainly did far worse later on in the 80s and 90s than this album. Definitely worth hearing if you're a dedicated roadhawk.

Hawkwind - 'Sonic Attack' (Griffin/EBS).......2004-04-16

'Sonic Attack' was originally released in 1981,in the UK only.Two original members are present,Dave Brock and lead guitarist Huw-Lloyd Langton.Brock and Langton supply most of the vocals on this eleven track CD although world reknown science fiction writer/poet Michael Moorcock lends his vocal chords on "Coded Languages".The best cuts are "Psychosonia","Living On A Knife Edge","Disintegration" and "Streets Of Fear".There's a cool bonus track added "Trans-Dimensional Man" which I believe is a tough-to-find b-side of an old single 45.Comes with a keen 8 page full color booklet.

SWELL!!!.......2002-01-31

This is a good, but not great HAWKWIND album. Some of the hard
rock tunes on this are terrific, like HUW and MARION LLOYD
LANGTON'S very upbeat and fast paced ROCKY PATHS and side two's
LIVING ON A KNIFE EDGE and LOST CHANCES. What keeps this album
from being great is the SCREAMING that HARVEY BAINBRIDGE and
guest MICHAEL MOORCOCK do on songs like SONIC ATTACK and CODED
LANGUAGES! This is very headache inducing and VERY ANNOYING!
I think that DAVE BROCK was always the band's best vocalist.
If they had him sing all these songs, this would've been a better
album. As it is, SONIC ATTACK is still a good HAWKWIND album.

One of Hawkwind's finest.......2001-10-21

Sonic Attack might sound like a name of one of their endless (often useless) compilation albums, but it was actually an album of brand new compositions, with the exception of a reworking of the title track. This album was originally released in 1981 on RCA, during one of those times the band just witness yet another endless shift of personnell. At this point Ginger Baker and Tim Blake had left, with Martin Griffin returning, and Harvey Bainbridge now also handing the synthesizers as well as bass. Sci-fi author Michael Moorcock also guests on vocals on "Coded Languages" which comes to show the one thing he isn't particularly good at is singing. 1981 is smack in the middle of a big prog rock dry spell, but for some reason, Hawkwind was able to make it through that decade without any problem, as Sonic Attack is some of their most energetic and exciting works I have ever heard! Just listen to "Rocky Paths" and you'll know what I mean! The album seems to be a concept about the invasion of privacy, abuse of technology, the suppression of free thought, surveillance of the population, it seems to reek of George Orwell's 1984, but what really scary about this album (like 1984) is a lot of this stuff is coming true. Several songs addresses these social problems that seem to be coming true like "Psychosonia", "Living On A Knife Edge", and "Coded Languages". While many of the other progressive rock bands had pretty much disappeared by 1981, like Yes, Gentle Giant, ELP, or started turning to a less interesting direction, like Genesis, for example, I am amazed how this band was able to go through the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s and released great albums through each of these decades (but of course, Hawkwind had the habit of giving us a lot of useless compilations and live albums from tiny labels as well). Because of the fairly consistent work of Hawkwind that you can't claim with lots of other prog bands, it's no wonder why this band had kept such a loyal audience through the years (that's also a big reason why Ozric Tentacles also received quite a loyal audience through the years as well). If you're a Hawkwind fan, pick up a copy of Sonic Attack, you won't be disappointed!

Fantastic Heavy Hawkwind.......1999-07-22

A cobbled together album which catches the raw Hawkwind in the studio better than any other album. Side 1 is breathlessly mangificent from the heavy Sonic Attack, through the best ever song by Huw (Rocky Paths) featuring great guitar work... relentless keyboard patterns into the heavy Angels of Death. Side 2 is great as well.. only pales slightly compared to Side 1. Includes Michael Moorcock on 1 track (Coded Languages).

You HAVE to buy this manic album!

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