Today's Listen (Part 2)

Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)


A few years ago I tried to listen to this, and to be honest it was really difficult, and I didn't like it at all. Since then, my ears have been exposed to a great deal of progressive rock, so this time around I understood this album much more. It falls into the category of psychadelic/space-rock, drawing its influences from from bands like Pink Floyd, The Soft Machine, and Yes. The music is injected with heavy doses of synthesizer effects, which allows the listener to seemingly float through some very spacey soundscapes. The band explores numerous moods throughout their songs, ranging from quiet swirling spacey sections to hard rockin' spacey sections. There's a lot of keyboard effects used, but there's also a number of other brass, wind, and string instruments used as well, which end up making for some pretty trippy arrangements. Highly recommended.