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All Aboard the Skylark is the thirty-second album by space rock band Hawkwind, released in 2019.[3]

All Aboard the Skylark
Studio album by Hawkwind
Released	25 October 2019[1]
Genre	Space rock
Length	91:23[2]
Label	Cherry Red
Producer	Hawkwind
Hawkwind chronology
Road to Utopia (2018) All Aboard the Skylark (2019) Carnivorous (2020)

Background

Some copies were issued as a 2CD set with an additional disc Acoustic Daze,[3] which was also issued as an independent vinyl record.[4] The content is the original acoustic recordings that were reworked with Mike Batt for the Road to Utopia album.

The album was promoted with a 15 date tour of Britain in November, culminating in a final show at London's Royal Albert Hall.[3] The group were augmented by keyboard player Tim Blake, with guest appearances from Phil Campbell (at the Royal Albert Hall and Cardiff Tramshed) and Eric Clapton (in Guildford).[5] The set-list included "Flesh Fondue", "Last Man on Earth", "65 Million Years Ago", "In the Beginning" and "The Fantasy of Faldum" from the album.[5] A record of the live show titled 50th Anniversary Live, with the guest appearance from Campbell, was released on 4 December 2020 by Cherry Red in 3LP and 2CD formats.[6][7]

On 14 November, the group recorded a session for Marc Riley's BBC Radio 6 Music show, playing "65 Million Years Ago", "Last Man on Earth", and "Spirit of the Age".[8] "Silver Machine" was recorded as part of the session for broadcast on the Gideon Coe show later the same evening.[9]

The album reached number 34 in the UK albums chart.[10]

Tracks

All tracks written by Dave Brock unless otherwise stated

Disc 1

1. "Flesh Fondue" – 5:03
2. "Nets of Space" – 3:03
3. "Last Man on Earth" (Magnus Martin) – 5:01
4. "We Are Not Dead... Only Sleeping" – 3:21
5. "All Aboard the Skylark" (Brock, Martin, Niall Hone, Richard Chadwick) – 5:26
6. "65 Million Years Ago" – 4:11
7. "In the Beginning" – 2:00
8. "The Road To..." – 5:13
9. "The Fantasy of Faldum" (Martin) – 9:15

Disc 2: Acoustic Daze

1. "Psi Power" (Brock, Robert Calvert) – 5:16
2. "Hymn to the Sun" (Martin) – 2:49
3. "The Watcher" (Ian Kilmister) – 4:54
4. "Generation Door" – 0:41
5. "Age of the Micro Man" (Brock, Calvert) – 5:08
6. "Intro the Night" (Martin) – 2:11
7. "Down Through the Night" – 6:12
8. "Flying Doctor" (Brock, Calvert) – 5:47
9. "Get Yourself Together" – 7:00
10. "Ascent of Man" – 5:04
11. "We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago" – 3:53

Personnel

Hawkwind

• Dave Brock – Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesiser, Harmonica
• Magnus Martin – Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Viola
• Niall Hone – Bass Guitar (Disc 1)
• Richard Chadwick – Drums, Percussion, Vocals

Additional musicians

• Michal Sosna – Saxophone ("Last Man On Earth", "All Aboard The Skylark", "Get Yourself Together" and "Ascent of Man")
• Haz Wheaton – Bass Guitar (Disc 2)
• Mr Dibs (Jonathan Darbyshire) – Vocals ("Flying Doctor"), backing vocals ("Get Yourself Together", "Ascent of Man" and "We Took The Wrong Step Years Ago")

Technical

• Producer – Hawkwind
• Artwork – Martin Krel
• Layout [Packaging] – Meriel Waissman
• Co-ordinator – Kris Tait

Title

According to Dave Brock, speaking during the live session on the Marc Riley show, the title is taken from the Skylark series by E. E. "Doc" Smith.[8]

References

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