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Review:
By the time of Sonic Attack, Hawkwind, after losing virtually all of its original members save singer-guitarist Dave Brock, had made a complete transition from a psychedelic proto-punk outfit to a sleek, polished heavy metal band. Sonic Attack sounds like it could have been recorded by early-'80s contemporaries like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. True, neither of those bands would have written a song like "Psychosonia," in which the lyrics "They are trying to rob us of our right to communicate" are turned into a cheerleading spell-a-thon. Nonetheless, that (and the title track, which originally appeared on 1973's Space Ritual) are the only concessions to the original, quirky Hawkwind style. Most of the lyrics are typical sci-fi and Dungeons & Dragons-style tales, which are not all that dissimilar from lyrics of other bands of the era, but not particularly notable either. The musicianship is clean, probably even more so than on Hawkwind's earlier, more classic albums. What results, however, is intricate hard rock that is only intermittently riveting. Sonic Attack has some impressive moments, but never really gels as a whole.
Track List:
Sonic Attack
Rocky Paths
Psychosonia
Virgin Of The World
Angels Of Death
Living On A Knife Edge
Coded Languages
Disintegration
Streets Of Fear
Lost Chances
Trans–Dimentional Man (CD only)
Log:
Code:
EAC extraction logfile from 1. February 2006, 11:50 for CD
hawkwind / sonic attack
Used drive : TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-H552B Adapter: 0 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, disable cache
Read offset correction : 0
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Installed external ASPI interface
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename C:\hawkwind - sonic attack.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Range quality 99.9 %
CRC 9143A0C5
Copy OK
No errors occured
End of status report
By the time of Sonic Attack, Hawkwind, after losing virtually all of its original members save singer-guitarist Dave Brock, had made a complete transition from a psychedelic proto-punk outfit to a sleek, polished heavy metal band. Sonic Attack sounds like it could have been recorded by early-'80s contemporaries like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. True, neither of those bands would have written a song like "Psychosonia," in which the lyrics "They are trying to rob us of our right to communicate" are turned into a cheerleading spell-a-thon. Nonetheless, that (and the title track, which originally appeared on 1973's Space Ritual) are the only concessions to the original, quirky Hawkwind style. Most of the lyrics are typical sci-fi and Dungeons & Dragons-style tales, which are not all that dissimilar from lyrics of other bands of the era, but not particularly notable either. The musicianship is clean, probably even more so than on Hawkwind's earlier, more classic albums. What results, however, is intricate hard rock that is only intermittently riveting. Sonic Attack has some impressive moments, but never really gels as a whole.
Track List:
Sonic Attack
Rocky Paths
Psychosonia
Virgin Of The World
Angels Of Death
Living On A Knife Edge
Coded Languages
Disintegration
Streets Of Fear
Lost Chances
Trans–Dimentional Man (CD only)
Log:
Code:
EAC extraction logfile from 1. February 2006, 11:50 for CD
hawkwind / sonic attack
Used drive : TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-H552B Adapter: 0 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, disable cache
Read offset correction : 0
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Installed external ASPI interface
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename C:\hawkwind - sonic attack.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Range quality 99.9 %
CRC 9143A0C5
Copy OK
No errors occured
End of status report