Most Underrated Hawkwind Album (1970-90)

Astounding sounds, amazing music? Possibly; At the time, lots of people were disgruntled by Lemmy being sacked, by a change of label (UA to Charisma) and the cloak and dagger antics 'seemingly' going on in the band... not to mention the change in sound! But in more recent years, a lot of people have stated how much they love this lp (me included) and its profile has definitely gone up.

Space Bandits? definitely! A real return to form after the particularly dull Xenon Codex and (as already been said) the run of shows with Bridget Wishart and Simon House were fantastic!

I feel that PXR5 has been completely ignored, mostly due to (at the time) the fact that it was seen as a 'contractual obligation' lp made of bits and pieces.. yes, it had some Dave Brock demoes ('Infinity' is a super song which could have been done so much better, same applies to the title track PXR5) worked up on his farm in Devon plus a couple of odd bits recorded around the Hawklord sessions (Death Trap, Jack of Shadows) and the stunning Live material from the recent tour... without it, we would not have had official versions of 'Uncle Sam's on Mars', 'Robot', and 'Highrise'. The collapse of the band around the time of its release and the dodgy 'wrongly wired' plug cover didnt help its profile.