MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE

This is the Album which began my seemingly endless meandering into the Space-Rock of the mighty Hawks.Hence the 4 stars...it's personal (-.o) I backtracked from this excellent compilation, then worked my way forwards (in terms of purchasing albums). Hawkwind are by no means techinically superb musicians...but their style is unpretentious and genuine to their self-created style of Space-Rock. They are always entertaining, although some albums are much less accomplished affairs than others. Sometimes they are spacey and (almost) profound and at other times they are remarkably tongue-in-cheek and amusing. They are rarely *political* or go for *social comment* as such... with perhaps the exception of the incredibly powerful "HIGH-RISE" off of...umm..PXR5 i think (-.o). This album is an excellent introduction to the early days of the mighty Hawks but I reckon it should have been a double-album with album one consisting of some power-house heavy trance-trip like Brainstorm etc.... and album 2 being some of their more slow trippy-tracks. A good intro to the Multiverse that is *HAWKWIND*. Next...go get Warrior on the edge...have a large cigarrette *cough* and listen (-.o)