Blood of the Earth

Studio album by Hawkwind

Released

21 June 2010

Recorded

2009-10

Eastworld

Hawkwind chronology

Knights of Space
(2008)

Blood of the Earth
(2010)

Onward
(2012)

Blood of the Earth is the twenty-fourth studio album (twenty-sixth overall) by the British space rock group Hawkwind, released on 21 June 2010.^[1]^[2]

Although it is a new studio album, there are some new versions of older songs. "You’d Better Believe It" was originally released on their 1974 album Hall of the Mountain Grill, and "Sweet Obsession" was originally released on Dave Brock's 1984 solo album Earthed to the Ground.

There is a limited 2CD edition, containing live tracks and an interview. "Tide of the Century" was originally recorded by Tim Blake on his 2000 solo album The Tide of the Century. The cover version of "Long Gone" was recorded for Mojo's Syd Barrett special edition of The Madcap Laughs.

Track listing

Disc 1

^[3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Seahawks"	Dave Brock	6:14
2.	"Blood of the Earth"	Brock, Matthew Wright	2:59
3.	"Wraith"	Darbyshire, Hone, Blake, Chadwick	6:07
4.	"Green Machine"	Hone	4:04
5.	"Inner Visions"	Tim Blake	4:29
6.	"Sweet Obsession"	Brock	4:45
7.	"Comfy Chair"	Brock	4:54
8.	"Prometheus"	Darbyshire, Hone, Blake, Chadwick	5:48
9.	"You’d Better Believe It"	Brock	7:11
10.	"Sentinel"	Darbyshire, Hone, Blake, Chadwick	6:03

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Starshine" (on single CD and vinyl editions)	Brock, Jason Stuart	7:11
12.	"Sunship" (on vinyl editions)	Darbyshire, Hone	2:54

Disc 2 – (Live)

"Space" (Brock)
"Angels of Death" (Brock)
"Wraith" (Darbyshire, Hone, Blake, Chadwick)
"Tide of the Century" (Blake)
"Magnu" (Brock)
"Levitation" (Brock)
"Long Gone" (Syd Barrett)
Interview 2010

Personnel

Dave Brock – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Niall Hone – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, sampling
Mr. Dibs – bass guitar, vocals
Tim Blake – keyboards
Richard Chadwick – drums, vocals
Matthew Wright, vocals on 'Blood of the Earth'
Jason Stuart, Keyboards on 'Starshine'
Jon Sevink, Violin on Live CD

Release history

21 June 2010: Eastworld Recordings, EWO042CD, UK, CD
21 June 2010: Eastworld Recordings, EWO043CDLTD, UK, 2xCD
21 June 2010: Eastworld Recordings, RCV030LP, UK, vinyl

References

↑ Eastworld Recordings Sign HAWKWIND; Blood Of The Earth Details Revealed, E-Card Available
↑ "(UK): Music CDs, DVDs, Vinyl, Books, Accessories and other Music Merchandise". Plastichead.com. 1989-07-29. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
↑ Blood of the Earth at AllMusic

Hawkwind

Dave Brock Richard Chadwick Mr Dibs Niall Hone Dead Fred Haz Wheaton Nik Turner Dik Mik Terry Ollis John Harrison Mick Slattery Huw Lloyd-Langton Thomas Crimble Del Dettmar Dave Anderson Simon King Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister Robert Calvert Simon House Alan Powell Paul Rudolph Adrian Shaw Harvey Bainbridge Paul Hayles Steve Swindells Martin Griffin Keith Hale Ginger Baker Andy Anderson Robert Heaton Rik Martinez Alan Davey Clive Deamer Danny Thompson Jr. Bridget Wishart Ron Tree Jerry Richards Jason Stuart Tim Blake

Studio albums	Hawkwind In Search of Space Doremi Fasol Latido Hall of the Mountain Grill Warrior on the Edge of Time Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music Quark, Strangeness and Charm 25 Years On (as Hawklords) PXR5 Levitation Sonic Attack Church of Hawkwind Choose Your Masques The Chronicle of the Black Sword The Xenon Codex Space Bandits Electric Tepee It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous White Zone Alien 4 Distant Horizons In Your Area Spacebrock Take Me to Your Leader Take Me to Your Future Blood of the Earth Onward Stellar Variations (as Hawkwind Light Orchestra) The Machine Stops

Live albums	Space Ritual Live Seventy Nine Live Chronicles Palace Springs The Business Trip Love in Space Hawkwind 1997 Yule Ritual Canterbury Fayre 2001 Spaced Out in London Knights of Space Space Ritual Live

Archive albums	The Weird Tapes Hawkwind, Friends and Relations The Text of Festival Zones This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin Space Ritual Volume 2 Hawkwind Anthology Out & Intake BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert The Friday Rock Show Sessions Hawklords Live California Brainstorm Undisclosed Files Addendum The 1999 Party Glastonbury 90 Choose Your Masques: Collectors Series Volume 2 Complete '79: Collectors Series Volume 1 Atomhenge 76 Live 1990

Compilation albums	Roadhawks Masters of the Universe Repeat Performance Angels of Death Spirit of the Age Stasis (The UA Years 1971 – 1975) Tales from Atom Henge Epocheclipse Future Reconstructions – Ritual of the Solstice Masters of Rock The Collection Spirit of the Age Anthology The Dream Goes On Spacehawks

Singles	"Hurry On Sundown" "Silver Machine" "Urban Guerrilla" "Psychedelic Warlords" "Kings of Speed" "Kerb Crawler" "Back on the Streets" "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" "Psi Power" "25 Years" "Shot Down in the Night" "Who's Gonna Win the War?" "Angels of Death" The Earth Ritual Preview EP "Needle Gun" "Zarozinia" Decide Your Future EP Quark, Strangeness and Charm EP Area S4 EP "Love In Space" "Spirit of the Age" Sonic Attack (with Brian Blessed) A Solitary Man

Associated acts	Ant-Bee Sonic Assassins Hawklords Space Ritual Hawklords (2008)

Related articles	Discography Members Videography Barney Bubbles Liquid Len Stacia Hawkfest Michael Moorcock

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