Quark, Strangeness And Charm
by Hawkwind

Quark, Strangeness And Charm by Hawkwind
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 5,041st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 60 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (75th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (824th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,041st)

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Hawkwind bestography

Quark, Strangeness And Charm is ranked 4th best out of 80 albums by Hawkwind on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Hawkwind is Space Ritual which is ranked number 2449 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 643.

Hawkwind album bestography « Higher ranked (4,713th)
Warrior On The Edge Of Time
This album (5,041st)
Quark, Strangeness And Charm
Lower ranked (6,715th) »
Hall Of The Mountain Grill

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Quark, Strangeness And Charm rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,041st | 1970s rank: 824th | 1977 rank: 75th
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2026Steppenwolf666Top 100 Greatest Music Albums25/10075
2026SonoffatboyTop 30 Music Albums of the 1970s4/3018
2026 Patman360Top 91 Music Albums of 197781/911
2026stevengnzTop 95 Music Albums of 197755/952
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 197756/1002
2026Steppenwolf666Top 98 Music Albums of 19771/985
2026 WasinskiTop 95 Music Albums of 197735/953
2025 ExTeaSeaTop 60 Music Albums of 197739/602
2025SonoffatboyTop 65 Greatest Music Albums1/6596
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 197771/1002
2025 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of 197777/1001
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 197721/1004
2025PapaShiz86Top 50 Music Albums of 197743/501
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Hawkwind (UK) - Ranked57/82 -
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '70's (401 - 500) by U R C100/100 -
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1976 by Ultimate Record Collector35/35 -
2024AlienCinemaTop 100 Music Albums of 197742/1003
2023 GlitterboiiiTop 50 Music Albums of 197748/500
2023JohnnyoTop 20 album covers by Hipgnosis - Goldmine Mag6/20 -
2023SonoffatboyTop 5 Music Albums of 19772/54
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 44
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 273
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74/100 (from 60 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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90/100
From 03/22/2023 12:14 | #295292
Rammstein was conceived on this album
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From 04/10/2018 09:59 | #212637
Spirit of the age is one of my favorite tracks.
By the way Damnation Alley is a 1969 science fiction novel by American writer Roger Zelazny. The film is based on this book.
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From 04/10/2018 05:32 | #212632
Hawkwind do new wave, and bring it to space, they refine their sound into a more professional tone, but they never loose their edge. Robert Calvert became the front man and brought a greater level of wit and style. It looses a bit towards the end, but its still top stuff.

Top three Tracks
Spirit of the Age
Damnation Alley
Hassan I Sahba
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From 11/24/2015 12:59 | #153391
Their mid/late 70's masterpiece. Every track is exceptional, with four masterpieces:- Spirit of the age, Damnation alley, Hassan I sahba and Days of the underground. Space rock never sounded so good!!! And does anyone know what came first - the film Damnation alley (1977) or the track on this LP - an amazing coincidence if they are not related.
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