Space Ritual
by Hawkwind

Album
Space Ritual by Hawkwind
(Live album)
Year: 1973
Release date: 1973-05-11
Overall rank: 2,488th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 167 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (48th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (445th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,488th)

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Space Ritual is ranked as the best album by Hawkwind.

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Space Ritual track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Earth Calling
Average Rating: 78 (30 votes)Comments: View 0
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Born To Go
Average Rating: 85 (39 votes)Comments: View 0
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Down Through The Night
Average Rating: 84 (37 votes)Comments: View 0
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The Awakening
Average Rating: 78 (30 votes)Comments: View 0
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Lord Of Light
Average Rating: 84 (39 votes)Comments: View 0
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Black Corridor
Average Rating: 79 (28 votes)Comments: View 0
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Space Is Deep
Average Rating: 83 (34 votes)Comments: View 0
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Electronic No. 1
Average Rating: 75 (28 votes)Comments: View 0
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Orgone Accumulator
Average Rating: 85 (42 votes)Comments: View 1
10.
Upside Down
Average Rating: 82 (33 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
10 Seconds Of Forever
Average Rating: 78 (28 votes)Comments: View 0
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Brainstorm
Average Rating: 84 (38 votes)Comments: View 0
13.
7 By 7
Average Rating: 83 (35 votes)Comments: View 0
14.
Sonic Attack
Average Rating: 78 (29 votes)Comments: View 0
15.
Time We Left This World Today
Average Rating: 80 (30 votes)Comments: View 0
16.
Master Of The Universe
Average Rating: 85 (35 votes)Comments: View 1
17.
Welcome To The Future
Average Rating: 75 (3 votes)Comments: View 0

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Space Ritual rankings

Space Ritual rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,488th | 1970s rank: 445th | 1973 rank: 48th  Overall chart history
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Space Ritual ratings

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80/100 (from 167 votes)
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 !		05/25/2026 10:42 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,25071/100
 
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 !		04/01/2026 21:32 Deckard  Ratings distribution  26780/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.0/100, a mean average of 79.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.


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Space Ritual forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5429): By Steppenwolf666
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Steppenwolf666 () 1. by by (1971) 3. (1973) 4. by (1969) 6. by (1968) 7. (1970) 8. by by by (1974) 11. by (1970) 13. by (1970) 14. by by by (1971) 17. by (1972) 19. by (1969) 21. by (1974) 22. by by (1970) 25. (1973) 26. by by (1992) 28. by…”
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From dihansse 08/13/2022 15:48 in My discoveries per year
“I decided to skip the years 1971 and 1972 for this round: I have relistened to most of the albums I already own in the last years and I don't have that many albums on my wishlist (which doesn't mean that these years lack classic albums). So here is 1973: First and album I already own: A live album…”
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90/100
From 12/23/2009 03:16 | #7812 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Saw them live at Massey Hall in 1974 and it was scary great. This album is a pale imitation of the real thing but it's all we have. Imagine what Hawkwind could have done if they had Radiohead's 21st century technology! :D (Edited)
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100/100
From 06/23/2015 12:54 | #144431 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The greatest live album of all time without question. Really captures their early 70's sound with all the bleeps and whistling and humming computer noises, as well as a barrage of incredible riffs and spaced out songs. Unbelievable !!!!! (Edited)
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From 09/30/2017 15:45 | #198927 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Brilliant 'Live' album. Captures the classic Hawkwind experience. Saw them on this tour, and it was awesome, and fuckin' loud as Hell..! So, that's the way to play it... LOUD!!! (Edited)
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From 07/24/2018 04:52 | #218713 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Space Punk! Great band and Lemmy sounds great here! (Edited)
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From 09/27/2020 02:20 | #258768 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Hawkwind have always been a band you've got to experience in a live setting to fully appreciate and this is as close as you're going to get to catching them in their early 70s glory. (Edited)
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Best Albums of  1973
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
3. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
4. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis
5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
6. Quadrophenia by The Who
7. Band On The Run by Paul McCartney & Wings
8. Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
9. Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges
10. Future Days by Can