Space Ritual (live album) by Hawkwind

Space Ritual by Hawkwind
(Live album)
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 2,275th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 158 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (47th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (438th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,275th)
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Space Ritual is ranked as the best album by Hawkwind.

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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 158 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% 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 15.8.

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85/100
From 10/23/2023 02:57
The bass playing on here by Lemmy is astonishing and the roots of Motorhead are clear. Amazing Live Album!
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From 07/11/2021 15:33
awful experimental rock
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95/100
From 09/27/2020 02:20
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.
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From 07/24/2018 04:52
Space Punk! Great band and Lemmy sounds great here!
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From 06/28/2018 15:09
This might be the best live album ever!
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From 09/30/2017 15:45
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!!!
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From 06/23/2015 12:54
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 !!!!!
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90/100
From 12/23/2009 03:16
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
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Best Albums of 1973
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
3. Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
4. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis
5. Quadrophenia by The Who
6. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
7. Band On The Run by Paul McCartney & Wings
8. Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges
9. Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
10. Future Days by Can
11. (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd
12. For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
13. Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
14. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
15. Closing Time by Tom Waits
16. Berlin by Lou Reed
17. The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle by Bruce Springsteen
18. Artaud by Pescado Rabioso
19. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
20. Catch A Fire by The Wailers
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