Hawkwind
by Hawkwind

Hawkwind by Hawkwind
Year: 1970
Release date: 1970-08-14
Overall rank: 8,429th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 63 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (129th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,223rd)
Award Best albums of all time (8,429th)

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Hawkwind bestography

Hawkwind is ranked 5th best out of 81 albums by Hawkwind on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Hawkwind is Space Ritual which is ranked number 2452 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 654.

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Hawkwind rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,429th | 1970s rank: 1,223rd | 1970 rank: 129th  Overall chart history
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Hawkwind ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 63 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.


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From dihansse 01/05/2025 21:12 in My discoveries per year
For 1970 I listened to two albums: An album I already own/know: A classic album mainly but the three classics on the album, Carry On, Our House and to me especially Almost Cut Your Hair where Neil Young showed his special style of guitar playing we got to know so well. Also Helpless, Teach Your…
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Brilliant debut ranging from a country hoedown, to a drug snorting epic, along with all the spacey effects you would expect.
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