The Future Never Waits
The Future Never Waits | ||||
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Studio album by Hawkwind | ||||
Released | 28 April 2023 (2023-04-28) | |||
Length | 68:55 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Cherry Red | |||
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The Future Never Waits is a 2023 studio album by British space rock band Hawkwind. It has received positive reviews from critics
Reception
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, The Future Never Waits received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 from 5 critic scores.[1] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Thom Jurek writing that Hawwkind co-founder Dave Brock "shows no sign of slowing down" and this album "is, at once, more exciting and musically adventurous—even with the (minor) missteps" and "a significant late-career highlight from Hawkwind.".[2] Writing at Louder Than War, Paul Clarke stated that there "is plenty to enjoy" for both new and old listeners and the music is "equally impressive is the ambition and range of styles explored".[3]
Track listing
- "The Future Never Waits" (Dave Brock, Doug MacKinnon, Magnus Martin, Richard Chadwick, Timothy Lewis) – 10:16
- "The End" (Brock) – 4:10
- "Aldous Huxley" (Martin) – 4:38
- "They Are So Easily Distracted" (Martin) – 10:25
- "Rama (The Prophecy)" (Brock) – 8:30
- "USB1" (Brock, Martin, Chadwick) – 3:56
- "Outside of Time" (Brock) – 7:38
- "I'm Learning to Live Today" (Brock, MacKinnon, Chadwick) – 8:05
- "The Beginning" (Martin) – 8:22
- "Trapped in This Modern Age" (Brock) – 3:00
Personnel
Hawkwind
- Dave Brock – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesisers, engineering
- Richard Chadwick – vocals, drums
- Doug MacKinnon – bass guitar
- Magnus Martin – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, engineering
- Thighpaulsandra – keyboards, synthesizers
Additional personnel
- Tanya Durrant – layout
- Jessie Metcalfe – photography
- NASA – photography
- Kris Tait – coordination
- Meriel Waissman – layout
See also
- 2023 in British music
- List of 2023 albums
References
- ^ "The Future Never Waits by Hawkwind Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ Jurek, Thom (n.d.). "Hawkwind – The Future Never Waits". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ Clarke, Paul (3 May 2023). "Hawkwind: The Future Never Waits". Album Reviews. Louder Than War. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
External links
- The Future Never Waits at Discogs (list of releases)
- The Future Never Waits at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
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- Dave Brock
- Richard Chadwick
- Magnus Martin
- Thighpaulsandra
- Doug MacKinnon
- Nik Turner
- Dik Mik
- Huw Lloyd-Langton
- Thomas Crimble
- Del Dettmar
- Simon King
- Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister
- Robert Calvert
- Simon House
- Alan Powell
- Paul Rudolph
- Adrian Shaw
- Harvey Bainbridge
- Steve Swindells
- Keith Hale
- Ginger Baker
- Andy Anderson
- Robert Heaton
- Alan Davey
- Clive Deamer
- Bridget Wishart
- Ron Tree
- Mr Dibs
- Tim Blake
- Niall Hone
- 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 (as Psychedelic Warriors)
- Alien 4
- Distant Horizons
- In Your Area
- Spacebrock
- Take Me to Your Leader
- Take Me to Your Future
- Blood of the Earth
- Onward
- The Machine Stops
- Into the Woods
- Road to Utopia
- All Aboard the Skylark
- Carnivorous (as Hawkwind Light Orchestra)
- Somnia
- The Future Never Waits
- Stories from Time and Space
- The Weird Tapes
- Hawkwind, Friends and Relations
- The Text of Festival
- Zones
- 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: Collector Series Volume 1
- Atomhenge 76
- Live 1990
- 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
- Spirit of the Age Anthology
- The Dream Goes On
- Hawkwind Zoo EP
- Sonic Assassins EP
- The Earth Ritual Preview
- Quark, Strangeness and Charm
- "Hurry On Sundown"
- "Silver Machine"
- "Urban Guerrilla"
- "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?"
- "Spirit of the Age"
- Sonic Assassins
- Hawklords
- Space Ritual
- Hawklords (2008)