Quark, Strangeness and Charm

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Quark, Strangeness and Charm
Quark, Strangeness and Charm cover
Studio album by Hawkwind
Released June 1977
Recorded February 1977
Genre Space rock
Label Charisma Records
Producer Hawkwind
Professional reviews
Hawkwind chronology
Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music
(1976)		 Quark, Strangeness and Charm
(1977)		 25 Years On
(1978)

Quark, Strangeness And Charm is a 1977 studio album by Hawkwind. It reached #30 on the UK album charts.

This is Hawkwind's seventh studio album, hence "The Hawkwind Part 7" title on the inner sleeve. It is the band's first album without co-founding member Nik Turner, and drummer Alan Powell had also departed. In addition, Adrian "Ade" Shaw from Magic Muscle replaced Paul Rudolph during the recording session.

Robert Calvert starts to dominate proceedings with his science fiction inspired lyrics, whereas the music is lighter and more commercial than previous offerings.

Contents

Side 1
  1. "Spirit of the Age" (Calvert/Brock) – 7:20
  2. "Damnation Alley" (Calvert/Brock/House) – 9:06
  3. "Fable of a Failed Race" (Calvert/Brock) – 3:15
Side 2
  1. "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" (Calvert/Brock) – 3:41
  2. "Hassan-i-Sabah" (Calvert/Rudolph) – 5:21
  3. "The Forge of Vulcan" (House) – 3:05
  4. "The Days of the Underground" (Calvert/Brock) – 3:13
  5. "The Iron Dream" (King) – 1:53

  • "Spirit Of The Age" uses two science fiction poems published in Robert Calvert's Centigrade 232 book. The Android poem is an SF take on the boy loses girl theme, while the Clone poem sees the protagonist lamenting his lack of individuality.
  • "Damnation Alley" lyrics are inspired by Roger Zelazny's book.
  • "Quark, Strangeness And Charm" - Quarks are sub-atomic particles; "strange" and "charm" are playful terms used by physicists to define characteristics of quarks. This song is a humorous look at astronomers and their ladies.
  • "Hassan-i-Sabah" (spelt Hassan I Sahba on the cover) is a Middle Eastern flavoured song, mixing the legend of Hassan-i-Sabah (assassins and hashish) with contemporary issues (oil and Palestinian terrorism).
  • "The Days Of The Underground" is a self-reflective song covering the halcyon days of the band.
  • "The Iron Dream" is a take on Gustav Holst's "Mars" which the band played live as a climax to "Uncle Sam's On Mars". The title comes from a book by Norman Spinrad.

  • Jun-1977: Charisma, CDS4008, UK vinyl - original release contained an inner sleeve with typed lyrics on graphic paper.
  • Jun-1977: Sire, SRK6047, USA vinyl
  • Jun-1977: Charisma, 9124012, Germany/Italy - contained 6 slides of Calvert/Brock/Rudolph/House/King performing Atomhenge
  • Oct-1986: Charisma, CHC50, UK vinyl
  • Apr-1989: Virgin, CDSCD4008, UK CD
  • Jun-1995: Griffin, GCD370-0, USA CD; GCDHA162-2, USA CD with the Michael Butterworth Queens of Deleria book.

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Members
Dave Brock – Mr Dibs – Jason Stuart – Richard Chadwick

Former members: John Harrison – Terry Ollis – Dik Mik Davies – Nik Turner – Huw Lloyd-Langton – Dave Anderson – Del Dettmar – Robert Calvert – Lemmy – Simon King – Simon House – Alan Powell – Paul Rudolph – Adrian Shaw – Harvey Bainbridge – Steve Swindells – Martin Griffin – Tim Blake – Ginger Baker – Keith Hale – Alan Davey – Danny Thompson Jr – Bridget Wishart – Ron Tree – Jerry Richards
Discography

Studio Albums: 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 – 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 – Alien 4 – Distant Horizons – In Your Area – Spacebrock – Take Me to Your Leader – Take Me to Your Future

Live Albums: Space Ritual – Live Seventy Nine – Live Chronicles – Palace Springs – The Business Trip – Love in Space – Hawkwind 1997 – Yule Ritual – Canterbury Fayre 2001 – Spaced Out in London

Archive Albums: The Weird Tapes – Hawkwind, Friends and Relations – The Text of Festival – Zones – This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic – 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: Collectors Series Volume 1 – Atomhenge 76 – Live 1990

Singles: "Hurry on Sundown" – "Silver Machine" – "Urban Guerilla" – "Psychedelic Warlords" – "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?" – "Angels of Death" – The Earth Ritual Preview EP – "Needle Gun" – "Zarozinia" – Decide Your Future EP – Quark, Strangeness and Charm EP – Area S4 EP – "Love In Space" – "Spirit of the Age"
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