HW: Blackheath

[M Holmes]

Mark Edmonds writes:

> >>> I was beginning to get disenchanted and things
> >>> only got worse with Palace Springs!
> >>
> >>     Blasphemy!! :)
> >>     Palace Springs is one of my top HW albums,
>
> >
> >yeah, I have to agree that Palace Springs is one of the best-ever albums.
>
> Cripes! Maybe I should give this album another listen. I had never
> considered to be in anyway a contender for "one of the best-ever
> albums".

I don't seem to have the results of the first album poll so...

Second Poll of Hawkwind albums for this list (top 20):

 1 WARRIOR_ON_THE_EDGE_OF_TIME                   902    14      5       1   172
 2 CHOOSE_YOUR_MASQUES                           848     8      2           155
 3 SPACE_RITUAL_ALIVE                            801    17      5           225
 4 SONIC_ATTACK                                  741     8      1           160
 5 DOREMI_FASOL_LATIDO                           733    17                  156
 6 HALL_OF_THE_MOUNTAIN_GRILL                    723    20      2       2   251
 7 PALACE_SPRINGS                                709    19              2   151
 8 LIVE_CHRONICLES                               708    18      2           261
 9 QUARK_STRANGENESS_AND_CHARM                   695    18      1           209
10 IN_SEARCH_OF_SPACE                            663    17      2           260
11 LEVITATION                                    655    19              1   235
12 CHURCH_OF_HAWKWIND                            650     7                  246
13 CALIFORNIA_BRAINSTORM                         641    12                  222
14 THE_CHRONICLE_OF_THE_BLACK_SWORD              638    14      2           184
15 THE_XENON_CODEX                               631    17      1       1   214
16=THE_BBC_RADIO_DISC                            623     7                  205
16=STONEHENGE_(THIS_IS_HWKWND_DO_NOT_PANIC)      623    13                  205
17 PXR5                                          620    15              1   232
18 FRIDAY_ROCK_SHOW_-_LIVE_AT_READING_'86        616    11                  291
19 ZONES                                         611    10                  184
20 STONEHENGE_(THIS_IS_HWKWND_DO_NOT_PANIC)      608     8                  214


Third album poll for this list:

1 Warrior On The Edge Of Time                   895     31      10      1  208
2 Space Ritual Alive                            864     32      10         204
3 Palace Springs                                797     35      3          174
4 Hall Of The Mountain Grill                    791     36      5       1  248
5 In Search Of Space                            776     31      1          240
6 Doremi Fasol Latido                           773     33                 187
7 Quark Strangeness And Charm                   762     32      1          212
8 Choose Your Masques                           752     17      2          248
9 Sonic Attack                                  708     17      1          242
10 Levitation                                   692     32                 235
11 The Business Trip                            675     17                 288
12 Live Chronicles                              669     33      2          263
13 Hawkwind Live aka Live 79                    636     30              1  250
14 PXR5                                         623     29                 208
15 California Brainstorm                        619     23      1          216
16 The Approved History of Hawkwind             616     4                  391
17 Friday Rock Show - Live at Reading '86       613     23                 248
18 Roadhawks                                    611     17      1          256
19 Electric Teepee                              608     31      1          231
20 Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music             606     28                 224


As you can see, Palace Springs does pretty well in the album polls.
Further evidence comes from the tracks poll with two tracks from Palace
Springs topping the poll:

  1  The Golden Void                                   951   14    156
  2  Assault And Battery                               874   14    167
  3  Hassan I Sabha                                    852   15    202
  4  Master Of The Universe                            830   14    190
  5  Lost Chronicles                                   829    6    340
  6  Spirit Of The Age                                 823   15    200
  7  Paradox                                           816   14    192
  8  Lord Of Light                                     816   14    194
  9  High Rise                                         815   11    156
 10  Down Through The Night                            815   15    179
 11  New Jerusalem                                     813    8    212
 12  Who's Gonna Win The War?                          810   12    215
 13  Psychedelic Warlords                              808   15    164
 14  Right To Decide                                   798   13    192
 15  Wind Of Change                                    776   13    317
 16  Seven By Seven                                    772   14    186
 17  Ejection                                          766   11    177
 18  Magnu                                             765   14    224
 19  Void's End                                        763    6    282
 20  Arrival In Utopia                                 760   11    280