once more an album that uses blistering sci-fi imagery as an angry searchlight focusing on alternative thought". Dome felt "Ginger Baker slot[s] in almost as it were second nature", highlights "Dust Of Time" as "mystically inspired Eastern melodies and atmospherically desolate synthesisers which engulf the JG Ballardesque" and the album "intersperse[s] the serious stuff with more lighthearted, whimsical instrumentals." Songs "Levitation" had been played during the band's previous UK Winter 1979 tour and, although not included on the live album Live Seventy Nine, a bootleg version was later released on the Complete '79 album. A live version from the Levitation tour was released on the album This is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic. Terry Bickers named his band Levitation after this album. The song was also covered on My Kantele by Amorphis. The band had wanted "Motorway City" to be released as the album's single, but the record company preferred "Who's Gonna Win the War?" instead. The track features lead guitarist Lloyd-Langton using an E-bow. It had been performed on the band's previous UK Winter 1979 tour and included on the Live Seventy Nine album. A live version of this song from the Levitation tour was later issued in 1983 as a single from the Zones album. "Psychosis" is an instrumental synthesiser piece by Harvey Bainbridge. It was included on the Levitation tour, a version being included, but not listed, on the album This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic. The title of "World of Tiers" is a reference to the World of Tiers series of science fiction novels by Philip José Farmer. An instrumental, it is reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well". It is another song that had been performed on the band's previous UK Winter 1979 tour, a bootleg version was later released on the Complete '79 album. A live version of this song from the Levitation tour was issued on the Hawkwind Anthology collection. "Prelude" is an instrumental synthesiser piece by Tim Blake. "Who's Gonna Win The War?" was released as a single from this album backed by the non-album track "Nuclear Toy". It too had been performed on the band's previous UK Winter 1979 tour, a bootleg version was later released on the Complete '79 album. "Space Chase" is a fast-paced instrumental. A live version from the Levitation tour was released on the album This is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic. The title "The 5th Second of Forever" references