and evil", but the inner sleeve has redemption in the legend: And in the fullness of time, the prophecy must be fulfilled and the Hawklords shall return to smite the land. And the dark forces shall be scourged, the cities razed and made into parks. Peace shall come to everyone. For is it not written that the sword is key to Heaven and Hell? Critical reaction The UK music press warmly received the album, Nick Kent in NME confessing "I'd be ashamed to say I didn't love it" describing the music as one chord short of "the strongest high energy cosmic hubcap this side of the Metal Zone". Andrew Means of Melody Maker commented that "It's not melody and it's not harmony, and it's not really rhythm... it is ambiguity. It is the spaced out slipstream, the rushing, gurgling torrent of weightless sound that first turns the circle of mental pictures, associations and impressions picked out from space, time and earth... The listener is as much a traveller as the musician." Sounds Martin Hayman meanwhile described the music as "the bass and drums batter on with unflagging pace, synthesisers swirl and whistle around the thunderous block riffs whose endless repetition generates that numbed hypnosis, tuneless and menacing voices incant largely incomprehensible lyrics. This is not to knock Hawkwind: the sound they are getting is thicker, fuller, more convincing than ever before. Its total effect is pretty devastating, but the means by which the effect is achieved is no revolution in sound." Track listing Personnel Hawkwind Dave Brock – 6- and 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, production Nik Turner – saxophone, flute, vocals Lemmy (Ian Kilmister) – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals Dik Mik (Michael Davies) – audio generator, electronics Del Dettmar – synthesizer, production Simon King – drumsAdditional musicians''' Robert Calvert – vocals on "Urban Guerrilla" and "Ejection" Paul Rudolph – guitars on "Ejection" Production Recorded at Rockfield, Wales, September and October. Produced by Brock and Dettmar Sleeve designed by Barney Bubbles "Urban Guerrilla" and "Brainbox Pollution" recorded at Olympic Studios, 1973 Release history November 1972: United Artists Records, UAG29364, UK vinyl – original issues came in black on silver foil single sleeve, with inner sleeve and foldout Star Rats poster. Subsequent issues were a simple single sleeve. January 1981: Liberty Records, UAG29364, UK vinyl August 1986: Liberty Records, ATAK92, UK vinyl July 1991: One Way Records, CDLL 57475,