Take Me to Your Leader (Hawkwind album)

Take Me to Your Leader is the twenty fourth studio album by UK rock group Hawkwind. Released in 2005, it was their first studio album in five years. It featured guest appearances by Arthur Brown, Lene Lovich, the television presenter Matthew Wright and past member Lemmy. The first 2000 copies came with a DVD containing interviews with band members and some live and "behind the scenes" footage [1].

Track listing

CD

"Spirit of the Age" (Brock, Calvert) – 6:43
"Out Here We Are" (Davey) – 5:56
"Greenback Massacre" (Davey) – 4:14
"To Love a Machine" (Brock) – 6:00
"Take Me to Your Leader" (Brock, Chadwick, Davey) – 5:50
"Digital Nation" (Chadwick) – 5:25
"Sunray" (Brown) – 3:55
"Sighs" (Brock, Davey) – 1:22
"Angela Android" (Brock, Chadwick) – 5:08
"A Letter to Robert" (Brock, Brown, Chadwick) – 6:08

Bonus DVD

Interview With Dave Brock
Interview With Alan Davey
Interview With Richard Chadwick
"Spirit of the Age" – Promo
"Silver Machine" – Ruisrock Festival, Finland, 10 July 2004
"The Right to Decide" – Live 1992
"Spirit of the Age" – Live 2004
"Psychedelic Warriors" – Live 2004

Personnel

Hawkwind

Dave Brock – guitar, vocals, keyboards
Alan Davey – bass guitar, vocals, keyboards
Richard Chadwick – drums, percussion and programming

with

James Clemas – organ (tracks 1 and 7)
Matthew Wright – vocals (track 1)
Jez Huggett – saxophone (tracks 2 and 6)
Jason Stuart – keyboards (tracks 3 and 4)
Simon House – keyboards and violin (tracks 7 and 9)
Arthur Brown – vocals (tracks 7 and 10)
Lene Lovich – vocals (track 9)
Lemmy – vocals, bass (DVD track 5)
Phil Caivano – guitar (DVD track 5)

Charts

References

^ Prato, Greg. Take Me to Your Leader at AllMusic
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 30, 2023.