''Blood of the Earth'' is the 26th studio album by the British

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, released on 21 June 2010. Although it is a new studio album, there are some new versions of older songs. "You’d Better Believe It" was originally released on their 1974 album ''

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'', and "Sweet Obsession" was originally released on Dave Brock's 1984 solo album ''Earthed to the Ground''. There is a limited 2CD edition, containing live tracks and an interview. "Tide of the Century" was originally recorded by Tim Blake on his 2000 solo album ''The Tide of the Century''. The cover version of "Long Gone" was recorded for

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special edition of ''

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Track listing

Disc 1

Disc 2 – (Live)

#"Space" (Brock) #"Angels of Death" (Brock) #"Wraith" (Darbyshire, Hone, Blake, Chadwick) #"Tide of the Century" (Blake) #"Magnu" (Brock) #"Levitation" (Brock) #"Long Gone" (

) #Interview 2010

Personnel

;Hawkwind *

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– guitar, keyboards, vocals *Niall Hone – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, sampling *Mr. Dibs – bass guitar, vocals *

Tim Blake Timothy Blake (born 6 February 1952, in Shepherd's Bush, London) is an English keyboardist, synthesist, vocalist, and composer, who is known for working with Gong, Hawkwind and his synthesizer and light performances as Crystal Machine, with th ...

– keyboards *Richard Chadwick – drums, vocals *

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– vocals on "Blood of the Earth" *Jason Stuart – keyboards on "Starshine" * Jon Sevink – violin on Live CD

Charts

Release history

*21 June 2010: Eastworld Recordings, EWO042CD, UK, CD *21 June 2010: Eastworld Recordings, EWO043CDLTD, UK, 2xCD *21 June 2010: Eastworld Recordings, RCV030LP, UK, vinyl

References

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