25 Years On

25 Years On
Studio album by
Released6 October 1978 (1978-10-06)
RecordedJune–August 1978
StudioLangley Farm, Devon
Genre
Length34:21
LabelCharisma
ProducerDave Brock, Robert Calvert
Hawkwind chronology
Quark, Strangeness and Charm
(1977)
25 Years On
(1978)
PXR5
(1979)
Singles from 25 Years On
  1. "25 Years"
    Released: 18 May 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

25 Years On is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Hawkwind, released in 1978. The band released it under the name "Hawklords" for legal reasons, as there was a dispute over ownership of the name "Hawkwind" at the time.[3] It reached No. 48 on the UK album charts. It was originally titled 25 Years On and the first 25000 were pressed as this until the band decided to simply call it Hawklords. Subsequent re-releases have reverted to the name 25 Years On and the band also now use this name on their website.

A new remix and surround mix of the album by Steven Wilson was released in 2023 by Atomhenge records as part of the Days Of The Underground boxed set.

  1. ^ a b Dave Thompson. "25 Years On - The Hawklords". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ "HAWKWIND - Hawklords: 25 Years on (1978)".