Space Race (album)

Space Race
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1980
StudioStudios 301, Music Farms Studios, Sydney
GenreNew wave
Length37:23
LabelCBS
ProducerPeter Dawkins
Mi-Sex chronology
Graffiti Crimes
(1979)
Space Race
(1980)
Shanghaied!
(1981)
Singles from Space Race
  1. "People"
    Released: March 1980
  2. "Space Race"
    Released: June 1980
  3. "It Only Hurts When I'm Laughing"
    Released: August 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Space Race is the second studio album by New Zealand New Wave music group Mi-Sex, released in May 1980.The album peaked at number one on the New Zealand albums chart and was certified platinum.[2]

The record label launched a promotional campaign with the slogan 'Are you a clone? . . . No, I'm in the Space Race'. Little rubber alien mannequins as featured on the front cover popped up all over the place."[3] Ed Nimmervoll of Howlspace website felt that the album was "talking about overpopulation, environmental issues, genetic engineering and other issues of great importance for the future."[4]

  1. ^ "Mi-Sex – Space Race". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Gold and platinum New Zealand albums to 2013". Te Ara. Encyclopedia of NZ. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. ^ McFarlane, 'Mi-Sex' entry. Archived from the original on 7 August 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. ^ Nimmervoll, Ed. "Mi-Sex". Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd (Ed Nimmervoll). Archived from the original on 28 March 2001. Retrieved 7 May 2016.