| The Chronicle of the Black Sword | ||||
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| Released | 11 November 1985 | |||
| Recorded | August–September 1985 | |||
| Studio | Rockfield Studios | |||
| Genre | Space rock | |||
| Length | 37:12 | |||
| Label | Flicknife Records, Griffin Music | |||
| Producer | Hawkwind | |||
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 Griffin release, North America 1994 | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Chronicle of the Black Sword is the fourteenth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1985. It spent two weeks on the UK Albums Chart peaking at #65.[3] The album is based upon the adventures of Elric of Melniboné, a recurring character in the novels of science fiction author Michael Moorcock, a long-standing associate of the group, who contributes lyrics to one track on the album.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ "Hawkwind". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 May 2016.