Space Shanty

Space Shanty
Space Shanty
Studio album by Khan
Released	2 June 1972
Recorded	December 1971 – March 1972
Studio	Command Studios, Olympic Studios and Tollington Park Studios, London
Genre	Progressive rock, Canterbury scene
Length	46:03; 54:02 (Bonus tracks)
Label	Deram Records; Polydor Records; Mantra Records; Eclectic Discs Records (re-release)
Producer	Neil Slaven

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Classic Rock	^[2]

Space Shanty is the only album by the short-lived Canterbury scene band Khan. Steve Hillage's first solo album, Fish Rising, included material originally intended for the second album by Khan, but the band split up before it became a possibility.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Hillage except where noted

Side on
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Space Shanty" (Including The Cobalt Sequence and March of the Sine Squadrons)		9:01
2.	"Stranded" (Including Effervescent Psycho Novelty No. 5)		6:35
3.	"Mixed Up Man of the Mountains"	Nick Greenwood, Hillage	7:15

Side two
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Driving to Amsterdam"	9:23
5.	"Stargazers"	5:33
6.	"Hollow Stone" (Including Escape of the Space Pilots)	8:16

2004 reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Break the Chains"	Greenwood, Hillage	3:31
8.	"Mixed Up Man of the Mountains" (First version)	Greenwood, Hillage	4:28

Personnel

Band

Steve Hillage – guitars, vocals
Nick Greenwood – bass guitar, vocals
Eric Peachey – drums
Dave Stewart – organ, piano, celesta, marimbas

Production^[1]

David Anstey – sleeve design
Pete Booth – engineer
George Chkiantz – engineer
Dave Grinstead – remixing
Neil Slaven – producer
Derek Varnals – engineer, remixing

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Unterberger, Richie. Space Shanty review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2010-02-27.
^ Henderson, Paul (February 2005). "Khan 'Space Shanty'". Classic Rock. Vol. 76. London, UK: Future Publishing Ltd. p. 102.