Space Shanty

Infobox Album | Name = Space Shanty
Type = Studio Album
Artist = Khan


Released = 1972
Recorded =
Genre = Progressive rock, space rock
Length = 45:58
Label = Mantra Records
Deram Records
Polydor Records
Eclectic Discs Records (re-release)
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kbftxq85ld6e link (original issue)]
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wpfexqesldse 2005 reissue]
Last album = none
This album = "Space Shanty"
(1972)
Next album = none

"Space Shanty" is the debut and only album by the short-lived Canterbury scene band Khan. Steve Hillage's first solo album, Fish Rising, was planned to be the second album by Khan, but the band split up before that was a possibility.

=Track listing [ [http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=5964 KHAN Space Shanty music reviews and MP3 @ progarchives.com] ] =

All tracks are credited to Steve Hillage, except where noted.

# Space Shanty 9:01
# Stranded (Including Effervescent Psycho Novelty No. 5) 6:35
# Mixed Up Man of the Mountains (Nick Greenwood/Steve Hillage) 7:15
# Driving to Amsterdam - 9:23
# Stargazers 5:33
# Hollow Stone (Including "Escape of the Space Pilots") 8:16

2005 reissue bonus tracks

:7. Break the Chains - 3:31
:8. Mixed Up Man of the Mountains (First version) - 4:28

=Line-up [ [http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/display.php?rev=khan-ss Space Shanty info @ progreviews.com] ] =

*Steve Hillage: guitars, vocals
*Nick Greenwood: bass guitar, vocals
*Eric Peachy: drums
*Dave Stewart: organ, piano, skyceleste, marimbas

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