It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous

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It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous
Studio album by Hawkwind
Released	1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	Space Rock
Label	Essential Records
Producer	Hawkwind
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Electric Tepee (1992) It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous (1993) The Business Trip (1994)

It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous is a 1993 studio album by Hawkwind which reached #75 in the UK album charts.

The album title is a quote from the mathematician/philosopher Alfred Whitehead, which had originally been used on the sleeve notes to The Space Ritual album.

[edit] Track listing

1. "It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous" (Brock/Chadwick/Davey) - 6:23
2. "Space Is Their (Palestine)" (Brock) - 11:46
3. "Tibet Is Not China (Part 1)" (Davey) - 3:39
4. "Tibet Is Not China (Part 2)" (Brock/Chadwick/Davey) - 3:20
5. "Let Barking Dogs Lie" (Brock/Chadwick/Davey) - 9:01
6. "Wave Upon Wave" (Davey) - 3:13
7. "Letting in the Past" [aka "Looking in the Future"] (Brock) - 2:53
8. "The Camera That Could Lie" (Brock) - 4:56
9. "3 or 4 Erections in the Course of a Night" (Brock/Davey) - 2:02
10. "Techno Tropic Zone Exists" (Brock) - 4:30
11. "Gimme Shelter" (Jagger/Richards) - 5:34
12. "Avante" (Brock/Chadwick/Davey) - 6:00

[edit] Personnel

• Dave Brock - guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Alan Davey - bass guitar, Vocals
• Richard Chadwick - drums

[edit] Credits

• Recorded at Barking Dog Studios, produced with Paul Cobbold.
• Artwork by Alan The Ghost.

[edit] Release History

• Oct 1993: Essential Records, ESDLP196, UK Double LP
• Oct 1993: Essential Records, ESSCD196, UK CD
• Oct 1993: Essential Records, ESSMC196, UK Cassette
• Jun 1994: Griffin, GCDHA 161-1, USA
• Jul 1999: Essential Records, ESMCD 740, UK CD digipak