All Aboard the Skylark

Some copies were issued as a 2CD set with an additional disc Acoustic Daze, The content is the original acoustic recordings that were reworked with Mike Batt for the Road to Utopia album. The album was promoted with a 15 date tour of Britain in November, culminating in a final show at London's Royal Albert Hall. The set-list included "Flesh Fondue", "Last Man on Earth", "65 Million Years Ago", "In the Beginning" and "The Fantasy of Faldum" from the album. On 14 November, the group recorded a session for Marc Riley's BBC Radio 6 Music show, playing "65 Million Years Ago", "Last Man on Earth", and "Spirit of the Age". "Silver Machine" was recorded as part of the session for broadcast on the Gideon Coe show later the same evening. The album reached number 34 in the UK albums chart. ==Tracks==

:All tracks written by Dave Brock unless otherwise stated Disc 1 • "Flesh Fondue" – 5:03 • "Nets of Space" – 3:03 • "Last Man on Earth" (Magnus Martin) – 5:01 • "We Are Not Dead... Only Sleeping" – 3:21 • "All Aboard the Skylark" (Brock, Martin, Niall Hone, Richard Chadwick) – 5:26 • "65 Million Years Ago" – 4:11 • "In the Beginning" – 2:00 • "The Road To..." – 5:13 • "The Fantasy of Faldum" (Martin) – 9:15 Disc 2: Acoustic Daze • "Psi Power" (Brock, Robert Calvert) – 5:16 • "Hymn to the Sun" (Martin) – 2:49 • "The Watcher" (Ian Kilmister) – 4:54 • "Generation Door" – 0:41 • "Age of the Micro Man" (Brock, Calvert) – 5:08 • "Intro the Night" (Martin) – 2:11 • "Down Through the Night" – 6:12 • "Flying Doctor" (Brock, Calvert) – 5:47 • "Get Yourself Together" – 7:00 • "Ascent of Man" – 5:04 • "We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago" – 3:53 ==Personnel==

;Hawkwind • Dave Brock – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesiser, harmonica • Magnus Martin – vocals, guitar, keyboards, viola • Niall Hone – bass guitar (Disc 1) • Richard Chadwick – drums, percussion, vocals ;Additional musicians • Michal Sosna – saxophone ("Last Man On Earth", "All Aboard The Skylark", "Get Yourself Together" and "Ascent of Man") • Haz Wheaton – bass guitar (Disc 2) • Mr Dibs (Jonathan Darbyshire) – vocals ("Flying Doctor"), backing vocals ("Get Yourself Together", "Ascent of Man" and "We Took The Wrong Step Years Ago") ;Technical • Producer – Hawkwind • Artwork – Martin Krel • Layout [Packaging] – Meriel Waissman • Co-ordinator – Kris Tait ==Title==

According to Dave Brock, speaking during the live session on the Marc Riley show, the title is taken from the Skylark series by E. E. "Doc" Smith. However, it has also been speculated and assumed that the title may in reality be more directly influenced by the British Kids TV cartoon of the 1970s 'Noah and Nelly' who flew the Skylark, and used the familiar catchphrase call of 'All aboard the SkylArk' in each episode. == Charts ==