Mark Plummer from
Melody Maker reviewed the album in the context of electronic music as "interesting and exciting. The reason for this is that the group never goes too mad, and they keep within musical bounds, using sound discriminatingly, and only when they are needed to convey a feeling." adding that "Seeing It As You Really Are" is a lesson in electronic music itself. Any group thinking of using weird sounds should listen to this album, it's tremendous." Members of the band warmly regard the album, many feeling that it was the band's best. Various reactions include: • "That was the great magical album. It was quite daring, I thought" – Dave Brock • "I remember being a bit apprehensive because Dick Taylor was the main man there and he was an older guitarist — I felt intimidated and didn't really enjoy doing it. It was a good album though and I still enjoy hearing it, even now." – Huw Lloyd-Langton • "We're very much a live band — with the exception of the first album which I had nothing to do with, and which I think was the best studio album Hawkwind's done — I think the
Space Ritual album is the best one we've done, because that was live, that's Hawkwind, that's us as we are." – Simon King • "My fav Gong album, and my fav H-W one, curiously-or obviously, I don't know, are records I've not played on... Camembert & Hawkwind (1) !" – Tim Blake • "Some of the band hated that album, but I thought it was the most musical they did" – Dik Mik ==Track listing==