Spirit of the Age (song)

The song was subject to various remixes and issued as the Spirit of the Age - Solstice Mixes EP in June 1993 on 4-Real Records (4R1). Mixes were by Astralasia (Marc Swordfish, Nosmo) and produced by Salt Tank (David Gates & Malcolm Stanners). 12" • "Spirit of the Age" Full Vocal Mix (Calvert/Brock) – 9:56 • "Spirit of the Age" Hard Trance Mix (Calvert/Brock) – 8:43 • "Spirit of the Age" Cyber Trance Mix (Calvert/Brock) – 9:52 • "Spirit of the Age" Flesh To Phantasy Mix (Calvert/Brock) – 12:06 CD • "Spirit of the Age" Radio Edit (Calvert/Brock) • "Spirit of the Age" Full Vocal Mix (Calvert/Brock) • "Spirit of the Age" Cyber Trance Mix (Calvert/Brock) • "Spirit of the Age" Flesh to Phantasy Ambient Remix (Calvert/Brock) Note: The band performed a very rare second encore at the 1993 Brixton Academy gig, where they mimed along to "The Full Vocal Mix", with both members of Salt Tank on stage. ==2004 single==

In 2004 the band recorded a new studio version of the song which was issued as a single in two different formats. The first verse featured a vocal by tabloid journalist Matthew Wright who, while interviewing the band on a London radio show, had revealed that he was a big fan of the band. This version was included on their Take Me to Your Leader album. CD1 • "Spirit of the Age" (Calvert/Brock) – Radio Edit • "Angela Android" (Chadwick) – Live Version • "Assassins of Allah" [aka "Hassan-i Sabbah"/"Space is Their (Palestine)"] (Calvert/Rudolph/Brock) – Live Version CD2 • "Spirit of the Age" (Calvert/Brock) – Live Version • "Paradox" (Brock) – New studio version ==Cover versions==

Banco de Gaia released a cover of the song on his 2009 album Memories Dreams Reflections, with the lyrics spoken by newsreader and continuity announcer Neil Sleat. ==References==