Hawkwind Chart Positions

Hawkwind Chart Positions

This information was first posted on Frank Weil's Golden Void site, which is no more. It appears here with Frank's permission

Smashey:
"Below are the chart positions achieved by Hawkwind albums. The highest for a single is "Silver Machine" which reached number 3 on the UK charts in August, 1972. The highest for an album is "Space Ritual Alive" which reached number 9 on the UK charts in June, 1973."

Nicey:
"Silver Machine peaked at number 3, but it debuted at number 18, as seen on the chart to the left, from July 18th 1972..."

In Search of Space LP
Silver Machine (single)
Doremi Fasol Latido LP
Space Ritual Alive LP
Urban Guerilla (single)
Space Ritual Live LP
Hall of the Mountain Grill LP
Hall of the Mountain Grill LP
Warrior on the Edge of Time LP
Warrior on the Edge of Time LP
Roadhawks compilation LP
Astounding Sounds LP
Quark Strangeness & Charm LP
25 years On (Hawklords LP)
Silver Machine (single reissue)
PXR5 LP
Shot Down In The Night (single)
Live '79 LP
Levitation LP
Sonic Attack LP
Church of Hawkwind LP
Choose Your Masques LP
Silver Machine (single reissue)
Zones LP
This Is Hawkwind Do Not Panic
Hawkwind (1st) LP reissue
Chronicle of the Black Sword
The Xenon Codex LP
Space Bandits
Electric Tepee
Gimme Shelter (with Sam Fox)
It Is The Business Of The Future
Area S4 EP
Alien 4 LP
Spirit Of The Age (single)
Take Me To Your Leader

UK no. 18
UK no. 3
UK no. 14
UK no. 9
UK no. 39
US no. 179
UK no. 16
US no. 110
UK no. 13
US no. 150
UK no. 34
UK no. 33
UK no. 30
UK no. 48
UK no. 34
UK no. 59
UK no. 59
UK no. 15
UK no. 21
UK no. 19
UK no. 26
UK no. 29
UK no. 67
UK no. 45
UK no.101
UK no. 75
UK no. 65
UK no. 79
UK no. 70
UK no. 53
UK no. 23
UK no. 75
UK no.164
UK no.119
UK no. 79
UK no.142

Oct 1971
Aug 1972
Dec 1972
Jun 1973
Aug 1973
Dec 1973
Sep 1974
Sep 1974
Jun 1975
Jun 1975
Apr 1976
Sep 1976
Jul 1977
Oct 1978
Oct 1978
May 1979
Jul 1980
Aug 1980
Nov 1980
1981
1982
1982
Jan 1983
Nov 1983
Apr 1984
1984
Nov 1985
May 1988
1990
1992
Apr 1993
1993
Oct 1995
Nov 1995
Sep 2005
Sep 2005

Zones chart position was previously listed as 57: corrected information supplied by Cleopatra Records. They also point out that the low chart position of This Is Hawkwind Do Not Panic was probably caused by a change of distributor 4 days before the release of that album