It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous

Infobox Album | Name = It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous
Type = Album
Artist = Hawkwind


Released = 1993
Recorded = 1993
Genre = Space Rock
Length =
Label = Essential Records
Producer = Hawkwind
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j9fixqthldfe link]
*Prog Archives Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=3978 link] (11 ratings)
Last album = "Electric Tepee"
(1992)
This album = "It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous"
(1993)
Next album = "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.

Track listing

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

Personnel

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

Credits

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

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