Space Race (album)

Space Race
Studio album by
Mi-Sex
ReleasedMay 1980
StudioStudios 301, Music Farms Studios, Sydney
GenreNew wave
Length37:23
LabelCBS
ProducerPeter Dawkins
Mi-Sex chronology
Graffiti Crimes
(1979) 		Space Race
(1980) 		Shanghaied!
(1981)
Singles from Space Race
  1. "People"
    Released: March 1980
  2. "Space Race"
    Released: June 1980
  3. "It Only Hurts When I'm Laughing"
    Released: August 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Space Race is the second studio album by New Zealand New Wave music group Mi-Sex, released in May 1980.The album peaked at number one on the New Zealand albums chart and was certified platinum.[2]

The record label launched a promotional campaign with the slogan 'Are you a clone? . . . No, I'm in the Space Race'. Little rubber alien mannequins as featured on the front cover popped up all over the place."[3] Ed Nimmervoll of Howlspace website felt that the album was "talking about overpopulation, environmental issues, genetic engineering and other issues of great importance for the future."[4]

Track listing

Vinyl/cassette (237442)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Space Race"Kevin Stanton, Murray Burns3:44
2."Pages and Matches"Stanton, Burns2:30
3."Living in September"Stanton2:41
4."I Don't Know"Stanton, Burns2:27
5."Slippin' Out"Stanton, Gilpin3:08
6."It Only Hurts When I'm Laughing"Stanton, Burns, Steve Gilpin4:18
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."People"Stanton, Burns, Gilpin3:49
2."Good Guys Always Win (Satire)"Stanton, Burns3:17
3."Ghosts"Stanton, Burns3:42
4."Burning Up"Stanton, Burns, Gilpin, Richard Hodgkinson3:35
5."Ice Cold Dead"Stanton, Burns4:16

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report[5] 5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
New Zealand [7] 9

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[8] Platinum 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Mi-Sex – Space Race". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Gold and platinum New Zealand albums to 2013". Te Ara. Encyclopedia of NZ. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. ^ McFarlane, 'Mi-Sex' entry. Archived from the original on 7 August 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. ^ Nimmervoll, Ed. "Mi-Sex". Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd (Ed Nimmervoll). Archived from the original on 28 March 2001. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 204. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  6. ^ "Charts.nz – Mi-Sex – Space Race". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  7. ^ "NZ END OF YEAR CHARTS 1980". nztop40. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > Platinum and Gold Albums 1980". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 12 November 2021 – via Imgur.com.
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