Space Race (album) explained

Space Race
Type:Studio
Artist:Mi-Sex
Cover:Mi-Sex - Space Race.jpg
Released:May 1980
Studio:Studios 301, Music Farms Studios, Sydney
Genre:New wave
Length:37:23
Label:CBS
Producer:Peter Dawkins
Prev Title:Graffiti Crimes
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Shanghaied!
Next Year:1981

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.[1]

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."[2] 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."[3]

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gold and platinum New Zealand albums to 2013. Te Ara. Encyclopedia of NZ. 19 July 2015.
  2. McFarlane, 'Mi-Sex' entry. Archived from the original on 7 August 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. Web site: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20010328130000/http:/www.howlspace.com.au/cn/misex/misex.htm . Mi-Sex . Nimmervoll . Ed . Ed Nimmervoll . Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd (Ed Nimmervoll) . 28 March 2001 . 7 May 2016 .
  4. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 204. 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  5. Web site: NZ END OF YEAR CHARTS 1980 . nztop40. 4 October 2017.