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]