Hall of the Mountain Grill

Rock · 1974 · 9 tracks

Hall of the Mountain Grill

A masterful balance of heavy, driving space-rock riffs and delicate, melancholic synthesizer excursions. Dystopian, cosmic, and beautifully murky.

September 6, 1974 · United Artists Records

A heavy, dystopian cosmic journey balanced by moments of fragile, melancholic beauty.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks

01

The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear in Smoke)

7:20

02

Wind of Change

4:36

03

D-Rider

6:14

04

Web Weaver

3:10

05

You’d Better Believe It

7:15

06

Hall of the Mountain Grill

2:24

07

Lost Johnny

3:28

08

Goat Willow

1:37

09

Paradox

5:24

Moments Worth Listening For

The transition on track 1 where the driving, gritty street-rock rhythm suddenly dissolves into a swirling vortex of electronic wind and tape echo.

The delicate, melancholic beauty of the title track where the piano and mellotron weave a fragile, classical-inspired tapestry that feels completely isolated in deep space.

The relentless, heavy chug of Lemmy's bass driving track 7 forward with a dirty, proto-punk energy that cuts straight through the cosmic haze.

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