Space Race (album)

Space Race
Space Race
Studio album by Mi-Sex
Released	May 1980
Studio	Studios 301, Music Farms Studios, Sydney
Genre	New wave
Length	37:23
Label	CBS
Producer	Peter Dawkins
Mi-Sex chronology
Singles from Space Race
	"People"; Released: March 1980; "Space Race"; Released: June 1980; "It Only Hurts When I'm Laughing"; Released: August 1980;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Space Race"	Kevin Stanton, Murray Burns	3:44
2.	"Pages and Matches"	Stanton, Burns	2:30
3.	"Living in September"	Stanton	2:41
4.	"I Don't Know"	Stanton, Burns	2:27
5.	"Slippin' Out"	Stanton, Gilpin	3:08
6.	"It Only Hurts When I'm Laughing"	Stanton, Burns, Steve Gilpin	4:18

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"People"	Stanton, Burns, Gilpin	3:49
2.	"Good Guys Always Win (Satire)"	Stanton, Burns	3:17
3.	"Ghosts"	Stanton, Burns	3:42
4.	"Burning Up"	Stanton, Burns, Gilpin, Richard Hodgkinson	3:35
5.	"Ice Cold Dead"	Stanton, Burns	4:16

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

^ "Mi-Sex – Space Race". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
^ "Gold and platinum New Zealand albums to 2013". Te Ara. Encyclopedia of NZ. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
^ McFarlane, 'Mi-Sex' entry. Archived from the original on 7 August 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Charts.nz – Mi-Sex – Space Race". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
^ "NZ END OF YEAR CHARTS 1980". nztop40. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
^ "Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > Platinum and Gold Albums 1980". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 12 November 2021 – via Imgur.com.

[1] "Mi-Sex – Space Race". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

[teawa-certs-2] "Gold and platinum New Zealand albums to 2013". Te Ara. Encyclopedia of NZ. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

[McFarlane-3] McFarlane, 'Mi-Sex' entry. Archived from the original on 7 August 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

[Nimmervoll-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.

[newzealand-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.

[Aus1980certs-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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v t e Mi-Sex
Murray Burns Paul Dunningham Colin Bayley Steve Balbi Travis New Steve Gilpin Kevin Stanton Don Martin Phil Smart Steve Osborne Richard Hodgkinson
Studio albums	Graffiti Crimes Space Race Shanghaied! Where Do They Go? Not from Here
Compilations	'79-'85 The Essential Mi-Sex
Extended Plays	Extended Play
Singles	"But You Don't Care" "Computer Games" "People" "Space Race" "It Only Hurts When I'm Laughing" "Falling In and Out" "Castaway" "Only Thinking" "Blue Day"