The Space Age Playboys

The Space Age Playboys is the fifth album by the band Warrior Soul. It was first released in the UK on Music For Nations in 1994. It was released the following year in North America.

The combination of Kory Clarke's acidic lyrics and new guitarist XFactor's (aka Gene Poole, aka Alex) punk-tinged buzz-tone created a fresh new sound, dubbed Acid Punk. The British influence of XFactor's hard-driving guitar gave Clarke what might have been the perfect backdrop for his brilliant rants. Mixed by Ben Grosse, the album sold well in Europe but was not promoted in the US.

For reasons never explained, XFactor left. Rumours of a rift followed. XFactor still refuses to discuss why he left. Shortly after, the band broke up. Following the dissolution of Warrior Soul in 1995, singer Kory Clarke formed a new band with the name Space Age Playboys.

The album was remastered and re-released with bonus tracks on CD and MP3 in 2009 by Escapi Music.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Rock Hard (de)	9.5/10^[1]

In 2005, The Space Age Playboys was ranked number 323 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.^[2] Metallica's Lars Ulrich has rated it one of his favourite albums, and invited Warrior Soul to open for them at Donington.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rocket Engines"	3:48
2.	"The Drug"	4:23
3.	"Let's Get Wasted"	4:58
4.	"No No No"	3:18
5.	"Television"	3:35
6.	"The Pretty Faces"	4:32
7.	"The Image"	4:59
8.	"Rotten Soul"	4:29
9.	"I Wanna Get Some"	4:21
10.	"Look at You"	4:01
11.	"Star Ride"	5:11
12.	"Generation Graveyard"	3:45
13.	"Fightin' the War"	4:52

2006 Escapi Bonus Tracks:

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Evo and Pete Bragging (live)"	0:34
15.	"Punk Rock N Roll (live)"	3:13
16.	"Ways To The Gutter (live)"	3:45
17.	"NYC Girl (live)"	2:54
18.	"Punk Reaction (live)"	4:28

All songs written by Clark / McClanahan / X. Factor

Personnel

Kory Clarke - vocals
Pete McClanahan - bass & vocals
X-Factor - guitar & vocals
Scott Dubois - drums

References

^ Stratmann, Holger. "Rock Hard review". issue 90. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
^ [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 81. ISBN 3-89880-517-4. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)

[1] Stratmann, Holger. "Rock Hard review". issue 90. Retrieved 27 May 2013.

[2] [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 81. ISBN 3-89880-517-4. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)

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