14 tracks · 58 min
"The Machine Stops" is a concept album by space rock band Hawkwind, released on 15 April 2016. It is inspired by the E.M. Forster novel of the same name. It is Hawkwind's twenty-sixth studio album, Hawkwind's first album recorded without the involvement of Tim Blake since 2010's Blood of the Earth and the first to feature bassist Haz Wheaton. The Machine Stops is Hawkwind's first studio album composed entirely of new material released under the Cherry Red label.