The Race For Space

The Race For Space is the title of the second studio album by British group Public Service Broadcasting. It was released in February 2015 as the follow-up to their debut Inform-Educate-Entertain (2013). As with its predecessor, The Race for Space is a concept album, recreating the story of the American and Soviet space race from 1957–1972 using archive samples mixed with original music compositions.

The album consolidated the group's critical acclaim and also gave them commercial success reaching no. 11 in the UK album charts and no. 1 in the UK Indie Albums charts the week following its release. The vinyl edition was also the fifth highest selling record of 2015 in the UK.

Personnel

 * J Willgoose, Esq. - guitars, synths, bass, banjo, percussion, sampling
 * Wrigglesworth - drums, vibraphone and handclaps

several other musicians and vocalists feature - see Wikipedia page for full list

Tracklisting

 * original vinyl LP

Side One


 * 1) The Race for Space
 * 2) Sputnik
 * 3) Gagarin
 * 4) Fire in the Cockpit
 * 5) E.V.A.

Side Two


 * 1) The Other Side
 * 2) Valentina
 * 3) Go!
 * 4) Tomorrow


 * CD & digital as above 1-9

Live performances

 * The album was launched with two live performances on 26 and 27 February 2015 at the National Space Centre in Leicester followed by a 14-date tour of the UK and Ireland. (see Live at Brixton, 2016)


 * On 25 July 2019, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing in 1969, Public Service Broadcasting performed a specially commissioned new orchestral arrangement of the album at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as part of the summer's Proms programme. The performance was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and the day after on BBC Four.


 * The group also performed the track Go! live on BBC Two's Newsnight programme on the eve of the fiftieth anniversary, 19 July 2019.

Remix album
A remix album featuring eight remixes of tracks from The Race For Space (plus Korolev) was released on 17 June 2016.

1.	E.V.A. (Vessels)	5:52

2.	Tomorrow (Copy Paste Soul Remix)	6:44

3.	Go! (Kauf Remix)	4:26

4.	The Other Side (Maps Remix)	5:23

5.	Korolev (Field Music Remix)	4:19

6.	Sputnik (Petar Dundov Remix)	6:16

7.	Valentina (feat. Smoke Fairies) (Boxed In Remix)	5:59

8.	E.V.A. (Dutch Uncles Remix)	4:40

9.	Gagarin (Psychemagik Remix)	5:23

10.	Korolev (Robert Babicz Remix)	6:00

11.	Go! (Errors Remix)	4:13

12.	Sputnik (Blond:ish Remix) 12:39

Singles
UK only