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Space for the Earth

2020 studio album by Ozric Tentacles

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ104859054 ↗
Source-derived summary

Space for the Earth is the fifteenth studio album by English progressive and psychedelic rock band Ozric Tentacles. The album was released on 9 October 2020 through the Kscope label.

Background

Written, recorded and produced by frontman Ed Wynne in his Blue Bubble studio in Scotland, the album features his son Silas Neptune on keyboards and Balázs Szende on drums, as well as several additional musicians many of which are former Ozric Tentacles members. The album was officially announced on 22 July 2020 followed by the release of the single "Humboldt Currant".

The Tour That Didn't Happen Edition

An expanded version of the album, subtitled "The Tour That Didn't Happen Edition", was released on 3 September 2021. It included a 33-minute bonus track entitled "Six Worlds... (An Unusual Journey)".

Editorial summary

“Space for the Earth” enters the record as 2020 studio album by Ozric Tentacles. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Space, Earth and studio can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020, 2021—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2020. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Space, Earth and studio.
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Why this record matters

“Space for the Earth” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Space, Earth and studio provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q104859054. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2021.

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Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Space for the Earth” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.