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[[Mike Oldfield]]'s 1994 album ''[[The Songs of Distant Earth (album)|The Songs of Distant Earth]]'' was based on [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s [[science fiction|SF]] novel ''[[Songs of Distant Earth]]''. The album's opening track, "In the Beginning", features a recording of the [[Apollo 8 Genesis reading]].
 
Guitarist [[Joe Satriani]] has recorded several pieces of space-themed instrumental music: "Raspberry Jam Delta-v" from his 1998 album ''[[Crystal Planet]]'', the title track from his 2004 album ''[[Is There Love In Space?]]'', "Redshift Riders" from his 2006 album ''[[Super Colossal]]'', "Light Years Away" and "Wormhole Wizards" from his 2010 album ''[[Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards]]'', and the title track of his 2015 album ''[[Shockwave Supernova]]''.
 
Other pop songs also mention outer space, such as [[Chris de Burgh]]'s "[[A Spaceman Came Travelling]]", the [[Bonzo Dog Band]]'s "[[I'm the Urban Spaceman]]", "[[Major Tom (Coming Home)]]" by [[Peter Schilling]], and [[Deep Purple]]'s "[[Space Truckin]]'". ''[[To Our Children's Children's Children]]'' by [[The Moody Blues]] was a 1969 album inspired by spaceflight.