''Go West'' is the fourth studio

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by the

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, released on March 26, 1979. It features their hit singles "

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" (#3 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, #2 in the

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) and " Go West", which the

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did a successful cover of in 1993. The album was reissued on CD in 1996. ''Go West'' would be the band's last complete album of all-new material for Casablanca, as well as the last album to feature Victor Willis.

Critical reception

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'' stated that the album contains "some of the most irresistible rhythm in today's pop /disco genre." ''Billboard'' described the song "I Wanna Shake Your Hand" as "an appropriately non romantic twist on the

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", with its mock exhortation to "Don't be shy/ go up and say hello."

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critic Amy Hanson felt that aside from the two singles and "Manhattan Woman," which she felt "contained some interesting,

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-inflected vocalizations," the remaining songs "sound like a rehash of the band's already released finest."

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Certifications and sales

References

1979 albums Village People albums Casablanca Records albums Albums produced by Jacques Morali {{1970s-pop-album-stub