''Galaxy'' is the tenth studio album by American band
War
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. It was their first album released on
MCA Records
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Pre-history
MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 wit ...
. The album was certified gold.
Critical reception
Reviewing in ''
Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies'' (1981),
Robert Christgau
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wrote: "The first side of the most unambitious album they've ever made works beautifully as what it is—
P-Funk
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on
thorazine
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, with the phrasemaking acuity of previous War records reduced to one title, 'Sweet Fighting Lady.' Side two winds down from a pretty good hit single into fourteen minutes of carrying unambitiousness way too far."
Track listing
All tracks written by War and Jerry Goldstein, with the exception of "The Seven Tin Soldiers" written by War
Side one
#"Galaxy" – 8:11
#"Baby Face (She Said Do Do Do Do)" – 5:04
#"Sweet Fighting Lady" – 7:10
Side Two
#"Hey Señorita" – 5:47
#"The Seven Tin Soldiers" – 14:15
Personnel
*Charles Miller — alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, vocals, clarinet, percussion
*Lee Oskar — harmonica, percussion
*Howard Scott — guitar, vocals, percussion
*Lonnie Jordan — organ, vocals, piano, synthesizer, timbales, percussion
*B.B. Dickerson — bass, vocals, percussion
*Harold Brown — drums, vocals, percussion
*Papa Dee Allen – congas, vocals, bongos, percussion
Voice
ortrayal Other
pecial Thanks– Patricia Rojas — voice
(track 4)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
1977 albums
War (American band) albums
albums produced by Jerry Goldstein (producer)
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