Galactic Cowboys (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Galactic Cowboys

| type = Album

| artist = Galactic Cowboys

| cover = Galactic_Cowboys_debut_album_cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 20, 1991

| recorded = 1990

| venue =

| studio = Rampart Studios, Houston, Texas

| genre = Heavy metal

| length = 59:34

| label = DGC

| producer = Sam Taylor

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Space In Your Face

| next_year = 1993

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/galactic-cowboys-mw0000675405 |title=Galactic Cowboys - Galactic Cowboys | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic |first=Eduardo |last=Rivadavia |work=allmusic.com |accessdate=17 August 2014}}

| rev2 = Chicago Tribune

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{Cite web |last=Herrmann |first=Brenda |date=1991-08-29 |title=Galactic Cowboys Galactic Cowboys (DGC) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-08-29-9103040541-story.html |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=Chicago Tribune}}

| rev3 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev3Score = 8/10{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=Collector's Guide Publishing |year=2007 |location=Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=165}}

| rev4 = Cross Rhythms

| rev4score = {{rating|10|10|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}{{Cite web |last=Attlee |first=James |date=October 1991 |title=Review: Galactic Cowboys - Galactic Cowboys {{!}} Cross Rhythms |url=https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Galactic_Cowboys/Galactic_Cowboys/15765/ |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=Cross Rhythms |type=Issue 8}}

| rev5 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |url= |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=MUZE |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-19-531373-4 |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link=Colin Larkin |edition=4th |volume=3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0003unse_w1c2/page/662 662] |chapter=Galactic Cowboys |via=Internet Archive}}

| rev6 = Kerrang!

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Gitter |first=Mike |date=August 17, 1991 |title=Rekordz |magazine=Kerrang! |publisher=EMAP |issue=354|page=18}}

| rev7 = Metal Forces

| rev7score = 95/100{{Cite magazine |last=Stillie |first=Denise |date=September 1991 |title=Albums |url=https://archive.org/details/metal-forces-64-1991/page/30/ |magazine=Metal Forces |publisher=Rockzone Publications Ltd. |issue=64 |page=30 |via=Internet Archive}}

| rev8 = Rock Hard

| rev8score = 9/10{{Cite web |last=Stratmann |first=Holger |date=July 25, 1991 |title=Galactic Cowboys |url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/galactic-cowboys-galactic-cowboys-2 |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=Rock Hard |language=de-DE}}

| rev9 = Vox

| rev9score = 8/10{{Cite magazine |last=Elliott |first=Paul |date=October 1991 |title=Reviews: Rock |journal=Vox |publisher=IPC |issue=13 |page=70}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Galactic Cowboys is the eponymous debut album from the band of the same name. The album was called "The most exciting release of 1991" by HM Magazine{{Volume needed|date=April 2009}} editor Doug Van Pelt.{{cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location=Peabody, Massachusetts |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |chapter=Galactic Cowboys |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/353 353–354] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/353 }}