Galaxy (War album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Galaxy
| type = studio
| artist = War
| cover = War - Galaxy.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 1977
| recorded = 1977
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz-funk
| length = 40:27
| label = MCA
| producer = Jerry Goldstein
| prev_title = Platinum Jazz
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Youngblood (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
| next_year = 1978
}}
Galaxy is the tenth studio album by American band War. It was their first album released on MCA Records. The album was certified gold.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000097572}}
| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
| rev2Score = B{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: W|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=W&bk=70|accessdate=March 22, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |pages=747–748}}
}}
Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "The first side of the most unambitious album they've ever made works beautifully as what it is—P-Funk on thorazine, 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." The Bay State Banner wrote that Galaxy, "with the exception of one cut, is a laid-back tropical-flavored jazz-funk album."{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Arthur |title=Record Reviews |work=Bay State Banner |issue=6 |date=17 Nov 1977 |page=21}}
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 [Portrayal], Other [Special Thanks] — Patricia Rojas — voice (track 4)
Charts
=Weekly charts=
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1978) !Position |
| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1978/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1978|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 29, 2021}}
|align="center"|95 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1978/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1978|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 29, 2021}}
|align="center"|37 |
References
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