1. Galaxy - War, Goldstein, Jerry
2. Baby Face (She Said Do Do Do Do)
3. Sweet Fighting Lady
4. Hey Seņorita
5. The Seven Tin Soldiers
Galaxy
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1993-04-06)
- Publisher: Rhino / Wea
- Label: Rhino / Wea
- Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
- Studio: Rhino / Wea
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 5 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #69881
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Summary: The Last True War Album 2006-04-11
Comment: This really was the last true War album...the last one by the seven guys who made the group world famous, anyway...the last before those "Music Band" albums. If there's a weakness in the album is that there are only five songs. The strongest cuts are the title song, which features possibly the funkiest bass line B.B. Dickerson ever laid, and the closing tune "The Seven Ten Soldiers", a song that I think of as a fitting swan song. Strangely enough the song isn't as downbeat and angry as some of their greatest instrumentals. It's a very beautiful song. The other three songs, well, they're the reason I only give this album three stars. In any case, though, this is a must-have album for all SERIOUS War fans.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: the great transparent Galaxy in the sky 2006-04-02
Comment: War's blatant flirtation with the disco movement of the 70's was never more evident than this 1977 release. This without question was War's statement to the establishment (MCA records) that; "hey! we can do that dance thing too!". Indeed they did, right down to their double knit polyester leisure suits.
If Galaxy proved anything it was that War and Jerry Goldstein could produce something even more slick and transparent than "Why Can't We Be Friends?". Jerry and the crew being careful not to mess with a winning formula, forgot what War were really all about. And it sure as hell wasn't disco balls and butterfly collars.
War seem to be going through the motions on Galaxy. When they sing "it's out of sight, it's out of sight, it's gone" it's almost as though they're trying to convince themselves of it. Rest assured real fans blew this "out of sight" and off the turntable and put "Deliver The Word" (no pun intended) back on.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Galaxy 2004-09-18
Comment: Once again WAR hits the mark with a most impressive display of Jazz,Funk and Latin rythyms. B.B.Dickerson's pounding Bass riffs makes the title cut Galaxy worthwhile in of itself. Add to that the super sax work of Charles Miller and the pounding percussions work of Papa Dee Allen and skins man Harold Brown, I can honestly say that Galaxy is their best single since Gypsy Man. The instrumental, Seven Tin Soldiers features outstanding solo works by Harmonica virtuoso Lee Oskar, Guitarist Howard Scott and Keyboardist Lonnie Jordan. Hey Senorita a great Latin Based fun party song is an easy listen as is the fun and loose Baby Face a song that Johnny Guitar Watson covered back in the day....I admit a certain prejudice when it comes to WAR since I own 13 of their original albums, but I assure you that after you hear this CD, you will want to order their entire catalouge. Enjoy
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: One of WAR's finest efforts 2002-08-10
Comment: Of all of WAR's albums, Galaxy probably stands out as their most polished and stylish achievement, in no small measure thanks to Lee Oskar's virtuoso harmonica, complemented by WAR's trademark rich, masterful percussion. The tracks are all carefree, feel-good themes (conspicuously absent is the weighty social content that characterized their previous albums). "Hey Seņorita" is an instant hit with its playful sexual overtones and Patricia Rojas' sensational Spanish voice-over. "The Seven Tin Soldiers" shines with jazzy, sophisticated, free-flowing acoustic vigor, again carried by Lee Oskar's harmonica and sustained by superlative, dazzling percussion.
An truly outstanding album even for the most fastidious of listeners.
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Summary: WAR at a more intimate level. 2000-02-10
Comment: This 1977 release had all the potential of being another classic disco album but wait! They take you into a more jazzier feel. Everyone knows about the title track but its the other songs that make this album. Which is saying a lot because there are only 5, yes 5 tracks on the whole project. "Hey Senorita" and "Sweet Fightin' Lady" are great. But the gem of this album is obviously "The Seven Tin Soldiers". It brings out an incredible 10+ minute performance led by a masterful solo lead harmonica from the legendary Lee Oskar. I have been a Oskar fan for years but this song is what really brought my interest to him.
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