1973 studio album by Return to Forever
Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy is the third studio album by American jazz fusion band Return to Forever . It was released in October 1973 by Polydor . Flora Purim , Joe Farrell , and Airto Moreira were replaced by drummer Lenny White and guitarist Bill Connors .
Music [ ]
Drawing on rock and funk, the album emphasized electric instruments more than Return to Forever's previous albums. Clarke contributed one song for the album while Corea wrote the rest of the material.[1] Corea relied mostly on electric piano and organ .[6]
Critical reception [ ]
Daniel Gioffre for Allmusic wrote, "it is the quality of the compositions that marks Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy as an indispensable disc of '70s fusion".[1]
Track listing [ ]
All tracks are written by Chick Corea except where noted.
1. "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" 3:31 2. "After the Cosmic Rain" Stanley Clarke 8:25 3. "Captain Señor Mouse" 9:01
4. "Theme to the Mothership" 8:49 5. "Space Circus, parts 1-2" 5:42 6. "The Game Maker" 6:46 Total length: 42:14
Personnel [ ]
Chart performance [ ]
References [ ]
^ Jump up to: a b c Gioffre, Daniel. "Return to Forever - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973) album review | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved 30 September 2018 .
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R" . Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields . ISBN 089919026X . Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Christgau, Robert (June 1974). "The Christgau Consumer Guide" . Creem . Retrieved February 28, 2016 .
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (1 ed.). U.S.: Rolling Stone. p. 50 . ISBN 0-394-72643-X .
^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin . p. 304. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 .
^ Yurochko, Bob (1993). A Short History of Jazz . Rowman & Littlefield. p. 191. ISBN 9780830415953 . Retrieved 20 June 2013 .
^ Jump up to: a b "Return to Forever - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973) | Awards | AllMusic" . allmusic.com . Retrieved 27 October 2013 .
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