The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated that "there are many more significant Pharoah Sanders records than this one."[2]
Writing for PopMatters, Sean Murphy commented: "The results are impressive and if they sound a bit dated, it's worth asking how this music stacks up with what is being made today. In this writer's opinion, it holds up quite nicely indeed... This is the work of a confident explorer willing to go anywhere and do anything, and a cursory glance at any of Sanders' unsmiling album covers from this period makes the conditions clear: strap in and come along for the ride because once we start we aren't slowing down... Village of The Pharoahs is a time machine that involves neither physics nor hot tubs... a more than solid outing from Sanders in his prime is nothing to shake a sax at."[4]
Track listing[]
All compositions by Pharoah Sanders
"Village of the Pharoahs Part 1" - 7:15
"Village of the Pharoahs Part 2" - 5:00
"Village of the Pharoahs Part 3" - 4:50
"Myth" - 1:44
"Mansion Worlds" - 9:11
"Memories of Lee Morgan" - 5:34
"Went Like It Came" - 5:11
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 8, 1971 (track 5), at A & R Recording Studios in New York City on November 22, 1972 (track 6), and at Wally Heider Sound Studios in San Francisco, California on September 14, 1973 (tracks 1-4 & 7)
