Go West (Village People album)
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| Released | March 26, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
| Length | 30:33 | |||
| Label | Casablanca | |||
| Producer | Jacques Morali | |||
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Go West is the fourth studio album by the Village People, released on March 26, 1979. It features their hit singles "In the Navy" (No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 2 in the UK Top 40) and "Go West", which the Pet Shop Boys did a successful cover of in 1993.
The album was reissued on CD in 1996.
Go West would be the band's last complete album of all-new material for Casablanca, as well as the last album to feature Victor Willis.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B−[2] |
| Smash Hits | 5/10[3] |
Billboard stated that the album contains "some of the most irresistible rhythm in today's pop /disco genre."[4] Billboard described the song "I Wanna Shake Your Hand" as "an appropriately non romantic twist on the Beatles", with its mock exhortation to "Don't be shy/ go up and say hello."[4] The New York Times wrote that the album is "set to a pounding disco beat, overlaid with glutinously symphonic arrangements and Victor Willis's hoarse, sweaty vocals."[5] AllMusic critic Amy Hanson felt that aside from the two singles and "Manhattan Woman," which she felt "contained some interesting, James Brown-inflected vocalizations," the remaining songs "sound like a rehash of the band's already released finest."[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali and Victor Willis.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "In the Navy" | 5:39 |
| 2. | "Go West" | 4:10 |
| 3. | "Citizens of the World" | 5:32 |
| 4. | "I Wanna Shake Your Hand" | 4:40 |
| 5. | "Get Away Holiday" | 5:22 |
| 6. | "Manhattan Woman" | 5:10 |
