Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy is a studio album by American jazz fusion band
Return to Forever. It was released in October 1973 by
Polydor. It was the first album not to feature
Flora Purim,
Airto and
Joe Farrell, and marked a shift away from the largely acoustic fusion they created. Drummer
Lenny White and guitarist
Bill Connors make their first appearances with the group. Connors would leave shortly after the albums release.
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
Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy is a studio album by American jazz fusion band
Return to Forever. It was released in October 1973 by
Polydor. It was the first album not to feature
Flora Purim,
Airto and
Joe Farrell, and marked a shift away from the largely acoustic fusion they created. Drummer
Lenny White and guitarist
Bill Connors make their first appearances with the group. Connors would leave shortly after the albums release.
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