Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy

Product Details

Artist : Chick Corea
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0042282533623
Label : Universal Music Group
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2008-03-17
UPC : 042282533623

ASIN : B0000046X0

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
2. After the Cosmic Rain
3. Captain Señor Mouse
4. Theme to the Mothership
5. Space Circus, Pts. 1 & 2
6. Game Maker

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Customer Reviews

Not TOO Bad! (2004-03-29)

The musical quality of "Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy" isimpeccable the title song and the awe-inspiring "After The Cosmic Rain" are in the upper annals of fusion but this albumwas one terrible weakness-all the other songs feature Bill Conners,Stanley Clarke and a bunch of enormous musical ego'sfighting eachother with far reaching musical virtuosity.Thatis to say the band overplay TERRIBLY on this record.If that'swhat makes good fusion to you THIS is a work of pure genious.If not,such as myself,this album is only fair to good when it could have been transendant.After their unquestionably classic early albums Return To Forever seemed to have gotton lost into their own greatness and suffered the same fate as Mahavishnu Orchestra and other fusion bands who's members decided to compete with one another when they could have cooperated inharmony and therefore created more harmonious-sounding music.But that doesn't happen here.

Nice fusion! (2003-02-15)

When I first got this album, I was expecting the explosive effect of Mahavishnu Orchestra, so at first I was a little disappointed with the more subtle, flowing mood of the album. Man, I was wrong! With a few listens, you start to really notice how well Chick Corea wove songs together, Lenny White's drumming pops out of your speakers, and Stanley Clarke's bass...MONSTROUS! I'm a total bass freak, especially of late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton, so when I heard Stanley electric solo, I flipped out. Great lines, total domination of his instrument and a powerful, punchy tone really put Stanley a league ahead of others (except maybe Jaco Pastorius, who rules too). This album is like flying through clouds--its never too heavy, sometimes it goes fast, other times, it gets light and airy, but its constantly changing. I've GOT to check out more of their stuff!

The beginnings of a legendary band... (2002-10-21)

Chick Corea takes quite a different musical turn with this, the first CD by the second edition of RTF. Bill Connors, Stanley Clarke, and Lenny White join the legendary keyboardist as he tears those keys UP. The title song is full of chord changes. Clarke's contribution, "After The Cosmic Rain", features excellent solos from he and Corea. The next song is a faster reworking of "Senor Mouse". Chick puts a tag ending for the solo progression in it. "Theme To The Mothership" deserves to be a fusion anthem. The two-part "Space Circus" is the true jam here. Part One is a reworking of Chick's "Children's Song #3". We close with the racy "Game Maker". For those of you who are curious to know what that sound is that sounds like a synth but isn't, it is a Fender Rhodes distorted with a special pedal effect called "ring modulation".

bill connors defined fusion guitar (2002-08-24)

I was disappointed when Bill Conners left R.T.F.His sound gaveR.T.F an edge and defined fusion guitar.Listen to Chick Coreaand Bill lock horns on "The Game Maker", with Stanley Clark thundering up the bass and Lenny White tearing his drum kit apart. The song is great.You can also hear Bill Connors onStanley Clarke's solo release, circa 1974, with the late greatTony Williams on drums and Jan Hammer on keyboards.Bill Conners wasTHE man.

The only Bill Connors RTF. (2001-10-04)

As the title states, this is the only RTF album that Bill Connors appears on (except the Anthology). At first, I was skeptical about hearing someone other than Al DiMeola, but I was quickly appeased. Mr. Connors plays some searing stuff on this disc, and it is very much like Al Di's playing on other RTF titles.This is a very interesting jazz-rock disc. There are two seemingly dedicatory pieces: Stan Clarke's 'After the Cosmic Rain' takes its title from Coltrane's 'After the Rain', while Chick Corea's 'Theme to the Mothership' seems to invoke Parlaiment's 'Mothership Connection', which Stan Clarke and George Duke would later cover on their first album.The rest of the pieces are Corea originals, including the humorously titled 'Captain Senor Mouse', which grooves.This is a must have of the heavier Polydor era RTF....

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