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Gear-oriented rockers Galactic Cowboys set sail on the album LET IT GO.
Even before they began sessions for their sixth album, Let It Go, in the year 2000, Houston progressive thrashers Galactic Cowboys had already announced that it would be their last. But even the band's most committed followers were probably unsure about what this meant. Would the long overlooked band deliver a scorching final testament to a decade of fearless (some would say reckless) invention; or would their last "hurrah!" prove to be an anti-climatic conclusion to a frustrating career spent bouncing off the walls of the hard rock mainstream? Sadly, the evidence seems to substantiate the second option, as Let It Go encompasses a mish-mash of leftover song ideas and half-finished concepts strewn about over its 70-plus minutes of sonic chaos. The band once again employed guitarist Wally Farkas to engineer (his producer title only applies in the loosest of definitions) the proceedings; and the fact that founding drummer Alan Doss (who had left the band after their previous release, At the End of the Day, forcing the band to turn to King's X skinsman Jerry Gaskill for help) couldn't even be bothered to perform, adds to the sense of "incompleteness" felt here. Occasional gems like "T.I.M.," "Hey Mr.," and the sweetly reflective "Life and Times" are pretty much buried in the static generated by the confusing smorgasbord of styles surrounding them. These range from hip-hop rhymes, to jazzy interludes, to punk rock thrash outs, to ambient instrumental space music. Galactic Cowboys completists may find something worth listening to here, but all others are encouraged to ignore this ignominious finale to an otherwise inspiring career. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia
The progressive metal act's 2000 album featuring 16 tracks.Metal Blade.
Recorded at 1441 Studios, Houston, Texas.
Engineers: Wally Farkas, Alan Doss.
Galactic Cowboys: Wally Farkas (vocals, guitar, Hammond organ, keyboards, Moog synthesizer, bass, drums, finger cymbals, percussion); Ben Huggins (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, Fender Rhodes piano, war drum); Monty Colvin (vocals, bass).
Additional personnel: Max Dyer (cello); Jerry Gaskill, Nano Jones (drums); Robert Rich (sound effects); Tamra Perkinson, Haylee Hartman, Harrison Hartman, Heather Hartman, Lisa Hartman, Valerie Krist, Taylor Huggins, Maggie Huggins, Alan Doss (background vocals).
Let It Go Music | List Price | $12.99 (You save $2.50) | | Category | Rock Albums, Heavy Metal CDs | | Label | Metal Blade | | Orig Year | 2000 | | All Time Sales Rank |  196083  | | CD Universe Part number | 6317112 | | Catalog number | 289174 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 02, 2003 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Personnel | Wally Farkas - vocals, guitar, Hammond organ, keyboards, Moog synthesizer, bass, drums, finger cymbals, percussion
Ben Huggins - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, Fender Rhodes piano, war drum
Monty Colvin - vocals, bass
Also: Jerry Gaskill, Robert Rich, Max Dyer, Alan Doss, Lisa Hartman, Harrison Hartman, Haylee Hartman, Heather Hartman, Maggie Huggins, Nano Jones, Tamra Perkinson, Taylor Huggins, Valerie Krist |
Galactic Cowboys Let It Go Songs | 1. | Tim |
| 2. | Different Way, A |
| 3. | Life and Times |
| 4. | Flag |
| 5. | Disney's Spinnin |
| 6. | Hey Mr |
| 7. | Another Hill |
| 8. | Dirty Hands |
| 9. | Boom |
| 10. | Ordinary |
| 11. | Internalize |
| 12. | Swimming in December |
| 13. | Song For Sybo |
| 14. | Future |
| 15. | Bucket of Chicken |
| 16. | Record Ends, The |
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