Go West is the fourth studio album by the Village People, released on March 26, 1979. It features their hit singles "In the Navy" (#3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, #2 in the UK Top 40) and "Go West", which the Pet Shop Boys did a successful cover of in 1993.
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Released | March 26, 1979 | |||
Recorded | 1978 | |||
Genre | Disco | |||
Length | 30:33 | |||
Label | Casablanca | |||
Producer | Jacques Morali | |||
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Singles from Go West | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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Christgau's Record Guide | B−[2] |
Smash Hits | 5/10[3] |
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.
Billboard Magazine 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] 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]
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 |
Chart (1979) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 8 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] | 22 |
Belgian Albums (BEA)[7] | 6 |
Canadian Albums (RPM)[8] | 2 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] | 8 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] | 2 |
French Albums (SNEP)[11] | 9 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] | 14 |
Icelandic Albums (Tonlist)[13] | 6 |
Italian Albums (AFI)[14] | 15 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] | 18 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] | 28 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[17] | 4 |
Spanish Albums (AFE)[18] | 14 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19] | 7 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] | 11 |
UK Albums (OCC)[21] | 14 |
US Billboard 200[22] | 8 |
Zimbabwean Albums (ZIMA)[23] | 2 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[24] | Gold | 20,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada)[25] | 3× Platinum | 300,000^ |
France (SNEP)[26] | Gold | 100,000* |
Germany | — | 500,000[27] |
United Kingdom (BPI)[28] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[29] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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