Let It Go (Galactic Cowboys album)

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Let It Go
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 20, 2000
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock
Length73:50
Label Metal Blade
Producer Wally Farkas
Galactic Cowboys chronology
At the End of the Day
(1998)
Let It Go
(2000)
Long Way Back to the Moon
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Phantom Tollbooth (not rated) [1]
HM (not rated) [2]
AllmusicStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 9/10 [4]

Let It Go is the sixth studio album from heavy metal band Galactic Cowboys. It was released on June 20, 2000.

Contents

Notes

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" 1:13
2."T.I.M."Colvin3:34
3."A Different Way"Colvin3:32
4."Life And Times"Farkas4:33
5."Flag"Farkas, Huggins3:15
6."Disney's Spinnin'"Colvin4:35
7."Hey Mr."Huggins, Farkas, Gaskill5:51
8."Another Hill"Colvin4:49
9."Dirty Hands"Farkas, Huggins3:31
10."Boom!"Farkas, Huggins, Gaskill1:20
11."Ordinary"Huggins2:52
12."Internalize"Colvin2:43
13."Swimming In December"Colvin10:28
14."Song For Sybo"Farkas2:51
15."Future"Huggins3:31
16."Bucket Of Chicken"Farkas, Gaskill, Huggins, Colvin2:42
17."The Record Ends"Colvin12:34

Personnel

Guest Musicians

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