| The Adventures of Astral Pirates | ||||
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, jazz-funk, post-bop | |||
| Length | 33:24 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Lenny White, Al Kooper | |||
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The Adventures of Astral Pirates is the third studio album by drummer Lenny White, released in 1978 by Elektra Records. [1] The album reached No. 18 on the Cashbox Top Jazz Albums chart. [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
Alex Henderson of AllMusic praised the album saying "One of Lenny White's finest, most essential albums, The Adventures of Astral Pirates is a jazz-fusion masterpiece with a futuristic science-fiction theme....This set isn't the least bit predictable, and it could easily be described as "the sound of surprise" -- critic Whitney Balliett's term for jazz -- even though no one will mistake it for straight-ahead bop any time soon." [3]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prelude: Theme For Astral Pirates" | 1:20 |
| 2. | "Pursuit" | 2:58 |
| 3. | "Mandarin Warlords" | 5:06 |
| 4. | "The Great Pyramid" | 2:30 |
| 5. | "Universal Love" | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Remembering" | 0:34 |
| 7. | "Revelation (Astral Pirates)" | 3:25 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Stew, Cabbage And Galactic Beans" | 3:51 |
| 10. | "Heavy Metal Monster" | 4:39 |
| 11. | "Assault" | 3:36 |
| 12. | "Climax: Theme For Astral Pirates" | 7:42 |
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