Head West is a self-titled album released in 1970 by the American band Head West, who were based in Paris, France.

The band are best known today for their vocalist/guitarist Bob Welch, who went on to join Fleetwood Mac in 1971.

[1] After Head West had split up, organist Bobby Hunt toured with Fleetwood Mac and as a back up keyboard player for Christine McVie in 1974.

[2][3] After Welch had left Fleetwood Mac, he and Hunt recorded demos for Warner Bros. which were then developed into the Paris power trio project.

[2] The iconic drumbeat of the seventh track, "Attention", has been sampled by several other recording artistes–– most notably Gorillaz on the track "New Genious (Brother)" from their self-titled 2001 debut album,[4] and on the opening track "Igor's Theme" on rapper Tyler, the Creator's 2019 album, Igor.