Entertainment Weekly (12/16/94, p.70) - "...War's timeless hits remain shining examples of racial and musical unity..." - Rating: A-
Vibe (12/99, p.156) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Jazziz (6/95, p.100) - "...Most of WAR ANTHOLOGY: 1970-1994 puts homogenized '90s R&B to shame....this anthology is essential listening..."
Q (Magazine) (p.124) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]heir best known tunes espoused a lifestyle of good vibes to all men..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.121) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The jams produced potent raw material thanks to blistering ensemble playing....Excellent stuff."
War: Lonnie Jordan (vocals, guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, timbales, percussion); Howard Scott (vocals, guitar, percussion); Lee Oskar (vocals, harmonica, percussion); Charles Miller (vocals, saxophone, flute, clarinet, percussion); B.B. Dickerson (vocals, bass, percussion); Harold Brown, Ronnie Hammon (vocals, drums, percussion); Papa Dee Allen (vocals, congas, bongos, percussion).
Additional personnel: Alice Tweed Smith (vocals, percussion); Tetsuya "Tex" Nakamura (harmonica); Pat Rizzo (flute, saxophone, background vocals); Charles Green (flute, saxophone); Kerry Campbell, William Bergman, James Coile, Greg Smith (saxophone); John Berry, Lee Thornburg (trumpet); Rae Valentine (organ, percussion, programming, background vocals); Luther Rabb (bass, background vocals); Sal Rodriguez (drums, percussion, background vocals); Moses Wheelock (congas, background vocals); Milton "James" Myrick, Sharone Scott, Debbie Moman (background vocals).
Producers include: Jerry Goldstein, Chris Huston, War, Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott.
Compilation producer: Jerry Goldstein.
Engineers include: Chris Huston, Ed Barton, Richard Moore.
Includes liner notes by Barry Alfonso.
