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The Very Best Of War (CD)

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War Artist Snapshot:

First as a backing band for Eric Burdon, and then on its own, multi-cultural band War played true "world music" years before the term was coined. The group pioneered a blend of soul, R&B, funk, Latin, jazz and African music, and even managed to have several hit singles along the way. Harmonica player Lee Oskar recorded several notable solo albums as well.

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DISC 1 for The Very Best Of War (CD) Album By War (Artist)
1   Spill The Wine - (with Eric Burdon & War)
2   Tobacco Road - (with Eric Burdon & War)
3   All Day Music
4   Slippin' Into Darkness - (single version)
5   Get Down
6   Nappy Head (theme from "Ghetto Man") - (single version)
7   World Is A Ghetto, The - (single version)
8   City, Country, City - (special edit)
9   Cisco Kid, The
10   Where Was You At
11   Four Cornered Room - (single version)
12   Gypsy Man - (single version)
13   Me And Baby Brother
14   Deliver The Word - (single version)
15   Southern Part Of Texas
16   Ballero - (live, single version)
17   Why Can't We Be Friends?
 
DISC 2 for The Very Best Of War (CD) Album By War (Artist)
1   Low Rider
2   Don't Let No One Get You Down
3   Heartbeat
4   Smile Happy
5   So
6   Summer - (single version)
7   L.A. Sunshine - (single version)
8   River Niger
9   Galaxy
10   Youngblood (Livin' In The Streets) - (single version)
11   I'm The One Who Understands
12   Cinco De Mayo
13   You Got The Power - (single version)
14   Outlaw - (single version)
15   Baby It's Cold Outside
16   Peace Sign - (single version)
17   East L.A.
 

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Uncut (p.136) - 4 stars out of 5 - "War defined the '70s southern Californian musical landscape as vividly as Dr. Dre would two decades later....[With] killer singles..."

Title Note

War: Lonnie Jordan (vocals, guitar, piano, snythesizer, timabals, percussion); Howard Scott (vocals, guitar, percussion); Charles Miller (vocals, flute, clarinet, saxophone); Pat Rizzo (vocals, flute, saxophone); Harold Brown, Ron Hammon (vocals, drums, percussion); Lee Oskar (vocals, harmonica, percussion); Luther Rabb (vocals, bass); Papa Dee Allen (vocals, conga, bongos, percussion); Eric Burdon, Alice Tweed Smith (vocals, percussion); Tetsuya "Tex" Nakamura (harmonica); Kerry Cambell, Charles Green (saxophone); Sal Rodriguez (drums, percussion, background vocals).

Additional personnel inlcudes: John Berry, Lee Thornburg (trumpet); Moses Wheelock (congas, background vocals); Sharone Scott, Milton "James" Myrick, Debbie Moman (background vocals).

Producers: Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott.

Compilation producers: Jerry Goldstein, David McLees.

Recorded between 1972 & 1994. Includes liner notes by Barry Alfonso.

Often overshadowed by Sly & the Family Stone when mention of racially integrated groups arises, War nonetheless left quite a mark, thanks to their mix of socially conscious messages and irresistible grooves. Between Lee Oskar's unorthodox harmonica playing and the percussion triumvirate of Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown and B. B. Dickerson, War was a formidable funk machine, be it in the studio or on stage. Although the 2-CD collection THE VERY BEST OF WAR reprises plenty of material that came out on the 1994 double-disc set ANTHOLOGY (1970-1994), the track selection includes new edits along with songs from PEACE SIGN, the band's last studio effort. All of the band's hits can be found here, including "Spill the Wine," its breakout smash with Eric Burdon, and other radio favorites like the goofy-yet-lovable "Why Can't We Be Friends," ultra-catchy Chicano anthem "Low Rider," and the haunting "Slippin' Into Darkness." Other lesser known, but equally worthy, fare includes the Star Wars-inspired "Galaxy," mellow-but-tasty "All Day Music," and the stomper "Me and Baby Brother." THE VERY BEST OF WAR is a solid primer for one of the 1970's best, and often overlooked, groups.

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