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| The Very Best Of WAR |
| Eric Burdon & WAR / WAR |
| (2CD) USA 2003 - WEA / Rhino Records 081227389529 |
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| 01. Spill The Wine (Eric Burdon & WAR) | 01. Low Rider | |
| 02. Tobacco Road (Eric Burdon & WAR) | 02. Don't Let No One Get You Down | |
| 03. All Day Music | 03. Heartbeat | |
| 04. Slippin' Into Darkness (single version) | 04. Smile Happy | |
| 05. Get Down | 05. So | |
| 06. Nappy Head (single version) # | 06. Summer (single version) | |
| 07. The World Is A Ghetto (single version) | 07. L.A. Sunshine (single version) | |
| 08. City, Country, City (special edit) | 08. River Niger | |
| 09. TheCisco Kid | 09. Galaxy | |
| 10. Where Was You At | 10. Youngblood (Livin' In The Streets) (single version) | |
| 11. Four Cornered Room (single version) | 11. I'm The One Who Understands | |
| 12. Gypsy Man (single version) | 12. Cinco De Mayo | |
| 13. Me And Baby Brother | 13. You Got The Power (single version) | |
| 14. Deliver The Word (single version) | 14. Outlaw (single version) | |
| 15. Southern Part Of Texas | 15. Baby It's Cold Outside | |
| 16. Ballero (live 1972, single version) | 16. Peace Sign (single version) | |
| 17. Why Can't We Be Friends? | 17. East L.A. | # Theme from "Ghetto Man". |
| 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: 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 groovy-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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