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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Spill The Wine | |||
| 2. Tobacco Road | |||
| 3. All Day Music | |||
| 4. Slippin' Into Darkness | |||
| 5. Get Down | |||
| 6. "Nappy Head (Theme From ""Ghetto Man"")" | |||
| 7. The World Is A Ghetto | |||
| 8. "City, Country, City" | |||
| 9. The Cisco Kid | |||
| 10. Where Was You At | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Low Rider (LP Version) | |||
| 2. Don't Let No One Get You Down | |||
| 3. Heartbeat | |||
| 4. Smile Happy | |||
| 5. So | |||
| 6. Summer | |||
| 7. L.A. Sunshine | |||
| 8. River Niger | |||
| 9. Galaxy | |||
| 10. Youngblood (Livin' In The Streets) | |||
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
War were one of a whole raft of bands who rode the Funk wave initiated by Sly Stone - multi cultural, using a raft of influences from Jazz and Rock, but remaining rooted in R&B. The Latin influence raised War above their peers though, and having made their breakthrough with the monster "World is a Ghetto" album, they sustained their career right through into the 80's.
All of their best known tunes are here, from the early mellow grooves of "All Day Music" to the pumping "Me and Baby Brother", from disco era "Galaxy" to "Youngblood" from their obligatory soundtrack and from the harmonica led "Cisco Kid" to their Latin classic "Low Rider".
There is one gripe though, there are a few tracks which have been savagely edited, in the process losing much of their magic. So the jazzy opus "City Country City", the breakthrough track "World is a Ghetto" and the atmospheric "Gypsy Man", all of which came in over 10 minutes on the original albums, become pale imitations of their full versions.
If this is your first real taste of War, or if you're getting this for the tracks you've danced to, you'll be well pleased with your purchase. For real fans, there is a re-release of their classic albums due in 2008, which will be well worth waiting for.
All of their best known tunes are here, from the early mellow grooves of "All Day Music" to the pumping "Me and Baby Brother", from disco era "Galaxy" to "Youngblood" from their obligatory soundtrack and from the harmonica led "Cisco Kid" to their Latin classic "Low Rider".
There is one gripe though, there are a few tracks which have been savagely edited, in the process losing much of their magic. So the jazzy opus "City Country City", the breakthrough track "World is a Ghetto" and the atmospheric "Gypsy Man", all of which came in over 10 minutes on the original albums, become pale imitations of their full versions.
If this is your first real taste of War, or if you're getting this for the tracks you've danced to, you'll be well pleased with your purchase. For real fans, there is a re-release of their classic albums due in 2008, which will be well worth waiting for.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Nugent_Dirt
Format:Audio CD
I'll cut to the chase and start off by saying that it's 5 stars for the music but knock off one for the edited versions of some of the best tracks, best of all being City Country City. It's a shame that classic funk has become a bit of a forgotten genre having been superseded by genres it spawned i.e. hip hop and funk-rock. However, War were more than just a funk band but like Earth Wind and Fire incoporated other styles, notably latin and jazz, although funk was the bedrock of their sound. CD1 pretty much captures the best tracks off their first(more critically acclaimed) half dozen albums. CD2 comprises cuts from the other 8 or so later releases that generally got bit of a critical panning and as such have not been included in the 2008 re-releases. Four tunes come off the very underrated outlaw album but these are the best as it happens. The Galaxy album got one of the worst drubbings but it produced the great title track which IMO is one of the highlights on this compilation.
If you are newbies to classic funk/r n b from the 70s and want to go check out some of the best acts of the time I'd definitely say this is one of the best places to start.
If you are newbies to classic funk/r n b from the 70s and want to go check out some of the best acts of the time I'd definitely say this is one of the best places to start.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
sounds bad, but, very best of war
years ago i saw this amazing band play (blood,sweat &tears on same show) and they were truly brilliant in every way. So an album of their best ........ Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. D. Perrin
3.0 out of 5 stars
Too much padding
It might seem a bit of poor complaint to say that a CD has too much content, but in this case it is true.
Like another reviewer I had the old greatest hits on vinyl. Read more
Like another reviewer I had the old greatest hits on vinyl. Read more
Published 6 months ago by John Stephenson
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another nostalgia trip
Had a 'bets of' album on vinyl that I couldn't find on CD, so bought this instead. Very pleased with most of it, although one or two less favoured tracks
Published on 7 Mar 2010 by Clive J. Thorne
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