War – The World Is a Ghetto [40th Anniversary Expanded Edition] (2012)
War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from California, known for the hit songs "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", "The Cisco Kid", "The World Is a Ghetto", and "Why Can't We Be Friends?". Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae. The band also transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up.
War‘s third album as an act separate from Eric Burdon was also far and away their most popular, the group’s only long-player to top the pop charts. It featured work in both succinct pop-accessible idioms (“The Cisco Kid,” etc.) as well as challenging extended pieces such as the 13-minute “City, Country, City” — which offered featured spots to all 7 members without ever seeming disjointed — and the title track, and encompass not only soul and funk but elements of blues and psychedelia.
The album attained the number one spot on Billboard, and was Billboard magazine's Album of the Year as the best-selling album of 1973. The album is ranked number 444 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The album was also made available in a 4-channel surround sound (quadraphonic) mix in the 8-track tape format.
Singles from the album include "The World Is a Ghetto" backed with "Four Cornered Room", and "The Cisco Kid" backed with "Beetles in the Bog".
This 2012 remaster is an expanded edition and includes four unreleased “ghetto jams” – all from the original tapes .
Tracklist:
(All tracks composed by War)
1. The Cisco Kid
2. Where Was You At
3. City, Country, City
4. Four Cornered Room
5. The World is a Ghetto
6. Beetles in the Bog
7. Freight Train Jam
8. 58 Blues
9. War is Coming (Blues Version)
10. The World is a Ghetto (Alternate Take)
Tracks 7-10 are previously unreleased “ghetto jams”
Personnel:
• Howard Scott – guitar, percussion, vocals
• B.B. Dickerson – bass, percussion, vocals
• Lonnie Jordan – organ, piano, timbolies, percussion, vocals
• Harold Brown – drums, percussion, vocals
• Papa Dee Allen – conga, bongos, percussion, vocals
• Charles Miller – clarinet, alto, tenor and baritone saxes, percussion, vocals
• Lee Oskar – harmonica, percussion, vocals
Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: stereo
Samplerate: 48000
Encoder: LAME 3.98
MPEG-1 layer 3
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