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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. The culmination of everything they'd been shooting for creatively on their two prior albums, 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 seven members without ever seeming disjointed -- and the title track, and encompass not only soul and funk but elements of blues and psychedelia on works such as the exquisite "Four Cornered Room." "The Cisco Kid" and "The World Is a Ghetto" understandably dominated the album's exposure, but there's much more to enjoy here, even decades on. Beyond the quality of the musicianship, the classy, forward-looking production has held up remarkably well, and not just on the most famous cuts here; indeed, The World Is a Ghetto is of a piece with Marvin Gaye's What's Going On and Curtis Mayfield's Curtis, utilizing the most sophisticated studio techniques of the era. Not only does it sound great, but there are important touches such as the phasing in "Four Cornered Room," not only on the percussion but also on the vocals, guitars, and other instruments, and the overall effect is a seemingly contradictory (yet eminently workable) shimmering blues, even working in a mournful and unadorned harmonica amid the more complex sounds.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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JERRY GOLDSTEIN, Producer - Lee Oskar, ComposerLyricist - Howard Scott, ComposerLyricist - B.B. Dickerson, ComposerLyricist - Lonnie Jordan, ComposerLyricist - War, MainArtist - Charles Miller, ComposerLyricist - Chris Huston, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harold Ray Brown, ComposerLyricist - Papa Dee Allen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Far Out Productions, Inc
JERRY GOLDSTEIN, Producer - Lee Oskar, ComposerLyricist - Howard Scott, ComposerLyricist - B.B. Dickerson, ComposerLyricist - Lonnie Jordan, ComposerLyricist - War, MainArtist - Charles Miller, ComposerLyricist - Chris Huston, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harold Ray Brown, ComposerLyricist - Papa Dee Allen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Far Out Productions, Inc
JERRY GOLDSTEIN, Producer - Lee Oskar, ComposerLyricist - Howard Scott, ComposerLyricist - B.B. Dickerson, ComposerLyricist - Lonnie Jordan, ComposerLyricist - War, MainArtist - Charles Miller, ComposerLyricist - Chris Huston, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harold Ray Brown, ComposerLyricist - Papa Dee Allen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Far Out Productions, Inc
JERRY GOLDSTEIN, Producer - Lee Oskar, ComposerLyricist - Howard Scott, ComposerLyricist - B.B. Dickerson, ComposerLyricist - Lonnie Jordan, ComposerLyricist - War, MainArtist - Charles Miller, ComposerLyricist - Chris Huston, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harold Ray Brown, ComposerLyricist - Papa Dee Allen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Far Out Productions, Inc
JERRY GOLDSTEIN, Producer - Lee Oskar, ComposerLyricist - Howard Scott, ComposerLyricist - B.B. Dickerson, ComposerLyricist - Lonnie Jordan, ComposerLyricist - War, MainArtist - Charles Miller, ComposerLyricist - Chris Huston, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harold Ray Brown, ComposerLyricist - Papa Dee Allen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Far Out Productions, Inc
JERRY GOLDSTEIN, Producer - Lee Oskar, ComposerLyricist - Howard Scott, ComposerLyricist - B.B. Dickerson, ComposerLyricist - Lonnie Jordan, ComposerLyricist - War, MainArtist - Charles Miller, ComposerLyricist - Chris Huston, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harold Ray Brown, ComposerLyricist - Papa Dee Allen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Far Out Productions, Inc
JERRY GOLDSTEIN, Producer - Lee Oskar, ComposerLyricist - Howard Scott, ComposerLyricist - B.B. Dickerson, ComposerLyricist - Lonnie Jordan, ComposerLyricist - War, MainArtist - Charles Miller, ComposerLyricist - Chris Huston, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harold Ray Brown, ComposerLyricist - Papa Dee Allen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Far Out Productions, Inc
JERRY GOLDSTEIN, Producer - Lee Oskar, ComposerLyricist - Howard Scott, ComposerLyricist - B.B. Dickerson, ComposerLyricist - Lonnie Jordan, ComposerLyricist - War, MainArtist - Charles Miller, ComposerLyricist - Chris Huston, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harold Ray Brown, ComposerLyricist - Papa Dee Allen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Far Out Productions, Inc
JERRY GOLDSTEIN, Producer - Lee Oskar, ComposerLyricist - Howard Scott, ComposerLyricist - B.B. Dickerson, ComposerLyricist - Lonnie Jordan, ComposerLyricist - War, MainArtist - Charles Miller, ComposerLyricist - Chris Huston, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harold Ray Brown, ComposerLyricist - Papa Dee Allen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Far Out Productions, Inc
Album review
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. The culmination of everything they'd been shooting for creatively on their two prior albums, 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 seven members without ever seeming disjointed -- and the title track, and encompass not only soul and funk but elements of blues and psychedelia on works such as the exquisite "Four Cornered Room." "The Cisco Kid" and "The World Is a Ghetto" understandably dominated the album's exposure, but there's much more to enjoy here, even decades on. Beyond the quality of the musicianship, the classy, forward-looking production has held up remarkably well, and not just on the most famous cuts here; indeed, The World Is a Ghetto is of a piece with Marvin Gaye's What's Going On and Curtis Mayfield's Curtis, utilizing the most sophisticated studio techniques of the era. Not only does it sound great, but there are important touches such as the phasing in "Four Cornered Room," not only on the percussion but also on the vocals, guitars, and other instruments, and the overall effect is a seemingly contradictory (yet eminently workable) shimmering blues, even working in a mournful and unadorned harmonica amid the more complex sounds.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:39
- Main artists: War
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Avenue Records Catalog P&D
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2012 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2012 Far Out Productions, Inc
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