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The Best of War and More
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0081227007225
Label: Avenue Records
Manufacturer: Avenue Records
MPN: 70072
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Avenue Records
Release Date: November 19, 1991
Studio: Avenue Records
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Editorial Review:
War peppers their music with Latin rhythms and instrumentations, mixing in elements of funk with oldies rock & roll to create a nonstop summer-block-party sound. Hits like "The Cisco Kid" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?" are characterized by the band's lower-register vocals and beg for a singalong. "Spill the Wine, " a hit during Eric Burden's tenure with War, lacks the freer, good-time feel of the later material, but "Low Rider, " a bottom-heavy salsa driven by a raunchy harmonica, remains one of the band's most popular songs. The Best of War ... and More goes beyond retro appeal, displaying a timeless quality. --Steve Gdula
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - A Piece of Chicano Culture...
Funk, Oldies but Goodies, of course Latin Rhythms are all blended together to make a band that has been and will remain a staple in the Chicano commnity...WAR. I can remember that WAR was one of my first musical influences. I play a lot of their music today as they haven't faded a bit in popularity. Great classics like The Cisco Kid, Slippin into darkness, and Spill the wine are classics and have been handed down from one generation to the next. A lot of the younger generation may credit the George ... Read More
Rating: - Once upon a time...
During the early seventies, WAR irrupted with vigorous freshness in the musical sand, to fill a demanded space, a required balance between the jazz, the Latin favor best known as fusion. You may argue the true pioneers in this field were Carl Tjader an Tito Puente in the sixties and fifties respectively and eve before with Poncho Sanchez in the late forties.
But even so, the most relevant aspect to remark is this music contained in its inner structure the seminal roots of the reggae and ... Read More
Rating: - excellent cd
I found this cd to cover the songs of War that I wanted. It is worth buying.
Rating: - I Declare "WAR" On This Disc!!
Hey Rhino, if you're gonna do War, DO WAR!(The un-edited version of "City/Country/City," "Deliver The Word," "The World Is A Ghetto," "Southern Part Of Texas")
This band built it's rep on long,loose free jams, so any War "Hits" compilation should mirror that.
Rating: - The Best of War and More
Love that Latin group from Long Beach! All Day Music is my favorite song on this wonderful CD. That cut is so relaxing. Low Rider and Summer were big hits from my high school senior year. I like having this CD in my library for a reminder of my happy high school years. Hey, Spill the Wine, which is cut 9, has to be one of the most unusual songs in pop music history. That song, of course, was done when Eric was with the group. Two totally different kinds of songs are Spill and All Day Music, a good example ... Read More
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