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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications; US [7]US R&B [2]War Live: Released: 1974; Label: United Artists Records; Double album; 13 1 RIAA: Gold [5]; The Music Band Live
Eric Burdon Declares "War" is the first of two original albums and debut studio album by American band Eric Burdon and War, released on MGM Records in April 1970. It peaked at number 18 on record charts in the USA, number 50 in the UK, and number 7 in Australia.
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [ 3 ] Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "The first side of the most unambitious album they've ever made works beautifully as what it is— P-Funk on thorazine , with the phrasemaking acuity of previous War records reduced to one title, 'Sweet ...
The cover painting depicts many disembodied arms giving a three finger salute, a concept also used on the group's first album with Eric Burdon: Eric Burdon Declares "War". There are actually eight arms in the picture, but only seven people in the group, revealing that the artwork was commissioned when Burdon was still with them, confirmed by ...
The title single, issued in July 1971, was backed with "Get Down". [3] [4]"Slipping Into Darkness", issued in November 1971 (backed with "Nappy Head"), War's first big hit since their name change from Eric Burdon and War, was on the Billboard Hot 100 for 22 weeks and so tied with Gallery's "Nice to Be With You" for most weeks on that chart all within the calendar year 1972.
The Very Best of War is a two-disc compilation album by American rhythm and blues band War, which features tracks from 1970 to 1994. [2] It was issued in 2003 on Avenue Records, distributed by Rhino Records , and is similar to an earlier compilation, Anthology: 1970–1994 issued in 1994 by the same labels.
It was the last album by the group before Burdon left and the remaining band continued as War. The title is a pun on The Black Man's Burden , an expression which refers to black slavery , used as the title of a book by E. D. Morel (1920) in response to the poem, " The White Man's Burden " (1899) by Rudyard Kipling , which refers to (and ...
The album was also made available in a 4-channel surround sound (quadraphonic) mix in the 8-track tape format (United Artists UA-DA178-H). [5] The original quadraphonic mix has been re-released on Blu-ray, [6] and for the album's 50th anniversary, a new Dolby Atmos mix was released in streaming format. [7]