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Double album: half compilation, half new material; 6 7 RIAA: Gold [5] The Best of the Music Band: Released: 1982; Label: MCA Records — — The Best of War... and More: Released: 1987; Label: Avenue Records; Includes two new tracks and a remix; 156 — RIAA: Platinum [8] The Best of Eric Burdon and War: Released: 1996; Label: MGM Records ...
[1] [2] A musical crossover band, War became known for its eclectic blend of funk, [3] soul, [4] jazz, and rock, [5] an amalgam of the different sounds and styles the band members heard living in the racially diverse ghettos of Los Angeles. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was Billboard's best-selling album of 1973. [6]
War is the third album by American band War, and their first following the departure of singer Eric Burdon and the group's name change from the original Eric Burdon and War. It was released in March 1971 on United Artists Records , their first for the label.
War is the third studio album by Irish rock band U2.It was produced by Steve Lillywhite, and was released on 28 February 1983 on Island Records.The album is regarded as U2's first overtly political album, in part because of songs like "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "New Year's Day", as well as the title, which stems from the band's perception of the world at the time; lead vocalist Bono stated ...
The World Is a Ghetto is the fifth album by American band War, released in late 1972 on United Artists Records.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. [2]
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.
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.
Outlaw is an album by the American band War, released in 1982. [3] [2] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [4] "Cinco de Mayo" became a popular seasonal standard.