Greatest Hits 2.0 (Remastered) WAR

• 1 Spill the Wine 04:04
• 2 Low Rider 03:11
• 3 Why Can't We Be Friends 03:47
• 4 The Cisco Kid 03:47
• 5 The World Is A Ghetto 04:05
• 6 Slippin' Into Darkness 03:46
• 7 Me And Baby Brother 03:29
• 8 Gypsy Man 05:23
• 9 All Day Music 04:01
• 10 Summer 04:01
• 11 Galaxy 05:20
• 12 Tobacco Road 03:57
• 13 Outlaw 04:18
• 14 L.A. Sunshine 03:45
• 15 You Got The Power 04:03
• 16 Cinco De Mayo 04:10
• 17 Get Down 04:25
• 18 Peace Sign 04:27
• 19 Good, Good Feelin' 04:16
• 20 Don't Let No One Get You Down 04:00
• 21 So 05:01
• 22 Youngblood (Livin' in the Streets) 04:02
• 23 Smile Happy 04:21
• 24 Heartbeat 07:25
• Total Runtime 01:43:04

Info for Greatest Hits 2.0 (Remastered)

2021 ist es 50 Jahre her, dass War auf den Plan traten und das genaue Gegenteil verkörperten - Frieden, Liebe und eine gute Zeit. Sie haben sich immer als eine Band gesehen, die von der Straße kommt und Straßenmusik macht - das heißt zugängliche, tanzbare Songs, die den Alltag ansprechen. Ihr Publikum ist breit gefächert und vielfältig, und ihre Songs sind hymnisch und perfekt zum Mitsingen geeignet - besonders "Why Can't We Be Friends" und "Low Rider". In den 70er und 80er Jahren tourten sie ausgiebig durch Europa und die USA und sind auch heute noch regelmäßig auf Tournee - eine Pandemie vorausgesetzt.

WAR

Digitally remastered

WAR
A revolutionary band that combined elements of soul, rock, funk, jazz and latin influences and knocked down a variety of barriers with its multi-cultural line-up, War established itself over its nearly 40 year existence as one of the most important and influential bands of the rock era.

A street band formed out of the rubble of multiple groups playing around the rough Compton section of Los Angeles, War was discovered by veteran rock producer Jerry Goldstein and Animals leader Eric Burdon while backing L.A. Rams defensive lineman Deacon Jones as he sang at a nightclub. Goldstein and Burdon were blown away by the young group and invited them to serve as Burdon's backing band for a conceptual album called Eric Burdon Declares War. The disc highlighted the band's funky, raw rhythms behind Burdon's psychedelic poetry, resulting in a popular album and a hot single, "Spill The Wine." The group at that time included Lonnie Jordan, European harmonica player Lee Oskar, Charles Miller, B.B. Dickerson, Harold Brown, Papa Dee Allen and Howard Scott.

While still backing Burdon, War also signed a separate recording contract with UA and began a career as a fronting band. As the work with Burdon faded in the early 70s, the band's career blossomed, particularly with the release of its sophomore disc, All Day Music, which went to #1 based on the hit title track and "Slippin Into Darkness." From 1971-77 War was at the top of the music world, with its brand of raw, funky, almost unclassifiable music being the perfect contrast to the increasingly slick sounds of that decade. The group's albums all went Top 5 and they scored on the charts with singles like "Cisco Kid," "Why Can't We Be Friends," "Low Rider" and "The World Is A Ghetto."

Toward the latter 70s, the group displayed increased tendencies for long improvisational jams and seemed a bit lost with the arrival of the disco era even as they continued to churn out albums with great frequency. They landed a small dance hit in 1978 with "Galaxy," but their popularity had faded significantly by the end of the decade.

In the early 80s the group signed with RCA and released Outlaw, its biggest and most accessible album in a half decade. However, the follow-up, Life (Is So Strange) was critically and commercially a step down, despite its excellent title track.

By the mid-80s, War was exclusively a touring band, albeit a nearly tireless one, performing in excess of 150 shows per year. Personnel changes increased over the next two decades, with Jordan being the only constant and with over 30 other players rotating through the band. Oskar, the second most visible member of the group, was gone by the mid 90s and later formed a competing group with former War members Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson and Howard Scott called the Original Lowrider Band.

Though the band recorded only one more time, 1994's Peace Sign, War's legacy only increased as a new generation of hip-hop performers sampled the band's catalog liberally and fans gained an increased appreciation for the organic, funky sound that War had introduced decades earlier. The band's influence in the 21st century is as strong as it has ever been and the freshness and relevancy of its music three decades after initial release is amazing. (Source: soultracks.com)

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