The Very Best of War
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The Very Best of War is a double CD compilation by War
which features tracks from 1970 to 1994. 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 label.
War (band)
War is an American funk band from California, known for the hit songs "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", "The Cisco Kid" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?". Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae...
which features tracks from 1970 to 1994. 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 label.
Disc one
| Track | Title | Time | Notes | Also on Anthology ? |
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| 1 | "Spill the Wine Spill the Wine "Spill the Wine" is a 1970 song performed by Eric Burdon and War. Released as a single in May 1970 , it was War's first chart hit, peaking at number three. It was also a top three hit in Canada and Australia... " |
4:53 | full version | Eric Burdon Declares "War" (Eric Burdon Eric Burdon Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance... and War) |
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| 2 | "Tobacco Road Tobacco Road (song) "Tobacco Road" is a song written and first recorded by John D. Loudermilk in 1960 that was a hit for The Nashville Teens in 1964 and has since become a standard across several musical genres.... " |
3:58 | reprise section | ||
| 3 | "All Day Music" | 3:59 | All Day Music All Day Music All Day Music is the fourth album by funk group War, released November 1971 on United Artists Records."Slipping Into Darkness", backed with "Nappy Head", was War's first big hit since their name change from Eric Burdon and War... |
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| 4 | "Slippin' Into Darkness" | 3:47 | edited from 7:00 | ||
| 5 | "Get Down" | 4:29 | |||
| 6 | "Nappy Head (Theme from Ghetto Man)" | 3:19 | edited from 6:05 | ||
| 7 | "The World Is a Ghetto" | 4:08 | edited from 10:10 | The World Is a Ghetto The World Is a Ghetto The World Is a Ghetto is the fifth album by the band War, released in late 1972 on United Artists Records.-Reception: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... |
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| 8 | "City, Country, City" | 3:54 | edited from 13:18 | ||
| 9 | "The Cisco Kid" | 3:48 | edited from 4:35 | ||
| 10 | "Where Was You At" | 3:25 | |||
| 11 | "Four Cornered Room" | 5:10 | edited from 8:30 | ||
| 12 | "Gypsy Man" | 5:23 | edited from 11:35 | Deliver the Word Deliver the Word Deliver the Word is the sixth album by War, released in 1973 on United Artists Records.-Reception:The album featured two singles, "Gypsy Man" backed with "Deliver the Word" , and "Me and Baby Brother" backed with "In Your Eyes"... |
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| 13 | "Me and Baby Brother" | 3:31 | |||
| 14 | "Deliver the Word" | 4:39 | edited from 7:48 | ||
| 15 | "Southern Part of Texas" | 3:53 | edited from 6:22 | ||
| 16 | "Ballero" | 3:26 | live; edited from 8:29 | War Live War Live (album) War Live is the first live album by funk group War, recorded during a four-night engagement at Chicago's High Chapparral club and released on United Artists Records in 1974... |
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| 17 | "Why Can't We Be Friends? Why Can't We be Friends (song) "Why Can't We Be Friends?" is a song by the band War. The song has a simple structure, with the phrase "Why can't we be friends?" being sung four times after each two-line verse amounting to over forty times in under four minutes. It was played in space when NASA beamed it to the linking of Soviet... " |
3:49 | Why Can't We Be Friends? Why Can't We Be Friends? Why Can't We Be Friends? is the seventh studio album by War.-Reception:Recorded in 1974 and released on United Artists Records in June 1975. The title song reached #8 on Billboard's Hot 100. The original LP edition came with a poster. Two singles from the album were released: "Why Can't We Be... |
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Disc two
| Track | Title | Time | Notes | Also on Anthology ? |
From the album |
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| 1 | "Low Rider Low Rider "Low Rider" is a song written by the band War and appearing on their 1975 album Why Can't We Be Friends?. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B charts and peaked at number seven on the Pop Singles chart.... " |
3:11 | Why Can't We Be Friends? | ||
| 2 | "Don't Let No One Get You Down" | 4:01 | |||
| 3 | "Heartbeat" | 4:11 | edited from 7:25 | ||
| 4 | "Smile Happy" | 4:23 | edited from 7:22 | ||
| 5 | "So" | 4:59 | |||
| 6 | "Summer" | 4:03 | edited from 6:39 | Greatest Hits | |
| 7 | "L.A. Sunshine" | 4:01 | edited from 11:52 | Platinum Jazz Platinum Jazz (album) Platinum Jazz is a double album, the seventh studio album by War, released on Blue Note Records in 1976.The album is an unusual entry in War's discography in several aspects. Its first half is new material, while its second half is a compilation of tracks from previous albums... |
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| 8 | "River Niger" | 5:17 | edited from 8:40 | ||
| 9 | "Galaxy" | 4:46 | edited from 8:09 | Galaxy | |
| 10 | "Youngblood (Livin' in the Streets)" | 4:02 | edited from 10:43 | Youngblood Youngblood (1978 film) Youngblood is a 1978 American film released by American International Pictures. It starred Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and featured Bryan O'Dell in the title role. Ren Woods had a prominent supporting role... (soundtrack) |
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| 11 | "I'm the One Who Understands" | 4:50 | edited from 6:08 | The Music Band The Music Band The Music Band is an album by War, released on MCA Records in 1979.In 1979, War considered changing its name to The Music Band, possibly regarding its old name as too aggressive for modern times... |
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| 12 | "Cinco de Mayo" | 4:07 | edited from 5:34 | Outlaw Outlaw (War album) Outlaw is an album by War, released on RCA Victor Records in 1982.This was War's first album for RCA. Between this and the previous album on MCA, War released a single on LA Records, a company owned by their producer Jerry Goldstein: "Cinco de Mayo", which also appears on Outlaw, backed with... |
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| 13 | "You Got the Power" | 4:02 | edited from 5:41 | ||
| 14 | "Outlaw" | 3:59 | edited from 5:02 | ||
| 15 | "Baby It's Cold Outside" | 5:56 | |||
| 16 | "Peace Sign" | 4:29 | shorter LP version |  (Peace Sign)Peace Sign (War album) is an album by War, released on Avenue Records in 1994. Its title is a graphic of the peace symbol. It is often referred to as Peace Sign, the title of the first track, though arguably it could also be called Peace, the antonym of the group's name... |
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| 17 | "East L.A." | 5:41 | |||
Disc one
| Track | Title | Also on Very Best ? |
From the album | ||
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| 1 | "Tobacco Road" | Eric Burdon Declares "War" (Eric Burdon and War) |
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| 2 | "Spill the Wine" | ||||
| 3 | "They Can't Take Away Our Music They Can't Take Away Our Music They Can't Take Away Our Music is a song performed by Eric Burdon & War featuring Sharone Scott & The Beautiful New Born Children in 1970. It was released as a single in 1970 . This was their last single before they split in the same year... " |
The Black-Man's Burdon The Black-Man's Burdon The Black-Man's Burdon is a double LP by funk band Eric Burdon and War, released in December 1970 on MGM Records. It was the second of two albums by the group before Burdon left and the remaining band continued as War.... (Eric Burdon and War) |
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| 4 | "Sun Oh Son" | War War (War album) War is the third album by funk group War, or their first following the departure of singer Eric Burdon and the group's name change from the original: Eric Burdon and War... |
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| 5 | "Lonely Feelin'" | ||||
| 6 | "All Day Music" | All Day Music | |||
| 7 | "Get Down" | ||||
| 8 | "Slippin' Into Darkness" | ||||
| 9 | "The Cisco Kid" | The World Is a Ghetto | |||
| 10 | "The World is a Ghetto" | ||||
| 11 | "City, Country, City" | ||||
| 12 | "Where Was You At" | ||||
| 13 | "Gypsy Man" | Deliver the Word | |||
| 14 | "Me and Baby Brother" | ||||
| 15 | "Deliver the Word" | ||||
| 16 | "Ballero" | War Live | |||
Disc two
| Track | Title | Also on Very Best ? |
From the album | ||
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| 1 | "Why Can't We Be Friends?" | Why Can't We Be Friends? | |||
| 2 | "Low Rider" | ||||
| 3 | "Don't Let No One Get You Down" | ||||
| 4 | "Summer" | Greatest Hits | |||
| 5 | "L.A. Sunshine" | Platinum Jazz | |||
| 6 | "River Niger" | ||||
| 7 | "Galaxy" | Galaxy | |||
| 8 | "Youngblood (Livin' in the Streets)" | Youngblood (soundtrack) | |||
| 9 | "The Funky Music Makes You Feel Good" | ||||
| 10 | "The Music Band" | The Music Band | |||
| 11 | "Outlaw" | Outlaw | |||
| 12 | "You Got the Power" | ||||
| 13 | "Cinco de Mayo" | ||||
| 14 | "Life (is So Strange)" | Life (is So Strange) Life (is So Strange) Life is an album by War, released on RCA Victor Records in 1983. It marked the end of a continuous string of albums by the group from 1970, and they would not record another album until a decade later... |
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| 15 | "Don't Let No One Get You Down" | Rap Declares War (various artists compilation, track by War with Hispanic M.C.'s) |
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| 16 | "Peace Sign" | (Peace Sign) |
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