The World is a Ghetto is an album released by the band
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late in year 1972. In 2003, the album was ranked number 449 on
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The World is a Ghetto is an album released by the band
WarWar, originally called Eric Burdon & War and often typeset as 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,...
late in year 1972. In 2003, the album was ranked number 449 on
Rolling StoneRolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J. Gleason.The magazine was named after the 1948 Muddy Waters song of the same...
magazine's list of
the 500 greatest albums of all timeThe 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003.Related news articles: The list was based on the votes of 273 rock musicians, critics and industry figures, each of whom submitted a weighted list of 50 albums...
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The album was also made available in a 4-channel
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quadraphonicQuadraphonic sound – the most-widely-used early term for what is now called 4.0 stereo – uses four channels in which speakers are positioned at the four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are independent of one another. Quadraphonic audio was one of the earliest...
) mix in the 8-track tape format (United Artists UA-DA178-H). The quad mix has not been released legally in a digital format.
Side one
- "The Cisco Kid" (4:35)
- "Where Was You At" (3:25)
- "City, Country, City" (13:18)
Side two
- "Four Cornered Room" (8:30)
- "The World is a Ghetto" (10:10)
- "Beetles in the Bog" (3:51)
Chart positions
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 1973 |
Billboard 200 |
1 |