The Best of War and More: War: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Livin' In The Red

2. Low Rider

3. The Cisco Kid

4. Slippin' Into Darkness

5. Me and Baby Brother

6. Galaxy

7. Spill The Wine

8. All Day Music

9. Why Can't We Be Friends?

10. Summer

11. City Country City

12. Whose Cadillac Is That?

13. Low Rider (Remix)

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War peppers their music with Latin rhythms and instrumentations, mixing in elements of funk with oldies rock & roll to create a nonstop summer-block-party sound. Hits like "The Cisco Kid" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?" are characterized by the band's lower-register vocals and beg for a singalong. "Spill the Wine, " a hit during Eric Burden's tenure with War, lacks the freer, good-time feel of the later material, but "Low Rider, " a bottom-heavy salsa driven by a raunchy harmonica, remains one of the band's most popular songs. The Best of War ... and More goes beyond retro appeal, displaying a timeless quality. --Steve Gdula

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2.0 out of 5 stars Edited versions and a major omission bring this one down, Mar 10 2002

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rockland6674 (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of War and More (Audio CD)

Any War compilation that doesn't include "The World Is A Ghetto" really shouldn't be called a "best-of". I just don't understand why Rhino/Avenue chose to omit this song, yet included two versions (the original and a remix) of "Low Rider". I realize that "The World Is A Ghetto" appears on "The Best Of War And More, Volume 2," but we shouldn't HAVE to buy Volume 2 to get this song. Then again, maybe this is why it was omitted from Volume 1.

Also, "Spill The Wine," "The Cisco Kid," "All Day Music" and "Slippin' Into Darkness" are edited versions that were supplied to radio stations, not the longer versions that appeared on the regular 45s (The edited version of "Spill The Wine" keeps turning up on War compilations. You need to pick up "Eric Burdon Declares 'War'" to get the unedited version.)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The food is great but the portions are small, April 9 2004

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Andy Agree "jackrabbit79" (Omaha, NE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of War and More (Audio CD)

War was a joyful band of rhythmic funksters with clever vocals and gorgeous harmonies. This collection includes most of their best songs from the 70s, but is missing some real gems (notably "Gypsy Man" and "The World is a Ghetto"). Another reviewer pointed out that some of the tracks are shortened radio edits. There may be more cases of this than I can recognize, but either way there are some songs here, like "Slipping into Darkness" and "All Day Music", that are just too good to be this short.. "City Country City" is whittled down to just the "country" section, and lacks the journey from and back to the city that made the original so evocative. But the music is superb (except for "Living in the Red"), and even the songs that have never disappeared from radio play still stand up well ("Low Rider" and the charmingly weird "Spill the Wine"). But like a delicious meal with too-small portions, this CD leaves me hungering for more. A great band needs a strong "best of" collection, and this CD just isn't it. So why 5 stars? Because setting aside all the coulda-woulda-shouldas about this as a compilation, 4 stars just doesn't quite describe the superior quality of the music it contains.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Below Average Hit Collection, Jan 21 2004

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I agree with many reviewers: this is a disappointing collection. There is no "The World Is A Ghetto", "Gypsy Man", nor "Ballero" for starters. I had the original "Greatest Hits" from 1976, but is only available on vinyl records. Your best bet is to get the "War: Anthology (1970-1994)". It's 2 CDs but has all the essentials.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Just as flawed as the day it came out...
I love WAR. They made lots of good music in the 70's and early 80's. It's sad that they've been represented for so long by such a lame compilation as this. Read more

Published on Dec 20 2003 by yermom

4.0 out of 5 stars ...and Less, would be more accurate
War produced a slew of great Latin-flavored funk singles in the 70s and most of them are here. This disk loses a star for omitting "The World Is A Ghetto" while... Read more

Published on Nov 29 2003 by David Bonesteel