The World Is a Ghetto

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Best known for its distinctive fusion of Latin-flavored jazz, funk, rock, and soul, War was unquestionably one of the most successful fusion bands to emerge in the early '70s. Initially working with Eric Burdon, former lead singer with the British '60s band the Animals, the seven-member team enjoyed a commercial breakthrough with 1971's "All Day Music." The follow-up, The World Is a Ghetto took War mainstream thanks to the crossover success of the title track, a top 10 pop and R&B smash as 1972 became 1973. Cuts like the 13-minute-plus jazz-flavored adventure known as "City, Country, City" alongside the witty "Where Was You At" and the eerie "Four Cornered Room" were standouts on the six-track album. But it was the immediacy of the No. 2 pop single "The Cisco Kid," with its catchy hook that helped give the band a chart-topping No. 1 gold-selling album in 1973, arguably the best representation of its work as groove pioneers of the day. --David Nathan

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Average customer rating: The World is a Ghetto The World Is a Ghetto... TY BESS(THE MUSIC MAN) Progressive soul music... The BIG one...

The World Is a Ghetto War Manufacturer: Avenue Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Latin Rock | Latin Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: All Day Music Deliver the Word Why Can't We Be Friends? Eric Burdon Declares "War" War Live ASIN: B0000032UW Release Date: 1992-08-04

Tracks:

1. The Cisco Kid
2. Where Was You At
3. City, Country, City
4. Four Cornered Room
5. The World Is A Ghetto
6. Beetles In The Bog

Amazon.com essential recording

Best known for its distinctive fusion of Latin-flavored jazz, funk, rock, and soul, War was unquestionably one of the most successful fusion bands to emerge in the early '70s. Initially working with Eric Burdon, former lead singer with the British '60s band the Animals, the seven-member team enjoyed a commercial breakthrough with 1971's "All Day Music." The follow-up, The World Is a Ghetto took War mainstream thanks to the crossover success of the title track, a top 10 pop and R&B smash as 1972 became 1973. Cuts like the 13-minute-plus jazz-flavored adventure known as "City, Country, City" alongside the witty "Where Was You At" and the eerie "Four Cornered Room" were standouts on the six-track album. But it was the immediacy of the No. 2 pop single "The Cisco Kid," with its catchy hook that helped give the band a chart-topping No. 1 gold-selling album in 1973, arguably the best representation of its work as groove pioneers of the day. --David Nathan

Customer Reviews:

The World is a Ghetto.......2007-06-09

A classic that remains as fresh today as when it was released.

The World Is a Ghetto..........2007-02-04

Once again, WAR comes through...this album is a classic for all times...I rate this album FIVE STARS!!!!

TY BESS(THE MUSIC MAN).......2007-01-27

If you like music that is a good backdrop for a party or just hanging around the house or better yet washing the car this is a cd that will fill the bill.enjoy!

Progressive soul music..........2006-07-10

This album, which is one of my top 30 favorites, is progressive soul music. It's like Isaac Hayes in his heyday, when his albums like Hot Buttered Soul, Movement, and Joy had epic tracks on them, some running as long as 18 minutes. This is War's best album, with the title track and City, Country, City standing out. Even though there's only 6 songs, and most of them are fairly long, War was one of the tightest bands on the planet. The main theme of the album really resonates today, that the world is indeed a ghetto, because no matter where you go, trouble will find you. You can never cut yourself off completely from society (even though some try to). As the liner notes say, even a Rolls Royce can get a flat tire. If we realised that, we would get along much better, because we all live in this ghetto of a world. We should try and make it better.

The BIG one..........2006-05-03

The title of my review says it all. For those of you that are into statistics and sales and chart positions and all that good stuff, you're probably aware that this is the only War album to top the pop charts. Of course, for my purposes, none of that matters.

Growing up, this was my SECOND favorite War album. As I became an adult, though, this one crept to the top of the list. Why? Perhaps it was the mood of the album. The album is very dark and downtrodden, and perhaps that's the beauty of it. Although the album was released a couple of years before I was born, it was an album that reflected the uncertain times: a few years after the murders of MLK & RFK, in the midst of American dissatisfaction with the Viet Nam war, and the soon-to-be-headline-making Watergate scandal.

Anyway, even though there's only six songs on the album, they are a WHOPPING six songs. Kicking things off is "The Cisco Kid." Honestly, if I had to name a single song that made me a War fan, it was this one. It's all in the bass line. For all you bass aspiring bass players out there, this song is SERIOUS PROOF that you don't have to slap to be STANKY.

Next, there's the Big Easy flavored "Where Was You At?"...a great little song, sad but upbeat. Then there's the epic "City Country City." The darkness rises in a big way. You get lots of what made WAR one of THE best: great group work, great individual solos, and the music never gets stagnant.

The things only get darker with "Four Cornered Room." I'll be honest: I like the song, but it's probably the spookiest song War ever recorded. Couple this song along with the totality of Sly Stone's "Riot" LP for ultimate in depressing, junkie-nodding music.

Than the culmination, the title song. Great song, great groove, great lyrics, great solos....

"Beetles in the Bog"? I like the song. It's sort of like one of those campfire sing-along type songs. Well, in this particular case, it's more like a song best sung around a fire lit in a garbage barrell.

This is War's masterpiece, an album no serious War fan should be without.

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The World Is a Ghetto James Moody Manufacturer: Fuel 2000 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B000A0GOXM Release Date: 2005-07-19

Tracks:

1. World Is a Ghetto
2. Don't Let Me Be Lonely
3. Good Sense Humor Man
4. Country City Country
5. Trilby
6. You're Right as Rain
7. Moody's Mood
8. First Thing in the Morning

Average customer rating: The World is a Ghetto The World Is a Ghetto... TY BESS(THE MUSIC MAN) Progressive soul music... The BIG one...

The World Is a Ghetto War Manufacturer: Rhino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Latin Rock | Latin Music | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: All Day Music Deliver the Word Why Can't We Be Friends? Eric Burdon Declares "War" War Live ASIN: B000003D6T Release Date: 1995-02-21

Tracks:

1. Cisco Kid
2. Where Was You At
3. City, Country, City
4. Four Cornered Room
5. World Is a Ghetto
6. Beetles in the Bog

Amazon.com essential recording

Best known for its distinctive fusion of Latin-flavored jazz, funk, rock, and soul, War was unquestionably one of the most successful fusion bands to emerge in the early '70s. Initially working with Eric Burdon, former lead singer with the British '60s band the Animals, the seven-member team enjoyed a commercial breakthrough with 1971's "All Day Music." The follow-up, The World Is a Ghetto took War mainstream thanks to the crossover success of the title track, a top 10 pop and R&B smash as 1972 became 1973. Cuts like the 13-minute-plus jazz-flavored adventure known as "City, Country, City" alongside the witty "Where Was You At" and the eerie "Four Cornered Room" were standouts on the six-track album. But it was the immediacy of the No. 2 pop single "The Cisco Kid," with its catchy hook that helped give the band a chart-topping No. 1 gold-selling album in 1973, arguably the best representation of its work as groove pioneers of the day. --David Nathan

Customer Reviews:

The World is a Ghetto.......2007-06-09

A classic that remains as fresh today as when it was released.

The World Is a Ghetto..........2007-02-04

Once again, WAR comes through...this album is a classic for all times...I rate this album FIVE STARS!!!!

TY BESS(THE MUSIC MAN).......2007-01-27

If you like music that is a good backdrop for a party or just hanging around the house or better yet washing the car this is a cd that will fill the bill.enjoy!

Progressive soul music..........2006-07-10

This album, which is one of my top 30 favorites, is progressive soul music. It's like Isaac Hayes in his heyday, when his albums like Hot Buttered Soul, Movement, and Joy had epic tracks on them, some running as long as 18 minutes. This is War's best album, with the title track and City, Country, City standing out. Even though there's only 6 songs, and most of them are fairly long, War was one of the tightest bands on the planet. The main theme of the album really resonates today, that the world is indeed a ghetto, because no matter where you go, trouble will find you. You can never cut yourself off completely from society (even though some try to). As the liner notes say, even a Rolls Royce can get a flat tire. If we realised that, we would get along much better, because we all live in this ghetto of a world. We should try and make it better.

The BIG one..........2006-05-03

The title of my review says it all. For those of you that are into statistics and sales and chart positions and all that good stuff, you're probably aware that this is the only War album to top the pop charts. Of course, for my purposes, none of that matters.

Growing up, this was my SECOND favorite War album. As I became an adult, though, this one crept to the top of the list. Why? Perhaps it was the mood of the album. The album is very dark and downtrodden, and perhaps that's the beauty of it. Although the album was released a couple of years before I was born, it was an album that reflected the uncertain times: a few years after the murders of MLK & RFK, in the midst of American dissatisfaction with the Viet Nam war, and the soon-to-be-headline-making Watergate scandal.

Anyway, even though there's only six songs on the album, they are a WHOPPING six songs. Kicking things off is "The Cisco Kid." Honestly, if I had to name a single song that made me a War fan, it was this one. It's all in the bass line. For all you bass aspiring bass players out there, this song is SERIOUS PROOF that you don't have to slap to be STANKY.

Next, there's the Big Easy flavored "Where Was You At?"...a great little song, sad but upbeat. Then there's the epic "City Country City." The darkness rises in a big way. You get lots of what made WAR one of THE best: great group work, great individual solos, and the music never gets stagnant.

The things only get darker with "Four Cornered Room." I'll be honest: I like the song, but it's probably the spookiest song War ever recorded. Couple this song along with the totality of Sly Stone's "Riot" LP for ultimate in depressing, junkie-nodding music.

Than the culmination, the title song. Great song, great groove, great lyrics, great solos....

"Beetles in the Bog"? I like the song. It's sort of like one of those campfire sing-along type songs. Well, in this particular case, it's more like a song best sung around a fire lit in a garbage barrell.

This is War's masterpiece, an album no serious War fan should be without.

Average customer rating:

Seattle Groove Seattle Groove Manufacturer: J-Town ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009H7SZO Release Date: 2005-01-18

Tracks:

1. Seattle Groove
2. Easy Greasy
3. Next Time Around
4. That's the Way of the World
5. Finger Fonk
6. World Is a Ghetto
7. Splabb
8. Seattle Joy
9. It's All About Life
10. In the Night

Product Description

10 tracks Seattle Groove Easy Greasy Next Time around That's the way of the world Finger Fonk The World is a ghetto Splabb plus more

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Da Ghetto Shepherd Manufacturer: Warria Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAD8MA Release Date: 2005-05-10

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World Is a Ghetto ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000E5MHZC Release Date: 2006-02-07

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World Is a Ghetto Various Artists Manufacturer: Ghetto Line ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00007J4R9 Release Date: 2003-01-21

Tracks:

1. Twist 'Em - Don P
2. Speak On It - Stizon Skrilla
3. Bloodlines - Submarine Funk
4. In The Streets - Cellski
5. Game Intact - John (Dirt) Doe
6. Weekends - Blaze
7. Send I - Mousie
8. It's Nothin - DJ
9. The World Is A Ghetto - Eli
10. Inner City - Lost Souls
11. Be Like Us - Hades
12. Pimp Juice - John Dirt
13. Run - Remedy
14. Song SG - IRS
15. Heavy Artillery - Soldiers Of Fortune
16. Don't Hate Me - Jeff Aledo
17. Eko - Dimentional Ridaz

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Wildlife 2100 Manufacturer: Rotation ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAFFT4 Release Date: 2002-07-16

Tracks:

1. N-tro
2. Mr. Capilla
3. Bout 2 Act Up
4. Wildlife
5. Toy Soldiers
6. Keep It True
7. Interlude
8. Ghetto Express
9. Universal Soldier
10. Life As a Gary N.
11. No Pain No Game
12. Let It Go
13. Walking Thru the Shadows
14. Bonus Track

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Ghetto Grace Manufacturer: Warria Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAD8FW Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

1. Mynista (Intro)
2. Fly
3. Fee-Fye (Da' raw-mix)
4. Orda'
5. Unconditionally
6. Mistakes
7. Power-Full
8. Venom (Acapella)
9. Power in da' name
10. In Clubz
11. Tragedy
12. Ghetto Grace
13. On the Scene
14. Poppa'
15. Wuzdead (Outro)

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Truly Yours Joquan Da Hooligan Manufacturer: Hooligan Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA6U02 Release Date: 2004-10-19

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