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War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk/rock/soul band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs (including "Spill the Wine", "The World Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", and "Summer"). Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover band that fuses elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, psychedelia, and reggae. According to music writer Colin Larkin, their "potent fusion of funk, R&B, rock and Latin styles produced a progressive soul sound", while Martin C. Strong calls them "one of the fiercest progressive soul combos of the '70s". Their album The World Is a Ghetto was Billboard's best-selling album of 1973. The band transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was subject to many line-up changes over the course of its existence, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a new group called the Lowrider Band.
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Evolutionary [2014]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| All Day Music | 3:59 |
| Slippin' Into Darkness | 3:47 |
| The World Is a Ghetto | 4:09 |
| The Cisco Kid | 3:48 |
| Gypsy Man | 5:24 |
| Me and Baby Brother | 3:30 |
| Southern Part of Texas | 3:54 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends | 3:50 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends? | 3:48 |
| Low Rider | 3:11 |
| Summer | 6:39 |
Evolutionary [Best Buy Exclusive] [2014]
The Best of Soul Train, Vol. 2 [DVD] [2011]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The World is a Ghetto | |
| All Day Music | |
| Slippin' Into Darkness |
Best of War [2010]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Spill the Wine | 4:51 |
| All Day Music | 3:57 |
| Slippin' into Darkness | 3:45 |
| The World Is a Ghetto | 4:07 |
| The Cisco Kid | 3:46 |
| Gypsy Man | 5:22 |
| Me and Baby Brother | 3:28 |
| Southern Part of Texas | 3:51 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends | 3:46 |
| Low Rider | 3:09 |
| Galaxy | 4:45 |
| Summer | 6:39 |
Icon [2010]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Spill the Wine | 4:52 |
| All Day Music | 3:59 |
| Tobacco Road | 3:57 |
| Slippin' into Darkness | 3:47 |
| The World Is a Ghetto | 4:08 |
| The Cisco Kid | 3:47 |
| Nappy Head (Theme from Ghetto Man) | 3:18 |
| Gypsy Man | 5:23 |
| Me and Baby Brother | 3:30 |
| Southern Part of Texas | 3:53 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends? | 3:48 |
| Low Rider | 3:10 |
| Galaxy | 4:46 |
| Southern Part of Texas [Edit Version] | 3:52 |
| Summer | 6:39 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends | 3:47 |
| Don't Let No One Get You Down | 4:00 |
| Outlaw | 3:59 |
| East L.A. | 5:40 |
Icon [Digital Download] [Bonus Tracks] [2010]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Spill the Wine | 4:52 |
| Tobacco Road | 3:57 |
| All Day Music | 3:59 |
| Slippin' Into Darkness | 3:47 |
| Nappy Head (Theme from Ghetto Man) | 3:19 |
| The World Is a Ghetto | 4:08 |
| The Cisco Kid | 3:47 |
| Gypsy Man | 5:23 |
| Me and Baby Brother | 3:30 |
| Southern Part of Texas | 3:53 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends? | 3:48 |
| Low Rider | 3:10 |
| Don't Let No One Get You Down | 4:01 |
| Summer | 6:40 |
| L.A. Sunshine | 4:02 |
| Galaxy | 4:46 |
| You Got the Power | 4:03 |
| Outlaw | 3:59 |
| East L.A. | 5:41 |
The Hits [2010]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Spill the Wine | 4:52 |
| All Day Music | 3:58 |
| Slippin' Into Darkness | 3:46 |
| The World Is a Ghetto | 4:04 |
| The Cisco Kid | 3:46 |
| Gypsy Man | 5:22 |
| Me and Baby Brother | 3:26 |
| Southern Part of Texas | 3:52 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends | 3:47 |
| Low Rider | 3:09 |
| Galaxy | 4:45 |
| Summer | 6:39 |
Collector's Edition: The Eight Original [2008]
Greatest Hits Live [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The World Is a Ghetto | 11:24 |
| Get Down | 3:47 |
| Slippin' Into Darkness | 9:50 |
| City Country City | 9:50 |
| Slippin' into Darkness [Live] | 9:50 |
| Spill the Wine | 6:31 |
| Spill the Wine [Live] | 6:31 |
| Galaxy | 6:16 |
| All Day Music | 6:16 |
| All Day Music [Live] | 6:17 |
| So | 6:15 |
| The Cisco Kid | 6:14 |
| Gypsy Man | 7:27 |
| The Cisco Kid [Live] | 6:15 |
| Me And Baby Brother | 5:04 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends | 4:38 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends? [Live] | 4:39 |
Greatest Hits Live [DVD] [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Get Down | |
| City Country City | |
| Slippin' into Darkness | |
| Spill the Wine | |
| Galaxy | |
| All Day Music | |
| So | |
| Gypsy Man | |
| The Cisco Kid | |
| Me and Baby Brother | |
| Why Can't We Be Friends | |
| Lowrider |
Live [Alpha Centauri DVD] [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Slippin' into Darkness [DVD] | |
| Why Can't We Be Friends [DVD] |
Loose Grooves: Funkin' Live in England 1980 [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Cisco Kid [DVD][Live] | |
| Why Can't We Be Friends [DVD][Live] |
Casey Kasem Presents: America's Top Ten - The 70's Rock's Greatest Hits [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Spill the Wine | 4:53 |
The Cisco Kid and Other Hits [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Cisco Kid | 4:36 |
| Where Was You At | 3:27 |
| L.A. Sunshine | 4:03 |
| All Day Music | 4:08 |
| Deliver the Word | 7:53 |
| Outlaw | 4:02 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends | 3:50 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends? | 3:50 |
The Very Best of War [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Spill the Wine | 4:53 |
| Tobacco Road | 3:59 |
| All Day Music | 4:08 |
| Slippin' into Darkness | 3:48 |
| Get Down | 4:29 |
| Nappy Head (Theme from Ghetto Man) | 3:20 |
| Nappy Head (Theme From "Ghetto Man") | 3:19 |
| The World Is a Ghetto | 4:09 |
| The Cisco Kid | 3:48 |
| Where Was You At | 3:27 |
| Four Cornered Room | 5:10 |
| Gypsy Man | 5:23 |
| Me and Baby Brother | 3:34 |
| Deliver the Word | 4:40 |
| Southern Part of Texas | 3:53 |
| Southern Part of Texas [Edit Version] | 3:54 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends? | 3:49 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends | 3:50 |
| Low Rider | 3:13 |
| Don't Let No One Get You Down | 4:07 |
| So | 5:00 |
| Summer | 4:03 |
| L.A. Sunshine | 4:02 |
| Galaxy | 4:46 |
| You Got the Power | 4:03 |
| Outlaw | 4:00 |
| Baby, It's Cold Outside | 5:56 |
| Baby It's Cold Outside | 5:56 |
| Peace Sign | 4:29 |
| Peace Sign [Edited Version] | 4:29 |
| East L.A. | 5:42 |
Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The World Is a Ghetto | 3:59 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends? | 3:45 |
Casey Kasem: America's Top 10 Through Years - The 70's [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Why Can't We Be Friends? | 3:49 |
Slippin' into Darkness [CD/Vinyl Single] [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Slippin' into Darkness [Club] | 8:59 |
| Slippin' into Darkness [Dub] | 7:59 |
Brown Eyed Soul: The Sound of East L.A. [Box] [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| All Day Music | 4:05 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends? | 3:50 |
| Don't Let No One Get You Down | 4:02 |
Grooves & Messages: Greatest Hits of War [1999]
Colección Latina [1997]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Low Rider [Español] | 3:20 |
| All Day Music | 4:08 |
| Me and Baby Brother | 3:34 |
| The Cisco Kid | 4:36 |
| Gypsy Man | 5:24 |
| Angel | 4:12 |
| Don't Let No One Get You Down | 4:24 |
Sinbad's First Annual Summer Jam & 70's Soul Music Festival: The Funk, Pt. 1 [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Cisco Kid | 3:54 |
The Best of War and More, Vol. 2 [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The World Is a Ghetto | 4:09 |
| Gypsy Man | 5:23 |
| Don't Let No One Get You Down | 4:07 |
| L.A. Sunshine | 4:02 |
| You Got the Power | 4:03 |
| Outlaw | 4:00 |
| Peace Sign | 4:30 |
| Spill the Wine [Remix] | 4:06 |
Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind!, Vol. 17 [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Why Can't We Be Friends? | 3:50 |
The Best of Eric Burdon & War [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Magic Mountain | 4:23 |
| Spill the Wine | 4:04 |
| Tobacco Road | 3:57 |
| Home Dream | 7:17 |
| Bare Back Ride | 4:13 |
| Paint It Black | 4:06 |
| They Can't Take Away Our Music | 4:56 |
| Home Cookin' | 4:14 |
Anthology (1970-1994) [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Spill the Wine | 4:06 |
| Sun Oh Son | 3:57 |
| All Day Music | 4:08 |
| Get Down | 4:32 |
| Slippin' Into Darkness | 6:59 |
| The Cisco Kid | 4:36 |
| The World Is a Ghetto | 4:09 |
| Where Was You At | 3:27 |
| Gypsy Man | 5:24 |
| Me and Baby Brother | 3:34 |
| Deliver the Word | 4:40 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends? | 3:48 |
| Low Rider | 3:14 |
| Don't Let No One Get You Down | 4:25 |
| Summer | 6:37 |
| L.A. Sunshine | 4:02 |
| Galaxy | 5:18 |
| Outlaw | 4:00 |
| You Got the Power | 4:03 |
Anthology (1970-1994) [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Tobacco Road | 6:30 |
| They Can't Take Away Our Music | 6:50 |
| Get Down [*] | 4:27 |
| Where Was You At [*] | 3:23 |
| Deliver the Word [*] | 4:32 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends | 3:48 |
| Galaxy [#] | 5:17 |
| You Got the Power [*] | 4:02 |
| Peace Sign [Single Version] | 4:30 |
| Peace Sign [Edit] | 4:31 |
Lowrider Video Soundtrack, Vol. 7 [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Low Rider (On the Boulevard) | 4:43 |
| Don't Let No One Get You Down | 4:26 |
Rap Declares War [1992]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Don't Let No One Get You Down | 4:29 |
| Low Rider (On the Boulevard) | 4:45 |
Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind!, Vol. 10 [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The World Is a Ghetto | 4:07 |
The Best of War and More [1987]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Low Rider | 3:14 |
| The Cisco Kid | 3:48 |
| Cisco Kid | 3:53 |
| Slippin' Into Darkness | 3:47 |
| Me and Baby Brother | 3:34 |
| Galaxy | 5:18 |
| Spill the Wine | 4:06 |
| All Day Music | 4:08 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends | 3:50 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends? | 3:52 |
| Summer | 4:03 |
Outlaw [1982]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Outlaw | 5:04 |
| Baby It's Cold Outside | 5:57 |
| Baby, It's Cold Outside | 5:51 |
| You Got the Power | 5:46 |
Platinum Jazz [1977]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| L.A. Sunshine | 9:58 |
| Deliver the Word | 7:53 |
| Nappy Head (Theme from Ghetto Man) | 4:09 |
| Nappy Head [Theme from Ghetto Man] | 4:12 |
| Four Cornered Room | 7:16 |
Greatest Hits [United Artists] [1976]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| All Day Music | 4:08 |
| Slippin' Into Darkness | 3:47 |
| The World Is a Ghetto | 4:09 |
| The Cisco Kid | 3:53 |
| Gypsy Man | 5:23 |
| Me and Baby Brother | 3:34 |
| Southern Part of Texas | 3:55 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends | 3:50 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends? | 3:49 |
| Low Rider | 3:14 |
| Summer | 6:38 |
Love Is All Around [1976]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Love Is All Around | 4:12 |
| Tobacco Road | 6:34 |
| Home Dream | 7:14 |
| Magic Mountain | 4:21 |
| A Day in the Life | 11:07 |
| Paint It Black |
Why Can't We Be Friends? [1975]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Don't Let No One Get You Down | 4:07 |
| So | 5:02 |
| Low Rider | 3:14 |
| In Mazatlan | 2:51 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends? | 3:50 |
Live [1974]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Sun Oh Son | 10:41 |
| The Cisco Kid | 6:06 |
| The Cisco Kid [Live] | 6:07 |
| Slippin' Into Darkness | 9:40 |
| Slippin' into Darkness [Live] | 9:41 |
| All Day Music | 10:06 |
| Get Down | 20:30 |
| All Day Music [Live] | 10:06 |
Deliver the Word [1973]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Gypsy Man | 11:38 |
| Me and Baby Brother | 3:34 |
| Deliver the Word | 7:51 |
| Southern Part of Texas | 6:28 |
War Live [1973]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Sun Oh Son | 10:41 |
| The Cisco Kid | 6:07 |
| Slippin' Into Darkness | 9:41 |
| All Day Music | 10:06 |
| Get Down | 20:30 |
The World Is a Ghetto [1972]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Cisco Kid | 4:36 |
| Where Was You At | 3:27 |
| Four Cornered Room | 8:35 |
| The World Is a Ghetto | 8:06 |
The World Is a Ghetto [40th Anniversary Expanded Edition] [1972]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Cisco Kid | |
| Where Was You At | |
| Four Cornered Room | |
| The World Is a Ghetto |
All Day Music [1971]
The Black-Man's Burdon [1970]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Spirit | 8:36 |
| Gun | 6:00 |
| Bare Back Ride | 7:09 |
| Home Cookin' | 4:10 |
| They Can't Take Away Our Music | 6:50 |
Semi-Pro: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The World is a Ghetto | 4:04 |
| Why Can't We Be Friends | 3:48 |
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