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Why Can’t We Be Friends? (50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition)
Release date: 6.6.25
Label: Avenue/Rhino
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50 Years After The Band WAR Released Their Critically Acclaimed Album The World Is A Ghetto DJ Producer Myles O’Neal Diggs Into Their Iconic Catalog To Reimagine The 1974 GRAMMY® Nominated Hit Single
Read MoreWAR Announces Eric Burdon & WAR - The Complete CD Collection
Read MoreWAR Shares “So” From Live In Japan 1974, First Live Album In 50 Years To Feature All 7 Original Band Members
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WAR, one of music’s defining and most enduring soul/funk groups, was founded in Long Beach, California, in 1962. In 1970, producer Jerry Goldstein united the seven-piece band with former Animals lead singer Eric Burdon; the alliance produced the No. 1 worldwide hit “Spill the Wine.” Stepping out on their own in 1971, they launched a fruitful career with a dynamic sound that fused R&B, rock, Latin music, jazz, and blues. In 1973, their smash album The World is a Ghetto vaulted to No. 1 on Billboard’s pop and R&B charts behind the crossover success of two top-10 singles, the album’s socially conscious title song and its rollicking follow-up “The Cisco Kid.” Over a long and glittering career, WAR has rung up more than 20 multi-platinum, platinum and gold albums and singles. This year, fronted by co-founding member Lonnie Jordan, the group will celebrate 50 years of 1973’s #1 Billboard top-selling album, The World is a Ghetto, with a 50-date summer tour, remixes, new releases and more.