The World is a Ghetto

Really pleasant soulful jazz rock. My only experience with War was probably "Low Rider" - I'm sure that's the case for many. That is not on this album. Funky, jazzy, well produced, extremely easy to listen to. Excellent musicians. Awesome vocal harmonies. Lots of the songs are lengthy but it's never a chore to take in. "City, Country, City" is a lovely instrumental. The title track rules too.

I'm happy to report that the band who made one of the most annoying songs of all time (freaking George Lopez show) is in fact, an excellent soul/funk/r&b band that knows how to play and write. All the hate to low rider aside, this is a really great album. the jam length is, truthfully, a little dragging for me but only because I think the complexities only will grow on me in time. Only one star off for not being immediate but I think this will only grow on repeat listens.

3.5

War's smash hit album, The World is a Ghetto, is a treasure chest of genres compressed into six songs. Prog, soul, R&B, funk, and psychedelic rock all live together (mostly) successfully. The quality of the production lifts the tracks up a level, which for a couple is better than they deserve. It's a good album made great by this excellent work with the knobs.

Pretty good actually

groovy

This one blew me away. I'd heard the main hits from War, but had no idea of the depth of their game. There's jazz, funk, blues, reggae, and even a little afro-beat within this epic of an album, and I honestly had so much fun here. The lyrics contain plenty of staying power even today, the dude on sax was going ham during "City, Country, City", and once again it provides the perfect sunny day soundtrack. More of this please.

Det lilla jag visste om War innan gav mig visa farhågor. En del av dom infrias dessvärre men det är inte lika illa som det kunde varit. Jazzrocken i de två inledande spåren är precis så uselt som i mina värsta mardrömmar. I nästa spår blir det mer funkigt men funken saknar såväl sex, blod och svett, den blir lite akademisk duktig. Följande 'Four cornered room" känns mer som en stilövning än en låt, den vet jag inte vad jag ska ha till. Titelspåret sen är skivans höjdpunkt, det är bra mjuk jazzfunk även om jag fortfarande tycker det blir lite akademiskt duktigt snarare än gungigt och känsligt. Sista spåret försöker hitta sin inre Fela Kuti men går bet å det grövsta, ansatsen är god men utförandet vedervärdigt. Det kunde varit än värre, därför en medioker tvåa

Egentligen behöver de inte sjunga över huvud taget. Det är så bra instrumentalt att sången mest kommer in och stör. Som tur är är det inte allt för ofta.

Så här vill man ju att det ska vara med sajten. Att man upptäcker något nytt (eller dryga 50 år gammalt) som förut gått utanför radarn. Så klart borde man haft koll på War, men så är inte fallet. Det här, liksom några andra spår jag hunnit lyssna in under dagen, är i vilket fall som helst riktigt bra. Det börjar dock lite trevande. De båda inledande spåren är fin psykedelisk funk utan att stick ut allt för mycket. Från och med ”City, country, city” tar albumet nya höjder. Låtarna blir jazzigare. Såväl lurtut som rytmsektion får ta större plats och gör det med den äran. Det lär inte dröja länge innan War finns representerade i skivhyllan.En fyra, hur stabil som helst.

Jag försöker verkligen komma in i det här men det låter mest som Toto i mina öron. Det låter som duktiga musiker men helt själlöst.

Man these guys were great! Well ahead of the time in terms of incorporating jazz, funk and rock in different combos. Loved it

Elite early-70's soul/funk album. Hugely successful. Pitchfork: 8.8 (50th anniversary reissue rating) Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs The Cisco Kid City, Country, City The World Is A Ghetto

Prima

Good, kinda downtempo

Quite short but would defo listen again. First song was a banger

Цікава назва. Стабільний Соул. Не погано, але не моє.

One of those releases I didn't know the existence till now. Especially in the longer tracks the soul, funk and jazz are working well together to some psychedelic effect. The only downside of this album is that not all songs are long. The shorter tracks are more song based and leans more to soul funk and should have been replaced with one longer track.

Groovy but a little long for my tastes.

Could the world use more blues funk? Damn right it could!

Funky, jazzy jams. The more I listened, the more I wanted to listen.

I was bored.

wish i had my record player set up because i own this one on wax! great grooves on here, but the real winner is the title track. one of the best 10 minute soul songs of this era, of which there's a fair amount of competition. i don't think it's controversial to say that the 70s are probably rnb's peak. and this is a really sparse and loose interpretation of it. it's really interesting that this was as popular as it was, because it's rather formless. don't come in expecting Why Can't We Be Friends (which is admittedly a wonderful song). deserves to be one of the 1001? yeah

Thanks for making me listen. I'd like to give this more spins. I've never liked "Cisco Kid" but I appreciated the rest of the album

3.5

Interesting album cover, great music. Would recommend to everyone. Easiest four stars in my life.

slow funky nice . c

In my honest opinion, I thought the instrumentals were nice and nice vocals, but to me this really was kind of background music nothing really stood out to me in a significant way. It wasn’t a bad experience in any way and it has its good moments, but nothing life changing.

7.5 / 10

What a tight groove

Very very cool

Nice! I really like it.

I wish there were 1 or 2 more uptempo tracks on this but I guess it's not necessarily supposed to be a fun, party album. Groovy stuff

Funky! Really enjoyed this one.

I thought War was just a novelty act for Low Rider. I didn’t realize they were a real band. That song’s not on here so it didn’t really work for me

Cisco Kid is a song I grew up with. My dad's band played it. Always loved the complex rhythms. Other than that this album did nothing for me.

3.25 - Exactly what expected. Pretty good.

I knew nothing about this album, except a quick glance at wikipedia told me it was the number 1 album of 1973. As I was listening to it I started to doubt myself, maybe it was number 1 on subchart, like R&B or Soul or something. The side 2 started and I knew I misread it. Come home after listening and OMG it was the number selling record of 1973. I know the 70s are famous for the drugs but come on. 1973 was Dark Side of Moon, it was Alladdin Sane, and this, this? is the number one album of the year.

2026-08-18: First two songs are great. And then the rest went downhill. I am not a fan of 13 minute instrumentals. And weird cymbal crashes.

6 songs Not bad music, but just didn't manage to captivate me unfortunately.

Funky

My dad absolutely loves this band. Queue the PTSD from all the rides in the ‘78 corvette with dad to Low Rider (off a different album) If I could summarize this album in one phrase, it would be “just the tip” why? I feel like I’m being blue balled. The creativeness is here. The talent is here. However, it’s short and doesn’t feel very structured. This album is groovy as fuck for what it is though.

What an amazing fusion album. Some of these songs just have such a strong premise that you get lost in them. I can already tell this is anti Vietnam album for good reason. Vietnam was a stain on this country and for good reason nobody should be forced to fight a war they are not comfortable with that’s directly against the freedom that this country is founded upon. Those who take up the mantle of the call of duty should do it out of choice but war is a ghetto it’s forgotten it’s run down it’s not a solution only a lacking of understanding of how we can truly change things but things are always meant to change that’s the point. Four cornered room is a great example we feel we can’t get pass these walls but who built the room where is the door is there a roof there is always a way out. War is a ghetto but it’s not the end. What a great album and amazing album cover this is a perfect amalgamation of what it means to live in that era and the people yearned for freedom but were stuck in the ghetto forced to write and create

Ok album that felt a little dull at times.

This album came out two weeks before I was born. To my ears this kind of commercial funk is the sound of The Rockford Files (complimentary). It's okay: It seems to strive for urgency but takes a pretty loose approach getting there. Nostalgic but a little plain. I do really like Charles Miller's sax work though.

Not for me.

I only knew War from their singles and that Eric Burdon was involved. This album didn’t have any of the singles I knew and Eric was no longer part of the group when this album came out. Despite all of that, I really liked it. I can’t get into pure Funk bands but this has the perfect blend of funk, soul, and rock that I can get into. This will be one I come back to.

Started strong but then just a load of sound. Tracks far too long.

Enjoyed more than I thought! Instrumentals were fun

Super groovy. Love me some funk

not my favorite, but not the worst!

Sounds like a quintessential album of it's time and style. 3.8/5.

Good jam sections, very easy listen

Melkein pelkkää instrumentaali jazzia vaikka rnb vaikutteilla

Solid. I had only known Cisco Kid from this album before. Thought the songs kinda dragged a bit, the longer ones in particular, but cool sound.

Eh

Liked it a lot! very groovy. some songs felt like they went on for a bit too long but overall enjoyed the listening experience

Surprise surprise

Good album with some classic funky 70s songs.

Una gran mezcla de ritmos.

Why can't we be friends (and more albums sound like this)?

New to me. My knowledge of funk and soul is woefully limited. This sounded like an excellent example of the genre and I enjoyed it.

After nearly 600 albums, my current least favorite genre is soul/funk. I just don't think the framework of the typical song works for me. It's 1-2 chords repeated over and over, changing every 5-10 seconds. It just sounds so cumbersome to me, and while I acknowledge that there are musicians who could make it interesting, they are few and far between. I suppose that is part of the appeal for a lot of people, laid back, uncomplicated grooves, but it's not for me.

Liked this much more than expected.

Ok

First listen. I enjoyed this. It’s a great sounding album. It’s a funky vibe with some honest themes.

Listening session: august 8th, while going for a walk Listened to before: no Thoughts: more funky than I expected, but a bit too slow for me to be a true funk classic Favourite tracks: Cisco Kid & The World Is A Ghetto

Pretty great first half that showcases a killer group of musicians. The second half loses steam as the band pursues songwriting angles that don’t exactly play to their strengths. Regardless, I’m very happy to know more (anything) about this band, and I love their working-musicians-make-good vibe.

Someone get me my flared trousers! Where are my platform Mary Janes? "The World is a Ghetto" is just infectious, it's road-trip music, it's walking-down-the-city-street music, it's Angel Dynamite music, it's hookah-smoke music. The saxophone on this album is also stellar.

I thought this album was solid, but it didn’t blow me away like I had wanted it to.

ok

5/10 solid but unremarkable

This album was fine, I couldn’t really get into it as much as I was hoping.

Shrug, funky men inte funky nog för mig

1972 Progressive soul The cisco kid

I have had this one before on my multiple projects. I had never heard it before. I LOVED it. Let’s see how I feel today. Yeah. I thought perhaps I had been too excited about a new discovery, but this album is just such an enjoyable ride, I can’t deny the 5. It’s just damn good. 5 Boolean: It’s TRUE- the world IS a ghetto

It was fine? I don't know. I like funk/soul, but this just kinda blended into the background and nothing really stood out to me. I knew Cisco Kid, but the rest were new to me. I'll say 2.5 stars, but I'm giving it a 2 here.

Me aburrió mucho. No sé capaz no le presté la suficiente atención, pero se me hizo eterno.

fuck.

This album is funky.

This was okay but got a bit annoying. It lacked lyrics and was a bit meh in places not enough to grab my attention I won't be back

One of the coolest albums I've ever heard. Pure brilliance

Primer disquito de esta web. Una locura, mucho Jazz y mucho soul, se nota porque a partir del 3er tema el disco se va de viaje y mete temas de 13, 8 y 10 minutos Recomiendo, aunque capaz mucho solo y mucho instrumental hace que se pierda un poco la atención sobre el tema. Pero en general para mí es un 8/10.

Some amazing grooves

Second half better than the first I like the album and it’s an easy listen with a nice beat and dynamic changes. But I don’t quite put in on the level of Björk at 4 stars and in the absence of 3.5, I’ll have to go with a 3. But I’d say a decent listen I’d come back to.

It took me a bit to get into, but after a couple tracks, I was really digging it. Not exactly my jam, but absolutely worth the listen

Cool rock/soul fusion album. Good bass throughout

13min song ist verrückt

Good soul/funk album. Kind of repetitive, but still fun overall. 3.5/5 Probably will listen again

What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Fave Tracks: City, Country, City, The World Is A Ghetto, Beetles in the Bog 4.2/5

Found myself just waiting for it to end. Felt repetitive and lethargic. Parts of it were interesting, but maybe only because they were so buried in a molasses of soul that I got excited from any break from the monotony. Much of it felt like it could be the backtrack to a sad Peanuts scene. Nothing necessarily wrong with the instrumentation or singing, just... boring.

ya like jazz? got kind of old, just not cultured enough for the long ass songs

Exceptional. Like eating a really lovely complex sandwich, had me doing bits over the tasting notes. Funky as hell, little notes of psychedelia, maybe a little reggae?

Some funky tracks, especially side a, but felt some of them were too overlong

Wah-wah, chacka-chaka, wah-wah... Sounds like a blaxploitation soundtrack made by Osibisa, Santana and Chicago. 3.5/5

Topical, confrontational, and funky as hell. Don't know if it was supposed to be a concept album, but it sure feels like one. Incredible record.

Don’t know. Always interesting… Love the cover. I’m familiar with The Cisco kid! Ha! But not the band War. This was awesome! Really. Yeah. Loving the 1001 today. Thank you! 5 Boolean:TRUE

You have about ten seconds before you realize this is gonna be a funky one. The vibe on this album is immaculate pretty much every second. It feels like a hot summer day in the city. What city? Any city where you might actually spend time on the sidewalk and not in your back yard. Where there is a neighborhood that is a self contained microcosm. It feels like the mythical city block of movies and Coke commercials. And it feels like the vague “before”. It's not today's global warming heat, but the comfortable sweat of the before. You probably are pulling out an ice cold Coke in your mind, aren't you? It's tasting like it did as a kid, crisp and cold and actually thirst quenching, not weird, heavy, syrupy. Maybe this is just my fantasy. The centerpieces here are the two long-form vamps: the title track and City Country City. Both groove hard, but we shouldn't ignore the driving Cisco Kid, or the contemplative Four Cornered Room, or even the jazzy Beetles in the Bog. This isn't an anytime album, but it's a great one and I think this is the time to hear it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pretty cool album. Soulful, funky and rather chilled on the whole. An easy listen.

Jazz y hip hop. Me encantó

Cooler als erwartet

Nice, like it a lot!

Languid

Funky and interesting but does get a bit slow. 3/5

Funky jazz instrumentals, soul chorus vocals not my thing. Particular love for City, Country, City.

90/100. They create such a beautiful atmosphere on this record. It's amazing, with soulful funk and jazz. I like the concept about describing the world as a neighborhood, or in this case a ghetto. There really are struggles and inequality everywhere. It really is an album for escapism. It doesn't only focus on the negative stuff, but also on community. This was my introduction to WAR, and oh man, was it great!

Incorporates some Latin instruments and rhythms to soul. Thought the album cover didn't carry the vibe but all they had to do was put some slower tracks in a minor key and it fit the mood quite nicely. The long tracks were the best, reminding me that soul works well when you let it simmer and cook long enough. I wish there was just more groove to it though! With a bleak mood, the songs feel like they're getting somewhere but not arriving there yet.

This album isn't for me, but I get it. great musicianship and a whole lotta funk!

This album is great, THE INSTRUMENTS ARE FIRE, but I don’t have much to say other than it was a nice listen

Arranca top pero decae

Funky. In the right mood, this album hits perfectly.

Enjoyed this one after a series of bad listens.

Nice funky stuff, definetly will listen again

This was great. Listened to it during a morning walk in the beach. Good time.

A bit repetitive, decent funk

Not a bad album but very long for 6 songs, not really a jam band kinda person. but can hear the talent

The Cisco Kid is a new favourite of mine !!! I loved the sound of this album - some of the songs were too long for my taste but it was still GREAT I shall be listening again for sure !

What a discovery, past the opening track this was a fresh album that I thoroughly enjoyed, especially after the rough week of entries

Listens: 4 Standout Tracks: Where Was You At, The World is a Ghetto A perfectly fine entry for the List. I don't know if I ever realized that these guys aren't just a one hit wonder group that made Low Rider; they are in fact exceptionally popular and have multiple hit songs and plenty of accolades to their name, this album included. This album is easy listening. Good grooves and chill singing. I hope some more albums from War show up on the List.

Phenomenal album

Smooth & funky. Savner litt sterkere låter eller litt mer intens jamming, men overall mye bedre lytteopplevelse enn jeg hadde forventa fra et band som før idag fremstod for meg som et one hit wonder.

Seigt og funky, jammete og jazzy. Likte det godt. Kan hende det hadde vokst mer på meg etter enda flere gjennomlyttinger.

Groovy, soulful stuff.

I liked the blend of genres and thought I would enjoy it when I listened to the first track but then it waned, still a good listen, just not superb.

Loved it.

Good stuff. Funky and interesting

The first couple tracks were fun and funky. Then, it goes full 8 minute track jam band mode. Too bad.

boring as fuck

I love this album

Great!

Enjoyed this, especially City, Country, City. I liked the hand percussion throughout.

I was aware that this band originally featured Eric Burdon (of the Animals) but did not realise that they had big hit records, to the extent that it won 1973 Billboard album of the year. They would, at first listening seem to be a funk rock band but there are certainly some Curtis Mayfield and Marvin what's going on influences and also the remnants of old school psychedelia in the rather drawn jams of a couple of tracks here. I just don't feel that this is the best example of the music they are playing, despite the impressive message conveyed by title, artwork and some lyrics. Clearly able in their field but not spectacular.

Funky prog. Quite enjoyed it, especially when the Latin beats come in.

Really liked this. Some of the long tracks made me antsy to hear the next track, but other than that, it was really solid.

9/10

INCREIBLE. definitivamente jn álbum que pondría si tuviese una cafetería.

Not my thing but recognise the quality.

chill. groove. catchy. funky.

Didn't enjoy the album all that much, not my genre I guess. Plus a bit tired of the sax. 1/5/5

First band on the list who I'd not heard of before. This was nice enough to have on in the background, not something I'm likely to listen to again though.

I really liked the sound of this album!! I enjoyed getting swept away by the cool beats. Could definitely see this music in like a 70's movie. The last song was rough! It didn't have the feel of the rest of the album.

Initial post listing ranking: 7/10 (4 star) Type of music / Reminds me of: Somewhat jazzy for an album like this. Pink Floyd esqu Thoughts: Cool, very cool, I like the more I listen Favorite Track: Four Cornered Room

There are some great moments on this record but overall it’s not for me. Maybe at a different time of my life.

Starting to like this band

Great musicianship and groovery

Made me want to listen to more War, but probably won’t listen to this album again

I enjoyed this one a lot

Call me Pete Hegseth, but War is good.

Muy bien

Funkalicious, dunkalicious, spunkalicious - baby.

Know nothing about War. Where they a usa thing or did it just pass me by. Solid and enjoyable except as we went near to jazz. Happy enough to have on in the background

I’m not high enough to appreciate this full value. I also don’t get high, so I fear I may never get to lol

*Cool instrumentation- great percussion, saxophone, guitar *Nice mix of long form jazz with shorter songs

Syksy

There’s good material here, but I just couldn’t immerse myself in it. I’m not sure what it was. I think if I were in a different mood it may have gotten a 5

Jazzy and a little bluesy but I don’t mind

Just a good funky album here. Cisco kid is so smooth

This….this is what war is good for

Interesting album. Wasn’t blown away by it though.

There were some good grooves on this - "City, Country, City" felt like something that could have been on Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters album - and the shorter songs stuck out to me a little more, but overall it was just too chill for what I really like when listening to this type of soul music.

I'm afraid I cannot listen to this album because it makes me do things with my body that are unseemly for a white man of a certain age. This is for your own good.

3.5

Fine enough, it does lack a bit of direction without Eric Burdon. It’s kind of a generic Funk album. It has some nice jamming but kind of feels aimless in its approach and doesn’t reallt go anywhere. It’s all very decent but it’s one ear in and out the other. Still, good enough to put up and might be worth revisiting.

Truer now than ever before.

I had high hopes for this album. In the event it was fine, occasionally a little more than just fine, but not terribly memorable.

I enjoyed this more than …The Dandy Warhols Come Down which I listened to yesterday. That being said, I didn’t think there was enough here to merit a 4 star review. Still, a very high 3 stars.

It's like when you go back and revisit an album and it's just a vibe. My goodness!~

Not my usual jam but I liked the funky jam vibe - have played it a few times and enjoyed grooving along despite a bit too much sax. Probably a 3 but the sunshine is nudging it up to a 4.

some funky tunes. The titular song is a melancholy number, with some fight at the end. The other tunes are invitingly funky, if a little too jammy. Given that Low Rider and Why Can't We be Friends are on the same album, is that album not on the list? Or do we have two War albums to listen to, in which case, The World is a Ghetto loses a little credence as not as good as Why Can't We be Friends.

i liked it. very cool and psychodelic

Not exciting as a constant, but it's got some unique and enjoyable sound to offer

The Cisco Kid was a good opener, and it's the only song I had heard. The ethos of the rest of the album was akin to a Norman Lear production—gritty, urban, cluttered but not despairing. Called to mind the 70s TV shows Good Times and Sanford and Son, with good humor and strong spirits triumphing over harsh realities of street life. City, Country, City was like an expansion of the theme songs of some of those shows, and it kind of captures the feel of the early 70s, as seen on TV.

really interesting album

What can I say – just sit back and enjoy this album. The instrumentation and the 'beats' are absolutely outstanding. I love everything about this record, and somehow it reminds me in parts of Pink Floyd, one of my favorite bands. I'm usually not a fan of funk or soul at all, but this album is just different. A masterpiece.

Cisco kid sounded familiar from maybe someone sampling it, but the rest was some funk that felt like never ending background music

A bit of me. Great grooves.

This is the kind of album I'm here for! The cover is also animated on apple music, neat. Funky, fun, fresh. 5*

dachte erst katastrophe aber dann richtig guter jazz!

fine

Overall a dated sound and not all that memorable outside of one song really, still not unlistenable though and would be content just having it be background noise. 2/5

This album had a good start with the funkyness, then it became less and less enjoyable as the album went on.

Really enjoyed this one, even if the songs were long it was a nice chill good vibe. Great driving music. Glad I was able to hear more from a band that I’d normally only hear the cult classics from.

It started strong with the cisco kid, but then it turned into a really slow and boring drag with a lot of repetition. Overly long and bland instrumental songs followed by repetitive and boring songs, this album had the right groove setup but the wrong execution.

I enjoyed this opportunity to hear War beyond their singles and feel that this album does great justice to the band's artistic talent. Songs like Lowrider are catchy hits whose justifications for reaching popularity are obvious, but this album feels more like a true work of art from a collection of coordinated musicians, rather than some hit and miss attempts at commercial success. I think this speaks to the virtue of War's achievement in producing this genuinely high ranking album. However, the album is slow and takes patience to appreciate the many instruments coming and going throughout, and I feel that my patience was exceeded by the song Four Cornered Room, which is a very slow song following an already slow, 13-minute track in City, Country, City. While I enjoyed the long instrumental sequences featured on several of the songs, I feel they needed more counterbalance to their tempos.

It was fine, "City, Country, City" can take a hike. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

24.06.2026

Yeah, def a classic babyyyyy

Just okay. Cisco Kid, yes, but the rest just metza metz.

I should listen to more War.

I enjoyed the album. 3.5 Stars

While I'm familiar with War, it's really just for their couple of radio hits (which are not on this album), so I'd never heard any of these songs before. Lots of funk and really well done album. For me personally, though, it fell off quite a bit about halfway through. The second half of the album just didn't feel like it had the energy of the first half. Definitely a good album, but probably not one I'd listen to on a regular basis.

Fav Tracks: Four Cornered Room, The World is A Ghetto

fav songs: the cisco kid groovy, laidback, soulful 65/100

beautiful. i had never heard of war before so when i saw the name i assumed it would be metal. couldn't have been more wrong.

This was actually quite a groove to start out my work week. I haven't ever given War the listen, outside of Low Rider. This record was nice to get a little bit of many things. It had the disco feel, the funk, the groove of the 70s, some really good instrumentation, and was overall a smooth listen. Maybe this isn't their most popular work, but I wouldn't write it off either. It's got soul, funk, blues, jazz, and R&B in it. Just what the doctor ordered on a rainy Monday back to work.

Loved it!!!

Really shocked by how much I loved this one. Great melodies and harmonies and new things to discover on each relisten. Easy 5

Ytterligare än spännande ny bekantskap från den här tidsperioden. Det gjordes helt enkelt skitmycket bra musik runt 1970. Här gillar jag det jazziga anslaget utan att det någonsin slutar vara pop. Melankolin passar också en svensk lyssnare. En fyra.

Enjoyed it a lot

5/5. A funk masterpiece. The long songs are a vibe and enjoyable from start to finish. The rest is incredible too.

Fun fact: there are 2 albums (including this one) named "The world is a ghetto". I know that nobody cares but nobody is going to read this boring review anyway. Its probably the only fun thing this album has cause I dindt really like it. A combination of it not being my style of music and some of the longuer songs being bloated as fuuuuck. I hope I get something more interesting after cause this aint it. 2,5/5 and ill flip a coin to decide if its a 3 or a 2.

cool!

just the Right amount of 60s race politics (and occasional misogyny) to get phOnkyyyyyyy. good juneteenth pick. 3.5-5.

Dope

I enjoyed this. The sheer musical prowess displayed throughout this album is such a joy to witness. I particularly loved City, Country, City. The rest of the songs were good, but they didn't quite grab me for whatever reason. I think this is the kind of album that deserves to be witnessed live. The energy, the intensity, the whimsy, the rhythm, the cacophony of instruments and voices, the give and take between the performers... You're meant to experience this in a full-bodied kind of way, not simply as a casual listener. This album begs to be moved to. The repetitive structure of the songs becomes almost hypnotic, a beckoning to lose yourself in the fullness of the experience. This music wants to be dug into, rooted around in, unearthed, reveled in... Who knows. I'll likely come back to this album at some point. I think it will grow on me. For now, it's a solid 3.5.

Highlight: Four Cornered Room

Groovy, mix of genres. More instrumental than lyric driven. Found out Janet’s “You” was a sample of one of the songs here.

Sympa mais deux morceaux maximum, après ça tape sur le système

C'est pas ma tasse de thé

Ok. Yeah alright. I don't know this Cisco kid but I'm glad for him. Oh thank god it's short. Yeah this is good I like this vibe. Very fun very nice. Where were they at. What a question. Again I like this it's just not really playlist music. Fml man why are there so many instrumentals. I think the world's nice. I like it here. Favourite: The Cisco Kid Least favourite: Where Was You At

A few songs were too long, but overall I enjoyed the album. Soul with a good bit of funk on it. The title track resonates more now than ever.

Lovely, visual, varied.

Groovy as beans

A psychedelic fusion of jazz, rock, and soul? Sign me right the fuck up

Didn't totally work for me, but there's something here I think. What is this band good for? Something. Three flat.

Pretty nice! Absolutely loved "Four Cornered Room" and "The World Is A Ghetto"

Muy bueno, excelente atmósfera. City, country, city la siento similar a hola pequeño ser pero no es tan rockero, es completamente instrumental. Es como un R&B, soul, funk, blues, una mezcla que queda muy muy bien. No los conocía y me parece re válido que esté en esta lista.

3 - good

This album was really 🤮🫩 boring and at times annoying. I couldn’t get into it, and some songs had good intros. I did kinda like the last song though. So, I’m gonna have to give this a 2.3/5! 😱🫩🥱🫠

Real funky, great vibes. Can't see myself coming back to it

Cerramos la semana con unos completos desconocidos. De a momentos, medio Santana (el mejor ejemplo es City, Country, City). No me volvió loco pero me pareció un disco que ambienta bien. Hasta la semana que viene, gente

Great musicianship by this band blending rock pop soul RnB and jazz genres. Cool soul singing capturing city life and the streets of America.

9/10 ME ENCANTAAAAA.

This album gives me the masculine urge to take the law into my own hands and track down serial killers in San Francisco in the 70’s

muito foda

Hell of a good listen on the drive to work. Loved it.

Cisco Kid is such a great song ... um ... well that's really all I have, Cisco Kid is a really great song.

Funky, soulful, and easy to listen to. Rating: 9/10 Favorite Song: The Cisco Kid, The world is a ghetto

5/10

Not what I expected, pleasantly surprised.

Really enjoyed this record. I was familiar with War before this, mostly because of the copious amounts of the hit 2000's television show 'George Lopez' I watched as a tiny child and the opening theme song Low Rider that played during the shows intro credits. I didn't know they had the chops to get this funky and jazzy with their sound, and I gotta say, after listening to the album for the first time, I'm a fan. Definitely gotta listen to some more of their work in the future.

As far as I knew, I hadn’t heard of the band ‘War’ before, so I was quite curious. It’s a fairly varied album, though not really quite to my taste. Two stars...

this is my jam!!!

lässig

Horrible not my taste. Im hungover so maybe thats not helping

good jazzy sound on this. i'm a sucker for gang vocals too and they're all over this one

8/10 Really enjoyable album. Kinda funky, groovy, soul vibe. Though the name of the album/tracks are evocative (indicating, perhaps, a perspective on politics of the early 70s), the lyrics don't do much more than just repeat the song titles ad nauseum and call it a day. Typical for albums of this specific genre of this specific time, but disappointing nonetheless. Regardless, I really like the album.

This album started out alright but just lost me in the middle.

A really pleasant soul album that just kind of played on in the background and I enjoyed it a lot. Its not everyday music to me but when the mood hits I will definitely search this band up again.

3.5

Enjoyable. Isn’t as heavy as the album title suggests!

Pretty neat. Nice funky instrumentation.

like some listeners on this platform noted, the album becomes slower towards the end, but oh wow it started off amazingly. I gotta say, jazz is not my genre, so I don't feel it's fair me judging it. I will do it anyway lol. As for a non-dedicated listener, I'd say it was good!

The grooves these guys are hitting on this thing are just impeccable.

Did not connect with this one.

Funky, bluesy, and just all-around great to hear

Fun listen. Four Cornered Room kind of grinds the album to a halt, but everything else is enjoyable.

Hard not to groove to this. It has a pumping beat throughout the whole album which I feel would make it perfect for driving on a summer day with the windows down. Or next to a pool with a beer. I will try both asap. City, Country, City seems out of place but was a good song nevertheless.

This was a good Friday album. It's not for me but I can understand why so many people in the reviews love it. 'Beetles in the Bog' reminded me so much of 'Tusk' by Fleetwood Mac that I had to immediately listen to that song after, which was also a fun Friday vibe.

another band i only know from classic rock radio and movies. overall, it's pretty good, but i don't know if i hear this one in any future rotations

A little bit bit of nothing not bad but not great either

I’ve seen this cover in the record store and told myself this was one to check out and I guess today is that day. This was a really great album. Very funky and soulful and jazzy. I like that in the longer songs space is left for each instrument to have their moment while the jam continues. Favorite songs were The Cisco Kid and The World Is A Ghetto.

Country esque. Instrumental. Gets more soulful later. Interesting vibe. Progressively got better to me

Most of the songs were all right, a little repetitive, but not bad. Best song: Four Cornered Room

Decent, but was hoping for more vocals.

Deep groove funk. Not mad about it.

Alright not really my cup of tea

Classic soul and funk beats.

I wasn't mad for this on first listen but returning led to better results.

Lovely blend of soul, jazz, and funk. Smooth as butter, but also had some liveliness to it that kept the whole album very dynamic.

Its diverse and incredible at times, but I think it's a bit too disconnected to be a 5 for me. On their own most songs are grand, together I feel the resonance lessens a bit

So so

ALBSOLUTE PEAK 10/10

Some funky grooves here Fave track: The Cisco Kid (the prototype for Low Rider)

Cool jams soulbrotherman. 3.5/5

Not really looking forward to 44 minutes of funky soul jazz fusion It was okay, and well timed for a summer afternoon Glad to have heard it

I like a groove, and War really know how to find and lock into a groove. And stay there, and stay there, and stay some more. Sometimes that’s great like on the opener Cisco kid and sometimes the song is lost to the groove. Despite that it’s always soulful and funky. A great summertime record

Not my favorite. Super long tracks that get repetitive and while the beats are amazing, I found myself waiting for the song to be over.

6/10

I really enjoyed the overall instrumentation of this project and vocal performances. It’s a well made project that is enjoyable all the way through. Though the songs are mostly about 10ish mins it can be lengthy. Overall Score: Decent 6

4 Love the first half but I feel the last 3 songs aren't on the same level

Best selling album of 1973 and absolutely earning that recognition in the era where pop music was pretty much at an all time lull. Very groovy and fun listen. My highlights are Cisco Kid, City, Country City, Four Cornered Room and The World is a Ghetto. War is one of the most successful multi ethnic multi racial groups in America and their music has aged better than our nation's dumb laws.

Gostei mais do álbum do que imaginei. Jazz e outros elementos com uma vibe urbana muito interessante. QoA Adonis New.

It was ok

Loved it. This is the first time I’ve listened to this band, and I regret not finding them sooner.

I only knew War from the singles released when I was in high school. I never fully appreciated their musicianship

Not bad. Definitely need to listen again, but on first listen I don't necessarily hear why it's a classic.

Great funk album!

This is so good. Soul, jazz, rock fusion. It's a mood, but one I'm not sure I'm always ready for. Like, I enjoyed it but wouldn't necessarily seek it out.

2,5/5

Good energy. But the songs were pretty long and jammy.

This was an interesting album for me. An r&b album with jazz, rock, and country infused in it, an unpredictable listen that keeps you on your toes. Not really something I would seek out to listen to again, but I’m glad I got to hear this

Ontdekking!! Heerlijke soul-funk!

heel goed, beetje saai wel op den duur

High 3

Muy lento, muy instrumental y muy largas las canciones.

(75/100)

Really nice album but I like All Day Music more. This seems quite dark to me.

Beetje hippy achtig. Niet heel interessant

I could listen to The Cisco Kid all day. Rest of it isn’t grabbing me quite as much but still a solid four

wasnt great

Sounds like a war statement, and what a coincidence: the band’s name is war. Kind of like it, but isn’t somethin for every day. I wouldn’t eat my breakfast listening to this.

This was fun and enjoyable for me. 4/5

sympa !

Some nice tracks among several boring tracks. Unable to hold my attention throughout.

This was a nice surprise. I've heard "Low Rider" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?" (not on this album), so I wasn't sure what to expect. This was funkier and more soulful that I was expecting. This was just a great album to listen to. I'll bet that this was a fun group to be a part of.

A multi-layered album. Progressive soul — I haven't heard anything like it before. I'll remember it, I'll come back to this album later. For now, a 4

Perfect album. Never heard it before. Thanks.

I was pleasantly surprised. The album flows beautifully and you start to hum the melodies almost immediately. I will be coming back to that record.

Enjoyed this one. Likely come back to it in the future.