WAR - Anthology

Sempre achei que boas coletâneas são um bom ponto de partida para criar interesse na obra de um determinado artista. Mais que um mero projeto caça-níqueis as compilações, pra mim, ajudam na divulgação do nome do artista e consequentemente no aumento de fãs. Difícil é você agradar fãs mais ardorosos que já acompanhavam toda a discografia até o momento do lançamento de uma antologia.
Dito isto, conheça um pouco do vasto repertório da banda WAR através desta WAR - Anthology, versão compacta. Se por um lado faltam músicas importantes que marcaram a carreira desta banda multi-racial surgida em 1969 com uma força ex-Animal Eric Burdon, após ver a banda tocando em um buteco fuleiro na Califórnia usando o nome WAR em plena guerra do Vietnam, quando a palava de ordem era Love and Peace, por outro lado, é uma síntese que respeita as fases do grupo desde Spill the Wine do primeiro dos dois gravados com Eric Burdon "Eric Burdon Declares WAR", até hits menos expressivos como Galaxy e You Got The Power no começo dos anos 1980.
War, originally called Eric Burdon & War and often typeset as WAR, is an american funk band from California, known for the hit songs "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", "The Cisco Kid" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?". Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin music, R&B, and reggae. The band also transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. The year was 1969, and the band had the nerve to carry the name War at a time when peace was the slogan in an anti-Vietnam War America. Founder and singer/keyboardist Lonnie Jordan claimed that the band's goal was to spread a message of brotherhood and harmony, using instruments and voices to speak out against racism, hunger, gangs, crimes, and turf wars, and promote hope and the spirit of brotherhood. Eric Burdon & War began playing live shows to audiences throughout Southern California before entering into the studio to record their debut album Eric Burdon Declares "War". The album's key track, the erotic, spaced-out, Latin-flavored "Spill the Wine", was a hit and launched the band's career.The band has sold over 50 million records to date. Although War's lyrics are often socio-political in nature, their music usually had a laid-back, California funk vibe.
The War's music has been sampled and recorded by many singers and groups, ranging from R&B/pop singers to nu metal band and hip-hop groups.
01. Spill The Wine
02. Tobacco Road
03. The Cisco Kid
04. The World Is A Ghetto
05. Why Can´t We Be Friends?
06. Low Rider
07. Galaxy
08. You Got The Power
09. Outlaw
10. Summer
11. Where Was You At
12. Heartbeat
13. L.A. Sunshine
14. Cinco De Mayo
15. Spill The Wine (Juniors Radio Mix)
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