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War - Why Can't We Be Friends
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│ Artist..: War │
│ Title...: Why Can't We Be Friends │
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│ Label......: Rhino / Avenue Encoder........: LAME 3.90.2 ICL │
│ Catalog#...: R2-71051 Settings.......: --aps -Z │
│ Year.......: 1975 Audio Software.: EAC v0.95 pb2 │
│ Genre......: Rock Total Tracks...: 09 │
│ Rating.....: [■■■■■■■■··] (08/10) Total Size.....: 69,2 MB │
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│ May/08/2003 Supplier:......: Yoka │
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01 - Don't Let No One Get You Down - 04:07
02 - Lotus Blossom - 04:04
03 - Heartbeat - 07:26
04 - Leroy's Latin Lament (Medley) - 06:45
05 - Smile Happy - 07:26
06 - So - 05:02
07 - Low Riders - 03:14
08 - In Mazatlan - 02:51
09 - Why Can't We Be Friends - 03:50
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Total Time - 44:45
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Comments:
Cut from the same cloth as the band's 1973 Deliver the Word LP, War's
1975 Why Can't We Be Friends? is a masterpiece in its scope and breadth.
And, emerging as the last work the band would do for its longtime label,
United Artists, it became a fitting swansong, powering up the charts and
giving War its fourth and final number one hit. In recent years, the
album has been overshadowed by the monstrously popular bass-beating and
bright brass of its singular hit, "Low Rider." Indeed, the song would
become the band's signature theme, as the Latino street-cruiser jam
quickly became a live set staple and, much later, was reinvigorated
through sampling on songs by the Beastie Boys, Stereo MC's, and
Offspring. However, that one track, iconographic as it is, is by no means
the only treat onboard Why Can't We Be Friends? There are far more
interesting and superb treats roiling in the wake of "Low Rider." The
snappy title track, which poses the question of the decade and, oddly,
closes the album, is a feel-good thumper. Its bright brass punctuation
and rakish vocals are wonderfully combined with an absolutely contagious
reggae beat. Then, add the doesn't-get-much-better-than-that medley
"Leroy's Latin Lament." Divided into four "songs," the music swings from
the smart vocal opening "Lonnie Dreams" to the effervescent Latin jam of
"La Fiesta." And, of course, where there's War, there's funk ù this time
on the seven-plus minute"Heartbeat." Wrap it all up with the poignant
ballad "Lotus Blossom," and the result is pretty much perfection. Why
Can't We Be Friends? remains one of War's truly outstanding efforts, and
has become an integral part of the funk genre's landscape. It also
remains the nightcap of their finest hour. War's ill-timed move to MCA
changed the energy and focus of the band forever.
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