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The album that paved the way for War's commercial success, 1971's ALL DAY MUSIC is a laid-back slice of genuine California funk. Modeled on the aesthetic of musically and racially integrated bands Santana and Sly & the Family Stone, War knocked down many boundaries separating genres. Soul, rock, Latin, blues, and funk all make their way into the mix here, and while the group's later records would groove harder, there is a sunny mellowness to this album that evokes the palm trees and balmy breezes of the ensemble's native Los Angeles.
Because War was primarily a jam collective, their producer Jerry Goldstein hit upon a brilliant strategy on ALL DAY MUSIC by recording as the band played and developed ideas; he then edited those tapes down to something resembling pop song formats. This technique is in evidence on the title track, and on the hard-hitting "Slipping into Darkness," the band's first gold single. Elsewhere, "Get Down" showcases War's political side (the lyrics address police harassment and other issues), and "Nappy Head" finds the band in a heavy Latin vibe. Eclectic and thoroughly appealing, this disc is an excellent offering of early '70s funk.
Originally released on United Artists (5546)
War: Howard Scott (vocals, guitar, percussion); Charles Miller (vocals, flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, percussion); Lee Oskar (vocals, harmonica, percussion); Lonnie Jordan (vocals, piano, organ, percussion); B.B. Dickerson (vocals, bass instrument, percussion); Harold Brown (vocals, drums, percussion); Papa Dee Allen (vocals, congas, bongos, percussion).
Liner Note Author: Barry Alfonso. All Day Music Music Review Purchase All Day Music CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Best Of Ernest Ashworth CD (1991)
All Day Music
 $6.79  
| | War CD (1971)
All Day Music
$9.79
War's first album without Eric Burdon was a strange, imposing, and beautiful hybrid -- a bridge between their then-current work with Burdon and their roots, going back to the early '60s and their origins as the Creators and the Nightshift. Although it was never a hit -- topping out at number 190 on the charts -- or yielded any substantial AM radio hits, the album is musically imposing in its sheer breadth, and its boldness, melding the new and the best of the old update, incorporating songs, arrangements, and ideas that dated well back into the prior decade, and the group's origins as the Creators and the Nightshift. From the quietly soaring 1971-vintage opener "Sun Oh Son," the music drifts back into the heavily Memphis ...
| | War World Is A Ghetto CD (1972)
All Day Music
$8.85 
On THE WORLD IS A GHETTO, War's artistic vision moves one step beyond the preceding ALL DAY MUSIC. The band's multicultural musical stew is better blended, the social commentary of its lyrics more pointed, and its grooves are tighter and meaner. As the title indicates, THE WORLD IS A GHETTO is a dark album, but in the best possible sense--deep, thick beats predominate, as on the alternately punchy and dreamy title cut and the hypnotic "Four Cornered Room." The irresistible "The Cisco Kid" marries a slow Latin rhythm to pulsing funk on a song about the 1950s television hero, and the lively combination sent the tune up the charts. The syncopated backbeat to the New Orleans-flavored "Where Was You At" is infectious, while "City, Country, City" is an extended instrumental that allows each band member to stretch out with Latin, ...
| | War Deliver The Word CD (1973)
All Day Music
$9.69
Originally released on United Artists (128-F) in August 1973. Recorded at Crystal Industries, Caribou Studios and Wally Heider Studio, Los Angeles, California. Includes liner notes by Barry Alfonso.
Focusing in part on their softer side, War unleashed Deliver the Word in fall 1973. A smooth blend of the band's more progressive jazz-rock fusion, the LP shot to the top of the R&B charts, their second of four number one records in a row. It was a perfect tonic to the mediocre MOR music rampaging its way through the early part of the decade. The opening "H2 Overture" is a restrained jazz jam that gives way to "In Your Eyes," which keeps the progressive momentum going but adds unexpected vocal twists that vary from interesting spoken pleasures to full vocal harmonies -- it's sex ...
| | War Why Can't We Be Friends? CD (1975)
All Day Music
$9.29
Originally released on United Artists (441) ...
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| | 54 Seconds Postcards From California CD (2007)
All Day Music
$10.69
For those unfamiliar with Austin-based quartet 54 Seconds, the band takes a bit of explaining. Their frontman, Spencer Gibb, presents himself (deliberately or not) like a singer/songwriter, a trait that his and Luis Guerrero's co-production plays up, as they lavish attention on his vocals. But 54 Seconds are not a solo act, and the rest of the bandmembers are equally crucial to the sound. Rachel Loy's sweet backing vocals provide a foil both to Gibb's own as well as her bandmates. Her bass, in conjunction with Jeff Botta's strong drums, offers more than an excellent backbone to the songs; on numbers like "I Wish I Was a Girl" and "Pocket Full of Numbers" its her bassline that reigns supreme. And then there's keyboardist Stewart Cochran, the wild card in this pack, the man who sets the musical moods, and whose awesome stylistic versatility is the linchpin of 54 Seconds' sound. His work on "New World" is astounding, as he deftly slips from ambience-laden passages into pomp rock, dips into new wave, then sprinkles the song with jazzy runs, as he agilely moves back and forth between styles. He douses "Girl" in orchestral strings, then reaches a lavish apotheosis on the psychedelic-laced, Beatlesque "Breathing." Cochran brings a special touch and an unexpected twist to all the band's songs, at times in conjunction with Gibb, whose piano skills equal Cochran's own. Then again, Gibb's guitar work is just as diverse, as he shifts from glittering, lilting, melodic strums to searing rock solos. On the splashy "Blocking the Sun" the bandmembers exalt in their instruments, bouncing off one another's playing in sheer, ...
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