![]() Greatest Hits 2.0 arrives in stores from Rhino/Avenue Records on November 12. Note that it does have fewer tracks than both previous 2CD WAR compilations, 1994's Anthology 1970-1994 (32 songs, 1994) and The Very Best of WAR (34 songs, 2003). You can envision it by playing these albums from start to finish."īased on the past two releases in this campaign, Greatest Hits 2.0 is anticipated to be newly remastered from the original tapes. Gustavo Arellano of The Los Angeles Times provides the new liner notes in which he indicates, "All the big hits are here, of course, in chronological order from the Eric Burdon days up through cuts from 1982's underrated Outlaw.But what I love about this collection is that it's a symphonic suite for a perfect Southern California Sunday afternoon, the kind the rest of the world wants to experience but can only dream about. The collection features such major hits and radio staples as "Slippin' Into Darkness" (No. 1), Deliver the Word, and Why Can't We Be Friends. WAR earned three consecutive R&B chart-topping LPs between 19: The World Is a Ghetto ( Billboard's best-selling album of 1973 and also a Pop No. While Burdon departed after just two albums (with one archival trawl, Love Is All Around, released years later), WAR pressed on, survived numerous personnel changes, and even eclipsed its early success. The ex-Animal formed WAR with producer Jerry Goldstein who enlisted some of L.A.'s finest musicians including keyboardist Lonnie Jordan, today the sole original member still in the band. 3 hit "Spill the Wine" and a cover of "Tobacco Road") from the original group, Eric Burdon and WAR. The CD version spans the period 1970-1994 including two tracks (the U.S. Greatest Hits 2.0, due on November 12 in 2CD and 2LP formats, brings together 24 tracks on CD and 20 tracks on vinyl from the group which fused funk, jazz, blues, soul, and Latin sounds into a propulsive whole. Now, Rhino and Avenue are expanding the original Greatest Hits album on both CD and LP. ![]() That box collected WAR (1971) All Day Music (1971) The World Is a Ghetto (1972) Deliver the Word (1973) and Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975) on colored vinyl. That limited edition Record Store Day Black Friday reissue of the band's 1976 Greatest Hits was followed this year by another Record Store Day release, WAR: The Vinyl 1971-1975. The first release under the new deal celebrated the career of Avenue's marquee band, WAR. Late last year, Warner Music Group's Rhino label confirmed that, after a ten-year break, it would once again be home to the Avenue Records catalogue. ![]()
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