The World Is a Ghetto
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| Studio album by War | ||||
| Released | November 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 at Crystal Industries Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Soul, Funk | |||
| Length | 43:49 | |||
| Label | United Artists Records | |||
| Producer | Jerry Goldstein with Lonnie Jordan and Howard Scott | |||
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The World Is a Ghetto is the fifth album by the band War, released in late 1972 on United Artists Records.
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[edit] Reception
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable)[2] |
The album attained the number one spot on Billboard, and was Billboard magazine's Album of the Year as the best-selling album of 1973.[3] In 2003, the album was ranked number 449 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The album was also made available in a 4-channel surround sound (quadraphonic) mix in the 8-track tape format (United Artists UA-DA178-H).[4]
Singles from the album include "The World Is a Ghetto" backed with "Four Cornered Room", and "The Cisco Kid" backed with "Beetles in the Bog".
The cover illustration was drawn by Howard Miller, with Lee Oskar credited with album concept.
[edit] Track listing
All tracks composed by War (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott).
[edit] Side one
- "The Cisco Kid" – 4:35
- "Where Was You At" – 3:25
- "City, Country, City" – 13:18
[edit] Side two
- "Four Cornered Room" – 8:30
- "The World Is a Ghetto" – 10:10
- "Beetles in the Bog" – 3:51
[edit] Personnel
- Howard Scott – guitar, percussion, vocals
- B.B. Dickerson – bass, percussion, vocals
- Lonnie Jordan – organ, piano, timbolies, percussion, vocals
- Harold Brown – drums, percussion, vocals
- Papa Dee Allen – conga, bongos, percussion, vocals
- Charles Miller – clarinet, alto, tenor and baritone saxes, percussion, vocals
- Lee Oskar – harmonica, percussion, vocals
[edit] Charts
| Year | Album | Chart positions[5] | |
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| 1972 | The World Is a Ghetto | 1 | 1 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions[6] | ||
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| 1973 | "The Cisco Kid" | 2 | 5 | — |
| "The World Is a Ghetto" | 7 | 3 | — | |
| Preceded by No Secrets by Carly Simon |
Billboard 200 number-one album February 17 - March 2, 1973 |
Succeeded by Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player by Elton John |
[edit] See also
- List of number-one albums of 1973 (U.S.)
- List of number-one R&B albums of 1973 (U.S.)
- Billboard Year-End
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone Magazine Review
- ^ "Year End Charts - Year-end Albums - The Billboard 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20080214165824/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&g=Year-end+Albums&year=1973. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
- ^ Anderson, Mark. "Quadraphonic Popular Recordings (W)". http://members.cox.net/surround/quaddisc/quadpw.htm.
- ^ "War US albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5788/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
- ^ "War US singles chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5788/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
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