The World Is a Ghetto
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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.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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.
Track listing
All tracks composed by War (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott).
Side one
- "The Cisco Kid" – 4:35
- "Where Was You At" – 3:25
- "City, Country, City" – 13:18
- "Four Cornered Room" – 8:30
- "The World Is a Ghetto" – 10:10
- "Beetles in the Bog" – 3:51
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
Charts
| Year | Album | Chart positions[5] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | ||
| 1972 | The World Is a Ghetto | 1 | 1 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions[6] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B |
US Dance | ||
| 1973 | "The Cisco Kid" | 2 | 5 | — |
| "The World Is a Ghetto" | 7 | 3 | — | |
External links
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. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
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- ^ "War US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
- ^ "War US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-13.