Artist
WAR
WAR is a funk artist from Long Beach, California, USA formed in 1969. 56 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Funk · Long Beach, California, USA · Best funk albums
- 56
- Releases
- 1970–2025
- Active years
- 1969
- Formed
Artist
WAR is a funk artist from Long Beach, California, USA formed in 1969. 56 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Funk · Long Beach, California, USA · Best funk albums
Most popular
Why Can't We Be Friends?
1975 · 9 tracks
The World Is a Ghetto
1972
Eric Burdon Declares "War"
1970
The Very Best of War
2003
The Black-Man's Burdon
1970
Love Is All Around
1976
All Day Music
1971
Deliver the Word
1973
Outlaw
1982
The Cisco Kid and Other Hits
1997
Peace Sign
1994
Life (Is So Strange)
1983
War
1971
The Very Best Of Eric Burdon & WAR
2025
Live in Japan 1974
2024
WAR: The Remixes
2023
The World Is a Ghetto (Endel Lofi Soundscape)
2023
The World Is a Ghetto (Endel Relax Soundscape)
2023
Greatest Hits 2.0
2021
Greatest Hits Live
2015
The Best of Eric Burdon & War
2015
The Best of WAR and More, Vol. 2
2015
Grooves & Messages: The Greatest Hits of War
2013
Anthology 1970-1974
2013
Colección Latina
2011
WAR Live
2010
Best of Eric Burdon & War
1995
Anthology 1970 - 1994
1994
The Best of WAR and More, Vol. 1
1987
The Music Band 2
1979
The Music Band
1979
The Music Band, Vol. 1 & 2
1979
Youngblood
1978
Platinum Jazz
1977
Greatest Hits
1976
Why Can't We Be Friends? (50th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
1975
The World Is A Ghetto (50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition)
1972
Galaxy
Single · 1977
Spill the Wine (Unedited Remix) [2025 Remaster]
Single · 2025
Zorro
Single · 2025
Low Rider (Original Unedited Mix)
Single · 2025
So (Live in Japan, 1974)
Single · 2025
The Cisco Kid (Myles O'Neal Remix)
Single · 2025
The Cisco Kid (Live in Japan, 1974)
Single · 2024
(Yes It’s) Christmas
Single · 2023
WAR (The Mix Master Mike Remixes)
Single · 2023
L.A. Sunshine (Original Jam)
EP · 2023
War Is Coming (Original Jam)
EP · 2023
WAR: The Galaxy Remixes
Single · 2023
The Making of "The World is a Ghetto"
EP · 2023
Spill The Wine (Jesse Perez Remix)
Single · 2022
Why Can't We Be Friends? (Saxsquatch & Stephen Walking Remix)
Single · 2022
Spill the Wine
Single · 2021
Get Down
Single · 2021
Low Rider (Extended Mix)
Single · 2018
Low Rider
Single · 2018
One of the most popular funk groups of the '70s, War were also one of the most eclectic, freely melding soul, Latin, jazz, blues, reggae, and rock influences into an effortlessly funky whole. Although War's lyrics were sometimes political in nature (in keeping with their racially integrated lineup), their music almost always had a sunny, laid-back vibe emblematic of their Southern California roots. War kept the groove loose, and they were given over to extended jamming -- in fact, many of their studio songs were edited together out of longer improvisations. Even if the jams sometimes got indulgent, they demonstrated War's truly group-minded approach: no one soloist or vocalist really stood above the others (even though all were clearly talented), and their grooving interplay placed War in the top echelon of funk ensembles. The roots of War lay in an R&B cover band called the Creators. Guitarist Howard Scott and drummer Harold Brown started the group in 1962 while attending high school in the Compton area, and three years later, the lineup also featured keyboardist Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan, bassist Morris "B.B." Dickerson, and saxophonist/flutist Charles Miller (all of them sang). The …