World Is a Ghetto

War, ??? | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 4, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Avenue Records
• ASIN: B0000032UW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,528 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cisco Kid

2. Where Was You At

3. City, Country, City

4. Four Cornered Room

5. The World Is a Ghetto

6. Beetles in the Bog

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: WAR
Title: WORLD IS A GHETTO
Street Release Date: 08/04/1992
Domestic
Genre: SOUL/R & B

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BIG one..., May 2, 2006

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BiggO (Baltimore metro area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: World Is a Ghetto (Audio CD)

The title of my review says it all. For those of you that are into statistics and sales and chart positions and all that good stuff, you're probably aware that this is the only War album to top the pop charts. Of course, for my purposes, none of that matters.

Growing up, this was my SECOND favorite War album. As I became an adult, though, this one crept to the top of the list. Why? Perhaps it was the mood of the album. The album is very dark and downtrodden, and perhaps that's the beauty of it. Although the album was released a couple of years before I was born, it was an album that reflected the uncertain times: a few years after the murders of MLK & RFK, in the midst of American dissatisfaction with the Viet Nam war, and the soon-to-be-headline-making Watergate scandal.

Anyway, even though there's only six songs on the album, they are a WHOPPING six songs. Kicking things off is "The Cisco Kid." Honestly, if I had to name a single song that made me a War fan, it was this one. It's all in the bass line. For all you bass aspiring bass players out there, this song is SERIOUS PROOF that you don't have to slap to be STANKY.

Next, there's the Big Easy flavored "Where Was You At?"...a great little song, sad but upbeat. Then there's the epic "City Country City." The darkness rises in a big way. You get lots of what made WAR one of THE best: great group work, great individual solos, and the music never gets stagnant.

The things only get darker with "Four Cornered Room." I'll be honest: I like the song, but it's probably the spookiest song War ever recorded. Couple this song along with the totality of Sly Stone's "Riot" LP for ultimate in depressing, junkie-nodding music.

Than the culmination, the title song. Great song, great groove, great lyrics, great solos....

"Beetles in the Bog"? I like the song. It's sort of like one of those campfire sing-along type songs. Well, in this particular case, it's more like a song best sung around a fire lit in a garbage barrell.

This is War's masterpiece, an album no serious War fan should be without.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ahhh....Memories of when music was music!, January 27, 2006

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HE WHO FUNKS BEHIND THE ROWS!! (Seattle & San Diego) - See all my reviews

This review is from: World Is a Ghetto (Audio CD)

When I was 8 yrs old, this album was one of those
that my mom and her freinds used to get together
and vibe off of!
The extra long tracks like the haunting
"Four Cornered Room", the progressive
"Country City Country" and the lush and generous
title track harkens back to a time when sandalwood
incense was burning, a fat spliff or two was being passed
around among freinds with a little wine and the
music took you to another world!
The other tracks on here are just as good and stand the
test of time. WAR should definitely be entered into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because their sound was
original and creative, not to mention as influential as
their contemporaries like E,W&F, P-Funk, Ohio Players,
Mandrill, Tower of Power, Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Santana, etc.
Man, I cant wait til' this hip-hop and candy pop crap has seen
it's day and music of substance comes back in!
Also check out "Deliver The Word", "Why Can't We Be Freinds",
"WAR Live" and "All Day Music"...all good albums in
their own right!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can I give it a rating of 10????, September 6, 2005

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Lovlocs "Lovlocs" (Trenton, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: World Is a Ghetto (Audio CD)

If there was a rating of 10, this recording would definitely get it!!! War is my all time favorite group and this recording is my all time favorite HANDS DOWN! I originally purchased it on vinyl while in jr. high school. This music is so timeless, everytime I listen to it, it's like the first time! "City, Country, City" takes you on a musical Sunday afternoon drive. "Four Cornered Room"...what can I say about that? Close your eyes and explore the corners of your mind! This is a "must have" of those new to War. I think it is their absolute best!!!!