Youngblood [SOUNDTRACK]

War

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 26, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1978
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Avenue Records
• ASIN: B0000033R2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,999 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Zapruder film soundcheck, April 1, 2006

By	olofpalme63 (auf der flucht!) - See all my reviews

War step off the dance floor to do the score for the film "Youngblood" starring Ren Woods & Lawrence Hilton-(Boom Boom Washington from Welcome Back Kotter) Jacobs. Suprisingly, this is good considering the dance hall daze assembly line disco they'd been producing. What you have here is War getting back to basics. Even if most of what you're hearing is manufactured blatant improv.

The Youngblood soundtrack plays like the Zapruder film. Solid evidence of what War once were. This is the extension that Nappy Head (the theme from Ghetto Man) always deserved but never saw the light of day. Flying Machine (the chase) is mere confirmation of that. Charles Miller's nostalgic flute flashes back to his brilliance of the early days, making you forget any weak moment on this lp.

Junkyard and Superdude is classic War noodling as is The Kingsmen Sign. And if that weren't enough Keep On Doin comes on like a freight train demanding a repeat performance. War would never again sound this fresh or relevant. The disco infested pop charts were still waiting for War to cash in. Thus rendering Youngblood nothing more than a mini retro opera of their former selves.

olofpalme63

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4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Soundtrack From An Okay 70's Ghetto Drama!!, February 7, 2006

By	MUZIK4THAPEOPLE!! (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews

WAR is one the unsung greatest bands of the 70's!
Their unique blend of soul, jazz, funk and latin can only be
paralelled by the likes of Earth, Wind & Fire,
who was a much more sucessful and heralded
contemporary of theirs.
With this soundtrack though, I must say,
they did a great job...though to an empty house!
Too bad the movie "Youngblood" itself was like a B-rate
"Boyz In Da' Hood" about 15 yrs before the fact!
This soundtrack was virtually ignored except by the
most die-hard WAR fans, but I think it was just as
good as say Rose Royce's "Car Wash" soundtrack
or Curtis Mayfield's seminal masterpiece
soundtrack of "Superfly"!!
It's worth checkin' out.