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词条 The World Is a Ghetto
释义

  1. Cover

  2. Alternate formats

  3. Critical reception

  4. Track listing

     Side one  Side two  CD bonus tracks 

  5. Personnel

  6. Charts

     Singles 

  7. See also

  8. References

  9. External links

{{Infobox album
| name = The World Is a Ghetto
| type = Album
| artist = War
| cover = War The World Is a Ghetto.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 1972
| recorded = 1972
| venue =
| studio = Crystal Industries in Los Angeles
| genre = Black rock, soul, jazz, funk, Afro roots
| length = 43:49
| label = United Artists Records
| producer = Jerry Goldstein with Lonnie Jordan and Howard E. Scott
| prev_title = All Day Music
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = Deliver the Word
| next_year = 1973
}}

The World Is a Ghetto is the fifth album by the band War, released in late 1972 on United Artists Records. 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.[1] In addition to being Billboard's #1 album of 1973, the album is ranked number 444 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The title track became a gold record.{{cn|date=March 2018}}

Cover

The cover illustration, a lighthearted drawing showing a Rolls Royce with a flat tire in a ghetto, was drawn by Howard Miller, with Lee Oskar credited with album concept.[2]

Alternate formats

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).[3]

Critical reception

{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[4]
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = B[5]
|rev3 = Creem
|rev3Score = C+[6]
|rev4 = Rolling Stone
|rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}[7]
}}

In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, Gordon Fletcher said The World Is a Ghetto found War progressing further in the arena of soul and jazz music, and "closer to total mastery of their music as they attempt to use it to communicate the essence of ghetto life".[8] Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic in Creem, believing he "should love this big Afro-roots band" in theory, but was critical of the fairly slow quality of the music and the lyrics, calling it "blackstrap-rock".[6] He singled out the "jazz pretensions" of "Four Cornered Room" and "City, Country, City", finding the latter's rhythmic foundation solid but the song too long and mawkish.[5]

In a retrospective review, Bruce Eder from AllMusic said the album's music encompassed "not only soul and funk but elements of blues and psychedelia" and a "classy, forward-looking production" comparable to Curtis Mayfield's 1970 album Curtis and Marvin Gaye's What's Going On (1971).[4] The Crisis journalist Bruce Britt identified The World Is a Ghetto as one of the few Black rock recordings that became a classic within the pan-African community during FM rock radio's segregation of African-American rock acts in the 1970s,[9] a viewpoint echoed by music historian Jefferson Morley.[10]

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

  1. "The Cisco Kid" – 4:35
  2. "Where Was You At" – 3:25
  3. "City, Country, City" – 13:18

Side two

  1. "Four Cornered Room" – 8:30
  2. "The World Is a Ghetto" – 10:10
  3. "Beetles in the Bog" – 3:51

CD bonus tracks

In 2012 the album was re-released on CD in a 40th anniversary expanded edition with 4 previously unreleased bonus tracks.[11]

  1. "Freight Train Jam" - 5:41
  2. "58 Blues" - 5:26
  3. "War Is Coming - Blues version" - 6:15
  4. "The World Is a Ghetto - Rehearsal take" - 8:06

Personnel

  • Howard Scott – guitar, percussion, vocals
  • B.B. Dickerson – bass, percussion, vocals
  • Lonnie Jordan – organ, piano, timbales, 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

YearAlbumChart positions[12]
USUS
R&B
1972The World Is a Ghetto 1 1

Singles

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".

YearSingleChart positions[13]
USUS
R&B
1973"The Cisco Kid" 2 5
"The World Is a Ghetto" 7 3

See also

  • List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1973
  • List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1973

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&g=Year-end+Albums&year=1973 |title=Year End Charts - Year-end Albums - The Billboard 200 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |work=Billboard |accessdate=May 13, 2011 |archiveurl=https://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 |archivedate=February 14, 2008 }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/War-The-World-Is-A-Ghetto/release/428062 |title= War – The World Is A Ghetto - Original release |publisher=discogs.com |accessdate=2015-06-30}}
3. ^{{cite web |url = http://members.cox.net/surround/quaddisc/quadpw.htm |title = Quadraphonic Popular Recordings (W) |author = Anderson, Mark |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080410025814/http://members.cox.net/surround/quaddisc/quadpw.htm |archivedate = 2008-04-10 |df = }}
4. ^1 [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r77563|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
5. ^1 {{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=4132|chapter=War: The World Is a Ghetto|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=0306804093|accessdate=March 16, 2018}}
6. ^1 {{cite magazine|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=April 1973|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/crm7304.php|title=The Christgau Consumer Guide|magazine=Creem|accessdate=March 16, 2018}}
7. ^{{cite magazine|last=Walters|first=Barry|date=August 22, 2002|issue=903|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220010830/http://www.rollingstone.com:80/artists/war/albums/album/233979/review/5945063/the_world_is_a_ghetto|title=War: The World Is a Ghetto|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=March 16, 2018|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6xyLdtnfA|archivedate=March 16, 2018|deadurl=no}}
8. ^{{cite magazine|last=Fletcher|first=Gordon|date=March 1, 1973|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619072214/https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/war/albums/album/233979/review/5945063/the_world_is_a_ghetto|title=War: The World Is a Ghetto|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=March 16, 2018|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6xyLmm3l3|archivedate=March 16, 2018|deadurl=no}}
9. ^{{cite magazine|last=Britt|first=Bruce|issue=Autumn 2008|page=19|title=Black Rock Revival|magazine=The Crisis}}
10. ^{{cite book|editor-last=Stanley|editor-first=Lawrence A.|year=1992|last=Morley|first=Jefferson|chapter=Introduction|page=xvii|title=Rap: The Lyrics|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=0140147888}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/War-The-World-Is-A-Ghetto-40th-Anniversary-Expanded-Edition/release/5004943 |title= War – The World Is A Ghetto - 40th Anniversary Edition |publisher=discogs.com |accessdate=2015-06-30}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5788/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=War US albums chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-07-13}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5788/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=War US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-07-13}}

External links

  • War-The World Is A Ghetto at Discogs
{{War (U.S. band)}}{{Billboard Year-End number one albums 1970–1989}}{{DEFAULTSORT:World Is A Ghetto}}

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