War Live (album)
| War Live | ||||
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| Released | February 1974 | |||
| Recorded | November 25, 1972 | |||
| Venue | High Chaparral, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Length | 76:26 | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Producer | Jerry Goldstein, in association with Lonnie Jordan and Howard Scott | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+ |
War Live is the first live album by American band War, recorded during a four-night engagement at Chicago's High Chapparral club and released as a double LP on United Artists Records in 1973. The album was reissued on Rhino Records as a double disc CD on 1992 September 15 and again on 2008 March 31.
The album contains a mere seven songs, including "Ballero" which was previously unreleased on an album. It had been released as a non-album single in 1973. Many of the songs appear in extended versions, two of them filling an LP side apiece. By the contrast, "Lonely Feelin'" appears as a short instrumental version of the song from the first War album of 1971. One single was taken from the album: "Ballero" / "Slippin' into Darkness" (both heavily edited for single release), which charted at #33 on the USA pop chart, and #17 on the R&B singles charts.. The album sold 1.5 million copies.