Name: Peace Sign by War
Brand: War
SKU: 602527595214
Price: 9.9 USD
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Rating: 2 (84 reviews)

ALBUM

When War reunited in 1994 and recorded Peace Sign -- their first album since 1983's Life (Is So Strange), the band's sound hadn't changed very much. Instead of going high-tech and trying to appeal to urban contemporary tastes, the influential Angelenos continued to offer the type of slow and relaxed yet gritty soul and funk they'd been playing 20 years earlier. The results is a decent album that's hardly in a class with All Day Music, The World Is a Ghetto or Why Can't We Be Friends?, but it has its moments. War had long commanded an intensely devoted following in the Mexican-American community, and it's hard to miss the Latin influence on such enjoyable numbers as "Wild Rodriguez" (a fun ode to the "low rider" or "vato loco" culture) and "East L.A." The CD's strongest offering, however, is "Homeless Hero," a poignant and rightly angry reflection on homeless Vietnam veterans. But despite its strong points, Peace Sign is an album that only War's more devoted followers should invest in -- more casual listeners would be much better off with a collection of the band's '70s recordings.
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1. Peace Sign

by War

Primary Artist: War; Main Performer
Composer: Scott
Brown
Myrick; Composer

2. East L.A.

by War

Primary Artist: War; Main Performer
Vocals: War; Performer
Composer: Lonnie Jordan
Jerry Goldstein
Howard Scott; Composer

3. Wild Rodriguez

by War

Primary Artist: War; Main Performer
Composer: Scott
Brown
Goldstein
Myrick; Composer

4. I'm The One Who Understands

by War

Bass: B.b. Dickerson; Performer
Primary Artist: War; Main Performer
Drums: Harold Brown; Performer
Guitar: Lonnie Jordan
Howard Scott; Performer
Harmonica: Lee Oskar; Performer
Keyboard: Lonnie Jordan; Performer
Percussion: Howard Scott
Lonnie Jordan
Eric Burdon
Lee Oskar
Harold Brown
Charles Miller
B.b. Dickerson
"papa" Dee Allen; Performer
Performer: Eric Burdon; Performer
Vocals: Howard Scott
Charles Miller
B.b. Dickerson
"papa" Dee Allen
Lee Oskar
Eric Burdon
Harold Brown
Lonnie Jordan; Performer
Woodwind: Charles Miller; Performer
Composer: Charles Miller
"papa" Dee Allen
Lonnie Jordan
Lee Oskar
Jerry Goldstein
Harold Brown
Howard Scott
B.b. Dickerson; Composer
Producer: Lonnie Jordan; Production