449 - WAR - The World is a Ghetto

[csberry]

We're just going to have to put this album in the "It's not bad, but not my cup of tea" category. After having some fun with "The Cisco Kid" and "Where Was You At," the bulk of the remainder of the album is one HUGE jazz-funk jam. I'm just not much of a jam person. An epic song or two? Yes. But "City, Country, City," (13 min) "Four Cornered Room," (8.5 min) and "The World is a Ghetto" (10 min) being back to back completely fatigued me. When I would just listen to the songs by themselves, I was able to appreciate them more. These are good songs that may have benefited from breaks between them since, to me, they all seemed to blend into each other and seemed like one HUGE 31 minute jam on my mp3 player.


Songs I knew I liked: "The Cisco Kid"

Songs I didn't know but now like: "Where Was You At?" and "City, Country, City," the latter illustrating its title well with sections of hustle and bustle sandwiching where the harmonica just sways in the breeze. There is no doubting that every instrument in the band got a chance to shine during the course of the song.

Songs I can go the rest of my life without hearing again: I wouldn't want to listen to the full album again, but having these tracks in shuffle with other albums/artists or a mix tape wouldn't be bad.