| Eric Burdon Declares "War" | |||||
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| Studio album by Eric Burdon and War | |||||
| Released | April 1970 | ||||
| Recorded | January 2–4, 1970 at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California | ||||
| Genre | Funk rock R&B soul |
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| Length | 41:45 | ||||
| Label | MGM | ||||
| Producer | Jerry Goldstein | ||||
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Eric Burdon Declares "War" was the first of two original albums by eclectic funk band Eric Burdon and War, released on MGM Records in April 1970. It peaked at number 18 on record charts in the USA, number 50 in the UK, and number 7 in Australia. The back cover includes this declaration: "We the People, have declared War against the People, for the right to love each other". The album received a gold record award.
In 1981, LA Records (producer Jerry Goldstein's own label) reissued the album under the title Spill the Wine.[2] It has also been reissued under its original title on CD by Avenue / Rhino Records.
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The cover, credited to The Visual Thing (with Burdon credited for the concept), depicts two disembodied but joined arms, one white and one black, both giving a three finger salute, similar to the peace sign which uses two fingers. Three fingers may represent war. This salute was also used on the cover of a future album, War. The use of a background sun also appears as a recurring theme on both front and back covers of The Black-Man's Burdon and the innersleeve of Deliver the Word.
All tracks written by War (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott) except where noted. Note: Memphis Slim composed music under the name of Peter Chatman which was actually his father's name; on the original album the composer credit is misprinted as "P. Chapman".
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