War: Greatest Hits (The Spirit Of '76 Collection, 180g) [RHINO]

Why you'll love it

A 180g pressing from Rhino's Spirit Of '76 Collection, marking 50 years since this compilation first came out. Ten songs, every one a radio staple: "Low Rider", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "The Cisco Kid", "Slippin' Into Darkness", "The World Is A Ghetto" and "Summer", which was new on this album.

This edition

• 180g vinyl
• Rhino's Spirit Of '76 Collection
• Ten tracks, as on the 1976 LP

About the album

War came out of Long Beach, California, mixing funk, soul, Latin rhythms, jazz and rock (plus Lee Oskar's harmonica) into one rolling, street-level groove. United Artists put this compilation together in September 1976, and Billboard predicted "cash register action" in both the pop and soul markets. Billboard was right.

Side one opens with "Me And Baby Brother" and runs straight into "Southern Part Of Texas", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider" and "Summer"; flip it for "All Day Music", "Slippin' Into Darkness" and the slow burn of "The World Is A Ghetto". "Low Rider" alone has turned up in so many films and adverts that most people know it before they know the band. If you only own one War record, this is the sensible one. The second is usually The World Is A Ghetto.

Tracklist

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Out July 31, 2026 on Rhino (cat# R1728816), a reissue of the 1976 album.