Why Can't We Be Friends?

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Why Can't We Be Friends?
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Studio album by
War
ReleasedJune 16, 1975
Recorded1974
Studio Sound City (Van Nuys, California)
Genre
Length44:04
Label United Artists
Producer
War chronology
War Live
(1974)		Why Can't We Be Friends?
(1975)		 Greatest Hits
(1976)
Singles from Why Can't We Be Friends?
  1. "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
    Released: April 1975
  2. "Low Rider"
    Released: August 1975

Why Can't We Be Friends? is the seventh studio album by American band War, released on June 16, 1975, by United Artists Records. Two singles from the album were released: the title track backed with "In Mazatlan", and "Low Rider" backed with "So". Both A-sides were nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1976.

Contents

Of the songs on this album, an interpolation of the first part of the song "Smile Happy" was used in the song "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy featuring RikRok. Versions of the album's titular song has been used in several film and TV productions, notably Bridge to Terabithia , The Final Destination , Wild Things and King of the Hill .

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B− [3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by War (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott), except where indicated. Note: The CD edition does not break "Leroy's Latin Lament" into sections.

  1. "Don't Let No One Get You Down" (War, Jerry Goldstein) – 3:59
  2. "Lotus Blossom" (War, Francie Nelson) – 3:59
  3. "Heartbeat" – 7:25
  4. "Leroy's Latin Lament (Medley)" - 6:36
    1. "Lonnie Dreams" – 0:49
    2. "The Way We Feel" (War, lyrics: Keri Oskar) – 1:10
    3. "La Fiesta" – 2:10
    4. "Lament" – 2:27
  5. "Smile Happy" – 7:22
  6. "So" – 4:58
  7. "Low Rider" (War, Jerry Goldstein) – 3:11
  8. "In Mazatlan" – 2:45
  9. "Why Can't We Be Friends?" (War, Jerry Goldstein) – 3:49

Personnel

Personnel taken from Why Can't We Be Friends? liner notes. [4]

War

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Charts

YearAlbumChart positions [6]
US US
R&B 		AUS [7]
1975Why Can't We Be Friends?8181

See also

References

  1. ↑ Beck, Dan (February 20, 2014). "Red Hot Chilli Pipers bring 'bagrock' to Easton's State Theatre". The Morning Call. Retrieved August 16, 2020. ..."Its 2010 record, "Music For a Kilted Generation," included covers of popular rock songs such as War's "Low Rider," The Who's "Baba O'Riley" and Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars.""
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 22, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ↑ Why Can't We Be Friends? (Album liner notes). War. 1975.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ "Episode 271: War "Low Rider"". Song Exploder . April 17, 2024.
  6. ↑ "War US albums chart history". Allmusic.com. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  7. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 332. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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