Outlaw is a Soul & Funk album by War, originally released in 1982. On Gatefold: 32 pressings tracked, owned by 6 collectors.
About
War’s classic mid-Seventies albums anticipated disco, and the band easily adapted when dance music came to dominate the late Seventies and early Eighties. Released ten years after their landmark <i>The World Is A Ghetto</i>, it is at first hard to believe that <i>Outlaw</i> is a product of the same band. The panting four-on-the-floor boogie of “You Got the Power” and “Outlaw” are as good as any disco music from 1982, but could this be the War of “Slippin’ Into Darkness” and “Cisco Kid?” Gradually, the old War reveals itself. The band’s longstanding taste for musical adventure comes through in the reggae inflections of “Just Because,” while “Baby It’s Cold Outside” features a solo spot from Lee Oskar, the man who helped legitimize harmonica solos in rock music. By the end of the album, there’s no mistaking it. The moody, lumbering riff of “I’m About Somebody” echoes “The World Is A Ghetto,” while “Cinco De Mayo” is a party song dedication to the band’s longtime Latino fan base. The times had changed, and they may have changed War, but no amount glamour could disguise the band’s true colors.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1You Got The Power5:41
- A2Outlaw5:02
- A3.1Beware It's A Jungle Out There
- A3.2The Street Of Walls
- A3.3The Street Of Lights
- A3.4The Street Of Now
Side B
- B1Just Because4:09
- B2Baby It's Cold Outside5:51
- B3I'm About Somebody5:34
- B4Cinco De Mayo3:59
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- saturated
- swaggering
- funky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Harold BrownBACKING VOCALS, DRUMS, PERCUSSION BACKING VOCALS, DRUMS, PERCUSSION, WRITTEN-BY DRUMS, PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS
- Howard ScottBACKING VOCALS, GUITAR, LEAD VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, GUITAR, LEAD VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY GUITAR, LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS
- Lee OskarHARMONICA HARMONICA, WRITTEN-BY
- Lonnie JordanORGAN, PIANO, SYNTHESIZER, PERCUSSION, LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS
- Luther RabbBACKING VOCALS, BASS, LEAD VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, BASS, LEAD VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY BASS, LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS
- Papa Dee AllenBACKING VOCALS, LEAD VOCALS, PERCUSSION BACKING VOCALS, LEAD VOCALS, PERCUSSION, WRITTEN-BY PERCUSSION, LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS
- Pat RizzoFLUTE, SAXOPHONE FLUTE, SAXOPHONE, WRITTEN-BY SAXOPHONE, FLUTE
- Ronnie HammonDRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION, WRITTEN-BY
- Bill BergmanHORNS
- Debbie MomanVOCALS
- Greg SmithHORNS
- Jim CoileHORNS
- John BerryHORNS
- Lee ThornburgHORNS
6 collectors on Gatefold own this · 32 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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