Album Reviews
This set, recorded live at Chicago's High Chaparral, adds no new wrinkles to War's grindingly familiar string of hits. Excitement on the four sides surfaces only when the audience recognizes the opening strains of such favorites as "Slipping Into Darkness" and "The Cisco Kid" (a passable collection of riffs in its studio version but done live at a slower pace that highlights its redundancy). But since War has neither a compelling lead singer nor a disciplined, inventive rhythm section, the highs promptly evaporate. The band's only recourse is to run through its numbers virtually note for note, pointlessly expanding them to eight- or ten-minute lengths. On "Get Down," they take 15 minutes to get to the point: berating Richard Nixon and the Chicago police. This may seem surprisingly like beating a dead horse, but that's all War Live ever accomplishes.
(Posted: May 23, 1974)
How to Play This Album
It's FREE.
Click the play button.
Register or enter your username and password.
Let the music play!
It's FREE.
Track List
- Introduction by E. Rodney Jones
- Sun Oh Son
- Cisco Kid
- Slippin' into Darkness
- Slippin', Pt. 2
- All Day Music
- Ballero
- Lonely Feelin'
- Get Down
![]() |
Your Turn
Advertisement
More CD Reviews
-
Beck
Modern Guilt -
David Bowie
Live In Santa Monica 72 -
Ratatat
LP3 -
John Mayer
Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles -
My Chemical Romance
The Black Parade is Dead -
Alkaline Trio
Agony & Irony -
Amos Lee
Last Days At The Lodge -
G Unit
T.O.S. (Terminate On Sight) -
Sebadoh
Bubble & Scrape -
The Offspring
Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace
Hear it Now
View
Email
AIM
Del.icio.us
DiggThis
Fark It!




- Portions of Album Content Provided by All Music Guide © 2008 All Media Guide, LLC.