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WAR: Greatest Hits

WAR: Greatest Hits

Analogue Productions  CAPP 149 SA

Stereo Hybrid

Pop/Rock


WAR


Platinum-selling smash hit album on Hybrid Stereo SACD!


Mastered direct to DSD by Ryan K. Smith from the original analog master tapes


Funk, rock and soul band hits include "Why Can't We Be Friends," "Slippin into Darkness," "Low Rider," "Cisco Kid" and more!


Originally released in 1976, the War compilation album Greatest Hits contains a monster set of Chicano funky grooves from L.A., most of which forever transformed the sound of funk. The album includes most of the band's best cuts — such as "Slippin Into Darkness," "Cisco Kid," "World Is A Ghetto," "All Day Music," "Me & Baby Brother," "Why Can't We Be Friends," and "Low Rider." One of the hippest funk, rock and soul groups on the Cali scene of the '70s, who just kept on making great music as the years went on!

Now with our Hybrid Stereo SACD release, mastered direct to DSD by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original master tapes, the best-sounding version of this historic album gives listeners an even richer sonic experience.

Clean, balanced, richly detailed. Just the way an Analogue Productions reissue should sound.

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Comment by Downunderman - December 10, 2025 (1 of 3)

This release was foreshadowed for quite a while before finally hitting the racks last month. That the Copyright/phonographic copyright year is '2003' suggests it was in the works for some time.

As a release it is only really limited by the use of the single edits rather than the album versions but it is unlikely we will see any (a number of which are excellent) of their proper albums released on SACD so it is better than nothing.

Ryan K. Smith did the mastering and it sounds very good overall, though because some albums were better recorded than others, there is a bit of sonic variability track to track.

Comment by John Bacon-Shone - December 29, 2025 (2 of 3)

It is worth noting that 2 of the best War albums have been released as quad Blu-rays, including hires stereo as well, at a good price

https://store.rhino.com/collections/war

Comment by Downunderman - December 29, 2025 (3 of 3)

On this site one of them is logged here WAR: The World Is A Ghetto