War: Youngblood (MCA)
Davitt Sigerson, Melody Maker, 20 January 1979
WAR WAS a multi-platinum album act in America with such classic Top 40 streetfunk singles as 'All Day Music', 'Cisco Kid', 'The World Is A Ghetto' and 'Low Rider'. For the last few years they've been torn between deals with United Artists and MCA, and the genesis of this album is confusing; it appears on MCA in the UK and on UA in the States.
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