Why Can't We Be Friends
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Why Can't We Be Friends? is the seventh studio album by War, recorded in 1974 and released on United Artists Records and ABC Records in June 1975. The title song reached #8 on Billboard's Hot 100. The original LP edition came with a poster. Two singles from the album were released: "Why Can't We Be Friends?" backed with "In Mazatlan", and "Low Rider" backed with "So". Both A-sides were nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1976.
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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.
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Side one
- "Don't Let No One Get You Down" (War, Jerry Goldstein) – 3:59
- "Lotus Blossom" (War, Francie Nelson) – 3:59
- "Heartbeat" – 7:25
- "Leroy's Latin Lament (medley)"
- "Lonnie Dreams" – 0:49
- "The Way We Feel" (War, lyrics: Keri Oskar) – 1:10
- "La Fiesta" – 2:10
- "Lament" – 2:27
Note: CD edition does not break "Leroy's Latin Lament" into sections.
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Side two
- "Smile Happy" – 7:22
- "So" – 4:58
- "Low Rider" (War, Goldstein) – 3:11
- "In Mazatlan" – 2:45
- "Why Can't We Be Friends?" (War, Goldstein) – 3:49
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Personnel
- Howard Scott – guitar, percussion, vocals
- B.B. Dickerson – bass, percussion, vocals
- Lonnie Jordan – organ, piano, timbales, percussion, vocals
- Harold Brown – drums, percussion, vocals (credit missing from LP cover)
- Papa Dee Allen – conga, bongos, percussion, vocals
- Charles Miller – clarinet, alto, tenor and baritone saxes, percussion, vocals
- Lee Oskar – harmonica, percussion, vocals
- Jerry Goldstein in association with Lonnie Jordon and Howard Scott – producers
- Ed Barton, Andrew Berliner, Chris Huston – engineers
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