All Day Music
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All Day Music is the fourth album by funk group War, released November 1971 on United Artists Records.
"Slipping Into Darkness", backed with "Nappy Head", was War's first big hit since their name change from Eric Burdon and War. (The spelling was changed slightly to "Slippin' Into Darkness" for the single, and is also used on a CD edition of the album.) An earlier single was "All Day Music" backed with "Get Down". A subtitle for "Nappy Head" claims it is the theme from Ghetto Man, but there does not appear to be any notable film or television series with this title, and it may refer to a series that never went into production. "Baby Brother" is a live track recorded at the Hollywood Bowl, June 30, 1971, at an event called the United Artists 99 Cent Spectacular; a studio version of this song retitled "Me and Baby Brother" appeared on a later album, Deliver the Word (1973).
The original cover art was printed with a metallic silver background, and features a group photo by Bob Gordon.
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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.
Side one
- "All Day Music" (Jerry Goldstein, War) – 4:04
- "Get Down" (Goldstein, War) – 4:29
- "That's What Love Will Do" (Milton James, War) – 7:17
- "There Must Be a Reason" – 3:50
Side two
- "Nappy Head (Theme from Ghetto Man)" – 6:05
- "Slipping Into Darkness" – 7:00
- "Baby Brother" – 7:38
Personnel
- Howard Scott – guitar, percussion, vocals
- B.B. Dickerson – bass, percussion, vocals
- Lonnie Jordan – organ, piano, percussion, vocals
- Harold Brown – drums, percussion, vocals
- Papa Dee Allen – conga, bongos, percussion, vocals
- Charles Miller – flute, alto, tenor and baritone saxes, percussion, vocals
- Lee Oskar – harmonica, percussion, vocals
- Jerry Goldstein, Chris Huston and War – producers
- Chris Huston and Richard Moore – engineers
