''Love Is All Around'' is a studio

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(credited as "War featuring Eric Burdon" on the original edition). Released in 1976 on

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, it contains tracks recorded during the band's brief existence from 1969 to 1971, but not found on their two albums from 1970. Many years later it was reissued on CD by

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; this edition restores the original group name, Eric Burdon and War. Only two tracks had been released previously: "Magic Mountain" was the B-side to "

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"; and "Home Dream", though performed by Eric Burdon and War, appeared in 1971 on the album '' Guilty'' by Eric Burdon and Jimmy Witherspoon. Of the remaining tracks, the title track had not been previously released in any form; "

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" is an alternate and shorter version of the

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song which appeared on Eric Burdon and War's first album, ''

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''; " A Day in the Life" is a previously unreleased cover version of the song by

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which appeared in a studio version on Eric Burdon and War's second album, ''

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''. In 1977, "Magic Mountain" and an edited version of "Home Dream" were issued as a single.

Track listing

Tracks credited to "War" refer to

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, Harold Brown, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller,

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Side one

#"Love Is All Around" ( War) – 4:12 #"

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) – 6:30 #"Home Dream" (Burdon) – 7:15 #"Magic Mountain" (War, Jerry Goldstein) – 4:18

Side two

#" A Day in the Life" (

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) – 11:05 #" Paint It Black Medley" (

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, Keith Richards) – 10:09

Personnel

– conga, bongos, percussion, vocals * Harold Brown – drums, percussion, vocals * Eric Burdon – vocals, percussion * B.B. Dickerson – bass, vocals * Lonnie Jordan – organ, piano, vocals * Charles Miller – tenor, baritone and alto saxophones, percussion, vocals, flute *

– harmonica, percussion, vocals * Howard Scott – guitar, vocals ;Technical *Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott – producer

References

{{Authority control 1976 albums Eric Burdon albums War (American band) albums Rhino Records albums Albums produced by Jerry Goldstein (producer)