The World Is A Ghetto (studio album)
by WAR

The World Is A Ghetto by WAR
Year: 1972
Overall rank: 5,044th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 131 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (80th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (827th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,044th)

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The World Is A Ghetto is ranked as the best album by WAR.

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The World Is A Ghetto track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The World Is A Ghetto rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,044th | 1970s rank: 827th | 1972 rank: 80th

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The World Is A Ghetto ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 131 votes)
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09/29/2024 00:00 stangetzaway   2,14185/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.

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70/100
From 06/18/2021 15:28 | #270830
A couple really excellent songs Cisco Kid and World is a Ghetto extensive instrumental here as well. jazz rock funk
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From 02/25/2021 19:58 | #266692
Interesting that people have picked different tracks as their favourite. I’d go for four cornered room. Fabulous track
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From 09/02/2019 15:08 | #242091
Favorite Tracks:Beetles In The Bog
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80/100
From 02/20/2018 13:31 | #208932
Some truly, truly funky stuff.
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From 02/07/2018 03:47 | #207340
Of course, "Cisco Kid" is a classic, but then after that the record seems to wander just a little bit at times.
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85/100
From 07/16/2017 10:01 | #194401
The three long tracks in the center of this album make it, perfect soundtrack to lose yourself, ending with the magnificent and haunting title track.
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From 11/30/2014 22:11 | #128373
This would be really great if it didn't seem so inconsistent
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