The World Is a Ghetto

The World Is a Ghetto
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1972
Recorded1972
StudioCrystal Industries in Los Angeles
Genre
Length43:49
LabelUnited Artists Records
ProducerJerry Goldstein with Lonnie Jordan and Howard E. Scott
War chronology
All Day Music
(1971)
The World Is a Ghetto
(1972)
Deliver the Word
(1973)

The World Is a Ghetto is the fifth album by American band War, released in late 1972 on United Artists Records. The album attained the number one spot on Billboard, and was Billboard magazine's Album of the Year as the best-selling album of 1973.[2] In addition to being Billboard's #1 album of 1973, the album was ranked number 444 on Rolling Stone magazine's original list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[3] The title track became a gold record.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Martin, Bill (1998), Listening to the Future: The Time of Progressive Rock, Chicago: Open Court, p. 205, ISBN 0-8126-9368-X
  2. ^ "Year End Charts - Year-end Albums - The Billboard 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Archived from the original on February 14, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
  3. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2019.