Life (Is So Strange)

Life (is So Strange)
Studio album by War
Released 1983
Genre R&B, funk
Length 41:10
Label RCA Victor
Producer Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan
War chronology
The Music Band – Jazz
(1983)		 Life (is So Strange)
(1983)
(Peace Sign)
(1994)

Life (is So Strange) is an album by War, released on RCA Victor Records in 1983. It marked the end of a continuous string of albums by the group from 1970, and they would not record another album until a decade later. The band's lineup is not stated on the cover, but composer credits suggest they had been reduced from eight members (on the previous album) to five.

The pop art cover references concerns about nuclear war in Los Angeles, the group's home. The Hollywood Sign appears in the upper right corner, and mushroom clouds are reflected in the woman's sunglasses. The back cover depicts office towers (identifiable as New York City buildings) being toppled by a nuclear explosion. Producer Jerry Goldstein also produced the album Nuclear Blues by Blood, Sweat and Tears a few years earlier, which had a cover depicting a post-nuclear urban street scene.

One single from the album was issued: "Life (is So Strange)" backed with "W.W. III".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jerry Goldstein, Papa Dee Allen, Lonnie Jordan, Howard E. Scott, Lee Oskar and Harold Brown, except where indicated.

Side one

  1. "Life (is So Strange)" – 5:58
  2. "Happiness" – 7:39
  3. "W.W. III (medley)" – 7:53
    1. "The Dawning of Night"
    2. "Waiting at the Church"
    3. "When the Nightime Comes"

Side two

  1. "Shake It Down" (Goldstein, R. J. Ranois) – 4:53
  2. "Summer Dreams" (Oskar) – 5:00
  3. "U-2 (medley)" – 9:47
    1. "U-2 Part 1"
    2. "Automatic Eyes"
    3. "U-2 Part 2"
    4. "U-2 Part 3"

Personnel

No personnel are listed on the cover, but previous War albums usually credit all members as composers, so the following is the likely lineup. Other instruments such as bass and saxophone may have been provided by the members below, or by session musicians.

Technical personnel

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