War & Peace is the third studio album by R&B singer Edwin Starr released on August 7, 1970, by Motown Records. The album peaked at No. 9 on the US Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and No. 52 on the Billboard 200. War & Peace also peaked at No. 21 on the Canadian RPM Top 100 Albums chart.
Background War & Peace was arranged by David Van De Pitte, Henry Cosby, Paul Riser, Wade Marcus and Willie Shorter. Starr, Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Henry Cosby, Norman Whitfield and Ivy Joe Hunter served as the album's producers.
Singles The album's main single, "War", ranked No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three weeks. "War" also peaked at No. 3 on the UK Pop singles chart and has been certified silver in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry.
Critical reception
Ron Wynn of Allmusic gave the album a four and a half out of five stars rating. Wynn called War & Peace "without question his finest" album.
As a single, War was nominated for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 13th Annual Grammy Awards in 1971.
Track listing
References
External links Edwin Starr interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' 10/92