Eric Burdon Declares "War"

The cover, credited to The Visual Thing (with Burdon credited for the concept), depicts two disembodied but joined arms, one white and one black, both giving a three finger salute, similar to the peace sign which uses two fingers. The three fingers may represent the letter "w" in the word "war". This salute was also used on the cover of a future album, War. The use of a background sun also appears as a recurring theme on both front and back covers of ''The Black-Man's Burdon and the inner sleeve of Deliver the Word''. ==Track listing==

All tracks written by War (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott) except where noted. Note: Memphis Slim composed music under the name of Peter Chatman which was actually his father's name; on the original album the composer credit is misprinted as "P. Chapman". Side one • "The Vision of Rassan" – 7:40 • "Dedication" – 2:33 • "Roll on Kirk" – 5:07 • "Tobacco Road" – 14:24 • "Tobacco Road" (John D. Loudermilk) – 3:47 • "I Have a Dream" – 6:39 • "Tobacco Road" [reprise] (Loudermilk) – 3:58 Side two • "Spill the Wine" – 4:38 • "Blues for Memphis Slim" – 13:08 • "Birth" – 1:31 • "Mother Earth" (Peter Chatman) – 2:46 • "Mr. Charlie" – 3:05 • "Danish Pastry" – 3:18 • "Mother Earth" [reprise] (Chatman) – 2:28 • "You're No Stranger" (Thomas C. Carter) – 1:55 ==Personnel==

• Eric Burdon – lead vocals • Lee Oskar – harmonica • Charles Miller – tenor saxophone, flute • Howard Scott – guitar, backing vocals • Lonnie Jordan – organ, piano • Bee Bee Dickerson – bass, backing vocals • Harold Brown – drums • Dee Allen – conga, percussion ==Production==

• Jerry Goldstein – producer • Chris Huston – engineer ==References==