War & Peace | ||||||||||
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Studio album by Edwin Starr | ||||||||||
Released | January 1, 1970 | |||||||||
Genre | Soul, rhythm and blues, funk, psychedelic soul | |||||||||
Length | 38:45 | |||||||||
Label | Motown Records/Gordy | |||||||||
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War & Peace is an album recorded by Edwin Starr and released by Motown Records in 1970. The album reached number 52 on the Billboard 200 and #9 on the R&B album chart, while the single, "War" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it remained for 15 weeks. In 1971, Starr won a Grammy Award for "War" for best R&B Male Vocal Performance. The album's arrangements are by David Van De Pitte, Henry Cosby, Paul Riser, Wade Marcus and Willie Shorter. The art direction and design by Curtis McNair.