Release Date 6th June 2025
Celebrate 50 Years of the iconic, multi-million selling, Billboard 200 Top 10 Album that features classic WAR anthems like "Low Rider", “So” and the title track "Why Can't We Be Friends?". This Anniversary edition features the original album remastered by Bernie Grundman, alongside two additional discs of unreleased bonus tracks pulled from album sessions and unedited mixes to fill out the Collector’s Edition set. Just in time to commemorate the genre-bending, funk-soul-jazz-pop-latin-fusion band’s 55th year together as a preeminent fixture on the Los Angeles music and cultural scene.
CD 1: Why Can’t We Be Friends?
1. DON'T LET NO ONE GET YOU DOWN
2. LOTUS BLOSSOM
3. HEARTBEAT
4. LEROY'S LATIN LAMENT (Medley)
■ LONNIE DREAMS
■ THE WAY WE FEEL
■ LA FIESTA
■ LAMENT
5. SMILE HAPPY
6. SO
7. LOW RIDER
8. IN MAZATLAN
9. WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS?
CD 2 & 3: Making of Why Can’t We Be Friends?
Disc 1
1. ZORRO (Bonus Track)
2. DON’T LET NO ONE GET YOU DOWN (Original Unedited Mix)
3. ROAM & RAMBLE (Bonus Track)
4. LOW RIDER (Original Unedited Mix)
5. SO (Unedited Remix)
Disc 2
1. OATMEAL BOX (Bonus Track)
2. HEARTBEAT (Original Jam)
3. THE MAKING OF “WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS?”