Editing War (band) (section)

==Musical style==
According to music writer [[Colin Larkin]], their "potent fusion of funk, R&B, rock and [[Latin music|Latin]] styles produced a progressive soul sound",<ref name="Larkin"/> while [[Martin C. Strong]] calls them "one of the fiercest progressive soul combos of the '70s".<ref name="Strong">{{cite book|page=901|last=Strong|first=Martin C.|author-link=Martin C. Strong|year=2000|title=The Great Rock Discography|publisher=Canongate|isbn=9780862418274}}</ref> The liner notes to the 2003 greatest hits album ''The Very Best of War'' described the band's sound as a mix of "rock, jazz, Latin, and R&B",<ref>Liner notes — ''The Very Best of War'', 2003 compilation. pg. 4</ref> while [[The Maui News]] described the band's sound in an October 2024 article as blending "R&B, rock, Latin music, jazz, and [[blues]]."<ref name="Maui News" /> 

The band has been described as: progressive soul,<ref name="Larkin" /><ref name="Strong" /> [[funk rock]],<ref name="Cosgrove" /> [[psychedelic soul|black rock]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Palmer|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Palmer (American writer)|page=D20|title=Jazz Pop—A 'Failed Art Music' Makes Good|date=February 13, 1977|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|quote=...War, the black rock group.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/13/archives/jazz-popa-failed-art-music-makes-good.html|access-date=March 18, 2018}}</ref> [[Jazz fusion#Jazz-rock|jazz-rock]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/deliver-the-word-mw0000613898 |title=War - Deliver the Word |last=Hanson |first=Amy |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref> [[Latin rock]]<ref name="Clarke1990">{{cite book|author=Donald Clarke|title=The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M7FZAAAAYAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-051147-5|page=1212}}</ref> and [[Latin jazz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/music/article/PVPLAYLIST0824-13175306.php|title=Houston author chronicles War, the funk, rock, soul and Latin music band|author=Dansby, Andrew|date=August 24, 2018|newspaper=The Houston Chronicle|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref>