Youngblood (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is an album by the American band War, released in 1978.[2][3] It is the soundtrack to the film of the same name.[4]
The album was produced primarily by Jerry Goldstein.[7] It was War's final album with B.B. Dickerson as a full member of the band; discounting Eric Burdon, it was also the band's final album with its original lineup.[8][9] War and the film's studio used a multi-track synchronizing system, as did many soundtracks of the period.[10] "Youngblood (Livin' in the Streets)" begins with a conga introduction.[11]
Robert Christgau wrote that "the level of the writing is suggested by the title of the best track, 'This Funky Music Makes You Feel Good'."[13]
AllMusic said that "War got decent mileage from the soundtrack for this B-movie... They ended with two R&B hits."[12]The New Rolling Stone Record Guide determined that the soundtrack was among the United Artists albums "of uniformly high quality, stinging and angry at their peaks."[15]