Live!

Fela Kuti is by far one of my favourite discoveries from this list. I ended up listening to this album as well as several others after having Zombie generated on day 56 and I've come back to them many times since then. Afrobeat is just so infectious and hypnotic; I could listen to this all day.

A bonus 15 minutes of the most expressive drum soloing I have heard was most appreciated. Everything here was really great. The often chanted vocals, the horns, the drums. Just a good time from beginning to end. The long songs never wear out their welcome. Favorites were Black Man’s Cry and Egbe Mi O.

Better than Coldplay

Es el primer disco de estos que me apetece mucho comprarme. Que divertido, que buen rollo, luego de aqui no solo sale Tony Allen sino todo el genero que más adelante lleva a cosas como Ezra Collective que también me encanta.

crazy music by a crazy man. per npr:
"With Fela's danceable, almost trance-like grooves and political lyrics, he started a youth movement that rebelled against the repressive postcolonial government and military. For that, he was jailed about 100 times. ... The military breached the electric fence that protected his compound, threw his mother out a second-story window and burned his home to the ground. He's also a problematic figure. ...

He had 27 female backup singers and dancers and married all of them in one day. He didn't believe AIDS was real, advised men not to use condoms and even wrote a song about it. And when he contracted AIDS, he denied that was possible."

Was this supposed to be interesting? Maybe it was a vibe but it was pretty mentally under-stimulating. Its groovy but there's not a whole lot going on here.

I was enjoying this .. and then there was a 16 minute drum solo. Fela Kuti Live! without Ginger Baker would have been preferable.

This album doesn't convince me that live albums are good.

Really cool record, had heard a few Fela Kuti tracks before but live they are impeccable

There's no bad Fela. His drummers don't need Baker but sure, why not.

Not a fan

Pre Listen:
Another group I haven't heard of, not even in passing. I can't tell what genre this might even be based on the album cover. Going in completely blind.

Notable Tracks:
N/A - I'm putting N/A as the whole album is a live recording of what's essentially a jam/jazz session. Songs mesh and flow from one to the next, with only 5 breaks or so. If I had to choose a "favorite" part, Egbe Mi O (Carry Me) was pretty nice. I like the melody he had everyone singing. It was nice. "Black Man's Cry" was my least favorite, it felt a bit tacky...? I don't really know how to describe it.

Post Listen:
Certainly the most free-form album I've been given to on here to date. I feel somewhat conflicted about how to even go about rating it. It's music, but it's unlike anything I've heard on here yet, seeing as how it was a live recording of free-form Afro-Jazz and rhythm. It's like judging free-form expressionist dance at an olympic sporting event, where does one even start?

The beats, guitar, keyboard, occasional brass were all well played, consistently. I felt like the vocals fit well sometimes, but felt as though they were out of place othertimes. I appreciate the artists and feel more cultured after listening to this, but I don't see myself coming back, nor adding anything to my playlist. 3/5.

I've never listened to afro beats before, but this was pretty groovy and catchy. Fela Kuti was quite engaging with the audience, as well. It was easy to get lost in the beats and bouts of repetition. The drum solo at the end was pretty fun, too.

Afrikanske rytmer er ikke ikke min - med mindre det er når Talking Heads baserer deres musik på det :) Men der er det jo blandet med en masse andet, og det er det, der fungerer for dem.
Når det står alene, som her, så bliver det kedeligt. (Semi-)instrumental musik, der lyder godt, men man skulle nok have været der.
På 'Egbe Mi O (Carry Me)' begyndes en spontan Mas Que Nada-agtig fællessang med ... ja, med hvem? Gæster i studiet, som også udgør publikum? Det er ikke noget for mig. Og det er 16 minutters drum off slet ikke. Det vil jeg ikke byde nogen, og det trækker ret meget ned.

1.9

A fantastically fun record, it's hard not to enjoy Fela Kuti, his music is so lively and dance-able. Cracking stuff.

Oh hell yeah!!!!

it was ok, the songs were a bit too long but i did not have the feeling to throw my computer away and that's a good thing

Funkiest of the funky. What's not to love?

This was funky, groovy, different and very fun. Ginger Baker is an insane drummer, and the overall vibe was very interesting and refreshing. Finally something old that doesn't sound like the same recicled material. This is what I wanna hear!

Awesome