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- 7.3
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Tracklist
- A1Let’s Start7:46
- A2Black Man’s Cry11:46
- B1Ye Ye De Smell12:56
- B2Egbe Mi O (Carry Me I Want to Die)12:50
Reviews
Rated 8/10
*Very cool jazz with African drum beats...kind of fusion-ish at times
*Even more impressive is that it's live
Rated 6/10
Another case of "appreciate the energy, wouldn't listen for the whole album"
Rated 10/10
Easily among the top live albums on this list. Super fun all the way through.
Rated 6/10
Nice enough album. A lot of his stuff suffers from droning on.
Rated 6/10
Live! by Fela Kuti is an album I’ve always wanted to listen to, so I was looking forward to giving it a try today.
Fela Kuti is certainly an interesting listen — there’s so much happening musically, with incredible musicianship throughout. That said, I’m not a huge fan of long, largely instrumental tracks, and that’s exactly what this album offers. There’s a lot of repetition and some seriously extended drum and guitar solos. I can fully appreciate the talent on display, but for me, this works best as enjoyable background music rather than something I’d sit down and focus on.
Favourite track: All of the tracks are worth a listen, aside from the lengthy drum solo.
Least favourite track: The extended drum solo — it goes on far too long for my taste.
Album artwork: Cool album cover — simple but effective.
Rated 6/10
Quite nice, the instrumental was great, not a huge fan of the vocals. Solid live record.
Rated 8/10
que capa cabulosa hein
pedradaça, inclusive. afrobeat gostosim animado do jeito que nós gosta!!!!!!
Rated 8/10
Funky, jazzy, great live recording. Sounds like my kinda party.
Rated 6/10
This is a solid 3.5 for me, great stuff!
Rated 6/10
Awesome vibe on this album. Relatively accessible. 3+
Rated 4/10
No thank you!
Rated 6/10
Another one that I have never heard before! Great 4th of July Listening?
3/5 #musicsky #albumsky #musicchallenge
Rated 8/10
Fela Kuti just hits the right spot for me every time. His music is an absolute vibe that I absolutely dig.
Rated 4/10
Otro directo y van no sé cuantos. Se deja escuchar, es un artista que nunca habría oído si no fuera por esta lista. Interesante para conocer al creador o impulsor de Afrobeat.
Rated 10/10
What an album!
The energy and playfulness is off the charts, and the entire band is on point.
Rated 6/10
Thoroughly enjoyable.
Rated 10/10
Damn! What a strong opening, great vibes so far. It's Jazz, it's world music, it's danceable.
Rated 4/10
The Good: Live!
The Bad: Live!
The Ugly: The scratches on my head while I am trying to figure out why I’ve had to listen to 2 albums from this fella…
Seriously… Zombie, or whatever the other album was called, already made me wonder why I had to listen to this… and now I get served a Live! album to boot? Seriously?
I better get to listen to 3 Oscar Peterson albums, just to cleanse my pallet…
This album is getting 2*, only because I am not going by me mood, which would turn it into a 1* album and seriously make me re-think spending another 2 years on this daily journey...
Rated 6/10
Live! is certainly a livelier album than i expected to be (no pun intended). I guess it might have been helped by the fact that not only did Fela Kuti perform it but also Cream's former drummer Ginger Baker helped out as well (of course alongside The Africa'70). It may not be as good as the other album i have heard in this project that he worked on (Cream's Disraeli Gears to those of you curious) this is still a fun album to listen to. The music had a very nice charm to it with it always sounding lively and upbeat even if it did feel like the album was dragging itself out a bit. There are better albums like this but i still enjoyed this one.
Best Song: Black Man's Cry
Worst Song: Let's Start
Rated 6/10
Pretty good for background music. 3.5/5