Zombie

Rentoa afrojazzia, hyvää taustamusiikkina. Nimikko kappale Zombie oli paras ja ihan hauskakin

Not my go-to but I do like a bit of Afrobeat. Amazing backstory.

Mucho jazz.

I quite enjoyed the energy behind this album and I do love a long track like Zombie. Not my usual thing but I’m glad I listened to it. awful to think that this album led to the murder of his mum :-(

This was fun and funky - but I found the songs a bit too long. Not the kind of thing I'd think to listen to, but I can see myself listening to this one with my Jazz loving kid! Fave track: Zombie

Le iba a dar un 2, porque era un poco rollo, pero resulta que son los de Time Of The Season.

Some really good elements

Le iba a dar un 2, porque era un poco rollo, pero resulta que son los de Time Of The Season.

Good! Very jazzy and upbeat.

Afro jazz madness. 4 tracks, 53 minutes. Pretty cool.

I think it's impossible not to like this album, especially with how important it was at the time and all the history surrounding the release of this album. I enjoyed it, but I think the songs are far too long and it didn't really did it for me, but objectively it was good. 3,5/5

I really enjoyed this. Upbeat and happy while mostly being smooth and chill. I often find chanting in different types of music can become tiresome quickly, but they didn't overdo it on this album, which was nice.

Its ok

Zombie // Mr Follow Follow // 3.5/5

The artwork made me expect something completely different than what I got. Instead it was just a bunch of funky horns for like an hour straight. Got a little boring after the full length of the record, but damn I love me some horns. I'm getting some political vibes from this but because I know absolutely nothing about where this record comes from - all I heard was horns go beep.

Interesting - something I wouldn’t listen to at all but immediately like the vibe. Afrobeat album from 2009, only 4 tracks but each by is about 13 mins. Afrobeat - Nigerian music genre combining African music with Jazz/Soul/Funk. Enjoying it as nice background music, wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to it directly but not disagreeing with it!

Get bored the third time

Funky. Lots of brass and sax. I really dig it.

Funky afrobeat, minimal gaps between songs means it's an hour of groove. Feel good tunes.

This is one of those albums I feel like I need to know the history of but I liked it. Oh my gosh I just read about it. Holy crap.

Fijne afro-jazz

Solid maybe a 4 star

Something different and pretty cool - a nice change of piece after that Dusty Springfield album

3.0

They’re all good songs but they all follow the same formula, which makes it harder to listen all the way through.

Okay I guess, but it dragged on a bit. I didn't really understand much of the lyrics, but I see this is some sort of anti-dictatorship stuff.

First of all, what badass history -- somebody died because this music was made? Having never listened to afro beat before, I really enjoy the rhythm with other instrumentals (this is reminiscent of Samba Jazz). I enjoyed the album and introduction to the genre, 3*. Favorite track: Zombie

I can dig, I can dig. Title song is pretty great, but "Mr. Follow Follow" should follow follow something else, because it kinda took me out of the groove. Also, I now know that Berlin has/had a jazz festival. Who knew!

grooves

Cowboy Bebop in Africa!

Det gick fort nog med tillräckligt mycket sväng för att man kna lyssna på det i bakgrunden. Ganska nice då

3 étoiles

Vibes ass music. Super even keel. Very repetitive though. A music that’s very good at what it does and has its place. That place is not in my playlists though.

That's some serious trumpeting with a Rasta style chant in the background.

It was fine, but not my deal

Fabulous.

I like the idea of Fela Kuti more than the experience. Songs are all jams but also damn long.

Goede muziek voor tijdens het leren, in mijn vrije tijd zou ik het niet gauw luisteren. Het klinkt op een gegeven moment allemaal toch best herhalend, maar misschien komt dat omdat ik deze genre niet veel luister.

Doesn't do it for me, but it's good music

Hi

This was much like sitting through a reggae album.

Wonderful back story to this Album. If this was America’s Got Talent, it would be given the golden buzzer. However this isn’t that and I’m not Howie Mandel. Whole lotta trumpet 🎺 and Saxophone 🎷 almost too much. This is for Jazz listeners. I actually wanted more singing!! The singing was wonderful. Great voice and I enjoyed the choir. Song length… a wise woman once told me 12 minutes is a long time. Overall I had some fun with this album although it did feel repetitive in some sections where they could have added more variety. I do like working to Jazz and found myself listening to more songs from the artist throughout the day. Nothing over the top, just decently good. 6/10

Got scared when I saw how long the songs were. There are three different saxophones on this album. The vocals came in so late on Zombie that it actually startled me. Mister Follow Follow is the epitome of night time driving through the city with the windows down music. After two really long songs, I did find myself tuning out. A body can only take so much sweet saxophone and this pushed me to my limit. I thought perhaps this would be the album that I made an exception to long songs, but no, it was not. 6/10

Enjoyable. It had a good rhythm.

4 songs at > 12 minutes each...ahh. I think if I had listened in a different mood this would have been better received.

Album was solid. Not a huge fan of the third track.

B- Zombie 3 Mr. Follow Follow 3 This was actually quite good. I liked Miriam Makeba better, but this was a vibe and a half. My hips were shaking, my booty was jiggling. Also, the story behind this album is nuts.

This is the reason I signed up. Not my genre of choice but enjoyable music.

Short but effective.

Pretty nice vibe, hard to sit still with this on! Songs were a bit too long perhaps, but not much to complain about to be honest. Hard to say what could change to give it a higher rating, but somehow feels fitting with a 3 even though I can't really motivate it properly.

Didn't hate, but didn't love it. The jazz was nice, some of the singing got repetitive.

Jazz con algunos ritmos africanos. Variedad de instrumentos de todo tipo. Casi sin percepción de voces. En ocasiones un tanto monótono, pero agradable de escuchar

Great stuff from Fela Kuti. Only complaint is each some is very long with long progressions.

Very cool sound. Great for backround to me

great brass! Interesting 3 stars

Different. Island Jazz

Broke my toe because I tapped it too much

I mean it isnt bad but also its only 2 songs (the other two are from a CD reissue) so its hard to rank it as an ~album~ at least in the traditional sense

I can recognize the talent in this album but it's hard for me to stay focus on 12/14 minutes songs without losing focus.

Not really my type of music, but it certainly is good music. Would recommend.

The history behind this album alone gives it quite a bit but this short 2 song album is actually pretty good. Just wish it was longer. Good African jazz.

Some good grooves, but some dead spots

Bom.

The story behind this album is very interesting. The music itself is nice but too repetitive for me

Really interesting mix of sounds, songs too long imo. They repeat themselves a lot with occasional spikes in interest but overall not interesting enough for me to want to hear it again. If instead of 12 minute songs Fela would've made 3 minute long songs and more I maybe would've enjoyed it more. TLDR: cool and interesting sounds, songs too long for my liking, and too repetitive for the duration of the songs.

Short but theatrical with good beats.

Not bad. I wish the songs were not as long, though. They sorta go on and on. I would have liked 8 songs with half the length over these 4 songs. I also really like when Fela is singing. I wish he'd get to that bit sooner in the songs. 3/5

You can feel the anger in this music, and the desire for improvement.

Great, not that special but easy listen

ok this was uh… different

3.5 stars. This was nice jazzy afrobeat. More good background soundtrack than anything,but had major political implications in Nigeria.

I hadn’t heard of Fela Kuti before so I went for a look on old trustworthy Wikipedia. It seems that this album was written in protest the Nigerian military, and actually led to them reacting by throwing his mum out of a window to her death. That’s pretty over the top, isn’t it? Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Zombie I’m not sure I’ve listen to much music like this before. There were jazz elements but was generally a lot more upbeat and happy sounding. The lyrics were very blunt (Zombie no go think, unless you tell 'em to think) which I can see getting some ire from the military. Musically, this was a pleasant listen but definitely had the dark overtones brought by knowing the reaction it caused. If there don’t like this album, it’s still worth reading about.

Repetitive and Jazzy. Good music but not my thing. Great saxaphone.

This was unexpectedly fun. It hit all the right spots for me.

Le iba a dar un 2, porque era un poco rollo, pero resulta que son los de Time Of The Season.

go off, fela kuti!! in my book, when you anger your country's military with your music, odds are you're on the right track. i loved hearing this scathing criticism, even if i didn't understand it fully without the societal context. musically, kuti's zombie has more jazz fusion than the other albums i've heard. the horn usage was just delightful!

While this wasn't ultimately my jam, I just love how Fela's music is steeped in cultural heritage. It makes for such a fun and unique listening experience!

I do not have the attention span for 12-minute songs.

Nice mix of jazz and funk but tails off after the first song

Good overall, better as background music than something to really focus in on

It's really full of energy. Songs are very long, though.

Engaging. It took a few listens, but i'm onboard with the afro-beat vibe. The historical notes on the influence of Zombie are particularly interesting. Definitely worth listening to.

Think I only got the main track. Alright.

I thought the story behind the album and the reaction Zombie caused was interesting. In all honesty, I found it more interesting than the music itself.

boy are these kinda boring with how long they are

Okay this was super interesting to listen to actually, never heard of this guy before, was really intrigued by the impact he had. Of course I don't think I would listen to his stuff every day, but it had a nice jam and it was pretty good! 3/5 stars.

I've been looking for this album for awhile I lost the name of it. First song is Great other 3 not as good.

I appreciated this Afrobeats fusion album. I found this tidbit interesting from Wikipedia: "The album was a scathing attack on Nigerian soldiers using the zombie metaphor to describe the methods of the Nigerian military. The album was a smash hit with the people and infuriated the government, setting off a vicious attack against the Kalakuta Republic (a commune that Kuti had established in Nigeria), during which one thousand soldiers attacked the commune. Kuti was severely beaten, and his elderly mother Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was thrown from a window, causing fatal injuries. The Kalakuta Republic was burned, and Kuti's studio, instruments, and master tapes were destroyed." Protest music at it's finest and ugliest. RISE UP!

Pretty good! With such long songs though, it's pretty good working music or background music. I just can't sit down and listen to a 12-13 minute song on the regular.

Cool music. Crazy dude.

I like a bit of Fela, and this is a strong album. Limitations really that (sorry) it's great working music rather than something that makes me stop and actively listen.

Mejor de lo que pensé que iba a ser. Cuando ví que solo eran 4 canciones, me asusté, pues pensé que serían eternidades alargadas por falta de creatividad, por suerte, resultó ser mucho mejor de lo que creí. Tampoco es que crea que es la obra maestra, pero las 3 estrellas las tiene más que merecidas.

Was unfamiliar Fela Kuti. Album is listenable but not a album I would add to my collection.

In your head, in your head

Pretty good. Jazzy, with an African beat. Songs can get repetitive given how long they are, and they all followed the same formula, instrumental for 7 minutes or so, some singing/chanting for 3 minutes, then instrumental again the rest of the way. So, not something I would probably seek out, but fine to listen to for this list.

Let's give this a listen. Interesting name and album cover art...jazz? Yep! Only 4 tracks for a length of 53 min. Zombie, has lyrics. I love it! It has a very African sound to it that I'm enjoying.

It's a fun jazz kinda thing? Four tracks, all stupid long. The first time I'd ever heard Fela Kuti, the boss I had at MTV put it on in his office for a friday "team building" lunch we had. It's the kind of music few have an actual connection to, but plenty of hipsters act like he was some seminal artist that affected them deeply.

Gang-i-den-jazz, mange instrumenter, lidt vokal, nice nok

Cool album I wouldn’t normally listen to.

Politically charged and funky

Nice jam for the background. 6 out of 10

Fun

Jazzy

Felt like I was waiting on a hummus and a double chicken wrap. Enjoyed working to it. Normally give these type of albums a 2 on account of it not being my thing but this has a little something extra

Was played some Fela Kuti a couple of months ago and thought it was pretty decent, gives me vibes of the When We Were Kings documentary soundtrack. Enjoyed this as well, a high 3.

Three stars, because I felt this album a bit stale... didn't have any ups and downs, felt a bit monotonic to me

New genre. It was fun and groovy.

Didn't make it all the way through the album because the tracks were long and repetitive. Still good to experience a different time and place in music.

it’s a 53 minute album with only 4 songs on it, it’s bound to be pretty cool.

This was a first time listen for me, so I had no idea what to expect. I was surprised. A politically charged album that’s an interesting mix of jazz, funk and African music. This isn’t my usual cup of tea but definitely an album I’ll listen to again. My favourite song was Mr. Follow Follow.

Skimmed through, not quite my jam. Very skillful jazz like african music, passionate.

its cute

Good, liked the instrumentation. The mastering or mixing sounded a little harsh on the high end for me. Will have to revisit

Definitely good but I was hoping for some more development. There are many Fela Kuti songs that have this element of fierceness to them, but this album is kinda lacking that. I felt having that aggression, that spice, would have added another layer that I think was needed. Still has change and power, but I wanted heavier contrast. Fave: Observation Is No Crime

Not really my taste, but enjoyed listening to it for the 1001 project.

Too Jazzy?. Not my genre but still kind a f'ed with it it. Felt very 70s. Real Rating 3.5/5

Short and sweet at just over 25min long, not must experience with the genre but it's very lively and a good head bob and involuntary feet movement are inevitable, Good jazz moments for the sax and an over all good time, this goes on my world playlist for sure.

I am not a huge jazz fan but this was very entertaining as background music. I do not know how often I would re-visit this album, but the backstory of this album combined with the instrumental parts that go somewhere and progress through the song makes it a worthwhile listen.

Relatively interesting engaging jazz. Still held back by general listenability as per normal jazz for me. Solid 5.9/10.

Great listening while programming. Enjoyed the Jazzy vibes. This isn't a normal genre of music for me but this album was very easy to listen to.

I'm not really into jazz but this is pretty cool in a hip, free styling way.

Pretty clever album with enjoyable rythms and a solid composition.

Lovely afro- centric jazz. Great change up album

Simply not my kind of music.

Very enjoyable.

Eh, it was alright. Great background for the right activity, but not really revelatory or interesting as a primary focus.

I would've immediately forgotten about this album right after listening but reading the wiki really changed my perspective. The fact that this album led to the death of his mother and the destruction of his commune at the hands of the Nigerian government is pretty crazy and makes me admire this album more than I would have otherwise. Also would've appreciated it more if I could've understood the lyrics. Taking away that context, however, it just sounds like Afro music and is perfectly alright. The two bonus tracks were definitely worse than the original two tracks though.

Good vibes and rhythms, sparked a revolution in Nigeria!

Groovy, but I won't be coming back to this sound world again.

An hour long album with only four tracks. If improvisational jazz is your thing look no further

I was expecting a pretty decent smooth jazz album. Nothing really jumped out at me that would warrant a second listen, but this was a nice album.

Its really good I just don't see the need for each track to be upwards of 12 minutes long

decent, but got bored after the first song. album just all of the same... ok for study but i'm not adding it to my spotify

Nice grooves. Kinda dig it.

When I saw this album I had zero expectations, no previous knowledge of the artist. But it turned out to be this very cool jazzy and (despite its political message) joyful record. Maybe the build-up phases were a bit too long for my taste and usage of repetition too frequent but nevertheless lovely sounds and mood level 100. But making one track out of four a live concert recording segment instead of studio one - I have to consider that a Mistake.

Decent

Chill monday, hang

Best Song: Zombie. The song is very wide-ranging, but I liked the part with the choral vocals of "zombie". Worst Song: Mr. Follow Follow. By contrast, the vocals here did not work for me at all. Overall: It's a nice jam, but doesn't do much to hold my attention. I can imagine throwing it on in the background while I cook or clean though.

Average.

Okay..this is valid Kinda skimmed this one, wasn’t in the room the whole time - but this is definitely an experience. You can feel the liveliness..and it makes me want to wiggle. It’s hard to think this guys mother was killed over this record (it’s criticisms of the Nigerian gov), but I trust the bio - that’s just bananas. But again, this is swag 😎

Ik vond dit heel leuk voor op de achtergrond

Oke heel lange nummers en je moet ervoor in de mood zijn maar het is wel goed voor op de achtergrond

Never seen or heard this one! Not something that i would listen to normally, but as like a background music for cleaning for example it's perfect for me. Keeps the mood up! Nice, jazzy vibe, nice vocals, cool beats and everything! Too long songs for my taste tho Haven't really looked into this kind of music so nice experience :) Overall 3/5 for me!

Love Fela’s commitment to the cause and reflecting that in his music.

..interesant dar cam multe trompete pentru gustul meu 3/5

Zombie was quite a fun track, very upbeat and makes you want to dance, so the length didn’t bother me too much. Mr. Follow Follow isn’t as fun as Zombie, so drags on a bit, but nothing about the song loses me. Observation No Crime again is an interesting fusion of genres, but too long for me to truly get into. Mistake (Live At The BJF 1978) was just more of the same “Afrobeat” Kuti was known for, so the effect of the genre-blending had worn off by this point. Overall, the album was ok, it started off on a high then started to lose me, nothing about the album was bad, it was just 4 fairly long songs, so lost interest after some time. I don’t see myself going back and listening to it again, but I’m glad I’ve heard it once. 3/5

Top 3 Songs: 1 - Mr. Follow Follow (2) 2 - Zombie (1) 3 - Observation is No Crime (3)

Pas trop trop mon truc mais ça change un peu

Great sax in title track

It was fine. Good rhythm and bwats but nothing insane

All bops

It was Jazz.

The song 'zombie' was so good!

A great long-form jazz album – keeps a steady, enjoyable groove while being melodically diverse enough to maintain interest. The addition of the live track is brilliant, as the impromptu energy of the performance heightens the sense of freedom and playfulness hinted at in the earlier songs.

NamesAre4TombStones: "It doesn't really meaThe song "Zombie" was about soldiers and their mindlessness during the dictatorship. Fela accused them of having no brains, being zombies and just following orders without thinking for themselves. And sometimes you would often see soldiers just prancing about doing nothing, just walking about for no reason really, and that is what A joro jara joro was referring to, it is gobbledygook, just like the mind of the soldiers." Un álbum divertido de escuchar y con buenos significados detrás, un ritmo con el cual es inevitable ponerse a bailar.

Very enjoyable to cook by. Upbeat and bouncy. 3*

Better.

First album and artist in this list I'd never come across before.. some pretty interesting Afrobeat sounds and cool to learn about him being a real pioneer in this music genre.. wouldn't normally listen to this kind of stuff in rotation, but glad to have expanded my music knowledge!

Thought it was a really interesting story but I don’t smoke enough pot to enjoy a song for 30 minutes. Appreciate the history though!

Not my style but very talented musician.

I think I listened to this last week and forgot to rate it. Decent but loooong tracks. Kind of a latino jazz prog album. Didn't hate it though. Decent in the background.

Musically it's really lively and addictive and very accomplished. As a political statement it goes way beyond anything I know of according to Wiki. Difficult to separate the two but outstanding overall.

3.75

Not bad

It was fine, just not my bag. Some catchy rhythmical sections

J'ai connu l'Afrobeat grâce à Emmanuel Macron. Et je l'en remercie.

L'afrobeat est un genre popularisé par Emmanuel Macron. Comme beaucoup d'autres initiatives de sa part, on s'en serait bien passé.

Good sounds, for the most part; some of the singing was a bit grating. Loved the instrumental part of the music and will be exploring more Fela Kuti!

Very jazzy... maybe a little too jazzy in the unpredictable way that jazz is that I struggle with....

Great Afrobeat! 3.5/5

Wasn’t bad, it reminded me of Santana on how layered the songs are. Zombie has a political message tied to it that I didn’t catch at first listen which made me look at his bio on the wiki. Lots of different instruments that make it sound unique, but overall it didn’t really catch my attention. But enough to make me revisit the album in a couple of weeks. It’s solid background music. Fav track: Zombie Least Fav: none

Very cool afrobeat with funk and politics. Fave Zombie, Mr Follow Follow

I've always enjoyed listening to Fela Kuti, but the catalog was too intimidating. This was a good pointer on where to start. Will listen again.

This was quite fun I guess, it didn't do much for me. But was verging on the level of jazz I can actually stomach

Really enjoyed this however 14 mins seems a bit long for a song. They seemed to have a 6 minute warm up then some vocals and then a jam. It was funky and groovy and probably really good to dance to. Probably wouldn't listen again though.

As for his influence on Western pop music, there are a handful of people in the world music genre who have probably ripped this man off from here to Lagos, Nigeria. Certainly a brilliant musician. (6/10) FT: Zombie

Decent grooves if a bit too repetitive. Can see its influence on acid jazz the following decade.

Mr Jumbles, my 3rd grade teacher, once told me to dance like I've never been sexually assaulted by a teacher in the supply closet. This music really brings that spirit to the fore. I feel alive. Thank you Mr Jumbles, you inspired me to be me.

ne mogu točno istaknit šta mi ne paše kod ovakve glazbe, možda bi mi u nekoj drugoj situaciji/okruženju bolje sila ali trenutno je ovakvo stanje

A nije loše za chill iako kad pročitaš malo po wikipediji, baš i nije neki chill haha. Al dobar jazz

Assez bon njazz jai aime .3.5

Interesting but not something I'd go out of my way to listen to.

Great rhythm!! Horn and drum sections are wonderful!! Words are hard to understand because this is a protest song in Nigeria.

Ultra funky African vibes

another album by Fela Kuti and another great experience, but I enjoyed Live! better.

Quite fun

It's ok.

This was definitely interesting. I am glad I read the wikipedia article to get some context on the album.

So far I am viiibing with this. I can't quite tell when I would listen to it again because it is such a distinct sound. I feel like maybe when cooking, or if I were like an uber driver

That was cool. Some horn action was welcomed.

This is some original Afrobeat - I like what they're doing but I don't think I'd seek it out too often

Hauska levy

Leppoisaa afrikkasoundia, joka toimii taustamusiikkina töitä tehdessä vähintäänkin kohtuullisesti. Toisaalta en kyllä oikein kuuntelemalla jaksa tällaista musiikkia kuunnella. Omassa genressään kyllä ihan mukava tuttavuus (ei ärsytä). Palkitaan kuitenkin listan tähän mennessä paras afrikkalevy kolmosella.

Solid. Now I know where "I Zimbra" came from.

Will keep this around.

Already listened to it

Loving the afro beat grooves, but not too crazy about the song melodies and the solo work. I have heard better from Fela Kuti.

Like most of the world music: interesting and nice to have heard it once but that's it

ok

Jazzy and insane

Lively afrobeat, fascinating back story (thanks Wikipedia)

Jazz com raízes africanas soa como ter mais vida.

Nice background music for getting work done.

Exciting music, but every time the chants start I start looking at how long the song has left.

Nice instrumentals and vocals (however rare) but the song length was a bit too much imo. Great for background sound. 5/10.

Interesting wiki page for sure

I listened to his grandsons album in my 100 albums from 2021, so I have heard of Fela Kuti but never listened before. Cool afrobeat vibes.

Nice old jazz

Ok look....it's an interesting listen...once. As much as I hate electronic, edm, drum n bass....whatever the fuck it is....Jam bands (I know it's afrobeat) are a close second. What is the point. I don't have the time or fortitude to listen to these long ass songs. I'm giving a 3 because I can see how this was influential but for the love of unicorns don't make me listen to this again.

Enjoyed listening as background while I was getting some work done, just like the last few jazz albums, a 54 minute run time with only 4 songs. I certainly didn't mind it, but it felt like there were brief moments of really good mixed in with a lot of just regular afro-beat music. Again, no real complaints, always happy to listen to African music but nothing that stood out to me to make it on this list.

Not my cup of tea but well made

1st November 2021 Listened throughout the day while working before douggie came to crash for the evening. Really enjoyed this, what I wanted to find from the project. Funky, jazzy, cool!

Pretty interesting to hear for me. Lots of influences from musical cultures and styles I'm unfamiliar with. But not something I'd particularly enjoy listening to more often.

Afrobeat, but predominently jazz. It's good and I enjoyed it, but it didn't change my life.

Found this to be an enjoyable album to listen to

Funky African Jazz. Not sure I'd revisit as I don't listen to much jazz but I did enjoy this.

Без контекста не понять

Surprisingly enjoyable! I could see Mr Milchek doing sweet moves to these defiant jazz vibes.

Very cool, subversive, political, important, with a crazy and tragic story to boot. I prefer a tighter jazz arrangement, but you can't help but get lost in this at times Saved: Zombie*

Punchy, lively and quite addictive. Given the subject of the album there is only so much railing that can be effective, hence the short running time.

Odd, didn't hate it but unlikely to listen to again

Decent…. But that’s it. Didn’t blow me away!

Alright, but not half as good as the collaboration with Ginger Baker.

3.5 | Nunca había puesto atención a algo como este Afrobeat, me parece una combinación bastante bien hecha y agradable. Los sonidos de jazz que hay en base con algo de funk y obviamente todo el polirítmico africano hacen una mezcla muy particular. Me dió gracia que de inmediato me remitió a un LP que había en mi casa de los Talking Heads en el que usan ritmos casi iguales, quizá evidencia de la influencia que alguien así pudo tener aun cuando en el nivel comercial primero no hubiera pegado tanto. La historia del disco y de la vida de Fela Kuti impresionante, una mezcla de fascinación, admiración y repulsión por este personaje mezcla de músico brillante, activista social y líder de culto. Quitando ese lado y juzgando solo por su música es muy buena y creo el avance y creación de sonidos que no existían son evidentes.

No tenía expectativa alguna de este disco porque realmente no suponía que encontraría. Un inicio cercano al jazz, ritmos africanos (obviamente) y un buen manejo de sonidos hacen a este disco bastante agradable. No hizo que redefiniera mis gustos ni prioridades, pero funcionó muy bien de ruido ambiental. Sí pondría de nuevo este disco sin mucho problema.

Fuera de sus pedos mentales y su intento de tomar poder político de Nigeria era un instrumentista muy bueno, crear el afrobeat y mezclar tan bien en este disco al menos el jazz (que así si lo puedo degustar) y el funk fue genial. La letra no es de mi agrado pero la música sin duda alguna es buena aunque sean canciones muy largas, que pueden estar muy bien de fondo mientras trabajo

Están interesantes los ritmos africanos fusionados con Jazz, pero eso no le quita que sea un poco repetitivo y que en definitiva prefiero otros formatos.

Nota: 3/5 És un àlbum de 4 pistes i 53 minuts de duració. Pistes extremadament llaegues i repetirives pel meu gust Fusió de música africana amb jazz. Correcte per sonar fluixet, de fins. A mi, no m'ha convençut, però li reconec el mèrit tant musocal com social. .

Not my favorite record, but there are definitely some interesting and exciting tracks on this thing! The problem with longer tracks (all of these tracks are 12+ mins) is that there are definitely parts of each song that I really enjoy, but then those parts are almost spoiled by other parts that I don’t like nearly as much FAV TRACKS: Zombie, Mr. Follow Follow LEAST FAV TRACKS: Observation No Crime

Long rambling afro jazz with sporadic interjections by Fela and backup singers in call and response. Fun and funky but probably background music on most occasions rather than active listening

I liked this quite a bit more than I thought I would

Long songs, decent rythm 6/10

Musically and compositionally very good. As a matter of preference, I think the songs run too long, meaning I like the tracks less at the end than at the halfway point.

I like this tbh. Makes it cooler what he had going on at the time. Putting up a fight with afrobeat and Jazz. It's pretty rad Tbh and I think I would probably recommend this to most people just for the experience of it.

Interesting. What I expected. Not something I'd listen to regularly.

Love his story of protesting the Nigerian government. Calling the soldiers “zombies” although he paid for it his music can’t be hushed. Not really my stay but the jazzy,funk,world music is full of talent.

Initial reaction: oh it’s just the 4 songs? *looks at runtime* /oh/. very nice start. It’s nice music. I think it doesn’t do much for me but then I find that i dont want to skip the songs. observation no crime was my fave song.

Way too long. Only four songs and 50 minutes long like what the hell. The Wikipedia page for the album was pretty wild though

Sehr groovy, hätte meinetwegen auch nur instrumental sein können. Kann man sicher auch gut nebenbei hören

Easy to admire, difficult to love.

Enjoyed the initial jolt of energy but those positive feelings soon wore off. Too many flashbacks to the neighbours all night parties.

Never heard of Fela Kuti before. Very short album but quite good as background music in a bar.

Het eerste nummer was goed, de rest iets minder.

Rather derivative, of its time. Not particularly African

Easy listening World Music that’s well suited for happier sunny days. Not particularly mind blown by it but overall a decent album.

I need to make a playlist of great jazz albums to listen to while I work. Ill call it "getting jazzed to show up to work". these are solid gold puns.

Good

Really enjoyed this. It was funky and jazzy but very accessible.

nice, can't honestly give more than a 3 as will never re listen

"Go and kill! (Joro, jaro, joro) Go and die! (Joro, jaro, joro) Go and quench! (Joro, jaro, joro) Put am for reverse! (Joro, jaro, joro)" (Zombie) Cómo que canciones de 15 minutos para un lunes por la mañana, me voy a tirar por la ventana.

funk

I think this would probably be amazing live but just became background for me really

I'd heard of Fela Kuti but never listened to his stuff. Sounds really cool I thought and not what I'd normally have on, might go back to it

Ich hab ein leicht schlechtes Gewissen. Weil ich im Wikipedia-Artikel über die Umstände dieser Platte gelesen habe, und wie "ein bisschen Ärger dafür bekommen" die Untertreibung des Jahrhunderts ist. Mir gibt sie trotzdem nicht so viel wie ich jetzt denke dass sie sollte. Manchmal zündet Afrobeat bei mir, manchmal auch nicht. Runde auf auf 2,5 für's gute Gewissen, ok?

Not Bad - probably won’t get a top spot

Cool Afrobeat record, but I feel like there is a lot of subtext that I miss.

Ya escuché otro disco de Fela Kuti gracias a esta lista. Interesante ese momento del africanismo a finales de los 70. Musicalmente me parece una buena mezcla de jazz y coros. Recomendable para gente con paciencia. Son 4 canciones de más de 12 minutos todas.

Do ya like jazz? And afrofunk? This be for you then

Kind of fun. Like cruise ship entertainment, but with some talent.

Ethnic, fun, not my usual listening

Nice

Good big band jazz.

Immediately made me smile, love that horn. Domi would like this.

It's clear I've been neglecting Afropop for too long. Fun

Really nice record

Pretty groovy. It was an interesting delve into Afrobeat, which I don't have much experience with. 3.5

The version differences here are slightly mysterious. Solid hour of music on the four-track version on streaming (I gather this is the European CD release, or maybe just a CD release in general). The music's all groove. The melody instruments do a good job, though they are rather few, or lack the density certain jazz bands can produce for fifteen minutes. The vocal sections are the most dynamic, and far too rare.

I am not smart enough for jazz but this is good I think

Jazzy.

Music is good, but the story behind the album INSANE

This is the favorite album of every cool person who works at a record store. I get it, but it’s not really for me.

Its ok, but too jazzy for me

Great quality of music but not to my taste, best played as background instrumental music.

Background trendy bar music. I am sure I have heard this sitting in Hillhead Book Club drinking a flat pint of a shit lager whilst some DJ sticks this in and buys himself time to take a shit. I listened to it end to end and then instantly forgot anything specific about it. I didn’t dislike it, I just didn’t really retain any of it…. Other than the flashback 2.3

Nicht mein Style und zu lang

Kinda odd but the beats weee nice

Its history (dude's house was burned down and his mom was murdered...the rest of his Wiki is similarly wild) belies and overshadows its music (each song is 4 min of funky jazz followed by 4 min of political vamping), but that's probably half the point. Feels wrong to "enjoy" this while cleaning the house, but alas.

This is a cool sound but extremely monotonous.

nosje

so long

Not a big afrobeat guy

i didnt dislike any of it, i think i just dont like songs that long

1.5/5

Too long of songs with too little of variation within each song.

2.5

Mitä vittua tämä nyt sitten on. Olen vakuuttunut että tämän miehen sanavarasto on maksimissaan 30 sanaa

for the song lengths, i'm sure it's great live or maybe even in the background but much less so sitting down and listening with headphones. started to feel a bit claustrophobic

dachte erst endlich metal xD that's one happy zombie die Songlänge 💀

Not for me

Just not my style, but Zombie (the song) earned some energetic car shimmies from me.

Not for me, but can also acknowledge that this album was not made for me.

Not for me.

Not a fan. I thought it was fairly annoying, especially the background vocals. Other than that, I just didn't love it.

Pretty boring and repetitive. Each song goes on way too long, could be a good album if it was chopped in half.

While I am readily open to listening to genres of music that I would not necessarily listen to on the regular, I feel that with the jazz/afrobeat fusion type music that Zombie by Fela Kuti is, one has to be in a particular mood to engage. That said, I gave it as much of a listen as I could and what I did listen to was pretty cool and opened my eyes to this kind of music. Not my usual style, but in no way am I opposed to putting this on when the situation calls for it.

meh

Álbum com grande crítica política, mas não voltaria a ouvir porque simplesmente, musicalmente, não é a minha cena

Probably OK live but not just listening at home.

Liked one song. I will do more research on him and that genre of music

Interesting but a little repetitive. Feels like it would be awesome to listen to live. I would vote more 2 1/2 than 2 if I could