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Fela Kuti
Alagbon Close & Why Black Man Dey Suffer
Genres: International Music, Pop

Track Listings (4) - Disc #1
1. Alagbon Close
2. I Know Get Eye for Back
3. Why Black Man Dey Suffer
4. Ikoyi Mentality Versus Mushin Mentality

CD Details

All Artists: Fela Kuti
Title: Alagbon Close & Why Black Man Dey Suffer
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Knitting Factory
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 5/11/2010
Genres: International Music, Pop
Style: Africa
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 720841800422

Synopsis

Album Description

Alagbon Close represents one of the first times anyone had directly taken on the Nigerian authorities in such a brash manner. Why Black Man Dey Suffer: This album, recorded in 1971 with Ginger Baker behind the board, was originally deemed too controversial for release by his label at the time. The title track is a history lesson on the oppression of the African man - detailing the litany of abuses they have suffered from being taken as slaves to having an alien people impose a new culture upon them, take their land, fight them, and set them against one another

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CD Reviews

Finally we got it on cd too!...

Luca Mirabile | 04/18/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Answering to the review below: Alagbon Close has been recorded by Fela on 1974, and released on Lp on 1975. This work belongs to the "minor" Fela's works, but it's great anyway. I'm giving to it 5 stars just because until some time ago this album was available just on Lp, and a re-printing of it is a very important new and a great pleasure. My rate for this album is 4/5: it isn't one of the best Fela ever. "Why Black Man Dey Suffer" (1977) was even more rare. Now we're waiting for the re-printing of the full version of "I go shout Plenty", maybe with "Perambulator" as bonus track (which is available at this moment just on the Fela's hits album "Jazz & Dance")..."