Released 12 March 2012 Release date 12 March 2012 | Length 108:23 Label World Music Network | |
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The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Africa
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(2012) Genres Psychedelic music, African popular music Similar The Rough Guide to African Di, The Rough Guide to the Music, The Rough Guide to Highlife, The Rough Guide to World Mu, African Blues | ||
The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Africa is a world music compilation album originally released in 2012 featuring 60s and 70s African popular music. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the album contains two discs: an overview of the genre on Disc One, and a "bonus" Disc Two highlighting Victor Uwaifo. Disc One features three Nigerian tracks, two Guinean, and one each from Benin, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Senegal, Ghana, & Mali. The compilation was compiled by Dominic Raymond-Barker and Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network.
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Critical reception
The album was met with mixed to positive reviews, with criticism focusing on the title. Chris Nickson of AllMusic called the use of the term "psychedelia" "elastic". Robin Denselow of The Guardian wrote in the same vein, saying it was "more good-time dance music than freak-out," while Richard Gehr of Spin Magazine said it was "less Hendrix than 'Mystic Moods.'".
Disc Two
All tracks on Disc Two are performed by Victor Uwaifo.
Songs
1Let Yourself GoVictor Olaiya2:10
2Obialu be onye abiagbunia okwukweCelestine Ukwu6:15
3PardonOrchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou3:43