Released 1981 Length 31:08 Release date 1981 Label Skylark Records | Recorded 1979 in Nigeria Genre Afrobeat | |
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Songs Unknown Soldier (Instrumental), Unknown Soldier (Vocal) Similar Fela Kuti albums, Afrobeat albums | ||
Fela kuti unknown soldier part 1 2
Unknown Soldier is an album by Nigerian Afrobeat composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti recorded in 1979 and originally released on the Nigerian Skylark label.
Contents
- Fela kuti unknown soldier part 1 2
- Fela kuti unknown soldier part 1
- Reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- References
Fela kuti unknown soldier part 1
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "An epic 31-minute tribute to his fallen mother, Unknown Soldier is one of the most ambitious recordings of Kuti's career which describes in frightening detail the events that transpired on the eve of the Kalakuta raid.... Kuti gives a tortured, powerful performance of some of his most vivid and incendiary music -- music that was in many ways the ideological equal of the physical torture that Kuti and his company had endured".
Track listing
All compositions by Fela Kuti
- "Unknown Soldier (Instrumental)" - 14:45
- "Unknown Soldier (Vocal)" - 16:23
Personnel
References
Unknown Soldier (Fela Kuti album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA