Zombie

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

1.5/5

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

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

Ok album, nothing noteworty, and kind of dull

Not my style

Mais de 10 minutos a música???? A sonoridade é bacana mas não consegui ouvir tudo

Mistake kinda hit but rest was ok

Mejor

You can keep trying but I’m not a jazz fan

Pretty interesting! This was my first (formal) introduction to Afrobeat as a genre, and I think Fela Kuti is a good ambassador for it. It was pleasant overall, but nothing really stuck out; at times the instruments’ meandering or the vocals chanting caught my attention, but it’s nothing I’m dying to come back to. With only four songs, I was hoping each would pack a punch—and in a way they did—but my feelings about this album were never really challenged after listening to the first few minutes of the title track. Strong two. STAND-OUT SONG: “Mr. Follow Follow” HONORABLE MENTION: “Zombie”

I realise this was an important political album but it left me cold

I feel like I would appreciate the music if I was more into music history and the artistic development. I think it's good but the songs are too long and the lyrics are repetitive. I wouldn't listen to any of them again.

Really liked the vibe of it, but after 10 plus minutes or so for each song it got a little stale

If the entire album was as good as the last 2 minutes I would have rated this higher. The songs were too long and repetitive for 90% of the runtime and it got a bit boring.

Hyvä torvi, liian pitkät biisit

I’m no connoisseur of Afro-beat jazz music, so I’ll just keep my mouth shut on this one. Rating reflects my personal level of enjoyment.

13 min par morceau avec le même rythme non... Redondant Par contre vraie technique des musiciens Mais ça s'arrête là pour moi

not my jam. I’m sure it’s ok though.

2.25

It was ok

pense q iba a ser una porquería. Pero no estuvo mal. Nada que me cambie escuchar o no igual. 5/10

Mister Follow Follow Mistake (Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival, 1978) Zombie Observation Is No Crime

Fav- zombie 2/5

Zombie by Fela Kuti feels like the exact thing a bearded DJ puts on at 2pm so everyone nods like they “get it.” It’s all groove—endless, very cool groove—but after a while it’s like being politely stuck in the same very stylish conversation. I respect it more than I enjoy it. Great with an oat flat white; not something I’d put on at home unless I’d suddenly become much cooler overnight.

Too much brass for me and very repetitive.

Not my thing. I get it, though

Respect the musician but not enjoyable for me

Its just Jazz

Jazzy and funky mambo, lots of horn, solid.

Another day another jazz album

I feel like I’m in K-JAH radio in GTA 3. Except Jazzier. The first track is really cool. The production on this record is awesome, but I just don’t listen to this kind of music and probably wouldn’t randomly queue it up again. #Samuel #Notmystyle

Clearly there is an important story behind this but a repetitive struggle for me musically.

May well be a very good album, but just not my type of music & so I didn't enjoy it.

jazzy and whatever

Nothing special

It was pleasant, but an hour split between 4 songs was not what I was looking for.

I just don't like it.

not my type of music but decent

Nigerian Jazz and Funk. It's and interesting listen and Fela Kuti was an interesting person, but it's not for me.

Zombie: la instrumental muy buena. pero lo que no me gusta de estas canciones es que arrancan a cantar en el minuto 6, y después la letra termina siendo bastante mala. Mr. Follow Follow: literalmente la misma opinión que antes. Observation Is No Crime: misma opinion, pero esta vez arranco en el minuto 7 Mistake: same, pero este arranco en el 8:50, cada vez mas tarde. En conclusion: tipo es ritmazo, es como un jazz mezcaldo con un mambo, pero me asesina lo largas que son las camciones, lo que tardan en comenzar, y lo malas que son las letras.

trumpet, instrumental

Sophie - This is just not for me. That doesn’t mean I think it’s bad or not enjoyable to listen to. It definitely has its place, but it isn’t something I’d see myself putting on to listen to. However, if I heard it playing I don’t think I’d rush to change it or bring up how much I hate it. The songs are just too long for me, not enough vocals. I think there is little need for any song to be more than 6 minutes. All that said, I am glad I listened as it’s something I probably wouldn’t have thought to listen to without this list. 2/5

Ok

Further confirmation I don't enjoy Afrobeat protest music.

its not bad its just not for me

4 songs to the whole album. Sometimes I think that qualifies it for this list automatically. So many albums on the list that have 12-20 minute songs. Felt pretty chill though. Not sure what was special back in 1976, I imagine it was "new"

NIE JAZZ

The history of this album certainly was interesting to read about. This being said, speaking on my personal enjoyment of it alone, it wasn't really my favorite. That's solely due to my not being a jazz lover. I think that, for a jazz album, this was actually pretty entertaining. I just would never choose to sit down and listen to a full hour of jazz music. Ever.

This was fine to have in the background while working, but I would not listen voluntarily

Inte min kopp

Just some regular old African-American horn-heavy stuff.

J’ai compris l’idée mais j’ai pas kiffé pour autant

Not into that style of african music, but it had a decent rhythm

africa sounds

Again there is interesting stuff here but far too jazzy for me.

Not for me.

Not for me

not the best

I am liking Fela Kuti since he's come up on this list more than once 2

Too much sax and too many other squeaky brass instruments. love the vision, but I don’t like the sound.

Ei oikein iskenyt. 1,75/2.

I managed this to a point. But 12-14 minute songs are arguably not essential.

Great music for use as a intro in any concert while people arrive to the venue

Not for me. It gets a bump for at least being interesting to read up on the summary.

Solid, an icon. Not my biggest cup of tea, but can respect it. High 2s.

I enjoyed this but not as much as the last Fela Kuti album i had on this list. Excellent muscianship.

I have little doubt that this dude went through awful hardships that no-one should and that this album is important because it was an act of defiance. But it's just a pile of brass parps and near tuneless jazz, such is the way with the genre. If this is someone's favourite album, then more power to you and I bow to the elemental wonder of music. But for me it was repetitive and impossible to connect with. Also, there were no 'cute fellas' or zombies.

The songs all start out as bangers, then become tiresome half way through.

Good musicians, just not engaging for me personally

I knew I was cooked as soon as I saw the album was 53 min long but only had 4 songs…

If you're gonna make 10+ minute songs at least make them interesting. Think I fell asleep with my eyes open for half the album

Each song was good for 4 minutes.

Wasn’t really feeling this one. This is my second and last Fela Kuti album on the list, following Live! With Ginger Baker. I barely tolerated that one, but this one was just sadly hard to get through. I know Fela is a prolific name in the Black community, I even mentioned him last week on another album his family had involvement with, but his music simply isn’t for me. It’s too free form to be enjoyable, and each song just goes on and on and on, and the longer they go on the quicker I just want it all to be over. This is literally 4 songs that are each worse than the last. Only listened to this one a single time before I wanted to stop listening to it. It’s not unlistenable by any means, and I can see why people who like Jazz would love this album. Sadly, that’s not me though. I did not like this one. Giving it a rare 2/5. Sorry Fela. Not my thing, but I respect it and can see why others would enjoy it though. My favorite song on this album, or rather the one that bugged me the least was the second song, “Mr. Follow Follow”. Jazz music continues to be a poison pill on my daily quest to make it through the end of this long project. I want to like it, and sometimes I do, but more often then not I just can’t vibe with it, and this was unfortunately one of the worst examples of that. I gave it a try at least. Anyway, moving on.

Good rhythm but too long for me?

not my kind of vibe

4 låtar och 53 min.... alla är 12-14 min. Känns som jazz, mycket instrument och lite sång, inte helt vad jag gillar, och låtarna är för långa... Kommer ändå upp lite för det känns väldigt politiskt och starkt!

First track reminds me of the Babylon music score (high praise). Would be fine with this on the radio or in a movie, but wouldn’t elect to listen to it on my own.

Loved the saxophone, not sure I was into how much instrumental it was when he sang, it was fun, though songs were also too long for me, for how little was being said in the songs. Yeah, honestly, wouldn't listen to It again.

Zombie: Over fem min langt forspill med et Tarantino-aktig preg. På grensa til litt slitsomt? 12 min med omtrent det samme hele tiden. Satisfying beat da. Helt midt på treet. Mr. Follow Follow: Skjønner nå hvorfor det bare er 4 låter på hele albumet for alle varer jo i en halv evighet. 13 min med det som minner om korpsmusikk. Har lyst til å spole noen minutter fremover for å høre om noe endrer seg men jeg holder ut (ingenting endrer seg). Var så lenge av akkurat det samme at jeg glemte at jeg hørte på noe fordi hjernen begynte å filtrere bort musikken. Begynner å synge 7 min inn i låta omtrent likt som i forrige låt. Er gørr kjedelig samtidig som det er utrolig behagelig. Forstå det den som kan. Observation No Crime: Here we go again assa. Trompet i front og noe sløy trommespill i bakgrunn. Nothing to write home about men får ikke vondt i øra heller. 13 min lang denne gangen også. Evig langt forspill denne gangen også. Det er noe søvndyssende over det hele. Mistake: Det er det samme igjen altså, bare denne gangen med buing(?) i bakgrunn i starten og generelt litt mer futt. Soner helt ut her. Sitter og holder på med et puslespill men føler allikevel at øyelokkene sklir igjen. Er noe litt opium-bule over det hele. Akkurat sånn musikk det er i film for å vise at en karakter er rusa. Samlet: Er liksom noe fiffig og samtidig søvndyssende over det hele. Albumet har en stor kulturell og historisk signifikans men ser man bort i fra det så er det korpsmusikk med en halv dråpe LSD innblandet og det er det. Tvilsomt at jeg kommer til å høre på noen av låtene igjen.

Good horns. So long and repetitive, though.

Cover: 7.5/10, it’s resembling of an old timey photograph. I know on the vinyl it’s like textured on the cover. Carry On - Good sense of what the album is before we get into it. Like the acapella moments. Sounds like this album is going to be a great one for 70’s soundtracks. Switch up in the back half of the song took me to Laurel Canyon yes lawd. Teach Your Children - Grateful Dead inspired SOOO BAD. This is a straight forward Country song. Just a vibe. HARMONIES THEY ARE KNOWN FOR THE HARMONIES. Almost Cut My Hair - HOLY SMOKES. I thought this was Neil Young at first but then realized it’s not just his singing. Late night jam for sure. This is exactly what Neil Youngs contribution sounds like to this sector of the band. Heroin in the Canyon Rock. This is where the songs are maybe starting to feel a little long winded or I’m just impatient as fuck and should just shut up. Helpless - I thought this was just a Neil Young songs whoops, but is it not tho? Also get this mixed up with Helplessly Hoping which is also a song by the band. Just sad ol Neil. Good chorus. Let him shine a little bit. Made me think about their dynamic as a band and why they didn’t stay and make more with Young, besides the Stills-Young band. Woodstock - Song about Woodstock? I will be sat. Does this song work completely i don’t know. Honestly straightforward lyrics about being hippy dippy, and doesn’t do much to beat the stereotype. Good chorus and interesting lyrics within. Some banger guitar work especially at the end though. Deja Vu - love the intro scats in the beginning. THIS is what I tune in for, the damn harmonies! Maybe a little disjointed. Soulful. Remincing on the times and how things may seem radical and new but it’s just the start of more change that leads to more war, like a never ending cycle, we have all lived before which is why I’m guessing the overall album experience is called what it is. Becomes a jam track towards the end. NEEDED TO BE HIGH FOR THIS. Good transition Our House - kind of an overplayed intro but I think it’s so sweet. To know that this song is about Joni makes me set the scene more vivid in my head. Makes you CARE about the small things. Possibly the strongest chorus in the whole album, and maybe the strongest song in the whole crop. Drums make it stand away as an almost boroque song and drives it away from being a conventional acoustic song. Knowing how this relationship turned out makes it much sadder. People can RELATE. 4+20 - LOVE the guitar work on this song. Straightforward storytelling on this song. Linear songwriting. Love whoever singing on this songs voice, it really fits the way it’s written. Thought it was going to be a 420 reference, I was wrong I think? Oh wow, short. good way to make a songs that makes you want MORE. Country Girl - starts off with a bang. Neil’s back, and he’s HARSH with them instruments. Piano is STRONG. Sleigh bells is an interesting touch. Maybe a little too much but it gets POWERFUL. Tympanies like THUNDAH. Cool how they made a powerful song like this standout with its powerful arrangement. GOOD HARMONIES YES!! Something different for sure. Gets stronger as is goes. Some solid yearning. IM ACCEPTING THE HARMONICA WITH OPEN ARMS!!! Everybody I Love You - weird placement as last track right after the bombastic last track. Good driving beat. For the out and about person. Ode to everyone, and love everyone. Let everyone’s love fuel your love. Nevermind good CLOSER.

Felt like an African-style jam band. That last song with the discordant organ was kinda off putting though.

Not my cup of tea

T1 - first song in any album so far that made me feel like I needed to stand up and start dancing. Shits just too groovy. Whole song is splendid. Simply lovely. T4 what a fun time. ‘Naa baaad mistaaakeee’. Crazy to think this was live in Berlin 50 years ago… and that was towards the end of Kuti’s run! Definitely think this is my favorite of the 4. Whole thing feels like more of a concert performance and less of a studio album, so it’s hard to differentiate and rate separately each of the first three tracks. So most of my review is for the full album as listed on AM. Albums about over but I’m loving this, think I’m going to listen to some related music, decided on just listening to the AM album/playlist called ‘the ‘69 Los Angeles sessions’ by Kuti. Going to be interesting since it was from a decade prior.

extremely long songs, do get kind of boring over time because it’s just so repetitive. I feel like it would be so much better if his songs would be shorter, but at this length it’s just dragging the same melody for too long. overall 3/10

I liked it but jazz isn't really my style. I hope to get eased into the genre later on!

I was with this until "Observation is no Crime", which just got polyrhythmically annoying

I'm sure this is an important album and I am glad I listened to it, but it was a bit repetitive for my taste.

Ein Afrobeat Album. Ist ok zu hören, aber nicht meine favorisierte Musikrichtung. 2/5

I'd never heard of Fela Kuti, it started of fun and interesting, but 4 songs that last 10 minutes each and meander around a bunch got tedious. By track 4 I didn't care for it anymore.

Decent music, another one that's not really my genre though.

A nice listen, I was surprised that I liked it more than I thought I would. I'm not really a jazzy person, but this was easy on the ears (for the most part) and brought a nice atmosphere. But I think I would only listen again under specific circumstances, and I'd be inclined to pick another album over this one. But by no means do I dislike this.

Felt repetitive to listen to. It was a vibe for the first few minutes but it's just not my type

This what talking heads was smoking

eh, not my sound, but nice

Wine bar music you play softly in the background

Meh idk

Love the history and story behind the album but the music just isn’t for me

Meh.

Not my vibe

Zombie

Attention span dropped after two songs but it was cool. Took a jazz class in college and this took me back

This album is not for me. Generally easy to listen to, but I don't really have the itch to re-listen to this again. It was good background music, but I would rather listen to other things in the background. There weren't many memorable moments on there for me. The last track would be cool to hear live. 2.5/5

Zombie — студийный альбом нигерийского афробит музыканта Фелы Кути. Он был выпущен в Нигерии на лейбле Coconut Records в 1976 году, а в Великобритании — на лейбле Creole Records в 1977 году. В альбоме содержалась критика в адрес правительства Нигерии; считается, что это привело к убийству матери Кути Фунмилайо Рэнсом-Кути и разрушению его коммуны военными. Интересная предыстория. Алексей Валерьевич бы заценил! Поехали. 1. Zombie - имейджин зарейджбейтить правительство афробит песней. Я с ходу могу сказать, что это не мой жанр, но мне нравится голос исполнителя. 2. Mr. Follow Follow - инструментал хорошо зашёл бы в каком-нибудь кафе или ресторане. 3. Observation No Crime - особенно джазово, трубы много. Приятно покачаться. 4. Mistake - Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival - 1978 - приятное дополнение! джаз особенно хорошо слушается вживую. Каждый трек на 12-14 минут... Хоть их и всего четыре, времени ушло предостаточно. Если оценивать объективно, то хорошо, наверное? В треках есть развитие, они не монотонные на протяжении всего выделенного времени. Но субъективно это не моё. В отзывах кто-то прекрасно отметил: "Это та музыка, под которую, если бы ее исполняла живая группа, я бы с удовольствием танцевал в течение 5-10 минут... прежде чем потихоньку потерять энтузиазм, покачиваясь по привычке, слегка притупив зрение и втайне задаваясь вопросом, когда же это всё закончится." Это хорошая спокойная музыка на задний фон, успела некоторые дела сделать, пока слушала. Некоторые треки я бы добавила к себе, будь они покороче, а так не знаю, в какой плейлист их можно запихнуть. Но у альбома крутая история, заслуживает экранизации. И исполнитель сам по себе крутой. Двоечка! Но ставлю с уважением!

Not for me.

eh

It’s ground breaking, but not for me

Zombie: about soldiers / military? nice background music, no thoughts

Nice

World music. Enjoyable but forgettable as well. 2/5

Funky, African, Horns Drama with great Kick in first Song. A little toooo messy for me. And today I wasn't in the mood for songs this long.

I don't think I'm ever really going to be an afrobeat fan, and this album hasn't changed that. While the music isn't horrible in general it still just doesn't really interest me. I think it's down to the core elements of what makes something afrobeat that just doesn't interest me Standouts Mr. Follow Follow 2/5

not my thing

Music is so personal. People love Afro Beat; so it's great music. Period. But for me it only works as background. The rhythmic complexity is interesting. But the monotonous harmonic structures and lack of melodic themes leave me bored. Listening to this EP was about as entertaining as watching a CGI screen saver for 25 minutes.

It's ok, but not for me.

Quite enjoyed Zombie, but not the other songs so much.

Not for me!

There are parts in many 70's films where there is some kind of strange mash up of jazz, a toldler with a snare and a lot of drugs that is there to suggest strange goings on, or a fever dream. This is that mess

I did enjoy listening to the instruments and unique melodies, but I couldn't stay focused on the songs. This just wasn't my cup of soup

Zombie

ne infamia ne lode

Stressful jazz

It’s fine. It’s jazz, which i don’t care for, but I’ve listened to worse.