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openmind
who: Fela Kuti
what: Monkey Banana / Excuse O
when: 01/01/2001
at: Universal
sounds like: Beat
and on: 09/07/2001
was ripped by: Rambler12
resulting in: 4 tracks
which makes: 75MB
using lame at: 192k
and some more:
Re-issue of two Fela albums from 1975 : │
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Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 - Monkey Banana │
(Before i jump like Monkey, give me Banana) │
│
With two tracks of about a dozen minutes each, Monkey Banana │
was really more an extended single than a proper album, │
reflecting a time during which Fela's music was moving even │
more into long extended grooves. Both of the two cuts, │
"Monkey Banana" and "Sense Wiseness," have his │
characteristic blends of improvisational-sounding trades │
between various instruments and lead and chanting backup │
vocals, along with his minor-based melodies. "Monkey Banana" │
reflects his social consciousness in deploring the poor │
conditions of workers' lives in Nigeria. "Sense Wiseness" │
has a funkier beat and prominent high, glistening electric │
keyboards, the backdrop for lyrics criticizing the educated │
segment of Africa's population for absorbing Western ways. │
Monkey Banana was combined with another 1975 album, Excuse │
O, on a 2001 CD reissue on MCA. │
Richie Unterberger - www.allmusic.com │
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Fela Kuti - Excuse O │
│
By the mid-1970s, Kuti's albums had essentially become │
extended singles in the LP format, with two songs in the │
ten-to-fifteen-minute range occupying entire sides of the │
release. The thirteen-minute "Excuse O" is the title side of │
this album. It's not much different than his usual │
excursions into Afro-funk-jazz fusion from the era, though │
at this point he was moving into rhythms that were more │
jittery and African-sounding than those he had used on many │
early-'70s efforts. "Mr. Grammarticalogylisationalism Is the │
Boss" is his bid for the "longest word used in a song title" │
contest. The novelty of that title aside, it's one of the │
better cuts from his mid-1970s discography, with remarkably │
spooky, effective organ, a slow ominous groove, and a blunt │
critique of Africa's educational system. Excuse O was │
combined with another 1975 album, Monkey Banana, on a 2001 │
CD reissue on MCA. Richie Unterberger - www.allmusic.com │
track list:
│ 01 Monkey Banana
│ 02 Sense Wiseness
│ 03 Excuse O
│ 04 Mr. Grammarticalogylisatitionalism is the Boss
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