Radio Africa

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Radio Africa
Studio album by Aquarium
Released	1983
Recorded	Leningrad, 1983
Genre	Rock
Label	Aquarium
Producer	Andrei Tropillo
Aquarium chronology
Taboo Radio Africa Ichthyology

Radio Africa (Russian: Ра́дио А́фрика) is an album by the Russian rock band Aquarium.

The album's style presents an eclectic mix of influences: 60's Rock 'n Roll, hard rock, art rock, jazz, honky tonk and others.

According to the liner notes of the remastered version of the album, it was recorded in a mobile studio owned by the Soviet government, after the band bribed a technician.

Many guest musicians participated in the recording, including the notable saxophonist Igor Butman and avant-garde jazz pianist Sergey Kuryokhin.

The album includes some of Aquarium's best known and most cited songs - Captain Africa (Капитан Африка), The Art of Being Humble (Искусство быть смирным), and the bleak anthem Rock 'n Roll is Dead (Рок-н-ролл мёртв), which was chosen by Nashe Radio as one the top 100 songs of the twentieth century.

The album is considered to be one of Aquarium's best. Due to its eclecticism and historical importance it was dubbed "The White Album of Russian rock".^[1]

[edit] Track listing

1. "Music of the Silver Knitting Needles (Музыка серебряных спиц)"
2. "Captain Africa (Капитан Африка)"
3. "The Songs of the Scooping People (Песни вычерпывающих людей)"
4. "Snake (Змея)"
5. "Vana of Khoya (Вана Хойа)"
6. "Rock 'N' Roll Is Dead (Рок-н-ролл мертв)"
7. "The Radios of Shao-Lin (Радио Шао-Линь)"
8. "The Art of Being Humble (Искусство быть смирным)"
9. "Tibetan Tango (Тибетское танго)"
10. "The Time of the Moon (Время Луны)"
11. "Boy Evgraf (Мальчик Евграф)"
12. "To Your Star (Твоей звезде)"
13. "From the Morning Snow Fell (С утра шел снег)"
14. "One More Descent (Еще один упавший вниз)"

[edit] External links

• About Radio Africa on Aquarium's official website (Russian)
• About Radio Africa at The Boddhisattvas of Babylon (English)
• About Radio Africa on Pavel Severov's "Aquarium Handbook" (with sound samples) (Russian)

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