Expensive Shit
| Expensive Shit | ||||
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| Studio album by Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 | ||||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Afrobeat | |||
| Length | 24:13 | |||
| Label | Sounds Workshop (Nigeria), Editions Makossa (US) | |||
| Producer | Fela Kuti | |||
| Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| BBC Music | (favorable) [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.5/10) [3] |
Expensive Shit is the twelfth full-length album by Afrobeat pioneer Fela Ransome Kuti and his Africa '70 band. It was ranked #78 on Pitchfork Media's "Top 100 Albums of the 1970s".[4] The title of the album refers to an incident in which the Nigerian police tried to arrest Kuti by planting a joint on him. Kuti managed to eat the joint, prompting police to bring him into custody and wait for him to produce the excrement. According to legend he managed to use another inmate's feces and was eventually released.
Track listing
- all songs written by Fela Kuti
- "Expensive Shit" – 13:13
- "Water No Get Enemy" – 11:00
References
- ↑ Expensive Shit at AllMusic
- ↑ BBC Online review
- ↑ Paul Cooper (March 21, 2000). "Fela Kuti Expensive Shit/He Miss Road". Pitchfork.
- ↑ Pitchfork staff (23 June 2004). "Staff Lists: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
Further reading
- Veal, Michael E. (2000). Fela: The Life & Times of an African Musical Icon. Temple University Press. pp. 139–41. ISBN 1566397650.
External links
- Expensive Shit at Discogs (list of releases)
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