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Шаблон:Infobox album Beasts of No Nation is an album by the Nigerian musician Fela Kuti.[1][2] It was released in 1989.[3] Kuti is credited with his band Egypt 80.[4]

Kuti played the title track on his 1986 North American tour and promoted it in interviews.[5] The album sold around 15,000 copies in the United States in its first year of release.[6]

The 2005 novel by Uzodinma Iweala takes its title from the album.[7]

Production

Beasts of No Nation was produced by Wally Badarou.[3] Kuti began thinking about the album while in jail for infractions related to foreign currency and wrote the songs after being released.[8][9] The title track accuses the Nigerian government and military of transgressions against the Nigerian populace; among other grievances, the album also condemns apartheid.[10][11][12] Kuti's use of the phrase basket mouth acknowledges his music's responsibility to protest.[13]

The album cover depicts P. W. Botha, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher as horned bloodsuckers.[14] The first line of the title track was inspired by a speech by Botha.[15][16]

Critical reception

Шаблон:Album ratings The Gazette called the album "pan-African message music with a capital A for Anger."[17]

AllMusic wrote: "After a few so-so records in the early '80s, Beasts of No Nation was a strong (at times stunning) return to form for Kuti and signaled that his political beliefs kept him from becoming musically lazy."[18] In its 1997 obituary, The Philadelphia Inquirer deemed the album "blunt" and "threatening."[19] Rolling Stone considered it "classic Afro beat."[20]

Track listing

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References

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