all I have is a fela kuti greatest hits record, any suggestions for
essential Fela albums to check out?
Personal faves include Sorrow, Tears and Blood, Zombie, ITT and Coffin Head
of State. Most of the albums are doubled up on CD, which helps, but Fela put
out a lot of product over the years. Its all consistently high in quality, but,
and don't get me wrong this is not a criticism, variety is not the key. The
Wire did an excellent overview on him last year (Issue 234) which is worth
checking, rule of thumb is that more essential his work the greater consternation
it caused the government.
