Various Artists / Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983
| Album: | Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983 | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Sep 2013 | |
| Label: | Analog Africa | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2013-09-09 | Pull Date: | 2013-11-11 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 10 | Nov 3 | Oct 27 | Oct 20 | Oct 13 | Oct 6 | Sep 29 | Sep 22 |
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| Airplays: | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 30, 2021: | Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Dec 26, 2015)
Waiting For My Baby, I Beg |
4. | Jan 02, 2014: | KZSU Top 100 of 2013
God Is Love |
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| 2. | Dec 26, 2015: | Music Casserole
Waiting For My Baby, I Beg |
5. | Nov 28, 2013: | Oh Messy Life
I Beg |
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| 3. | Jun 12, 2014: | The Final Aporeia
Kana Soro |
6. | Nov 09, 2013: | Music Casserole
Obiara Wondo |
Album Review
Diego Aguilar-Canabal
Reviewed 2013-09-04
Reviewed 2013-09-04
Groovy deep cuts from Ghana during the golden age of afro-funk. Lots of variety as Ghana is quite diverse geographically, but a huge James Brown influence prevalent throughout. This stuff sent shockwaves through Africa back in the day, sparking a movement that would soon be dubbed “Afrobeat” by Nigerian star Fela Kuti (not a star until after he visited Ghana, as it turns out). But I digress. This is amazing, every track is an upbeat fun time and unlike anything I’ve ever heard—what the Shaft In Africa soundtrack SHOULD have been. Play this!
1. (3:57) cool tropical groove with sweet lo-fi wah-wah, organ, horns, call-and-response vocals
2. (6:43) urgent funk, mostly instrumental with guitar and horns trading solos, just a bit of subdued singing
3. (5:24) English-language funk anthem with cheesy 70s farfisa, thick layers of percussion, tight rhythm guitar; fire up the dancefloor with this one…
4. (2:38) …and keep it lit up with this midpaced soul strut, jangly guitar and sharp bluesy horn attacks, yeahhhh
5. (4:28) the least funky track on here, though still pretty funky, an old-school campy r&b anthem about waiting for his baby (with evident patience and optimism), reminds me a bit of 50s Jamaican tunes
6. (5:59) flippin’ sweet upbeat funky melodies insistently repeated ad infinitum, pounding percussion and there’s that darling farfisa again
7. (2:48) OH WORD this is the coolest driving jam of 2013, greener and rawer than Booker T’s “Onions”—gnarly guitar and organ ostinatos prove that minor seventh and minor third are the only intervals you really need to get FONKAY
8. (4:42) urgent, slightly chaotic polyrhythms and crazy organ tempered by subtle guitar, melancholic vocals
9. (3:27) bizarre, nightmarish deep funk from Rob, Ghana’s baritone answer to George Clinton
10. (5:45) nasty instrumental jam, totally 70s rhythm guitar and organ—this could/should have been on Herbie Hancock’s Fat Albert soundtrack
11. (7:11) breezy Caribbean style jam with bright horns, fits perfectly in a playlist with Cuban and Senegalese music
12. (5:04) dark, raw organ and guitar-dominated jam with heavy rolling percussion, sweetly cloying horns and vocals
13. (6:22) WHOA. Whoa. What? Just about the grooviest funk anthem EVER about God / truth/ love / beauty / whatever. Every instrument is perfect, stand-out basslines and cool trombone solos, catchy “god is loooove baaabay” chorus will have you singing along regardless of your beliefs or lack thereof.
1. (3:57) cool tropical groove with sweet lo-fi wah-wah, organ, horns, call-and-response vocals
2. (6:43) urgent funk, mostly instrumental with guitar and horns trading solos, just a bit of subdued singing
3. (5:24) English-language funk anthem with cheesy 70s farfisa, thick layers of percussion, tight rhythm guitar; fire up the dancefloor with this one…
4. (2:38) …and keep it lit up with this midpaced soul strut, jangly guitar and sharp bluesy horn attacks, yeahhhh
5. (4:28) the least funky track on here, though still pretty funky, an old-school campy r&b anthem about waiting for his baby (with evident patience and optimism), reminds me a bit of 50s Jamaican tunes
6. (5:59) flippin’ sweet upbeat funky melodies insistently repeated ad infinitum, pounding percussion and there’s that darling farfisa again
7. (2:48) OH WORD this is the coolest driving jam of 2013, greener and rawer than Booker T’s “Onions”—gnarly guitar and organ ostinatos prove that minor seventh and minor third are the only intervals you really need to get FONKAY
8. (4:42) urgent, slightly chaotic polyrhythms and crazy organ tempered by subtle guitar, melancholic vocals
9. (3:27) bizarre, nightmarish deep funk from Rob, Ghana’s baritone answer to George Clinton
10. (5:45) nasty instrumental jam, totally 70s rhythm guitar and organ—this could/should have been on Herbie Hancock’s Fat Albert soundtrack
11. (7:11) breezy Caribbean style jam with bright horns, fits perfectly in a playlist with Cuban and Senegalese music
12. (5:04) dark, raw organ and guitar-dominated jam with heavy rolling percussion, sweetly cloying horns and vocals
13. (6:22) WHOA. Whoa. What? Just about the grooviest funk anthem EVER about God / truth/ love / beauty / whatever. Every instrument is perfect, stand-out basslines and cool trombone solos, catchy “god is loooove baaabay” chorus will have you singing along regardless of your beliefs or lack thereof.
Track Listing