Day 87: Afrobeat!

Album 266/1031

Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992)

All tracks written by Sonic Youth, except as noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Length
1.	"100%"		Moore	2:28
2.	"Swimsuit Issue"		Gordon	2:57
3.	"Theresa's Sound-World"		Moore	5:27
4.	"Drunken Butterfly"		Gordon	3:03
5.	"Shoot"		Gordon	5:16
6.	"Wish Fulfillment"		Ranaldo	3:24
7.	"Sugar Kane"		Moore	5:56
8.	"Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit"		Gordon	4:17
9.	"Youth Against Fascism"		Moore	3:36
10.	"Nic Fit" (Untouchables cover)	Alec MacKaye	Moore	0:59
11.	"On the Strip"		Gordon	5:41
12.	"Chapel Hill"		Moore	4:46
13.	"JC"		Gordon	4:01
14.	"Purr"		Moore	4:21
15.	"Crème Brûlée"		Gordon	2:33

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_(Sonic_Youth_album)

Golf's verdict: This is much more like it from the New York cool kids. Full of great guitar driven tunes with drawled vocals. No 'Daydream Nation', but a significant improvement on 'Goo'.

Maire's verdict: Enjoyed it more than Goo but still not a favourite.

Album 267/1031

Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle (1979)

All songs written by Gary Numan, except where noted.

1. "Airlane" – 3:18
2. "Metal" – 3:32
3. "Complex" – 3:12
4. "Films" – 4:09
5. "M.E." – 5:37
6. "Tracks" – 2:51
7. "Observer" – 2:53
8. "Conversation" – 7:36
9. "Cars" – 3:58
10. "Engineers" – 4:01

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pleasure_Principle_(Gary_Numan_album)

Golf's verdict: Gary deserves more credit for pioneering electronic music than he recieves these days. Other than the huge hit "Cars", this is full of moody, atmospheric tunes - including M.E. which, to my surprise, is based on the riff that Basement Jaxx sample for 'Where's Your Head At'.

Maire's verdict: Rather good. Not sure I've listened to the whole album previously but remembered when I did that I rated his 2013 album when I heard it on 6 Music.... before forgetting all about it.

Album 268/1031

Fela Kuti - Zombie (1976)

All tracks written by Fela Kuti.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Zombie"	12:26
2.	"Mister Follow Follow"	12:58
3.	"Observation is No Crime"	13:25
4.	"Mistake"	14:46

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_(album)

Golf's verdict: He's a fascinating individual who had an immense impact on his country and continent and on music. It's not my favourite genre by a long way, but if you've never heard Afrobeat then I'd urge you to give it a go. As someone else describes Fela Kuti, his sound is American-African - drawing on the African-American music from across the Atlantic that influences it.

Maire's verdict: What's with all the jazz on this list? Not my type of music and all a bit screechy when the singing started. Drove me slightly insane.