Live in Detroit 1986 - Fela Kuti
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  • Summary: The four-track (but with a two and a half hour runtime) live recording of Fela Kuti and Egypt 80 concert from November of 1986 at the Fox Theater in Detroit.
  • Record Label: Knitting Factory Records
  • Genre(s): Jazz, International, West African, African Traditions, Afro-Pop, Afro-beat, Jazz-Funk, Nigerian, Highlife
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  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. BBC Music
    May 17, 2012
    100
    You'll wish you'd been there. You'll wish it would never end.
  2. Exclaim
    May 17, 2012
    80
    This is not exciting music; it's a hypnotically paced political screed.
  3. Pitchfork
    May 17, 2012
    79
    It is a mostly great show, though not all dynamite.
  4. Mojo
    Jul 18, 2012
    60
    There's still no room for the instrumental warm-up, so don't throw out that original bootleg. [Jun 2012, p.99]
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