Open & Close

Open & Close is an album by Nigerian Afrobeat composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti, recorded in Lagos in 1971 and originally released on the Nigerian His Master's Voice label.[1]

Open & Close
Studio album by
Fela Ransome-Kuti and the Africa '70
Released1971
Recorded1971 in Lagos, Nigeria
GenreAfrobeat
Length35:45
LabelHis Master's Voice
HNLX 5090
ProducerFela Kuti
Fela Kuti chronology
Na Poi
(1971)
Open & Close
(1971)
Live!
(1971)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

AllMusic commented: "Perhaps the distinguishing factors of records like Open & Close and some of Fela's other '70s releases are that as much as he liked to ride a groove, he also liked to disrupt it, twist it and turn it, reshape it, only to bring it back to its original shape. There was less of that later in his career".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Fela Kuti

  1. "Open and Close" – 15:02
  2. "Swegbe and Pako (Part 1)" – 5:41
  3. "Swegbe and Pako (Part 2)" – 6:45
  4. "Gbagada Gbogodo" – 9:17

Personnel

References

  1. Fela Kuti discography Archived May 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 12, 2014
  2. Dougan, J., Allmusic review, accessed May 9, 2014.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 41.
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