Work for All

Work for All is a studio album from Juluka, a South African band led by Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu. It was first released in 1983 and rapidly achieved major success in South Africa where it is now remembered as a classic album in the history of South African music.[1]

Work for All
Studio album by
Released11 November 1983
StudioSatbel Recording Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa; RPM Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa
Length39:28
LabelMINC
ProducerHilton Rosenthal
Juluka chronology
Scatterlings
(1982)
Work for All
(1983)
The International Tracks
(1984)

While Clegg is known for the socio-political bent of his lyrics, Work for All is known to be his most directly political album in the Juluka period. At the time that it was composed he was working closely with the trade union movement.[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Johnny Clegg

  1. "December African Rain" – 4:20
  2. "Bullets for Bafazane" – 3:53
  3. "Mana Lapho" – 3:52
  4. "Baba Nango" – 3:46
  5. "Walima 'Mabele" – 4:17
  6. "Work For All" – 3:56
  7. "Gunship Ghetto" – 3:42
  8. "Woza Moya" – 3:34
  9. "Mdantsane (Mud Coloured Dusty Blood)" – 3:56
  10. "Mantombana" – 3:40

Total: 39:28

Personnel

  • Johnny Clegg - vocals, guitar
  • Sipho Mchunu - guitar, percussion, vocals
  • Gary Van Zyl - bass guitar, percussion, vocals
  • Zola Mtiya - drums, percussion, vocals
  • Tim Hoare - keyboards, vocals
  • Scorpion Madondo - flute, saxophone, vocals

References

  1. Johnny Clegg: Rebel, intellectual, musician, New Frame, 17 July 2019
  2. Death of an Idealist, Beverley Naidoo, Jonathan Ball, 2012


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