Unknown Soldier (Fela Kuti album)

Unknown Soldier is an album by Nigerian Afrobeat composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti recorded in 1979 and originally released on the Nigerian Skylark label.[1]

Unknown Soldier
Studio album by Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti and his Africa 70
Released	1981
Recorded	1979 in Nigeria
Genre	Afrobeat
Length	31:08
Label	Skylark SKLP 003
Producer	Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti chronology
Shuffering and Shmiling (1977) Unknown Soldier (1981) V.I.P. - Vagabonds in Power (1979)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "An epic 31-minute tribute to his fallen mother, Unknown Soldier is one of the most ambitious recordings of Kuti's career which describes in frightening detail the events that transpired on the eve of the Kalakuta raid.... Kuti gives a tortured, powerful performance of some of his most vivid and incendiary music -- music that was in many ways the ideological equal of the physical torture that Kuti and his company had endured".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Fela Kuti

1. "Unknown Soldier (Instrumental)" - 14:45
2. "Unknown Soldier (Vocal)" - 16:23

Personnel

• Fela Kuti - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, electric piano, vocals
• Unnamed musicians
• Tony Allen - drums kit

References

1. Fela Kuti discography Archived 2014-05-31 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 9, 2014.
2. Smith, J., Allmusic review, accessed May 9, 2014.