Induku Zethu

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{{Infobox album

| name = Induku Zethu

| type = studio

| artist = Ladysmith Black Mambazo

| cover =Induku Zethu.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 3, 1983

| recorded = 1983

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Isicathamiya

| length = 35:00 approx.

| label = Gallo Record Company

| producer = West Nkosi

| prev_title = Umthombo Wamanzi

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = Ibhayibheli Liyindlela

| next_year = 1984

}}

{{album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/induku-kethu-mw0000194545|title=Induku Kethu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

|rev2 = Robert Christgau

|rev2score = A−{{Cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=1986|title=Robert Christgau: Album: Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Induku Zethu|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}

|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=62}}

|rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev4score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=411}}

}}

Induku Zethu is an album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.{{cite news |last1=Quill |first1=Greg |title=Graceland guide to music of Soweto |work=Toronto Star |date=19 June 1987 |page=D3}} The album (#BL 393) shows the group on the front cover photograph wearing traditional Zulu attire, with lead singer and founder Joseph Shabalala out front brandishing a spear (the album's title translated into English is "Our Fighting Sticks"). The album was released in 1983, and reissued internationally in 1984 by Shanachie Records.

Critical reception

Robert Christgau called the album "serious, intricate, droll, eerie, precisely rehearsed, and very beautiful." The Los Angeles Times wrote that "the octet's rich vocal blend focuses on deep unison harmonies that soothe more than evoke the call-and-response release of American gospel."{{cite news |last1=Snowden |first1=Don |title=AFRICA'S MBAQANGA: SONG OF THE SOUTH |work=Los Angeles Times |date=23 Feb 1986 |location=Calendar |page=64}}

Track listing

  1. "Mangosuthu"
  2. "Induku Zethu" (Our Fighting Sticks)
  3. "Vukani" (Wake Up)
  4. "Kubi Ukungalaleli"
  5. "Ithemba Lakho" (Your Hope)
  6. "Isono Sami Sentombi"
  7. "Ingwe Idla Ngamabala" (A Leopard Is Recognisable By Its Spots)
  8. "Umzalwane" (Brother)
  9. "Ifa Lobukhosana"
  10. "Wayibamba Mfana"
  11. "Watatazela" (You're In A Hurry)
  12. "Bakhuphuk' Izwe Lonke" (They Went Up To The Country)

References

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