Living in the Heart of the Beast (album)

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| name = Living in the Heart of the Beast

| type = Studio album

| artist = Kalahari Surfers

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| released = {{start date|1985|12|12|df=y}}

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| label = Recommended Records

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Living in the Heart of the Beast was, in 1985, the second full-length album by the Kalahari Surfers, the recording identity of South African musician Warrick Sony. The album title was taken from the title of a Tim Hodgkinson composition, "Living in the Heart of the Beast" on the Henry Cow album In Praise of Learning. Jon Savage wrote in the New Statesman that it was a "success", praised its "viciously critical (and historically intelligent) lyrics", and compared it with early Zappa.{{cite journal|last=Savage|first=Jon|title=Living In The Heart Of The Beast|journal=New Statesman|issue=6 August 1986|quote=...it works because it is a formal success: cut-up Botha speeches and Afrikaans-speak are set against hi-life and reggae rhythms, while viciously critical (and historically intelligent) lyrics are sung dispassionately over settings that recall early Zappa.}} The NME called it "brave".{{cite journal|last=Fadele|first=Dele|date=3 October 1986|journal=New Musical Express|quote=Kalahari Surfers bravely ignore the many paradoxes... throw in the gauntlet and preach succession}}