No Agreement
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{{Infobox album
| name = No Agreement
| type = Studio
| artist = Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti and Africa 70
| cover = No Agreement.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1977
| recorded = 1977 in Nigeria
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Afrobeat
| length = 31:08
| label = Decca Afrodisia
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| producer = Fela Kuti
| chronology = Fela Kuti
| prev_title = Fear Not for Man
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Sorrow Tears and Blood
| next_year = 1977
}}
No Agreement is an album by Nigerian Afrobeat composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti.{{cite news |last1=Moon |first1=Tom |title=Charismatic Fela put his passionate politics in the groove |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=Aug 5, 1997 |page=E4}} It was recorded in 1977 and originally released on the Nigerian Decca label.[http://biochem.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~endo/EAFela.html Fela Kuti discography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531081449/http://biochem.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~endo/EAFela.html |date=31 May 2014 }}, accessed 8 May 2014
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = Robert Christgau
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev3score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=409}}
|rev4 = Spin Alternative Record Guide
|rev4score = 8/10{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |pages=219–220}}
}}
AllMusic stated: "No Agreement follows the Afro-beat template to a masterful level: amazingly catchy guitar lines that replicate a bass guitar in their construction, a second guitarist to add some JB's funk power, driving horn section proclamations, intricate saxophone, trumpet and organ improv solos, and then Fela Anikulapo Kuti's wit and message for the people... the solos are magically inspired and the rhythm section rolls on with the power of a steamroller".Samuelson, S., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-agreement-mw0000895307 AllMusic Review] accessed 8 May 2014 The Guardian called the title track "one of the greatest pieces of dance music ever recorded."{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/may/05/fela-kuti-10-best-songs|title=Fela Kuti – 10 of the best|date=5 May 2016|website=the Guardian}}
Track listing
All compositions by Fela Kuti
- "No Agreement" – 15:35
- "Dog Eat Dog" – 15:33
Personnel
- Fela Kuti – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, electric piano, vocals
- Lester Bowie, Tunde Williams, Nwokoma Ukem – trumpet
- Lekan Animashaun – baritone saxophone
- Leke Benson, Okalve Ojeah, Clifford Itoje, Oghene Kologbo – guitar
- Nweke Atifoh – bass guitar
- Tony Allen – drums
- Ayoola Abayomi – percussion
- Babajide Olaleye – maracas
- Oladeinde Koffi, Addo Nettey, Shina Abiodun – congas
- Bimbo Adelanwa, Bola Olaniyi, Emaruagheru Osawe, Fehintola Kayode, Folake Oladeinde, Kewe Oghomienor, Ronke Edason, Shade Komolafe, Tejumade Adebiyi, Yemi Abegunde – chorus
References
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