Talkatif

Antibalas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 26, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ninja Tune
• ASIN: B000062T8R
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,996 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #32 in Music > Dance & DJ > World Dance
  • #36 in Music > World Music > Africa > General AAS
  • #36 in Music > World Music > Africa > General

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh my ...!!! Even better than the first one!!!, April 24, 2003

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Ear (Moods, Zurich Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Talkatif (Audio CD)

So FUNKY! So GROOVY! So AFRO!

My dreams came true with this funkdy masterwork! I was absolutely fascinated by ANTIBALAS first work "Vol. 1-Liberation Afrobeat".
Praying they keep their good work, I bought their second CD "Talkatif" and I listened to this 9:36-min-song "talkatif" ten times or more...in one day!
This is not only music, this ist spirit, real spirit! this ist real music! this is real soul, real funk, real groove!!! The beats, the bassline, the melodies makes you crying and dancing and praying and hoping and shaking and shaking and shaking!!!! hope to see them live one day... must be like a fist-time-visit with burning spear!!!
this is an absolutely must-have CD for all groove'n'funk-lovers and any real music lover!!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Afrobeat Album..., May 16, 2003

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RADAR (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Talkatif (Audio CD)

Listening to Fela Kuti's Live Album with Ginger Baker got me to start listening to the funky, groovy, boogieing sounds of Afrobeat, But it wasn't until I listened to more afrobeat groups that was where I just got completely hooked.
I came across this brilliant album by accident and I must say this would be one of the best afrobeat albums I have ever heard in a very long time! Even just listening to it would get you completely hooked on this music!
A recommended must-buy album for all fans of Afrobeat!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A cool, groove-laden modern Afro-Beat album, September 5, 2002

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Talkatif (Audio CD)

America's finest Afrobeat band, with a fab follow-up to its debut album. Here the Brooklyn-based collective shifts, appropriately enough, from the harder-edged Afro-Beat of Fela Kuti into something closer to the sleek juju highlife of King Sunny Ade, who became Nigeria's next superstar, when Fela's star faded. This is a beautiful record, and probably a lot more accessible to the casual listener who might have been put off a bit by the squonking saxes and rugged rhythms of the first Antibalas album (or the entire Fela catalog!). Hyponotic and graceful, this is a superior space-out groove album. Highly recommended.