Upeassa kunnossa oleva Fela Kutin albumi vuodelta 1985. Ranskalainen painos.

Fela Anikulapo Kuti – Army Arrangement

Barclay – 829683-1

France 1985

Jazz, Funk / Soul, Afrobeat

A Army Arrangement 16:40

B1 Cross Examination 11:52

B2 Government Chicken Boy 5:48

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Phonographic Copyright ? – Fela

Published By – Editions Clouseau

Published By – Yaba Music

Recorded At – RPM Studios

Mastered At – Masterdisk

Alto Saxophone – Nana-Femi-Anikulapo Kuti*

Artwork By [Concept] – Patrick Di Meglio

Artwork By [Picture] – Gilles Chagny

Baritone Saxophone [2nd] – Acheampong (Kolaoni)*

Bass Guitar – Herman Menimade Addo

Congas – Ola Ijagun*

Drum Machine [Yamaha Rx 11], Percussion [Chatan], Cowbell – Aiyb Dieng (tracks: B1, B2)

Drums – Francis Foster

Electric Organ [Hammond B3] – Bernie Worrell (tracks: A, B1)

Electronic Drums [Simmons Drums] – Sly Dunbar (tracks: A)

Flugelhorn – Oye Shobowale

Leader, Baritone Saxophone – Lekan Animashaum*

Maracas – Fosibor Okafor*

Mastered By – Howie Weinberg

Percussion [Sticks] – Lamptey Addo*

Piano [Rhythm] – Dele Shosimi*

Producer – Bill Laswell, Fela*

Recorded By, Mixed By – Robert Musso

Rhythm Guitar – Chukwudi Aroga, Keji Ifarunmi

Soprano Saxophone, Written-By – Fela Anikulapo Kuti*

Talking Drum – Aiyb Dieng (tracks: A)

Tenor Guitar – Okalue Ojeah

Tenor Saxophone – Oyinade Adeniran

Trumpet [2nd] – Akomeah Dodo*

Fela criticized the Nigerian military and the military government, documenting the period of transition from military rule back to civilian rule in the late 1970s in the track "Army Arrangement". In "Government Chicken Boy", Kuti tackles people who follow authority with obedience. It was also a period when Kuti's home came under repeated attacks.

Kuti recorded Army Arrangement with the Egypt 80 band and the tapes were sent to New York for mixing. Kuti was however arrested by the Nigerian government while attempting to leave for the United States. It was mixed by Bill Laswell with input from Sly Dunbar, Ayib Dieng and Bernie Worrell on drums and the keyboard Fela later described "Army Arrangement" as one of his least favourite tracks saying "What Bill Laswell has done is not African music the way I hear it" and "anything that changes the natural sound of my instruments, I don't use. I will not do music with computers and electronic gadgets because African music is natural sound."

The album was originally released under the Knitting Factory Records label and has been re-released under other labels including MCA and Universal Records.

Other releases

Army Arrangement was released as part of a box set of Fela Kuti's "indisputable classics" curated by Erykah Badu.

A Pulse Nigeria reviewer described Army Arrangement as a "riveting political critique of the Nigerian military government and laced with swashbuckling instrumentation". It was considered alongside Unknown Soldier and Beasts of No Nation as one of Kuti's trifectas; "three consecutive top quality, universally acclaimed and commercially successful albums".

Spin wrote, "The guiding pulse on each song here is lucid and dramatic — less complex per haps than tracks Egypt 80 finished themselves, but no less compelling. Less is more when you're reproducing a music not your own by ear. Thus, Laswell's work on the anthemic "Army Arrangement" shows admirable restraint."

When Kuti was imprisoned, contrary to the usual intimidation of newcomers, he was welcomed to cheers at Kirikiri Prison by the inmates. He was asked to sing whilst the other prisoners clapped. He sang "Army Arrangement".

Nigerian rapper Falz sampled some lyrics from "Army Arrangement" including the repetitive use of "e no finish" on the eighth track of his 2019 studio album, Moral Instruction. It was also sampled by 2Baba on the "Jeje" track from his 2014 studio album, The Ascension.

Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì (/?f?l? ?ku?ti/ FEH-l? KOO-tee; Yoruba: [f??lá ?níkúlák?pó kútì] ?; born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997) was a Nigerian musician and political activist. He is regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre that combines West African music with American funk and jazz. At the height of his popularity, he was referred to as one of Africa's most "challenging and charismatic music performers". AllMusic described him as "a musical and sociopolitical voice" of international significance.

Kuti was the son of Nigerian women's rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. After early experiences abroad, he and his band Africa '70 (featuring drummer and musical director Tony Allen) shot to stardom in Nigeria during the 1970s, during which Kuti was an outspoken critic and target of Nigeria's military juntas.[4] In 1970, he founded the Kalakuta Republic commune, which declared itself independent from military rule. The commune was destroyed in a 1977 army raid that injured Kuti and killed his mother. He was jailed by the government of Muhammadu Buhari in 1984, but released after 20 months. Kuti continued to record and perform through the 1980s and 1990s. Since his death in 1997, reissues and compilations of his music have been overseen by his son, Femi Kuti.

In 2026, Kuti was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the early/musical influence category after two previous nominations.