William Onyeabor - William Onyeabor [2014] (9 x CDs)

WILLIAM ONYEABOR

William Onyeabor - William Onyeabor [2014] (9 x CDs)

William Ezechukwu Onyeabor, was born outside Enugu, a small, rural town in Eastern Nigeria (26 March 1946 - 16 January 2017).  HEwas a Nigerian funk musician and businessman. His music was widely heard in Nigeria in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Despite his success, he remained an enigmatic, private, and reclusive figure.  

William Onyeabor was born outside Enugu, a small, rural town in Eastern Nigeria, he created his own genre of African electronic funk in the late 70s and early 80s, making music completely unique for his time. Today, he is reaching cult status among a growing list of admirers, including everyone from Damon Albarn and Hot Chip to Carl Craig and Madlib, with some likening him to the Kraftwerk of West Africa, or a precursor to LCD Soundsystem.

Onyeabor's songs are often heavily rhythmic and synthesized, occasionally epic in scope, with lyrics decrying war. Onyeabor himself and female backing singers provided vocals. In the 2010s, some of his songs appeared on various compilations, most frequently his biggest hit, "Better Change Your Mind", which appeared on Africa 100, World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love's a Real Thing – The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa on Luaka Bop, and Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970's Funky Lagos on Strut Records.

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Track lists

CD1

01 William Onyeabor - Something You'll Never Forget 10:06

02 William Onyeabor - Ride on Baby 6:30

03 William Onyeabor - Crashes in Love 6:29

04 William Onyeabor - Heaven & Hell 4:02

05 William Onyeabor - Jungle Gods 4:03

CD2

01 William Onyeabor - Something You'll Never Forget 8:41

02 William Onyeabor - Ride on Baby 6:07

03 William Onyeabor - Crashes in Love 6:05

04 William Onyeabor - Heaven & Hell 3:54

CD3

01 William Onyeabor - Beautiful Baby 8:26

02 William Onyeabor - Better Change Your Mind 8:22

03 William Onyeabor - Atomic Bomb 8:00

04 William Onyeabor - Shame 5:50

05 William Onyeabor - I Need You All Life 6:44

CD4

01 William Onyeabor - Tomorrow 6:07

02 William Onyeabor - Why Go to War 9:04

03 William Onyeabor - Love Me Now 7:04

04 William Onyeabor - Fantastic Man 6:32

05 William Onyeabor - Try and Try 3:35

CD5

01 William Onyeabor - The Way to Win Your Love 7:27

02 William Onyeabor - Poor Boy 8:17

03 William Onyeabor - Body and Soul 10:08

04 William Onyeabor - I Believe in God 8:21

CD6

01 William Onyeabor - Tell Me What You Want 9:08

02 William Onyeabor - Great Lover 6:36

03 William Onyeabor - Love is Blind 7:51

04 William Onyeabor - I've Got Love 7:40

CD7

01 William Onyeabor - The Moon and The Sun 9:20

02 William Onyeabor - Papa Na Mama 6:49

03 William Onyeabor - Hypertension 7:58

04 William Onyeabor - Politicians 7:13

CD8

01 William Onyeabor - Good Name 10:08

02 William Onyeabor - Let's Fall in Love 7:19

CD9

01 William Onyeabor - When The Going is Smooth & Good 12:53

02 William Onyeabor - This Kind of World 6:05

03 William Onyeabor - Anything You Sow 7:59

04 William Onyeabor - Everyday 5:37

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