Hypertension
Four tracks of 1982 synth-funk with Caribbean rhythms, issued the same year as the remade Crashes in Love.
William Onyeabor, 1982
- Released
- 1982
- Label
- Wilfilms Records (WLP 018)
- Producer
- William Onyeabor
Hypertension has The Moon and the Sun (9:21) and Papa Na Mama (6:48) on its first side and the title track (8:01) and Politicians (7:13) on its second. Onyeabor is credited as composer, arranger and producer and wrote the liner notes. He thanks the staff of Wilfilms in Enugu, studio attendants and instrumentalists.
Andy Beta described the sleeve as showing Onyeabor dressed as a mariachi band member in a red sombrero. He heard calypso, soca and other Caribbean rhythms in The Moon and the Sun and Papa Na Mama.
Track listing
- The Moon and the Sun9:21
- Papa Na Mama6:48
- Hypertension8:01
- Politicians7:13
Personnel
- William Onyeabor composer, arranger, producer, liner notes
More from William Onyeabor
Crashes in Love (1977), Atomic Bomb (1978), Tomorrow (1979), Body & Soul (1980), Great Lover (1981), Good Name (1983), Anything You Sow (1985), Who Is William Onyeabor? (2013)
Sources
- William Onyeabor: Hypertension, Discogs
- William Onyeabor: Hypertension (master), Discogs
- William Onyeabor: Box Set, Pitchfork (2014-12-12)