Who Is William Onyeabor?
The compilation that introduced him to the world: nine tracks drawn from five of his albums.
William Onyeabor, 2013
- Released
- 29 October 2013
- Label
- Luaka Bop (World Psychedelic Classics 5)
- Producer
- Yale Evelev (executive producer)
- Length
- 72:59
- Type
- compilation
Compiled by Uchenna Ikonne, with liner notes by Vivien Goldman and vinyl transfers by Colin Young in London and Kieran Hebden in Woodstock. Evelev had planned to call it This Is William Onyeabor until the label realised it knew nothing about him. Pitchfork gave it 8.6 and Best New Reissue, it scored 82 on Metacritic, and NPR listed it among the best albums of 2013. Will Hermes of NPR heard Onyeabor as a next-generation offspring of Parliament-Funkadelic. The triple LP adds five more tracks.
Track listing
- Body and Soul10:08
- Atomic Bomb7:51
- Good Name10:08
- Something You'll Never Forget10:07
- Why Go to War9:06
- Love Is Blind7:57
- Heaven and Hell4:03
- Let's Fall in Love7:23
- Fantastic Man6:27
Personnel
- Uchenna Ikonne compiler
- Yale Evelev executive producer
- Vivien Goldman liner notes
- Scott Hull mastering
- Kieran Hebden vinyl transfers
- Colin Young vinyl transfers
- Paul Tyree-Francis cover painting
More from William Onyeabor
Atomic Bomb (1978), Tomorrow (1979), Body & Soul (1980)
Sources
- Who Is William Onyeabor?, Wikipedia
- Who Is William Onyeabor? (3LP), Discogs
- First Listen: William Onyeabor, Who Is William Onyeabor?, NPR (2013-10-20)
- Nine Months In Nigeria, One Brilliant, Difficult Funk Musician, NPR (2013-12-15)