Johnny Clegg & Savuka - Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World
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Track List: Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World
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- One (Hu)'man One VoteDownload & Buy
- Cruel Crazy Beautiful WorldDownload & Buy
- JerichoDownload & Buy
- Dela (I Know Why The Dog Howls At The Moon)Download & Buy
- MolivaDownload & Buy
- It's An IllusionDownload & Buy
- Bombs AwayDownload & Buy
- Woman Be My CountryDownload & Buy
- Rolling OceanDownload & Buy
- Warsaw 1943 (I Never Betrayed The Revolution)Download & Buy
- VezandlebeDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World
- Release Date:
- 03/26/1990
- Label:
- Indent Series
- UPC:
- 762185164228
User Reviews: Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World
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One of the best groups in the world: Sav
, April 21, 2004Reviewer: maskande - See all maskande's reviews -
Amazing mix of African music & rock
, September 18, 2002Reviewer:
mp3nis - See all mp3nis's reviews This is quite possibly the best fusion of African music and rock EVER! There is not a track here that's less than excelent, and many of them, like Jericho & Dela get stuck in your head and are nearly impossible to get out. I still love this album every bit as much as I did the first time I heard it in 1989. When you look back at the historical signifigance of this album and how it helped bring attention and an end to Apartied society in South Africa, Glegg & Savuka are more than just amazing musicians, they're real life heroes! ...
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Pro Reviews: Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews When South Africa was still suffering under the apartheid system in the 1980s, Johnny Clegg Savuka was the last thing apartheid supporters wanted in a pop group. Their lyrics were often vehemently anti-apartheid, and apartheid supporters hated the fact that a half-black, half-white outfit out of South Africa was integrated and proud of it. Released in the U.S. at the end of the 1980s, Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World is among the many rewarding albums the band has recorded. Sting and the Police are a definite influence on Clegg Savuka, who have absorbed everything from various African pop styles to Western pop, funk, rock, and reggae. The lyrics are consistently substantial and frequently sociopolitical -- "Bombs Away" addresses the violence of the apartheid regime, while "Warsaw 1943" reflects on the horrors Eastern Europe experienced at the hands of both communists and fascists during World War II. Clegg and company enjoyed a passionate following at the time, and this fine CD proves that it was well deserved. - Alex Henderson, All Music Guide |
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Johnny Clegg & Savuka Biography
The white, Englishspeaking, society and Black, African, culture of South Africa was brought together by Johnny Clegg. Together with Sipho Mchunu, a Zulu musician who came to Johannesburg in search of work, Clegg formed South Africa's first multiracia...Full Johnny Clegg & Savuka Biography
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Pros: Musicality
Cons: Songs are too short
This is one of the best albums of Johnny Clegg. All savuka albums are excellent, in the sense that you will not even find one track that is not nice to listen to. People always talk about Dela and Cruel Crazy Beautiful World, yes, they are very beautiful songs, but I would like people to listen to Moliva. One of the first trademarks of Savuka music is i'ts basslines, the band's bassist is a genious, I believe his name is Solly Letwaba, all the songs' basslines are just out of this world. He does not play like ordinary bassists. Keith Hutchingson is another great musician with sax and keyboard. I think these two musicians are one of Johnny Clegg's best musicians. The blending of traditional zulu and western folk is just amazing, everythin fits like a puzzle in this album. Look out for the song Rolling Ocean,once you listen to this album you'll be hooked, that's the effect of Johnny Clegg's music. I would strongly advice anyone interested in Johnny Clegg's music to get a copy of Shadow man, Head Dust and Dreams and his last Juluka album Crocodile Love, now that's a cracker. ...