Really mindblowing work from Fela - a seminal 70s set that may well open up even more than any other album from the time - as the leader and Africa 70 stretch out on a single track that takes up the entire record! "Confusion" is almost proggish at the start - with a long passage that just features drums from Tony Allen and some really offbeat electric piano from Fela - slowly building up a groove out of the darkness, then letting the rest of the group come into the mix - all at a level that definitely sets the tune on fire for the righteous politics of the lyrics! The whole thing's no sloppy, over-extended jam - and instead, the record's a great demonstration of the care and craft that Fela brought to his musical vision at the time. A Confusion Pt. I B Confusion Pt. II
