Album · Fela Kuti
Expensive Shit by Fela Kuti
Expensive Shit is an album by Fela Kuti, released in 1975. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Water No Get Enemy”, on 2 lists with a best position of #190.
Expensive Shit, Fela Kuti's twelfth full-length album with his Africa '70 band, came out in 1975, at the height of the Nigerian bandleader's run as a star at home and a thorn in the side of the military rulers. Fela wrote it all, and Africa '70, with Tony Allen on drums and running the band as musical director, lays down the Afrobeat he pioneered: West African rhythm welded to American funk and jazz, in grooves that roll on for as long as they like.
"Water No Get Enemy" is the smooth, swaying heart of it, riding Allen's endlessly shifting beat. The album got a second life in 2000, when MCA reissued it on a single CD alongside He Miss Road, another 1975 set.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Expensive Shit on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water No Get Enemy | 2 | #190 | – | 2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.