• 1. Confusion Pt. I
      • 2. Confusion Pt. II

      Originally recorded in 1974, "Confusion" is a 26-minute, one-track album that is entirely instrumental on the first side. Lyrically, the song is a polemical comment on the confused state of Nigeria's chaotic, post-colonial, urban existence. A fine example of the great man's genius.

      Other Releases by Fela Kuti

      Fela KutiLive In AmsterdamPhillips
        • Original LP£35.00
          Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Nigerian Vinyl
          In stockAdd to Bag
        Fela KutiO.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)Knitting Factory Records
        ‘Overtake Don Overtake Overtake’ was the penultimate album of newly recorded studio material released by Fela before he passed in 1997.Like its immediate...
          Fela KutiNoise For Vendor MouthKnitting Factory Records
          The Nigerian establishment labelled Kalakuta Republic inhabitants as ‘hooligans’, ‘hemp smokers’, etc. ‘Noise For Vendor Mouth’ is Fela’s...
          • – Noise For Vendor Mouth
          • – Mattress
          • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2019-3£20.99
            In stockAdd to Bag
          Fela KutiWhy Black Man They SufferKnitting Factory Records
          ‘Why Black Man Dey Suffer’, recorded in 1971, was originally deemed too controversial for release by EMI, his label at the time. Having recently been...
          • – Why Black Man Dey Suffer
          • – Ikoyi Mentality vs Mushin Mentality
          • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2012-3£20.99
            In stockAdd to Bag
          Fela KutiRoforofo Fight (50th Anniversary Edition)Partisan Records
          By 1972, when Music of Fela: Roforofo Fight was originally released (on two vinyl albums, Music of Fela Volume One and Volume Two), Fela was becoming one...
          • – Roforofo Fight
          • – Go Slow
          • New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2006-8£26.00
            Limited yellow & green vinyl edition
            In stockAdd to Bag
          Fela KutiBoxset #5: Co-curated by Chris Martin & Femi KutiKnitting Factory Records
          Knitting Factory Records release the next installment of long-awaited vinyl reissues from the Fela Kuti catalog. Box Set #5 was co-curated by Fela’s...
            • 7×LP Box set (2.2kg) KFR4006-1£90.00
              In stockAdd to Bag
            Fela KutiOpen & CloseKnitting Factory Records
            Reissue of Fela's highly sought-after 1971 album, 'Open & Close'! Super-funky Afrobeat featuring the incredible title track!
            • – Open And Close
            • – Suegbe And Pako
            • – Gbagada Gbogodo
            Fela KutiArmy ArrangementKnitting Factory Records
            Fela Kuti stories Nigeria’s attempt at ‘democracy’ in 1979 after more than a decade ofmilitary rule told through this album, originally released...
            • – Army arrangement (vocal)
            Fela KutiCoffin For Head Of StateKnitting Factory Records
            Fela Kuti made some frantic albums in his career--ones that popped with his enthusiastic political disobedience and ones that roared with fury at the Nigerian...
            • – Coffin For Head Of State part 1
            Fela KutiNo AgreementKnitting Factory Records
            ‘No Agreement’ is sometimes overlooked among Fela’s 1977 releases, eclipsed by albums such as ‘Johnny Just Drop (J.J.D.)’ and ‘Sorrow Tears...
            • – No Agreement
            • – Dog Eat Dog
            • LP + Download Code KFR2007-1£20.99
              In stockAdd to Bag
            Fela KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
            1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti 
            • – Alu Jon Jonki Jon
            • – Eko Ile
            Fela KutiAlagbon Close / Why Black Man Dey SufferKnitting Factory
            Alagbon Close represents one of the first times anyone had directly taken on the Nigerian authorities in such a brash manner. Why Black Man Dey Suffer:...
            • – Alagbon Close
            Fela KutiOpen & Close / AfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
            Two classic Afro-beat albums on one bargain price CD! All Fela Kuti's albums are superb! Highly recommended!
            • – Open & Close
            Fela KutiOriginal Suffer Head And I.T.TKnitting Factory Records
            Yet more essential afrobeat from the African equivalent of James Brown! All his albums are great!
            • – I T T
            Fela KutiYellow FeverKnitting Factory Records
            Yellow Fever’ was originally released in 1976, during Fela’s extraordinarily prolific 1975-77 purple period, when he released 24 albums in Nigeria...
            • – Yellow Fever
            • – Na Poi ‘75

            Other Releases on Knitting Factory Records

            Fela KutiO.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)Knitting Factory Records
            ‘Overtake Don Overtake Overtake’ was the penultimate album of newly recorded studio material released by Fela before he passed in 1997.Like its immediate...
              Fela KutiNoise For Vendor MouthKnitting Factory Records
              The Nigerian establishment labelled Kalakuta Republic inhabitants as ‘hooligans’, ‘hemp smokers’, etc. ‘Noise For Vendor Mouth’ is Fela’s...
              • – Noise For Vendor Mouth
              • – Mattress
              • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2019-3£20.99
                In stockAdd to Bag
              Fela KutiWhy Black Man They SufferKnitting Factory Records
              ‘Why Black Man Dey Suffer’, recorded in 1971, was originally deemed too controversial for release by EMI, his label at the time. Having recently been...
              • – Why Black Man Dey Suffer
              • – Ikoyi Mentality vs Mushin Mentality
              • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) KFR2012-3£20.99
                In stockAdd to Bag
              Fela KutiBoxset #5: Co-curated by Chris Martin & Femi KutiKnitting Factory Records
              Knitting Factory Records release the next installment of long-awaited vinyl reissues from the Fela Kuti catalog. Box Set #5 was co-curated by Fela’s...
                • 7×LP Box set (2.2kg) KFR4006-1£90.00
                  In stockAdd to Bag
                Fela KutiOpen & CloseKnitting Factory Records
                Reissue of Fela's highly sought-after 1971 album, 'Open & Close'! Super-funky Afrobeat featuring the incredible title track!
                • – Open And Close
                • – Suegbe And Pako
                • – Gbagada Gbogodo
                Fela KutiArmy ArrangementKnitting Factory Records
                Fela Kuti stories Nigeria’s attempt at ‘democracy’ in 1979 after more than a decade ofmilitary rule told through this album, originally released...
                • – Army arrangement (vocal)
                Fela KutiCoffin For Head Of StateKnitting Factory Records
                Fela Kuti made some frantic albums in his career--ones that popped with his enthusiastic political disobedience and ones that roared with fury at the Nigerian...
                • – Coffin For Head Of State part 1
                Fela Kuti & Roy AyersMusic Of Many ColoursKnitting Factory Records
                Reissue of the classic ‘Music Of Many Colours’, the joint album between Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti, recorded after a three week tour of Nigeria’s major...
                • – 2000 Blacks Got To Be Free
                • – Africa-Center Of The World
                Fela KutiNo AgreementKnitting Factory Records
                ‘No Agreement’ is sometimes overlooked among Fela’s 1977 releases, eclipsed by albums such as ‘Johnny Just Drop (J.J.D.)’ and ‘Sorrow Tears...
                • – No Agreement
                • – Dog Eat Dog
                • LP + Download Code KFR2007-1£20.99
                  In stockAdd to Bag
                Fela KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
                1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti 
                • – Alu Jon Jonki Jon
                • – Eko Ile
                Fela KutiOpen & Close / AfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
                Two classic Afro-beat albums on one bargain price CD! All Fela Kuti's albums are superb! Highly recommended!
                • – Open & Close
                Fela KutiOriginal Suffer Head And I.T.TKnitting Factory Records
                Yet more essential afrobeat from the African equivalent of James Brown! All his albums are great!
                • – I T T
                Fela KutiYellow FeverKnitting Factory Records
                Yellow Fever’ was originally released in 1976, during Fela’s extraordinarily prolific 1975-77 purple period, when he released 24 albums in Nigeria...
                • – Yellow Fever
                • – Na Poi ‘75

                People also bought

                Fela KutiExpensive ShitKnitting Factory Records
                'Expensive Shit' is one of Fela's most notorious albums! This killer afro-beat LP was originally release in 1975 and now gets a reissue on Brooklyn-based...
                • – Expensive Shit
                • – Water No Get Enemy
                Fela Kuti & Roy AyersMusic Of Many ColoursKnitting Factory Records
                Reissue of the classic ‘Music Of Many Colours’, the joint album between Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti, recorded after a three week tour of Nigeria’s major...
                • – 2000 Blacks Got To Be Free
                • – Africa-Center Of The World
                Fela KutiShakaraKnitting Factory Records
                1972 Fela Kuti anthem! This is afro beat at it's finest...ESSENTIAL!!!    
                • – Shakara (Oloje)
                Fela KutiNo AgreementKnitting Factory Records
                ‘No Agreement’ is sometimes overlooked among Fela’s 1977 releases, eclipsed by albums such as ‘Johnny Just Drop (J.J.D.)’ and ‘Sorrow Tears...
                • – No Agreement
                • – Dog Eat Dog
                • LP + Download Code KFR2007-1£20.99
                  In stockAdd to Bag
                Freddie HubbardFirst Light (1974)Cti
                Hard to find on vinyl. Classic CTI stuff from 74. Heavyweight fusion with Airto Moreira, Ron Carter and George Benson in the line-up plus full orchestral...
                    Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky LagosStrut
                    Essential double disc compilation of brilliant afro beat and afro funk from 1970s Nigeria! This first volume of Nigeria 70 was one of the last releases...
                    • Monomono – Tire Lomo Da Nigbehin
                    • Fela Kuti – Jeun Ko Ku
                    • Segun Bucknor – La La La
                    • Tony Allen – No Discrimination
                    • Orlando Julius – Alo Mi Alo
                    • The Funkees – Dancing Time
                    • Lijadu Sisters – Orere Elejigbo
                    • Shina Williams – Agboju Logun
                    Fela KutiAfrodisiacKnitting Factory Records
                    1973 Nigerian afro beat funk at it's best from the master - Fela Kuti 
                    • – Alu Jon Jonki Jon
                    • – Eko Ile
                    Clarence CarterDoin' Our Thing / I Smell A Rat (1969)Atlantic
                    Funky R'n'B recorded at Muscle Shoals FAME studios, produced by Rick Hall MINT ORIGINAL USA ISSUE VINYL 45
                    • – Doin' Our Thing
                    • – I Smell A Rat
                    Fela KutiNa PoiKnitting Factory Records
                    Hypnotic afrobeat bullet from 1972 - recorded in Lagos. Sprited percussion, tight horns, and pure funk! As with most of the great man's albums, this is...
                    • – na poi (part 1)
                    • – na poi (part 2)
                    • – you no go die...unless
                    Isaac HayesThe Isaac Hayes Movement (1970)Stax
                    Classic mellow soul epics! Features the brilliant "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself".
                    • – I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
                    • Original LP£15.00
                      Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl
                    Fela KutiCoffin For Head Of StateKnitting Factory Records
                    Fela Kuti made some frantic albums in his career--ones that popped with his enthusiastic political disobedience and ones that roared with fury at the Nigerian...
                    • – Coffin For Head Of State part 1
                    RicoRepatriation RemedyAggrovator
                    Rico's awesome instrumental cut to errol dunkley's "repatrition" heavy heavy roots a must, produced by bunny lee mid 70s comes with heavy card sleeve....
                    • Rico – Repatriation Remedy
                    • The Aggrovators – Must Go Home Dub
                    Isaac HayesBlack MosesStax
                    Featuring the mellow soul masterpiece of "Never Can Say Goodbye" and the Portishead sampling "Ike's Rap II". Highly recommended!
                      • Original 2×LP£10.00
                        Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal = USA Vinyl non-gatefold

                        100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' money-back guarantee!
                      • New 2×LP ENTER5003£24.99
                      • Original LP£15.00
                        Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Secondhand reissue in shrink in great cond
                      • 2×CD CDSXE2033£11.99
                      Rico RodriguezSka Wars / Take FiveIsland
                      Two killer roots instrumentals from the late 70s..discover the force. Limited stock...coloured vinyl. BACK IN STOCK..please note it's the white label version...
                      • – Ska Wars
                      • – Take Five
                      Brazil USA 70: Brazilian Music In The USA In The 1970sFeaturing Airto, Deodato, Sergio Mendes, Flora Purim, Sivuca, Donato & moreSoul Jazz Records
                      All of the music featured here on this new Soul Jazz Records collection was created by Brazilian artists living and working in the USA in the 1970s. The...
                      • Airto – Samba De Flora
                      • Duke Pearson and Flora Purim – Sandalia Dela
                      • Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 – Batucada (The Beat)
                      • Deodato – Skyscrapers
                      • Milton Nascimento – Catavento
                      • Airto – Tombo in 7/4
                      • Luiz Bonfá – Bahia Soul
                      • Dom Um Romao – Braun-Blek-Blu
                      • Moacir Santos – Kathy
                      • João Donato – Almas Irmãs
                      • Sivuca – Ain't No Sunshine
                      • Milton Nascimento – Rio Vermelho
                      • Tamba 4 – Consolation (Consolação)
                      • Flora Purim – Moon Dreams
                      • Dom Um Romao – Escravos de Jo
                      • Airto – Andei (I Walked)
                      • 1. Airto – Samba De Flora
                      • 2. Duke Pearson and Flora Purim – Sandalia Dela
                      • 3. Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 – Batucada (The Beat)
                      • View full info and tracklisting
                      Big John PattonOh Baby!Blue Note
                      Wicked soul jazz grooves from organist Patton with Blue Mitchell on trumpet and Grant Green on guitar.
                        Jerry ButlerThe Ice Man Cometh (1968)Mercury
                        RARE USA ORIG Killer soul vocals recorded in Philadelphia at Sigma Sound.
                          • Original LP£25.00
                            Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl
                          Ramsey LewisThe Best Of Ramsey Lewis (1970)Cadet Records
                          Cadet, 1970 w/ Les Fleurs, Maiden Voyage, In Crowd ... nuff tunes
                            Lalo SchifrinMusic From Mission ImpossibleDot Records
                            Seminal soundtrack to the TV series composed, arranged and conducted by Lalo Schifrin
                            • – Mission: Impossible
                            • – The Plot
                            • Original LP£50.00
                              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA Vinyl
                            Boz ScaggsMoments (1971)Columbia
                            Early 70s soul rock vocalist album. Deep!
                              • Original LP£10.00
                                Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl


                                100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your money back!
                              Club Classics: 50 Years Of Northern SoulCharly
                              Definitive northern soul collection from Charly - everyone a winner!
                              • Linda Jones – You Hit Me Like TNT
                              • Benny Spellman – Fortune Teller
                              • Clarence Murray – Don’t Talk Like That
                              • Little Richie – Just Another Heartache
                              • Alvin Cash & The The Crawlers – Twine Time
                              • Lee Dorsey – Ride Your Pony
                              • The COD’S – Michael
                              • The Du-ettes – Every Beat Of My Heart
                              • The Sharpees – Do The 45
                              • Joe Simon – The Girl’s Alright With Me
                              Herbie HancockInventions And DimensionsBlue Note
                              Great album fusing modal jazz piano with latin percussion  - a classic! A really super record from Herbie Hancock - one that's almost completely...
                              • – Succotash
                              • – Triangle
                              Jerry ButlerIce On Ice (1969)Mercury
                              Produced by Gamble-Huff, arranged by Roland Chambers, Tom Bell and Bobby Martin. THe Philadelphia massive do their stuff with legendary singer Butler.ORIGINAL...
                                James BrownSay It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)Polydor
                                Late 60s, loads of killer tracks. Seminal!