Beware the Fetish

Beware the Fetish
Studio album by Kasai Allstars
Released	24 June 2014
Genre	Traditional African folk/fusion
Label	Crammed Discs
Kasai Allstars chronology
In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic (2008) Beware the Fetish (2014)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau’s Consumer Guide	[3]
The Guardian	[4]
Mojo	[5]
Pitchfork	7.2/10 [6]
Q	[7]
Tom Hull	B+ ( ) [8]
Uncut	7/10 [9]

Beware the Fetish is the second album by Congolese musical collective Kasai Allstars.

Track listing

Disc one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Chief's Enthronement/Oyaye"
2.	"Yangye, The Evil Leopard"
3.	"Salute to Kalombo"
4.	"Down and Out"
5.	"He Who Makes Bush Fires for Others"
6.	"As They Walked Into the Forest on a Sunday, They Encountered Apes Dressed as Humans"

Disc two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Thus Spoke the Ancestors"
2.	"Beware the Fetish"
3.	"A Good Husband"
4.	"In Praise of Homeboys"
5.	"The Dead Don't Dance"
6.	"The Ploughman (Le Laboureur)"

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Reception

The album was well received by critics: according to Metacritic, the album has received an average review score of 81/100, based on 8 reviews.

References

1. "Beware the Fetish - Kasai Allstars". metacritic.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
2. Thomas, Fred. "Kasai Allstars: Beware the Fetish Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
3. Christgau, Robert. "Kasai Allstars". Robert Christgau . Retrieved August 10, 2025.
4. Robin Denselow (19 June 2014). "Kasai Allstars: Beware the Fetish review – hypnotic songs show wild side of Congolese music". The Guardian. London.
5. David Hutcheon (2014-06-23). "Kasai Allstars: Beware the Fetish".
6. Tangari, Joe (2014-07-07). "Kasai Allstars: Beware the Fetish". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
7. A sprawling, bewitching album. [Aug 2014, p.108]
8. Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Kasai Allstars". Tom Hull – on the Web . Retrieved August 11, 2025.
9. Some of the tracks can sound exhaustingly out-of-phase, but such sonic wonkiness works brilliantly on the hypnotic thumb-piano minimalism of "Down And Out," the Afro-funk of "In Praise Of Homeboys" and the Congolese heavy metal of "The Ploughman." [Aug 2014, p.75]
10. Thomas, Fred. "Kasai Allstars: Beware the Fetish". Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-08-30.