Scatterlings

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Scatterlings
Juluka-Scatterlings-CanadianAlbumCover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1982
Recorded1982
Genre World Music
Label EMI/Music Incorporated
Warner Bros. (Internationally) [1]
Rhythm Safari (reissues 1996-onwards)
Producer Hilton Rosenthal
Juluka chronology
Ubuhle Bemvelo
(1982)
Scatterlings
(1982)
Work for All
(1983)
Singles from Scatterlings
  1. "Scatterlings of Africa"
    Released: January 1983
  2. "Umbaqanga Music"
    Released: April 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau B [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Philadelphia Inquirer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Scatterlings is a studio album by Juluka, a South African band led by Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu. [7] [8] It was released in 1982. [9] [10]

Contents

The album contains "Scatterlings of Africa", arguably the band's biggest hit (which would be re-recorded to more international success by Juluka's successor band, Savuka).

Critical reception

Robert Christgau wrote that "being a folkie in South Africa takes a lot more guts than it does in liberal societies, and that's audible all over this album—as are the melodic resources of the Zulu tradition, which happen to be vocal rather than percussive." [3] The Globe and Mail wrote that "the music is an unusual and immensely attractive hybrid of tuneful late sixties English folk (in the Fairport Convention, Renaissance mode) with African rhythms." [11] The Philadelphia Inquirer thought that the band members "are to African music what Crosby, Stills & Nash are to American—namely, wimpy, sappy and awful." [5]

Track listing

Original South African Vinyl Release

  1. "Siyayilanda" (Clegg) – 3:43
  2. "Kwela Man" (Clegg) – 3:54
  3. "Simple Things" (Clegg, Mchunu) – 3:57
  4. "iJwanasibeki" (Clegg) – 4:50
  5. "Two Humans on the Run" (Clegg) – 4:41
  6. "Scatterlings of Africa" (Clegg) – 5:50
  7. "Spirit is the Journey" (Clegg, Mchunu) – 4:40
  8. "Digging for Some Words" (Clegg) – 4:12
  9. "Shake My Way" (Mchunu) – 3:43
  10. "Mad Dog" (Clegg) – 3:29

International Release

  1. "Scatterlings of Africa"
  2. "Spirit is the Journey"
  3. "Umbaqanga Music" (Clegg)
  4. "Digging for Some Words"
  5. "Shake My Way"
  6. "Siyayilanda"
  7. "Kwela Man"
  8. "Simple Things"
  9. "I Jwanasibeki"
  10. "Two Humans on the Run"

Re-issue

  1. "Siyayilanda" - 3:57
  2. "Kwela Man" - 3:53
  3. "Simple Things" - 4:12
  4. "I Jwanasibeki" - 4:49
  5. "Two Humans on the Run" - 4:38
  6. "Scatterlings of Africa" - 5:33
  7. "Spirit is the Journey" - 4:38
  8. "Digging for Some Words" - 4:10
  9. "Shake my Way" - 3:41
  10. "Mad Dog" - 4:25

Personnel

Additional personnel

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