Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense (Reissue)

'With production help from Wally Badarou, Fela Anikulapo Kuti offers up an interesting mix of songs . . . Most compelling is the track "Look and Laugh," which details the attack by Nigerian soldiers on his Kalakuta compound. With simple lyrics, Fela runs down the horror of that attack in a detached, almost journalistic manner: "Till dem come/burn my house/burn my house/all my property/burn burn dem/beat beat me/kill my mama." Badarou's production help gives Fela his most full-bodied sound; the horn section is much hotter and brassier than ever before . . . this is very good mid-'80s Fela.' - John Dougan / All Music Guide