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]
The Guardian	[3]
Mojo	[4]
Pitchfork Media	(7.2/10)[5]
Q	(80/100)[6]
The Quietus	(80/100)[7]
Uncut	(70/100)[8]
The Wire	(80/100)[9]

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

Track listing^[10]

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)"

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. Robin Denselow (19 June 2014). "Kasai Allstars: Beware the Fetish review – hypnotic songs show wild side of Congolese music". The Guardian (London).
4. David Hutcheon (2014-06-23). "Kasai Allstars: Beware the Fetish".
5. Tangari, Joe (2014-07-07). "Kasai Allstars: Beware the Fetish". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
6. ’’The Wire’’. August 2014, p. 108.
7. Andrew Spragg (25 June 2014). "Reviews: Kasai Allstars: Beware the Fetish".
8. ’’Uncut’’. August 2014, p. 75.
9. ’’The Wire’’. June 2014, p. 50.
10. Thomas, Fred. "Kasai Allstars: Beware the Fetish". Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-08-30.