Scatterlings

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Scatterlings is a studio album by Juluka, a South African band led by Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu.[1][2] It was released in 1982.[3][4] 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.

Background and composition

Johnny Clegg stated after the album's release that Juluka had written it with the intent of making it appeal to an audience outside South Africa. The album's lyrics, and the title track "Scatterlings of Africa" in particular include themes of African identity and humanity's shared African heritage. Several songs included political themes: "Siyayilanda" (translated figuratively to "we are seizing the future") for example, was written for Neil Aggett, an anti-apartheid activist and Clegg's friend, who had died in February 1982 in South African Police Service custody after being tortured.[5]

Release and reception

Scatterlings was released in September 1982.[5] 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."[6] 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."[7] The Philadelphia Inquirer thought that the band members "are to African music what Crosby, Stills & Nash are to American—namely, wimpy, sappy and awful."[8] Scholar Richard Pithouse wrote that it was a "superb album with powerfully honed lyrics [and] a compelling rock influence", though he noted that the popularity of "Scatterlings of Africa" overshadowed the rest of the album to some degree.[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"
  4. "Digging for Some Words"
  5. "Shake My Way"
  6. "Siyayilanda"
  7. "Kwela Man"
  8. "Simple Things"
  9. "iJwanasibeki"
  10. "Two Humans on the Run"

Re-issue

  1. "Siyayilanda" - 3:57
  2. "Kwela Man" - 3:53
  3. "Simple Things" - 4:12
  4. "iJwanasibeki" - 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

  • Johnny Clegg - vocals, guitar
  • Sipho Mchunu - guitar, percussion, vocals
  • Gary Van Zyl - bass guitar, percussion, vocals
  • Zola Mtiya - drums, percussion, vocals
  • Tim Hoare - keyboards, vocals
  • Scorpion Madondo - flute, vocals
Additional personnel
  • Mike Faure - saxophone (on "Simple Things" and "Spirit is the Journey")
  • Mike Makhalemele - saxophone (on "Siyayilanda")
  • Glenda Millar - keyboards, synthesisers (on "Umbaqanga Music")

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pop's African Roots". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Morse, Steve (12 November 1983). "REVIEW / MUSIC: JULUKA SINGS ITS PEACE". The Boston Globe. Arts. p. 1.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ladysmith and Clegg hit town". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Benarde, Scott. "BYPASSED RECORDINGS MERIT A SECOND LOOK". Sun-Sentinel.com.
  5. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pithouse, Richard (2025). "Johnny Clegg and the Poetry and Politics of Migrant Labour". In Drewett, Michael; Spini, Lucilla (eds.). Johnny Clegg: Critical Reflections on His Music and Influence. NYU Press. pp. 83–112. ISBN 978-1-77614-964-3.
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  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lacey, Liam (23 July 1983). "INSIDE THE SLEEVE POP Scatterlings Of Africa Juluka". The Globe and Mail. p. F6.
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