AntibalasBest Antibalas Albums Ranked
7.7
Avg Score
8
Opinions
7
Albums
4
Reviewers
Summary from 8 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Antibalas's catalog across 7 albums from 8 opinions, with an overall average of 7.7/10. The top-rated Antibalas album is Antibalas (2012) with a 7.7/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Who Is This America? and Security. The discography on Wavelength spans 2002 to 2025. Beaten Metal ranks as the highest-rated Antibalas song on Wavelength with a 8.1/10 average.
Who Is This America?
“Just when I start gloating about afrobeat legend Fela Kuti's influence permeating the underground, what should find its way through my mail slot but the new Antibalas LP? Let it be known: the American afrobeat awakening is in full effect. [Much rejoicing ensues.] All year, Fela-inspired ensembles have been rocking dancefloors and picking fights with nervous Republicans across the country. Antibal”
Where the Gods Are in Peace
“With an album-long theme revolving around the ascent of an alien who joins forces with natives to save the world, Antibalas seem more than ready to push themselves to another musical level with Where the Gods Are in Peace. ”
Antibalas
“Antibalas swaps didactic specificity for sneaky allegory, torn-from-the-headlines trendiness for generations of weight, and the catalytic spark of the freshly-minted young radical for the perseverance of the long-struggling citizen, making for protest music without an expiration date.”
Talkatif
“There is a law that says all reviews of Antibalas records must contain the above statement. And it's true-- this 16-piece Brooklyn collective owes a hell of a lot to the Nigerian bandleader and rabble-rouser, as they're the first to admit. They owe so much to his sound, in fact, that even people who bought the 2xCD *Best of Fela Kuti* at Starbucks two months ago are allowed to feel outrage at the ”
Liberation Afro Beat, Vol. 1
“Music is a political statement. This fact is inescapable. All forms of music, regardless of national origin or temporal placement, have in some way reflected the struggle and separation, the spaces in which artistic expression is allowed, as well as the spaces between those spaces, of the particular societies that bore them. In America, politics are mostly, if not entirely, about economics; oddly,”
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