Tony Allen [extended]

• Black Voices [Comet, 2000] **
• Psyco on da Bus [Platform, 2001] **
• Home Cooking [Comet/Virgin/Narada World, 2002] **
• Inspiration Information [Strut, 2010] ***
• Secret Agent [World Circuit/Nonesuch, 2010] **

See Also:

• Jimi Tenor/Tony Allen

Consumer Guide Reviews:

Black Voices [Comet, 2000]
Left to himself, Fela's Jabbo Starks is more juju than Afrobeat ("Asiko," "Black Voices [We Are What We Play Mix]"). **

Psyco on da Bus [Platform, 2001]
Africa's premier avant-popster breaks Afrobeat into trip-hop ("Push Your Mind Break Beat Remix," "Hand Full of Sands") **

Home Cooking [Comet/Virgin/Narada World, 2002]
he makes good drummer's records, and I haven't heard a great one since early Tony Williams ("Home Cooking," "Kindness") **

Jimi Tenor/Tony Allen: Inspiration Information [Strut, 2010]
As with Mulatu Astake, a European challenge lifts an African icon's game ("Against the Wall," "Sinuhe"). ***

Secret Agent [World Circuit/Nonesuch, 2010]
Long lacking his frontman Fela, Afrobeat trapmaster aims to nail tracks by other means, including a piano player ("Secret Agent," "Alutere"). **