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Work for All
Studio album by
Released11 November 1983
StudioSatbel Recording Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa; RPM Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa
Length39:28
LabelMINC
ProducerHilton Rosenthal
Juluka chronology
Scatterlings
(1982)
Work for All
(1983)
The International Tracks
(1984)

Work for All is a studio album from Juluka, a South African band led by Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu. It was first released in 1983 and rapidly achieved major success in South Africa where it is now remembered as a classic album in the history of South African music.[1]

Work for All is known to be the most directly political Juluka album. At the time that it was composed Clegg was working closely with the trade union movement.[2]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Johnny Clegg

  1. "December African Rain" – 4:20
  2. "Bullets for Bafazane" – 3:53
  3. "Mana Lapho" – 3:52
  4. "Baba Nango" – 3:46
  5. "Walima 'Mabele" – 4:17
  6. "Work For All" – 3:56
  7. "Gunship Ghetto" – 3:42
  8. "Woza Moya" – 3:34
  9. "Mdantsane (Mud Coloured Dusty Blood)" – 3:56
  10. "Mantombana" – 3:40

Total: 39:28

Personnel

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  • 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, saxophone, vocals

References

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  1. ^ Johnny Clegg: Rebel, intellectual, musician, Richard Pithouse, New Frame, 17 July 2019
  2. ^ Death of an Idealist, Beverley Naidoo, Jonathan Ball, 2012
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