''Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World'' is the third

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from

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Johnny Clegg Jonathan Paul Clegg, (7 June 195316 July 2019) was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist. He first performed as part of a duo - ''Johnny & Sipho'' - ...

and his band

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. Released in 1989 and produced by Hilton Rosenthal and Bobby Summerfield, it is today recognized as probably the band's greatest album, containing hits such as " Dela" and "Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World". The title track is addressed and dedicated to Clegg's son

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, born in 1988, who is depicted on Clegg's shoulders on the album cover. The song "One (Hu)' Man One Vote" was written in honor of David Webster, a friend of Johnny Clegg and anti-

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activist who had been assassinated three weeks earlier. The lyrics of "Warsaw 1943" were inspired from the works of

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. In Canada, the album reached #67, March 24, 1990. The title track appears in the soundtrack of the movie '' Opportunity Knocks''. In 1997, the song "Dela (I Know Why the Dog Howls at the Moon)" was released on the soundtrack of

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Track listing

All songs written by Johnny Clegg except as noted. # "One (Hu)' Man One Vote" (Johnny Clegg, Bobby Summerfield) # "Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World" # "Jericho" # " Dela (I Know Why the Dog Howls at the Moon)" # "Moliva" # "It's an Illusion" # "Bombs Away" # "Woman Be My Country" # "Rolling Ocean" (Clegg, Steve Mavuso) # "Warsaw 1943 (I Never Betrayed The Revolution)" # "Vezandlebe" (

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)

Personnel

- vocals, guitars, concertina, mouth bow *Mandisa Dlanga - vocals *Solly Letwaba – bass guitar, vocals *Derek de Beer – drums, percussion, vocals *Keith Hutchinson – keyboards, flute, saxophone, vocals *Steve Mavuso – keyboards, vocals *

Dudu Zulu Dudu Mntowaziwayo Ndlovu (25 December 1957 – 4 May 1992), popularly known as Dudu Zulu, was a Zulu dancer, percussionist, and singer with the South African bands Juluka and (later) Savuka. Ndlovu danced alongside his bandmate Johnny Clegg for ...

– percussion, vocals

Additional personnel

Alex Acuña Alejandro Neciosup Acuña (born December 12, 1944), known professionally as Alex Acuña, is a Peruvian–American jazz drummer and percussionist. He has also worked as an educator at University of California, Los Angeles, and Berklee College of ...

- percussion *Tom Regis - keyboards *Benn Clatworthy - tenor saxophone *Howard Shear - trumpet *Roy Wigan - trumpet *John Baxter - backing vocals *Bobby Summerfield - mixer, recording engineer, keyboards, drum programming, electronic percussion *Hilton Rosenthal - keyboards, backing vocals

References

Savuka albums Capitol Records albums 1989 albums {{World-album-stub