Witch: We Intend to Cause Havoc!

by Witch

Witch: We Intend to Cause Havoc! cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: May 2012
  • Label: Now-Again
  • Country: Zambia
  • Length: 3:45:40
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Eothen Alapatt

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A colossal archival release compiling the entire 1970s discography of the pioneering Zambian rock band. The collection traces their evolution from raw, garage-psych riffing inspired by The Rolling Stones into a uniquely heavy, groove-oriented African rock hybrid, cementing their legacy as the definitive architects of Zamrock. The reissue spurred a massive, late-career international revival for the surviving band members.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, rhythmic, melodic, guitar-driven, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Introduction (3:44)
  2. Home Town (4:21)
  3. You Better Know (3:29)
  4. Feeling High (3:37)
  5. Like a Chicken (3:10)
  6. See You Mama (4:34)
  7. That's What I Want (3:01)
  8. Try Me (4:23)
  9. No Time (4:33)
  10. Living in the Past (5:43)
  11. Young Lady (3:51)
  12. Chance (3:10)
  13. It's Alright (3:29)
  14. I've Been Away (2:38)
  15. I Like the Way I Am (4:52)
  16. The Only Way (3:58)
  17. Smiling Face (3:44)
  18. She Is Mine (3:31)
  19. Mashed Potato (4:05)
  20. Black Tears (4:54)
  21. Motherless Child (3:57)
  22. Tooth Factory (4:33)
  23. Strange Dream (3:17)
  24. Look Out (4:04)
  25. Havoc (4:28)
  26. October Night (4:39)
  27. Off My Boots (2:54)
  28. Lazy Bones (4:02)
  29. Little Clown (3:29)
  30. Talking Universe (5:18)
  31. Evil Woman (6:00)
  32. Sweet Sixteen (3:06)
  33. Toloka (4:05)
  34. 81st Crowd Confusion (3:47)
  35. Up the Sky (3:40)
  36. Thou Shalt Not Cry (4:50)
  37. Bleeding Thunder (5:15)
  38. Devil's Flight (4:32)
  39. Blood Donor (4:44)
  40. Nasuka (4:13)
  41. Evening of My Life (5:23)
  42. Kangalaitoito (3:41)
  43. See-Saw (5:25)
  44. Chifundo (5:09)
  45. Fool's Ride (3:26)
  46. Janet (4:48)
  47. As Days Go By (3:17)
  48. Ntedelakumbi (4:05)
  49. In Flight (3:27)
  50. Nazingwa (4:23)
  51. Silver Lady (3:55)
  52. Anyinamwana (4:08)
  53. Mama Feel Good (5:19)
  54. The Way I Feel (5:10)

Credits

  • Witch - primary artist, producer [original sessions]
  • Errol F. Richardson - art direction
  • Eothen Alapatt - compilation producer
  • Dave Cooley - remastered by, transferred by [album transfer]

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