{{Infobox album | name = Fu Chronicles | type = studio | artist = Antibalas | cover = Fu Chronicles.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2020|02|07}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres --> | length = 48:37 | label = Daptone | producer = | prev_title = Where the Gods Are in Peace | prev_year = 2017 | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Album ratings |MC=80/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/fu-chronicles/antibalas|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=May 6, 2020}}</ref> |rev1=AllMusic |rev1score={{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fu-chronicles-mw0003338475|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=AllMusic|last=Deming|first=Mark|access-date=May 6, 2020}}</ref> |rev2=''Cult MTL'' |rev2score=8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cultmtl.com/2020/04/review-antibalas-fu-chronicles-lai-lai/|title=Cult MTL Review|work=Cult MTL|last=MacDonald|first=Darcy|date=April 20, 2020|access-date=May 6, 2020}}</ref> |noprose=yes }} '''''Fu Chronicles''''' is the seventh studio album by American band Antibalas. Written and conceptualized by lead singer Duke Amayo. Arranged and co-produced by Antibalas founder Martin Perna and bassist/founding member Gabriel Roth, the album was recorded at the Daptone House of Soul in Bushwick, Brooklyn, the summer of 2018 and later released on February 7, 2020 on Daptone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/antibalas-announce-new-album-fu-chronicles|title=Antibalas Announce New Album 'Fu Chronicles'|work=Clash|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=21 November 2019|access-date=May 6, 2020}}</ref>
In support of the album, the band announced a tour<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jambase.com/article/antibalas-fu-chronicles-album-tour-dates-single|title=Antibalas Announces New Album 'Fu Chronicles' & Early-2020 Tour|website=JamBase|last=Bernstein|first=Scott|date=November 19, 2019|access-date=May 6, 2020}}</ref> which was cut short by the pandemic. The final show of the tour was at the Summit Music Hall in Denver, Colorado.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Antibalas Denver – Summit Music Hall – Feb 29, 2020 |url=https://www.jambase.com/show/antibalas-summit-music-hall-20200229 |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=JamBase |language=en-US}}</ref> During the pandemic shutdown in 2021 Amayo and the band announced their formal separation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-05 |title=Antibalas Lead Singer Duke Amayo Leaves Band |url=https://jambands.com/news/2021/11/05/antibalas-lead-singer-duke-amayo-leaves-band/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Jambands |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Critical reception== ''Fu Chronicles'' was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80, based on 4 reviews.<ref name="MC"/> It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album.
==Track listing== {{Tracklist |headline =''Fu Chronicles'' track listing |title1=Amenawon |length1=8:17 |title2=Lai Lai |length2=8:51 |title3=MTTT, Pt. 1-2 |length3=7:19 |title4=Fight Am Finish |length4=6:30 |title5=Koto |length5=9:58 |title6=Fist of Flowers |length6=7:42 }}
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