You know what? As soon as I'd posted the above, I realized that the Velvet Underground & Nico is as close as it gets. It's got "European Son" and "Sunday Morning" on the same album, which does cover both extremes in absolute perfection. Of course it doesn't touch on what I love about Mutabaruka or Fela Kuti in the slightest, but it does come closest to embodying the whole range of my favorite music of any record likely to be out there.
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