Africa: The Essential Album

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▼ CD 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Immigrés / Bitim Rew bass guitar: Kabou Gueye (bass guitarist) guitar: Jimi Mbaye (guitarist) and Papa Omar Ngom keyboard: Benjamin Valfroy membranophone and timbales: Maguette Dieng other instruments: Mbaye Dieye Faye saxophone: Rane Diallo (alto saxophonist) talking drum: Assane Tham (tama player) tenor saxophone: Fefe Diambouana lead vocals: Youssou N’Dour vocals: Rane Diallo (alto saxophonist), Ousseynou Ndiaye and Alla Seck	Youssou N’Dour		7:00
2	Sidiki	Baaba Maal		4:54
3	Chebba	Khaled		5:39
4	Synchro System	King Sunny Adé & His African Beats		6:29
5	No Agreement	Fela Kuti		7:23
6	Muchadura	Thomas Mapfumo and The Blacks Unlimited		5:01
7	Malako	Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga		9:04
8	On Entre OK, On Sort KO	Franco & OK Jazz		2:57
9	I Don't Care	Eric Agyeman		6:31
10	Si, si, si	Koffi Olomidé		3:46
11	Shikhebe Shamago	Brenda Fassie		4:39
12	Cono	Salif Keita		6:02
13	Lwambo	Mose Fan Fan		5:34

▼ CD 2
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Samba Alla	Diogal		3:50
2	Yekeke	Djeli Moussa Diawara		7:50
3	Ikanyezi NEzazi	Ladysmith Black Mambazo		4:49
4	Intyayi S'arende	Pierre Akendengué		5:03
5	Tchewata recording engineer: Richard Arnold assistant engineer: Shaun De Feo and Mark Warner (UK DVD designer and recording engineer) producer: Iain Scott (engineer) and Bunt Stafford-Clark mixer: Richard Arnold and Bunt Stafford-Clark double bass [acoustic bass]: Alec Dankworth drums (drum set): Bunt Stafford-Clark finger snaps [finger clicks]: Aster Aweke keyboard: Roland Perrin krar: Kassa Admassu shakers [custom shaker]: Shaun De Feo vocals: Aster Aweke arranger: Kassa Admassu, Aster Aweke, Alec Dankworth and Roland Perrin recorded at: Townhouse Three in Battersea, Wandsworth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom mixed at: Townhouse Two in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom	Aster Aweke		6:11
6	Aretina	Tarika		5:10
7	Diaraby recording engineer: Mark Ettel (in 1993-09) assistant engineer: Jim Champagne producer: Ry Cooder mixer: Mark Ettel (in 1993-09) and Larry Hirsh (Producer & Engineer) (in 1993-09) accordion [accordion sample], bass guitar, electric guitar [electric guitars] and marimba: Ry Cooder (in 1993-09) calabash: Hamma Sankaré (in 1993-09) congas: Oumar Touré (in 1993-09) electric guitar: Ali Farka Touré (in 1993-09) background vocals [chorus vocals]: Hamma Sankaré (in 1993-09) and Oumar Touré (in 1993-09) vocals: Ali Farka Touré (in 1993-09) recorded at and mixed at: Ocean Way Recording Studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-09) recording of: Diaraby (in 1993-09) lyricist and composer: Ali Farka Touré publisher: World Circuit Music	Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder	3	7:25
8	Tambala Moja	Mwenda Jean Bosco		4:28
9	Ermons Di Terra	Manecas Costa		4:15
10	Yawlidi recording engineer, programming and mixer: Erwin Autrique (Belgian recording engineer) producer: Erwin Autrique (Belgian recording engineer) and Souad Massi vocals: Souad Massi arranger: Souad Massi recorded at and mixed at: Studio ICP in Brussels, Belgium recording of: Yawlidi lyricist and composer: Souad Massi	Souad Massi		3:25
11	Utru Horas bass: Charly N'Diaye congas and percussion: Mountaga Kouyate guitar: Barthélemy Attisso, Papa Ba (Senegalese guitarist) and Adama Sarr tenor saxophone: Issa Cissoko timbales: Balla Sidibe vocals: Medoune Diallo, Ndiouga Dieng, Rudolphe Gomis, Mapenda Seck and Balla Sidibe	Orchestra Baobab		8:41
12	Ah Ndiya assistant engineer: P. de Souza and Yaro Francois engineer: Pierre Houon producer: Ahmadou Ba Guindo bass guitar [bass]: Ahmadou Ba Guindo (in 1989-02) bongos and kamale ngɔni [kamalngoni]: Brehima Diakite (in 1989-02) guitar: Boubacar Diallo (in 1989-02) violin: Aliou Traore (in 1989-02) background vocals [chorus vocals]: Nabintou Diakite (in 1989-02) and Oumou Sinayoro (in 1989-02) vocals: Oumou Sangaré (in 1989-02) arranger: Ahmadou Ba Guindo recorded at: Studio JBZ in Abidjan, Lagunes (Région des), Côte d'Ivoire (in 1989-02)	Oumou Sangaré		4:29
13	Happy Mama	Hugh Masekela		4:25
14	The Lion Cries (Mbube)	Miriam Makeba		4:57

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/2638585 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B0000AQVJ1 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0000233923 [info]

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other databases:	https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/640703/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000693194 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 698458221926
Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 2:29:54

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Packaging:: Jewel Case
Status:: Official
Language:: [Multiple languages]
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Essentials
ESNDCD219

Release events

United Kingdom
2003

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