Les 50 Plus Belles Chansons Africaines

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Yamore
Salif Keita & Cesária Évora7:23
2Dibi dibi rek
recording of:
Dibi dibi rek
Ismaël Lô5:18
3Toxiques
Youssou N’Dour3:30
4Batonga
Angélique Kidjo4:37
5Soungourouba
Tiken Jah Fakoly4:35
6N'ssi n'ssi
recording engineer:
Steve Deutsch
producer:
Don Was
assistant mixer:
Dan Bosworth (engineer)
mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
baritone saxophone:
Stephen Kupka
bass guitar:
Don Was
brass and tenor saxophone:
David McMurray (American Jazz musician and saxophonist)
drums (drum set):
Buster Marbury
guitar:
Randy Jacobs (guitarist and songwriter)
percussion:
Mohsein Chentouf
trombone and trumpet:
Lee Thornburg
lead vocals:
Khaled (Algerian raï singer‐songwriter)
recording of:
N'ssi N'ssi
Khaled3:33
7Ya rayah
cover recording of:
يا الرايح (Ya Rayah)
lyricist and composer:
Amrani Abderrahmane
publisher:
Delabel Éditions (publisher; do NOT use as release label), F.K.O. Music (Francis Kertekian Organisation), IN D, Strictly Confidential (UK) Ltd. and フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
Rachid Taha6:13
8Cono
Salif Keita6:02
9Tchamantché
bass:
Christophe "Disco" Minck
guitar family:
Rokia Traoré
percussion:
Steve Shehan
background vocals:
Dianke Termessant and Sly Johnson (French hip-hop singer)
other vocals [human beat box]:
Sly Johnson (French hip-hop singer)
vocals:
Rokia Traoré
Rokia Traoré4:16
10Sabaly
Cheick Tidiane Seck4:56
11Couscous
mixer:
Pete Karam
acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, percussion, background vocals and lead vocals:
Richard Bona
recording of:
Couscous
lyricist and composer:
Richard Bona
Richard Bona43:30
12Ouvrez les frontières
kamale ngɔni:
Malik Diakité
percussion:
Denver Smith
guest vocals:
Soprano (French rapper) and Tiken Jah Fakoly
recording of:
Ouvrez les frontières
lyricist:
Magyd Cherfi and Soprano (French rapper)
composer:
Dave Kynner and Tiken Jah Fakoly
Tiken Jah Fakoly avec Soprano3:58
13Raoui
Souad Massi2.53:47
14Bamako
Roswell Rudd & Toumani Diabaté6:29
15Kamulango
Manu Dibango2:41
16Baba
recording engineer:
Jerry Boys (in 1995-12)
producer:
Nick Gold
mixer:
Jerry Boys
bass guitar [bass]:
Michael Mondesir (in 1995-12)
bolon and percussion:
Massambou Wele Diallo (in 1995-12)
djembe:
Basidi Keita (in 1995-12)
flute:
Abdouleye Fofana (in 1995-12)
guitar:
Boubacar Diallo (in 1995-12) and Baba Salah (in 1995-12)
kamale ngɔni [kamalengoni]:
Kassim Sidibe (in 1995-12)
tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Pee Wee Ellis (in 1995-12)
trombone:
Winston Rollins (in 1995-12)
trumpet:
Graeme Hamilton (in 1995-12)
background vocals [chorus vocals]:
Nabintou Diakite (in 1995-12) and Alima Toure (in 1995-12)
vocals:
Oumou Sangaré (in 1995-12)
brass [horn] arranger:
Pee Wee Ellis
arranger:
Massambou Wele Diallo
recorded at:
Ridge Farm Studios in Dorking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (in 1995-12)
mixed at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Oumou Sangaré4:00
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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Mona ki ngi xiça
Bonga5:00
2Folon
Salif Keita4:28
3Lulla
Tinariwen3:47
4Ghanni u'shwaya
programming and producer:
Steve Hillage
engineer:
Morgan Marchand
additional producer:
Bruno Maman and Morgan Marchand
mixer:
Steve Hillage and Morgan Marchand
acoustic guitar:
Steve Hillage
electric guitar:
Bruno Maman
kanun [qanun]:
Magid Sorour
ney:
Mohammed Fouda (nay player)
oud:
Hazem Shahin (Hazem Shaheen)
percussion:
Hossam Ramzy
strings:
The Cairo String Ensemble
background vocals:
Adel Eskander, Nashwa Essam, Doaa Fawzy and Osama el Khouly
strings arranger:
Steve Hillage and Yahia El Moughi
Rachid Taha5:32
5Boyrei
additional recording engineer:
Nick Gold and Günter Gretz
assistant recording engineer:
Mike Campbell (engineer)
recording engineer:
Philippe Bertrand (recording engineer) and Mike Campbell (engineer)
producer:
Philippe Bertrand (recording engineer), Duncan Cowell (United Kingdom mastering engineer), Nick Gold and John Hadden
mixer:
Philippe Bertrand (recording engineer) and Nick Robbins (engineer)
calabash and percussion:
Amadou Cissé
guitar and njarka:
Ali Farka Touré
ngɔni [ngoni]:
Mamaye Kouyate
vocals:
Amadou Cissé and Ali Farka Touré
recorded at:
Cold Storage Studios in Brixton, Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom, Studio Bolibana in Paris, Île-de-France, France and The Garden (John Foxx's studio in London) in Shoreditch, Hackney, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Elephant Studio in Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Boyrei
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré5:23
6No sant
background vocals:
Kaoru
Wasis Diop4:28
7Jammu africa
recording of:
Jammu Africa
Ismaël Lô5:02
8Bamako
Youssou N’Dour4:19
9Je pense à toi (edit)
edit of:
Je pense à toi by Amadou et Mariam
Amadou & Mariam3:54
10Kalabancoro
additional recording engineer:
Koudou Athanase (lead vocals)
mixer:
Pete Karam
bass, guitar [guitars] and percussion:
Richard Bona
drums (drum set):
Nathaniel Townsley III
flute [fulani flute]:
Bailo Ba
keyboard:
A.T.N., Richard Bona and George Whitty
kora:
Djeli Moussa Condé
background vocals:
Valérie Belinga (Singer), Coco Mbassi and Julia Sarr
lead vocals:
Richard Bona and Salif Keita
recording of:
Kalabancoro
lyricist:
Richard Bona and Salif Keita
composer:
Richard Bona
Richard Bona avec Salif Keita54:04
11Malaïka
Angélique Kidjo4:13
12Tajabone
recording of:
Tajabone
writer:
Ismaël Lô
Ismaël Lô4:03
13Dounia
bass:
Christophe "Disco" Minck
guitar family:
Sibiri Koné, Seb Martel and Rokia Traoré
ngɔni [n'goni]:
Mamah Diabaté (African ngɔni player)
percussion:
Steve Shehan
background vocals:
Dianke Termessant
vocals:
Rokia Traoré
Rokia Traoré6:21
14Ammassakoul' n'Tenere
recording of:
Amassakoul 'n' Ténéré
lyricist and composer:
Ibrahim ag Alhabib
Tinariwen3:24
15Sarala
Hammond organ, handclaps, marimba and tambourine:
Cheick Tidiane Seck
piano:
Hank Jones (piano)
vocals:
Cheick Tidiane Seck
Hank Jones & Cheick Tidiane Seck5:47
16Nangaraba
Amadou & Mariam4:28
17Pata pata
producer:
Jerry Ragovoy
arranger:
Jerry Ragovoy
recording of:
Pata Pata (in 1967-05)
writer:
Myriam Makeba (South African singer-songwriter) and Jerry Ragovoy
Miriam Makeba42:57
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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Soul makossa
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1973)
acoustic guitar:
Pierre Zogo (in 1973)
bass:
Long Manfred (in 1973)
bass guitar:
Manfred Long
drums (drum set):
Joby Jobs (in 1973)
guitar:
Slim Pezin
horn [horns]:
Tony Brenes
membranophone:
Lucien Dobat
percussion:
Freddy Mars (in 1973)
percussion [tumba]:
Small "Manu" Rodanet (in 1973)
saxophone:
Manu Dibango
recording of:
Soul Makossa (in 1973)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Manu Dibango
publisher:
Editions Musicales Fantasia
Manu Dibango4:23
2O.D.O.O. (edit)
edit of:
ODOO (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake) by Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80
Fela Kuti6:53
3Yeké, yeké
recording of:
Yé Ké Yé Ké
lyricist and composer:
Mory Kanté
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Germany (GmbH & Co. KG) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
Mory Kanté4.53:58
4Didi (edit)
recording of:
Didi
lyricist and composer:
Khaled (Algerian raï singer‐songwriter)
Khaled3:20
5Sidi sidi (edit)
Cheb Bilal3:30
6Mali denou
Mamani Keita & Nicolas Repac3:59
7Sou sedhiou
Orchestra Baobab6:14
8Madan
Salif Keita6:00
9Set
Youssou N’Dour3:47
10Beng beng beng
recording of:
Beng Beng Beng
lyricist and composer:
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti4:46
11Bankiero
assistant recording engineer:
Bill Zalin (engineer)
recording engineer:
Phil Delire (Belgian producer & engineer) and Bill Drescher (Producer and sound engineer)
executive producer:
Eric Clermontet
producer:
Nick Patrick
mixer:
Phil Delire (Belgian producer & engineer) and Nick Patrick
bass guitar:
Willy N’For
guitar:
Samba N'Diaye (guitarist)
kora:
Mory Kanté
percussion:
Moussa Cissokho
background vocals:
Djanka Diabate
vocals:
Mory Kanté
arranger:
Mory Kanté, Mick Parker and Nick Patrick
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Barclay S.A. (in 1990)
recorded at:
Galaxy Studios in Mol, Antwerpen (Antwerp), Flanders (Flemish Region), Belgium and ICP Recording Studios in Brussels (Brussels-Capital Region), Belgium
mixed at:
ICP Recording Studios in Brussels (Brussels-Capital Region), Belgium
recording of:
Bankiero
lyricist and composer:
Mory Kanté
publisher:
Polygram Music (in 1990) and Yaba Music (in 1990)
Mory Kanté3:40
12Agolo
recording engineer:
Andy Lovegrove
keyboard [keyboards] programming:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
assistant engineer:
James Brown, Jr. (assistant engineer), Xavier Delbos, Tony Matthew (engineer), Gerard Navarro (engineer), Pierre Ducom (engineer), Gary Stout and Matt White (assistant engineer)
executive producer:
D.A. “Jumbo” Vanrenen
producer:
Will Mowat
mixer:
Eugenius Ellis and Will Mowat
bass guitar:
Jean Hébrail
double bass:
Julian Crampton
drums (drum set) [drums]:
David Fall and Andy Gangadeen (UK drummer)
guitar [guitars]:
Glenn Nightingale
keyboard [keyboards playing]:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
percussion:
Jacques Largent (percussion) and Luis Jardim
trombone:
Neil Sidwell
trumpet:
John Thirkell (British trumpet and flugelhorn player)
background vocals [background vocalists]:
Damel Carayol (vocals, background vocals), Claudia Fontaine (vocals, background vocals), Enyonam Gbesemete (vocals, background vocals), Angélique Kidjo, Lamya Al-Mugheiry, Julie Imani Payne (vocals, background vocals) and Ingrid Matsidisi Webster (vocals, background vocals)
brass arranger and saxophone [saxophones] arranger:
Chris “Snake” Davis
keyboard [keyboards] arranger:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1993, in 1994)
mixed for and produced for:
Funki Dred Productions
recorded at:
Gangadeen’s in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Soul II Soul 1 in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Agolo
writer:
Jean Hébrail and Angélique Kidjo
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Angélique Kidjo34:46
13En retard
programming and producer:
Steve Hillage
additional keyboard:
Jean-Max Mery
guitar:
Steve Hillage
mandolute and background vocals:
Hakim Hamadouche
percussion and background vocals [female vocals]:
B’net Marrakech
percussion [Maghrebian percussion]:
Hassan Lachal (Musician)
wind instruments [gasbar]:
Djilali Bendriss
vocals:
Rachid Taha
recording of:
En retard
lyricist and composer:
Rachid Taha
publisher:
Delabel Éditions (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and F.K.O. Music (Francis Kertekian Organisation)
Rachid Taha4:55
14Chebba
recording engineer:
Steve Deutsch
producer:
Don Was
assistant mixer:
Dan Bosworth (engineer)
mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
baritone saxophone:
Stephen Kupka
bass guitar:
Don Was
drums (drum set):
Buster Marbury
keyboard:
Jamie Muhoberac
percussion:
Mohsein Chentouf
tenor saxophone:
David McMurray (American Jazz musician and saxophonist)
trombone and trumpet:
Lee Thornburg
background vocals:
Alex Brown (US soul vocalist, member of Raelets) and Jean McLain
lead vocals:
Khaled (Algerian raï singer‐songwriter)
Khaled35:36
15Ech edani
recording engineer and mixer:
Erwin Autrique (Belgian recording engineer)
programming:
Erwin Autrique (Belgian recording engineer) and Reyn Ouwehand
producer:
Erwin Autrique (Belgian recording engineer) and Souad Massi
arranger:
Jean-René Zapha and Souad Massi
recorded at and mixed at:
Studio ICP in Brussels (Brussels-Capital Region), Belgium
recording of:
Ech edani
lyricist and composer:
Souad Massi
Souad Massi4:45
16Africadelic
Manu Dibango2:30
17Krougnegne
Mory Kanté4:05