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This 16-track compilation covers Senegalese singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Youssou N'Dour's Columbia Records period, from 1991 to 1996. Perhaps the most popular pop culture figure in Senegal's history, N'Dour created a music of his own from various sources, which he called "mbalax" and which incorporates everything from jazz, soul, hard R&B styles, hip-hop, and even Cuban samba, and juxtaposes them with the folk melodies and polyrhythms of his native land. The cuts here, particularly "Old Man," "New Africa," "Yo le Le, (Fulani Rhythm)," and the covers of Smokey Robinson's "Don't Look Back," and Lennon and McCartney's "Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da," reveal N'Dour's idiosyncratic, yet very accessible grasp and integration of Western and African pop styles.
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Assane Thiam, Drums - Babacar Faye, Background Vocal - Babacar Faye, Percussion - Charlie Lagond, Tenor Saxophone - Fallilou Niang, Drums - Habib Faye, Acoustic Bass - Habib Faye, Co-Producer - Habib Faye, Composer - Habib Faye, Keyboards - Habib Faye, Lyricist - Ibrahima Cisse, Keyboards - Issa Cissocko, Tenor Saxophone - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Co-Producer - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Keyboards - Ken Fradley, Trumpet - Lee Robertson, Trombone - Mamadou Mbaye, Guitar - Ousseynou Ndiaye, Background Vocal - Thierno Koite, Alto Saxophone - Thierno Koite, Soprano Saxophone - Youssou N'Dour, Background Vocal - Youssou N'Dour, Composer - Youssou N'Dour, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Producer - Youssou N'Dour, Vocal
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Bolo Bolgnesi, Trombone - Brad Wheeler, Saxophone - Glenn Ferris, Trombone - Habib Faye, Co-Producer - Habib Faye, Composer - Habib Faye, Lyricist - Jean Philippe Rykiel, Drum Programmer - Jean Philippe Rykiel, Keyboards - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Co-Producer - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Composer - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Lyricist - Mathew Russell, Arranger - Ron Meza, Trumpet - Youssou N'Dour, Composer - Youssou N'Dour, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Producer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Abdou Kaba, 2nd Engineer - Andy Shafte, Programmer - Baidi Sall, Performer - Habib Faye, Percussion - Ibrahima Cisse, Keyboards - Johnny, Producer - Jonathan Sharp, Composer - Jonathan Sharp, Lyricist - Makhtar Sall, Performer - N'Diaga N'Dour, Recording Engineer - Pape Oumar Ngom, Guitar - Philippe Brun, Mixing Engineer - Ségui Niang, 2nd Engineer - Youssou N'Dour, Composer - Youssou N'Dour, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Producer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (France) S.A.
Booga Bear, Producer - Cameron McVey, Composer - Cameron McVey, Lyricist - Jonathan Sharp, Composer - Jonathan Sharp, Lyricist - Jonny $, Producer - Mark Robertson, Percussion - Neneh Cherry, Composer - Neneh Cherry, Lyricist - Neneh Cherry, Vocal - Sacha Skarbek, Keyboards - Sacha Skarbek, Violin - Youssou N'Dour, Background Vocal - Youssou N'Dour, Composer - Youssou N'Dour, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Vocal - Youssou N'Dour featuring Neneh Cherry, Performer
(P) 1994 Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Billy Congoma, Percussion - Charlie Lagond, Tenor Saxophone - Habib Faye, Arranger - Habib Faye, Co-Producer - Habib Faye, Composer - Habib Faye, Lyricist - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Arranger - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Co-Producer - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Composer - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Lyricist - Ken Fradley, Trumpet - Lee Robertson, Trombone - Youssou N'Dour, Arranger - Youssou N'Dour, Composer - Youssou N'Dour, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Branford Marsalis, Saxophone - Habib Faye, Co-Producer - Jean Philippe Rykiel, Arranger - Jean Philippe Rykiel, Keyboards - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Co-Producer - Sing-Sing Rythms, Percussion - Youssou N'Dour, Composer - Youssou N'Dour, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Producer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Abdou Kaba, 2nd Engineer - Babacar Faye, Percussion - Habib Faye, Bass - Ibrahima Cisse, Keyboards - Johnny, Producer - Jonathan Sharp, Composer - Jonathan Sharp, Lyricist - Kévin Armstrong, Guitar - Pape Oumar Gnom, Composer - Pape Oumar Gnom, Lyricist - Pape Oumar Ngom, Guitar - Philippe Brun, Recording Engineer - Simon Richmond, Composer - Simon Richmond, Lyricist - Steve Hopwood, Composer - Steve Hopwood, Lyricist - Ségui Niang, 2nd Engineer - Vinia Mojica, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Composer - Youssou N'Dour, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Producer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (France) S.A.
Assane Thiam, Drums - Babacar Faye, Background Vocal - Babacar Faye, Percussion - Biram Nedck Ndiaye, Composer - Biram Nedck Ndiaye, Lyricist - Charlie Lagond, Tenor Saxophone - Fallilou Niang, Drums - Habib Faye, Acoustic Bass - Habib Faye, Co-Producer - Habib Faye, Composer - Habib Faye, Keyboards - Habib Faye, Lyricist - Ibrahima Cisse, Keyboards - Issa Cissocko, Tenor Saxophone - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Co-Producer - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Composer - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Keyboards - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Lyricist - Ken Fradley, Trumpet - Lee Robertson, Trombone - Mamadou Mbaye, Guitar - Michel Sauvage, Composer - Michel Sauvage, Lyricist - Ousseynou Ndiaye, Background Vocal - Thierno Koite, Alto Saxophone - Thierno Koite, Soprano Saxophone - Youssou N'Dour, Background Vocal - Youssou N'Dour, Composer - Youssou N'Dour, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Producer - Youssou N'Dour, Vocal
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Brian Tench, Mixing Engineer - Habib Faye, Percussion - Jimi Mbaye, Arranger - Jimi Mbaye, Guitar - Mac Fallows, Keyboards - Mac Fallows, Producer - Ndeye Mbaye Djinema-Djinema, Composer - Pape Oumar Ngom, Guitar - Victoria Chidid, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Producer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (France) S.A.
Amadou Doukoure, Co-Producer - J. Lennon, Composer - J. Lennon, Lyricist - Paul McCartney, Composer - Paul McCartney, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Producer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Bolo Bolgnesi, Trombone - Brad Wheeler, Saxophone - Glenn Ferris, Trombone - Habib Faye, Arranger - Habib Faye, Co-Producer - Habib Faye, Composer - Habib Faye, Lyricist - Jean Philippe Rykiel, Arranger - Jean Philippe Rykiel, Keyboards - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Co-Producer - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Composer - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Lyricist - Mathew Russell, Arranger - Ron Meza, Trumpet - Youssou N'Dour, Composer - Youssou N'Dour, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Producer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Assane Thiam, Drums - Babacar Faye, Background Vocal - Babacar Faye, Percussion - Charlie Lagond, Tenor Saxophone - Fallilou Niang, Drums - Habib Faye, Acoustic Bass - Habib Faye, Co-Producer - Habib Faye, Composer - Habib Faye, Keyboards - Habib Faye, Lyricist - Ibrahima Cisse, Keyboards - Issa Cissocko, Tenor Saxophone - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Co-Producer - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Composer - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Keyboards - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Lyricist - Ken Fradley, Trumpet - Lamine Faye, Composer - Lamine Faye, Lyricist - Lee Robertson, Trombone - Lisa Jackson, Executive Producer - Mamadou Mbaye, Guitar - Michel Sauvage, Co-Producer - Ousseynou Ndiaye, Background Vocal - SPIKE LEE, Executive Producer - Thierno Koite, Alto Saxophone - Thierno Koite, Soprano Saxophone - Thomas Rome, Composer - Thomas Rome, Executive Producer - Thomas Rome, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Background Vocal - Youssou N'Dour, Composer - Youssou N'Dour, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Producer - Youssou N'Dour, Vocal
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Habib Faye, Composer - Habib Faye, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Composer - Youssou N'Dour, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Producer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Youssou N'Dour, Composer - Youssou N'Dour, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Producer
(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Chris Theis, Recording Engineer - Jerry Wonder, Programmer - Ronald White, Composer - Smokey Robinson, Composer - Smokey Robinson, Lyricist - Wyclef Jean, Performer - Wyclef Jean, Producer - Youssou N'Dour, Performer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (France) S.A.
Assane Thiam, Drums - Babacar Faye, Background Vocal - Babacar Faye, Percussion - Birame Ndiaye, Composer - Birame Ndiaye, Lyricist - Charlie Lagond, Tenor Saxophone - Fallilou Niang, Drums - Habib Faye, Acoustic Bass - Habib Faye, Co-Producer - Habib Faye, Composer - Habib Faye, Keyboards - Habib Faye, Lyricist - Ibrahima Cisse, Keyboards - Issa Cissocko, Tenor Saxophone - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Co-Producer - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Composer - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Keyboards - Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Lyricist - Ken Fradley, Trumpet - Lee Robertson, Trombone - Mamadou Mbaye, Guitar - Ousseynou Ndiaye, Background Vocal - Thierno Koite, Alto Saxophone - Thierno Koite, Soprano Saxophone - Youssou N'Dour, Background Vocal - Youssou N'Dour, Composer - Youssou N'Dour, Lyricist - Youssou N'Dour, Performer - Youssou N'Dour, Producer - Youssou N'Dour, Vocal
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Album review
This 16-track compilation covers Senegalese singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Youssou N'Dour's Columbia Records period, from 1991 to 1996. Perhaps the most popular pop culture figure in Senegal's history, N'Dour created a music of his own from various sources, which he called "mbalax" and which incorporates everything from jazz, soul, hard R&B styles, hip-hop, and even Cuban samba, and juxtaposes them with the folk melodies and polyrhythms of his native land. The cuts here, particularly "Old Man," "New Africa," "Yo le Le, (Fulani Rhythm)," and the covers of Smokey Robinson's "Don't Look Back," and Lennon and McCartney's "Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da," reveal N'Dour's idiosyncratic, yet very accessible grasp and integration of Western and African pop styles.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:21
- Main artists: Youssou N'Dour
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: World Africa
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (France) SA, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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