| Various Artists / Rough Guide To West African Gold |
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| Album: | Rough Guide To West African Gold | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Aug 2006 | |
| Label: | World Music Network | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-09-17 | Pull Date: | 2006-11-19 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Nov 19 | Nov 12 | Nov 5 | Oct 29 | Oct 22 | Oct 15 | Oct 8 | Oct 1 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 24, 2010: | Elite Syncopations Whiskey Soda | 4. | Nov 07, 2006: | At the Cafe Bohemian -Tokyo Whiskey Soda | |
| 2. | Jan 15, 2007: | "In Your Ear ..." with David Bug, a shot out to martin & mingus The Lord's Prayer | 5. | Nov 05, 2006: | Bottom Heavy Let Them Talk | |
| 3. | Nov 14, 2006: | At the Cafe Bohemian Let Them Talk | 6. | Nov 03, 2006: | Oh Man. Ife Si Na Chi |
| Album Review |
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| Decca Reviewed 2006-09-13 | ||
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Fabulous music from the golden age of African popular music (1950s-80s), Highlife, mbalax…great sounds from wonderful bands. If this music doesn’t make you wiggle – check your pulse. It’s joyful, catchy, and all worth at least one star. Some tracks a bit crackly and obviously older, but nothing too bad. Play it and smile. 1. Calypso highlife w/a fun, lazily happy sound. 2. Fast & energetic Afro-funk. A great groove. 3. Fun, midtempo Afro-mambo. “Drunk” vocals, cool guitars/sax. 4. Afro-salsa, midtempo w/an mbalax feel. In Spanish. 5. Deliciously relaxed highlife w/lazy vocals. Nice. 6. Sweet horn harmonies & warm vox. Lazy & midtempo. 7. Vocalists trading lyrics, midtempo perc/horns. Sweet. 8. Nicely brassy, mid/uptempo jazzy pop. 9. Coolest “Lord’s Prayer” ever. A fun, kinda cheesy mid groove. 10. Mid/upbeat w/chant-like vocals & a catchy sound. Great flute. 11. Sweet upbeat w/organ, horns, cool guitar & vox. Catchy. 12. Mid, cool horns/guitar. Salif Keita on vox. So good… 13. Uptempo w/great vocals a lite funk groove & lots of style. | ||
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