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- Summary: The African duo met at a school for the blind and have since written a song for the 2006 World Cup and their latest album features production by Damon Albarn.
- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): World
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Top Track
Sabali | |
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Anw na ku yé foli de yé. Anw duya yé tolo kê yoro yé. Anw bo kê ko yan. Anw bo kê ko yan. Djama! Sabali! Sabali! Sabali yonkontê. Sabali!... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 21
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Mixed: 1 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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The great thing about this follow-up is the way it builds on that foundation without lapsing into self-consciousness.
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Welcome To Mali sounds heavily produced but not overproduced, and even with the pings and whizzing, Amadou’s playing and the pair’s singing insure it never sounds less than organic.
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Welcome to Mali was one of 2008's hidden gems, so do yourself a favor and go check it out now.
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Regardless of the frames built around them by producers or the press, Amadou and Mariam make great pop music, and their new album gives us more of it.
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MojoWelcome to Mali celebrates its artificiality, flaunts its illegitimacy and waggles its infidelities in your face. Amadou & Mariam have just damned authenticite to an eternity in caducite. [Dec 2008, p.98]
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Q MagazineTruely, a voyage of discovery. [Jan 2009, p.121]
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If the album is frustratingly uneven--if, despite moments of exuberance, it can also feel like a mundane grind--well, I suspect that also mirrors life in Mali. And almost everywhere else, too.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 20
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Mixed: 1 out of 20
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Negative: 4 out of 20
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danielh.Dec 2, 2008Fantastic, I love them!!!!
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JesseR.Dec 12, 2008awesome.. album of the year..
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JohnP.Feb 4, 2009
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WillB.Dec 12, 2008
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brendank.Dec 6, 2008
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LiamdFeb 26, 2009
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GillIFeb 4, 2009Sorry guys but i can't rate this clone of Manu Chao higher. Absolutely nothing interesting to listen.
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