Les 50 Plus Belles Chansons Africaines

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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)
producer:
Fela Kuti
lead vocals:
Fela Kuti
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti Estate (from 1999 to present)
edit of:
ODOO (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake) by Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80
recording of:
O.D.O.O.
writer and composer:
Fẹla Aníkúlápó Kuti
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 Luís 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