Released 5 March 2003 Artist Ladysmith Black Mambazo Producer Joseph Shabalala Genre Isicathamiya | Length 53:00 approx. Release date 5 March 2003 Label Heads Up International | |
Recorded October 1999 & January 2003 Raise Your Spirit Higher - Wenyukela
(2003) Raise Your Spirit Higher
(2004) Similar Ladysmith Black Mambazo albums, Isicathamiya albums | ||
Raise Your Spirit Higher - Wenyukela is an album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It was released on 5 March 2003 and was the British release of the group's South African album of the same name. It was later re-released in North America in 2004. The album was expected to have (and it did have) a solemn touch (it was the first album release after the murder of leader Joseph Shabalala's wife Nellie, in May 2002).
Contents
The album (WRASS100, Wrasse Records) was critically praised and was the first release of new material since Heavenly, in 1997.
Track listing
- Tribute
- Because I Love You
- Wenyukela (Raise Your Spirit Higher)
- Wenza Ngani? (How Did You Do That?)
- Dlondlobala Njalo (Preserve Traditional Culture)
- Sandlwana (A Mountain)
- Mbayimbayi (By and By, I'm Coming)
- Black Is Beautiful
- Uqinisil' Ubaba (Lord is the Light and Truth)
- Udidekil' Umhlaba (Lord's Work)
- Iningi Liyabon Ububende (Many Spoil the Broth)
- Wangibambezela (Message from His Heart)
- Wamuhle Umshado (Beautiful Wedding)
- Phalamende (Parliament)
- Fak' Ibhande (Don't Drink and Drive)
- Music Knows No Boundaries
- Halala South Africa (Congratulations South Africa)
Songs
1Tribute1:17
2Because I Love You4:10
3Wenyukela (Raise Your Spirit Higher)4:52
References
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