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Shadow Man (album)

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Released
  
1988

Length
  
42:10

Producer
  
Hilton Rosenthal

Genre
  
World Music

Label
  
Capitol

Shadow Man (1988)
  
Cruel, Crazy Beautiful World (1989)

Shadow Man is a studio album from South African artist Johnny Clegg and his band Savuka.

Contents

It was released in 1988 and produced by Hilton Rosenthal. While the apartheid was still in place some of the songs contained heavy political messages aimed at the regime. The lyrics were mainly sung in English, with backing vocals in Zulu. All were written by Johnny Clegg with the exception of tracks 7 and 8, for which Keith Hutchinson collaborated.

Track listing

  1. "Human Rainbow" – 4:24
  2. "Talk to the People" – 3:58
  3. "Too Early for the Sky" – 4:23
  4. "I Call Your Name" – 4:01
  5. "Take My Heart Away" – 4:15
  6. "The Waiting" – 4:59
  7. "African Shadow Man" – 4:28
  8. "Dance Across the Centuries" – 3:53
  9. "Joey Don't Do It" – 3:29
  10. "Siyayilanda" – 4:14

Personnel

  • Johnny Clegg – vocals, guitar, concertina, mouth bow
  • Steve Mavuso – keyboard, backing vocals
  • Keith Hutchinson – keyboard, saxophone, flute, backing vocals
  • Derek de Beer – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Solly Letwaba – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Dudu Zulu – percussion
  • Bobby Summerfield– mixer, recording engineer, keyboards & drum programing.

    • Additional musicians

  • Mandisa Dlanga – backing vocals
  • Deborah Fraser – backing vocals
  • Marilyn Nokwe – backing vocals
  • Beaulah Hashe – backing vocals

    • References

    Shadow Man (album) Wikipedia
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