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The Rough Guide to African Disco

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Released
  
15 April 2013

Release date
  
15 April 2013

Length
  
96:56

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The Rough Guide to African Disco(2013)
  
Genres
  
Disco, African popular music

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The Rough Guide to African Disco is a world music compilation album originally released in 2013 featuring mainly 1970s and '80s African disco. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the album contains two discs: an overview of the genre on Disc One, and a "bonus" Disc Two highlighting Cameroonian artist Maloko. Disc One features five South African tracks, four Nigerian, two Ghanaian, and one each from Cameroon and France. The release was compiled by Dominic Raymond-Barker and Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network.

Contents

Critical reception

Gregory Heaney of AllMusic called the album "solid" and praised the World Music Network for increasing the world's funkiness. Robert Christgau rewarded the release with an "A-", saying it succeeded in finding the balance between "cheap commercialism and heartfelt ambition." While "The Dean" waxed poetic on Disc Two, David Maine of PopMatters pronounced it a stab at "accessibility for western ears" fallen flat. He did however call the "Afro-funk" and "Afro-pop" of Disc One worth exploring. Writing for TimeOut, Lydia Jenkin labelled the album "stunning".

Disc Two

Disc Two is a re-release of Maloko's Soul on Fire.

Songs

1A Brand New WayoMixed Grill5:02
2Yesu san braPat Thomas3:51
3Come On HomeLijadu Sisters5:17

References

The Rough Guide to African Disco Wikipedia


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