Joko: The Link

Artist: Youssou N'Dour , Sting , and Peter Gabriel
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075597961720
EAN: 0075597961720
ASIN: B00004X0LZ

Release Date: 2000-09-05

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| Africa | International | Styles | Music

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| International | Styles | Music

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| Pop | Styles | Music

Senegal & Gambia

| Africa | International | Styles | Music

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Tracks:

Wiri-Wiri
Birima
Mademba (The Electricity Is Out Again)
This Dream
Yama
She Doesn't Need To Fall
Miss
Beykat
Liggeey
My Hope Is In You
Red Clay

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Customer Reviews:

Took the "Afro" out of Afropop.......2002-12-04

Horrid pop music. Watered down anti-mbalax rock that sullies the good name of Youssou N'dour. Granted this version is SLIGHTLY better than its original form/release (Joko: From Village to Town)- but make no mistake this was produced to appeal to Western sensibilies, abandons most attributes of senegalese Afropop (mbalax), leaving trite English lyrics, downbeat accented, unpolyrhythmic pop music more akin to Peter Gabriel than other N'dour albums. Recommened instead are
Ndour's "Best of 80's" & Rough Guide to Youssou N'dour & Etoile de Dakar", and Thione Seck/Raam Daan's "Live Aniversary."

Slick, but I like it...!!.......2002-11-25

Senegal's Youssou N'Dour is arguably the most famous African pop artist alive; he's certainly one of the leading exponents of the slick, high-tech production style that has grown out of the Parisian expatriate scene over the last few decades... This is his first album in over six years and, like other recent African pop albums, it points to a resolution of the aesthetic bridge that separates fans of a more stripped-down sound and those who like the soft stuff. There are still a few touches that make me cringe -- a soprano sax here, an overwrought chorus there -- but overall this album has a nice organic feel to it... pleasant, listenable, seductive. The only problem, really, is that so many of these songs end so quickly; it's as though someone advised N'Dour to trim his tunes down because eight-minute long songs won't get as much airplay in America. The four-minute long compromises mostly end just when things are getting good, and several seem kind of bluntly edited... The good news is, N'Dour's new songs sound great. I just wish I could hear more of them.

Good but not Great.......2002-07-19

I think Youssou N'Dour is losing his edge a bit. His last few albums have been decent but nowhere near as good as "Set" and "Eyes Open", where there is not a weak track to be found. His more recent stuff is more uneven and a bit too "pop", in my opinion.

What Music Should Be.......2002-07-11

One reviewer wrote that Youssou is the milestone for African Artists. I would go further and say that his music is what all music should be. I have a couple hundred CD's ranging from Classical, to Punk; from Andean to Zimbabwa and Youssou NDour sits at the top of my list, next to Mozart, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan and Oliver Mtukudzi. You do not just listen to his music, you absorb it, what ever language he sings in. My favorite from this album is Red Clay, a melancholy tune about searching for one's soul, only to realize that it is always with you on the road of life, right there at your feet, whatever the situation is.

A glorious success, one of my most favourite C.D.'s.......2002-02-08

This is a magnificent C.D. The best he has done yet!
In the same way that Nelson Mandela is the yardstick for every African Politician, Youssou N'Dour is the yardstick for every African Musician.
As a singer he is unique, as he has both a very powerful voice, and a very wide vocal range.
This is a selection of some wonderfully crafted songs, maybe a bit more popish than his usual offerings, but great nevertheless. Nearly every track is very good, and also there are a few exceptional tracks e.g. Birima.
The musicianship and production on many African artists work often does not do justice to the beauty of their work, possibly due to the financial constraints, however it does on this C.D.
Anybody interested in listening to African music for the first time, must buy this C.D.
Anybody who is an African music lover will have this C.D.

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