Chimurenga '98

Chimurenga '98 Artist: Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited
Label: Anonym Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 714288029829
EAN: 0714288029829
ASIN: B00000IP9L


Release Date: 1999-12-14

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  1. The Best African CDs of All-Time

Tracks:

  1. The Bream Fish
  2. Who Has Destroyed Our Home
  3. We Rejoice
  4. Dance For Us
  5. Don't Play Around With A Snake
  6. You've Branded Me A Witch
  7. The War Of Liberation
  8. You Just Scold Each Other
  9. The Reason Why
  10. I'm Now Leaving
  11. Set The People Free
  12. The Lions Of Soccer

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars His best album in years.......2003-12-23

This is one of Mapfumo's finest albums ever, certainly the best of the nineties. A perfect balance between traditional, jit-chimurenga and other-worldly is maintained. Chigwaya, Ndave Kuenda and Usatambe Nenyoka allow Joshua Dube to showcase his mbira guitar style -- actually he shines throughout. Ndiani Waparadza Musha features Mali griot-style acoustic guitar from Banning Eyre, mbira driven Mali melodies over a traditional Shona trance rhythm - not to mention Mapfumo's wailing vocals and beautiful backing from the singing daughters. Also check out Titambire (watch for Baba Maal's Mariama groove in the bassline), Zimba Remabwe; all the styles Mapfumop has ever delved in are here, SA influenced Afrojazzy stuff, reggaeish materials, pure chimurenga and jit, afro-pop. Better than Chimurenga Explosion, which is saying a lot

4 out of 5 stars a great introduction to chimerunga music.......2000-07-03

this album is nearly ideal for those interested in trying to understand the power and passion of chimerunga music. while it may seem to leack some of the urgency of mapfumo's work in the 1970s, his biting social criticisms and observations of daily life in zimbabwe provide an excellent window into comtemporary zimbabwean society. mapfumo truly is the voice of modern-day zimbabwe, and this recording only serves to further cement that position. while nothing can beat seeing him live, playing in some shebeen in the high-density suburbs of harare, this album comes close.

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  1. (South African) Gospel According to Earthworks ~ Various Artists
  2. Fatou ~ Fatou Guewel
  3. Andarele ~ Carmen Gonzalez & Koral Y Esmerelda
  4. Oro Musical ~ Elena Burke
  5. Retrato De Pampa E Invernada ~ Cesar Oliveira, Rogerio Mello
  6. The Real Complete Jewish Kids Party ~ David & The High Spirit
  7. 15 Anos De Estrada ~ Champion
  8. Eurolovers ~ Eurolovers
  9. Alpha States ~ David H. Yakobian
  10. Real Complete Passover ~ David & the High Spirit

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