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Papa Wemba, Papa Wemba
Audio CD
Disk ID: 56004
Disk length: 33m 55s (7 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1994
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. M'Fono Yami | 3:44 |
| 2. Bakwetu | 4:31 |
| 3. Analengo | 4:37 |
| 4. Mukaji Wanyi | 3:59 |
| 5. Bokulaka | 7:24 |
| 6. Hambayi Ede | 4:48 |
| 7. Esclave | 4:47 |
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Review
The artist formerly known as Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba's first Western album, released in 1988, is in many ways also Papa Wemba's last typically Zairean album. Produced by Martin Meisonnier, who worked commercial magic on King Sunny Ade, it's a rich and resonant showcase for Wemba's velvet-sandpaper voice. The album's centerpiece, after several shorter hors d'oeuvres, is "Bokulaka," whose slow introduction (nearly always dropped by modern soukous groups) gives Wemba a chance to stretch out in a blues mode before the band explodes into a fiery "seben" dance vamp nudged into hyperdrive by guitar hero Rigo Star. The disc's other highlight is "Esclave," on which Papa Wemba digs deeply into soukous's rumba roots and plays an exciting game of musical tag with keyboardist Philippe Marais. --Richard Gehr
Other Versions
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Tracks: 4 (-3 tracks), Disk length: 31m 45s (-3m 50s)
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