Amen (Salif Keita album)
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| Amen | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 43:50 | |||
| Language | Malinké | |||
| Label | Mango | |||
| Producer | Joe Zawinul | |||
| Salif Keita chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[2] |
Amen is the third studio album by Malian artist Salif Keita, released in 1991 by Mango Records. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard World Albums chart.[3][4]
Amen was produced by Joe Zawinul.[3]
Critical reception
Amen was Grammy nominated in the category of Best World Music Album.[5]
Fred Sushter of DownBeat wrote in 1992: "Amen is destined to be a world music classic, perhaps the first disc of its type to realize the potential of African sophistication and Western knowhow. It has been called the Aja of world beat, a reference to the shimmering Steely Dan album of the same name."[6]
Track listing
- "Yele n Na"
- "Waraya"
- "Tono"
- "Kuma" - Speak
- "Nyanafi" - Nostalgia
- "Karifa"
- "N B'I Fe" - I love you
- "Lony" - Knowledge
Kuma
If you drop a child you can catch it, but if a word is out you cannot catch it anymore. One has to learn to speak, if you do not believe ask a lawyer. One has to learn to speak, if you do not believe this ask a griot.
