The Very Best of - Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain

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The Very Best of - Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain
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Compilation album by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Released November 2004
Recorded 1973 - 2004
Genre Isicathamiya
Label Gallo Record Company (original recordings)
Wrasse Records (compilation)
Producer Joseph Shabalala
Ladysmith Black Mambazo chronology
Raise Your Spirit Higher
(2004)		 The Very Best of - Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain
(2004)		 No Boundaries
(2005)

The Very Best of - Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain is a 2-disc compilation album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It was released in the United Kingdom in November 2004, to coincide with the group's tour of the UK that month.

The album contains many well-known songs by the group, spanning songs mainly from the late 1980s to newly recorded versions (and a few 1970s tracks), such as "Homeless" (composed by Mambazo leader Joseph Shabalala and Paul Simon), "Nomathemba", and many more.

[edit] Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Rain Rain Beautiful Rain"
  2. "How Long?"
  3. "Inkanyezi Nezazi (The Star and the Wiseman)"
  4. "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" featuring China Black
  5. "(Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika) Shosholoza"
  6. "Hello My Baby"
  7. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" featuring Dolly Parton
  8. "Music Knows No Boundaries"
  9. "Sisesiqhingini (Everything is So Stupid, Stupid, Stupid)"
  10. "Wenza Ngani (How Did You Do That?)"
  11. "Homeless"
  12. "Halala South Africa (Congratulations South Africa)"
  13. "Isimanga Salomhlaba (The Wonder Of this World)"
  14. "Dlondlobala Njalo (Preserve South Africa's Traditional Culture)"
  15. "Amazing Grace"
  16. "Silent Night"

Disc 2

  1. "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes" featuring Paul Simon
  2. "Mbube (Wimoweh)"
  3. "Qed'usizi"
  4. "New York City"
  5. "Ain't No Sunshine" featuring Des'ree
  6. "Iningi Liyabon Ububende (Many Spoil the Broth)"
  7. "Udidekil' Umhlaba (Lord's Work)"
  8. "Because I Love You"
  9. "Lifikile Ivangeli (The Gospel Has Arrived)"
  10. "Chain Gang" featuring Low Rawls
  11. "Oh Happy Day"
  12. "Abezizwe (Uniting Nations Together)"
  13. "Isimanga Sikathekwane (The Wonder of the Hammerhead Bird)" Remix
  14. "Black is Beautiful"
  15. "Halleluya"
  16. "Nomathemba (Mother of Hope)"
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Joseph Shabalala (founder and musical director)
Members
Studio albums
Amabutho | Imbongi | Umama Lo! | Isitimela | Ukukhanya Kwelanga | Amaqhawe | Ukusindiswa | Shintsha Sithothobala | Phezulu Emafini | Ushaka | Indlela yaseZulwini | Ezinkulu | Intokozo | Ulwandle Oluncgwele | Phansi Emgodini | Umthombo Wamanzi | Induku Zethu | Ibhayibheli Liyindlela | Inkazimulo | Inala | Ezulwini Siyakhona | Shaka Zulu | Thandani | Zibuyinhlazane | Journey of Dreams | Izigqi Zendoda | Two Worlds, One Heart | Inkanyezi Nezazi | Liph' Iqiniso | Gift of the Tortoise | Thuthukani Ngoxolo | Ukuzala-Ukuzelula | Heavenly | Live at the Royal Albert Hall | Lihl' Ixhiba Likagogo | Wenyukela | Raise Your Spirit Higher (2003) | Raise Your Spirit Higher (2004) | No Boundaries | Long Walk to Freedom | Ilembe | Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu
Compilations
Nqonqotha Mfana | Favourites | Classic Tracks | The Best of (Vol. 1) | The Best of (Vol. 2) | Best of - The Star and the Wiseman | Gospel Songs | Favourites (No 2) | The Very Best of - Rain, Rain Beautiful Rain | The Best of: Essential Tribute | The Hits (CD/DVD)
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