Welcome to Mali

Welcome To Mali
Studio album by Amadou & Mariam
Released November 17, 2008 (Europe)
March 24, 2009 (US)
Genre Pop music
African Blues
Electronic
Worldbeat
Label Because Music (Europe)
Nonesuch Records (US)
Producer Marc Antoine Moreau
Laurent Jais
Damon Albarn
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Amadou & Mariam chronology
Dimanche à Bamako
(2005)		 Welcome to Mali
(2008)		 The Magic Couple
(2009)

Welcome to Mali is the fifth studio album by Mali musicians Amadou & Mariam. It was released on Because Music on November 17, 2008 in Europe and was released on Nonesuch Records on March 24, 2009 in the United States.

Track listing

  1. "Sabali"
  2. "Ce N'est Pas Bon"
  3. "Magosa"[1]
  4. "Djama"
  5. "Djuru"
  6. "Je Te Kiffe" (feat. Juan Rozoff)
  7. "Masiteladi" (feat. -M-)
  8. "Africa" (feat. K'Naan)
  9. "Compagnon de la Vie"
  10. "Unissons-nous" (feat. Keziah Jones)
  11. "Bozos"
  12. "I Follow You (Nia Na Fin)"
  13. "Welcome to Mali"
  14. "Batoma"
  15. "Sebeke"
  16. "Boula" (hidden track)

Singles

"Sabali," released on 27 October 2008, is the first single from the album. In August 2009, the webzine Pitchfork Media named it the 249th track in their staff list "The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s".[2]

The second single was "Masiteladi."

References

  1. ^ Spelled "Magossa" on the CD back cover, but "Magosa" on http://amadou-mariam.com/, "Magosa" is the title with which this song was registered with the SACEM, "Magossa" being the subtitle
  2. ^ "Pitchfork". Staff Lists: The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7685-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-500-201/6/. Retrieved 17 August 2009. 
Amadou & Mariam
Studio albums
Sou Ni Tilé (1999) · Tjé Ni Mousso (2000) · Wati (2003) · Dimanche à Bamako (2005) · Welcome to Mali (2008)