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Youssou N'Dour: Set

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Label: Virgin Records
Released: 1990
Time:
 49:33
Category: World Music
Producer(s): Michael Brook
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.youssou.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2002.10.25
Price in €: 6,99



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[1] Set (H.Faye/Y.N'Dour) - 3:45
[2] Alboury (Y.N'Dour) - 4:15
[3] Sabar (Y.N'Dour) - 2:32
[4] Toxiques (H.Faye/Y.N'Dour) - 3:28
[5] Sinebar (H.Faye/Y.N'Dour) - 4:45
[6] Medina (Y.N'Dour) - 3:22
[7] Miyoko (Y.N'Dour) - 3:43
[8] Xale (Y.N'Dour) - 4:17
[9] Fenene (H.Faye/Y.N'Dour) - 5:17
[10] Fakastalu (Y.N'Dour) - 3:52
[11] Hey You! (H.Faye/Y.N'Dour) - 3:38
[12] One Day (H.Faye/Y.N'Dour) - 3:26
[13] Ay Chono La (Y.N'Dour) - 3:13

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YOUSSOU N'DOUR - Vocals

CLIFFORD ADMAS - Trumpet
CHRIS BRIERLY - Violin
IBOU CISSE - Guitar, Keyboards
ISSA CISSOCKO - Tenor Saxophone
JUB DAVIS - Violin
HABIB FAYE - Bass, Guitar, Arranger, Keyboards
MBAYE DIEYE FAYE - Percussion
PHILIPPE HERPIN - Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
DARRYL JOHNSON - Bass, Drums, Keyboards
HELEN KAMMINGA - Viola
THIERNO KOITE - Alto & Soprano Saxophone
DANIEL LANOIS - Drums, Producer, Remixing
MARK LEDFORD - Trumpet
JIMI MBAYE - Guitar
JOHN METCALFE - Viola
OUZIN NDIAYE - Background Vocals
DJEZI NGOIE - Programming, Keyboard Programming
PAPE OUMAR NGOM - Rhythm Guitar
GALLAS NIANG - Drums
MARK PHAROAH - Violin
ASSANE THAIM - Drums, Talking Drum, Tama
ROBERT WOOLHARD - Cello
HORACE ALEXANDER Young - Alto Saxophone
CLIFFORD ADAMS - Trombone
ROBERT WOOLLARD - Cello

ED MICHEL - Producer
THOMAS ROME - Executive Producer
PHIL DELTRE - Engineer
PETER CHAIKIN - Engineer
BAKER BISBY - Engineer
LARRY QUINN - Engineer
COLDCUT - Remixing
RUSSELL MILLS - Design
DAVE COPPENHALL - Design
MIYOKO AKIYAMA - Photography
JAK KILBY - Photography
JENNY CATHCART - Translation

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1990 CD Atlantic 91426
1990 CD Virgin 91426-2
1990 CS Virgin 91426-4
1990 CD Virgin V2-86195
1996 CD Alliance 86195
1996 CD Capitol 86195



The title tune became the anthem of Senegalese youth in 1990. This is the first album N'Dour hasn't re-recorded for the international market. It's very African and his best recorded work to date.

J. Poet - All-Music Guide, © 1992 - 2002 AEC One Stop Group, Inc.



Released one year after his breakthrough recording The Lion, Set clinches Youssou N'Dour's international stardom. From start to finish N'Dour is in fine voice and his band, Super Etoile de Dakar, provides flawless backing. Not one to shy away from tough topics, N'Dour tackles a variety of issues, from the pain and joy of love, to the heartfelt protest of the dumping of toxic waste on undeveloped nations by richer, more developed countries. Set is produced by Michael Brook, who brings out the best in Youssou and the band with a clean and vibrant sound. Daniel Lanois produces one track and is equally successful. There is no formulaic approach to the music on this CD; the song "Xale" puts Youssou together with a classical music style string sextet--a joining that works surprisingly well. The title track has a crisp, pushy rhythm matched by Youssou's imploring voice which underscores the text of the song: the urgency of the need for international cooperation, and the responsibility that the superpowers bear in working for peace.

Jeff Grubb - Amazon.com



Dieser Mann aus Mali versteht sich aufs Magische in der Musik. Mit seiner hinreißend ausdrucksvollen Stimme öffnet er Augen und Ohren und versetzt die Seele in einen wunderbar heiteren Schwebezustand. Das muß auch Peter Gabriel so empfunden haben, als er 1984 nach Paris jettete, nur um ein Konzert des westafrikanischen Barden mitzuerleben. Youssou N'Dour gab auf Gabriels "So" seinen Einstand vor westlichem Pop-Publikum, Gabriel schrieb einen Song ("Shakin' The Tree") für den afrikanischen Freund. Im Herbst 1988 standen beide gemeinsam auf der Bühne - bei der "Human Rights Now!"- Welttournee für Amnesty International. Youssou N'Dour kann keine spektakulären Hit-Erfolge vorweisen wie der singende Wanderprediger Mory Kanté aus Guinea. Doch seine Ausnahmestellung unter Afrikas Musik- Propheten ist unumstritten. Das unterstreicht einmal mehr das neue Album "Set", mit dem sich N'Dour und seine Band Super Etoile de Dakar nach dem poppigeren "The Lion" wieder stärker ihren Wurzeln zuwenden. Produzent Michael Brook versöhnte im Studio in Brüssel bei erstklassigem Sound beide Pole. Pulsierende, wild wuchernde Trommelrhythmen und geschmeidige Bässe kreuzen sich in einem faszinierenden Spiel mit sanft sprudelnden Gitarren, schnittigem Gebläse und Streicherensemble. Englische Textübersetzungen im Booklet machen die Botschaften auch Europäern verständlich. Youssou N'Dour singt von der Achtung der Sitten der Väter und dem Wert der neuen Ideen der Jugend, er mahnt zu Frieden, geißelt den Giftmüllexport der Industrieländer - und er preist die Liebe. ** Klang.: 08-09

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Simply put, Youssou N'Dour is one of the greatest vocalists to ever walk the earth. Those who have seen his familiar jeans-sneakers-and-red-cap approach to the music-Youssou always appears onstage looking as if he just stepped off a plane from a gig on the other side of the world-know that he is more than that, that by being the first so-called world beat musician to reach a huge audience outside his native Senegal, he has become a symbol of much more. While the pop superstars of the West are busy making videos and cutting lucrative ads for soft drinks, N'Dour sings urgent songs that express real concern for the future of the planet and all its people, no matter what their race or place of birth. His music is world pop in the best sense of the world-he's willing to meet the West part of the way, but he always demands an awareness of his own culture and background, and the two meet effortlessly halfway in Youssou N'Dour's music. Socio-musicology aside, Youssou's prime concern is communication-whether it's the new politics of his generation of Africans or just the politics of plain old dancing. Youssou's stunning voice sings words that are cautionary, self-aware and solid, the sound of thinking globally and dancing locally, the groove of everybody pulling together for the sake of the whole planet. Best of Set: "Toxiques" (with Daniel Lanois and Coldcut both guesting on production), "Set," "Miyoko," "Xale" and "Fakastalu."

CMJ New Music Report Issue: 207 - Oct 05, 1990
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