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~ Release by Angélique Kidjo (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

booklet with song lyrics in English and French.

one additional sticker (on back and spine; maybe a club edition?):
on spine:
695.463

on back:
02 04 05 3 1
…barcode…
695.463-3

CD-Matrix:
IFPI 0274
518 432-2 00 L7 1**L

Annotation last modified on 2018-08-25 10:55 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
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1Agolo
recording engineer:
Andy Lovegrove
keyboard [keyboards] programming:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
assistant engineer:
James Brown, Jr. (assistant engineer), Xavier Delbos, Tony Matthew (engineer), Gerard Navarro (engineer), Pierre Ducom (engineer), Gary Stout and Matt White (assistant engineer)
executive producer:
D.A. “Jumbo” Vanrenen
producer:
Will Mowat
mixer:
Eugenius Ellis and Will Mowat
bass guitar:
Jean Hébrail
double bass:
Julian Crampton
drums (drum set) [drums]:
David Fall and Andy Gangadeen (UK drummer)
guitar [guitars]:
Glenn Nightingale
keyboard [keyboards playing]:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
percussion:
Jacques Largent (percussion) and Luís Jardim
trombone:
Neil Sidwell
trumpet:
John Thirkell (British trumpet and flugelhorn player)
background vocals [background vocalists]:
Damel Carayol (vocals, background vocals), Claudia Fontaine (vocals, background vocals), Enyonam Gbesemete (vocals, background vocals), Angélique Kidjo, Lamya Al-Mugheiry, Julie Imani Payne (vocals, background vocals) and Ingrid Matsidisi Webster (vocals, background vocals)
brass arranger and saxophone [saxophones] arranger:
Chris “Snake” Davis
keyboard [keyboards] arranger:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1993, in 1994)
mixed for and produced for:
Funki Dred Productions
recorded at:
Gangadeen’s in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Soul II Soul 1 in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Agolo
writer:
Jean Hébrail and Angélique Kidjo
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
34:49
2Adouma
drum machine [drum] programming:
David Z (producer/engineer David Rivkin), Jean Hébrail and Lester Mendez
programming:
Jean Hébrail
engineer:
Brian Poer and David Z. (producer/engineer David Rivkin)
executive producer:
D.A. “Jumbo” Vanrenen
producer and mixer:
David Z. (producer/engineer David Rivkin)
assistant mixer:
Jean Hébrail and Brian Poer
guitar:
David Z (producer/engineer David Rivkin) and Paul Peterson (multi‐instrumentalist St. Paul Peterson)
Hammond organ [Hammond], piano, synthesizer [Synths] and Wurlitzer electric piano [Wurlitzer]:
Lester Mendez
keyboard [keyboards]:
Jean Hébrail
percussion:
Carol Steele
background vocals:
Angélique Kidjo
arranger:
Jean Hébrail
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1993, in 1994)
recorded at and mixed at:
Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States
recording of:
Adouma
writer:
Jean Hébrail and Angélique Kidjo
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (France)
4:29
3Azan Nan Kpé
drum machine [drum] programming:
David Z (producer/engineer David Rivkin), Jean Hébrail and Lester Mendez
programming:
Jean Hébrail
engineer:
Brian Poer and David Z. (producer/engineer David Rivkin)
executive producer:
D.A. “Jumbo” Vanrenen
producer and mixer:
David Z. (producer/engineer David Rivkin)
assistant mixer:
Jean Hébrail and Brian Poer
guitar:
David Z (producer/engineer David Rivkin) and Paul Peterson (multi‐instrumentalist St. Paul Peterson)
Hammond organ [Hammond], piano, synthesizer [Synths] and Wurlitzer electric piano [Wurlitzer]:
Lester Mendez
keyboard [keyboards]:
Jean Hébrail
percussion:
Carol Steele
background vocals:
Fred Steele, JD Steele, Jearlyn Steele (American soprano) and Jevetta Steele
arranger:
Jean Hébrail
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1993, in 1994)
recorded at and mixed at:
Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States
recording of:
Azan Nan Kpé
writer:
Jean Hébrail and Angélique Kidjo
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
4:11
4Tatchédogbé
drum machine [drum] programming:
David Z (producer/engineer David Rivkin), Jean Hébrail and Lester Mendez
programming:
Jean Hébrail
engineer:
Brian Poer and David Z. (producer/engineer David Rivkin)
executive producer:
D.A. “Jumbo” Vanrenen
producer and mixer:
David Z. (producer/engineer David Rivkin)
assistant mixer:
Jean Hébrail and Brian Poer
guitar:
David Z (producer/engineer David Rivkin) and Paul Peterson (multi‐instrumentalist St. Paul Peterson)
Hammond organ [Hammond], piano, synthesizer [Synths] and Wurlitzer electric piano [Wurlitzer]:
Lester Mendez
keyboard [keyboards]:
Jean Hébrail
percussion:
Carol Steele
background vocals:
Angélique Kidjo
arranger:
Jean Hébrail
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1993, in 1994)
recorded at and mixed at:
Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States
recording of:
Tatchédogbé
writer:
Jean Hébrail and Angélique Kidjo
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
4:21
5Djan - Djan
drum machine [drum] programming:
David Z (producer/engineer David Rivkin), Jean Hébrail and Lester Mendez
programming:
Jean Hébrail
engineer:
Brian Poer and David Z. (producer/engineer David Rivkin)
executive producer:
D.A. “Jumbo” Vanrenen
producer and mixer:
David Z. (producer/engineer David Rivkin)
assistant mixer:
Jean Hébrail and Brian Poer
guitar:
David Z (producer/engineer David Rivkin) and Paul Peterson (multi‐instrumentalist St. Paul Peterson)
Hammond organ [Hammond], piano, synthesizer [Synths] and Wurlitzer electric piano [Wurlitzer]:
Lester Mendez
keyboard [keyboards]:
Jean Hébrail
percussion:
Carol Steele
background vocals:
Angélique Kidjo
arranger:
Jean Hébrail
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1993, in 1994)
recorded at and mixed at:
Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States
recording of:
Djan - Djan
writer:
Jean Hébrail and Angélique Kidjo
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
4:11
6Lon Lon Vadjro
recording engineer:
Andy Lovegrove
keyboard [keyboards] programming:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
assistant engineer:
James Brown, Jr. (assistant engineer), Xavier Delbos, Tony Matthew (engineer), Gerard Navarro (engineer), Pierre Ducom (engineer), Gary Stout and Matt White (assistant engineer)
executive producer:
D.A. “Jumbo” Vanrenen
producer:
Will Mowat
mixer:
Eugenius Ellis, Will Mowat and Arabella Rodriguez
bass guitar:
Jean Hébrail
double bass:
Julian Crampton
drums (drum set) [drums]:
David Fall and Andy Gangadeen (UK drummer)
guitar [guitars]:
Glenn Nightingale
keyboard [keyboards playing]:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
percussion:
Jacques Largent (percussion) and Luís Jardim
trombone:
Neil Sidwell
trumpet:
John Thirkell (British trumpet and flugelhorn player)
background vocals [background vocalists]:
Damel Carayol (vocals, background vocals), Claudia Fontaine (vocals, background vocals), Enyonam Gbesemete (vocals, background vocals), Angélique Kidjo, Lamya Al-Mugheiry, Julie Imani Payne (vocals, background vocals) and Ingrid Matsidisi Webster (vocals, background vocals)
brass arranger and saxophone [saxophones] arranger:
Chris “Snake” Davis
keyboard [keyboards] arranger:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1993, in 1994)
mixed for and produced for:
Funki Dred Productions
recorded at:
Gangadeen’s in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Master Rock 1 and 2 in Kilburn, Brent (London Borough of Brent), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Lon Lon Vadjro
writer:
Jean Hébrail and Angélique Kidjo
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
5:09
7Houngbati
recording engineer:
Andy Lovegrove
keyboard [keyboards] programming:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
assistant engineer:
James Brown, Jr. (assistant engineer), Xavier Delbos, Tony Matthew (engineer), Gerard Navarro (engineer), Pierre Ducom (engineer), Gary Stout and Matt White (assistant engineer)
executive producer:
D.A. “Jumbo” Vanrenen
producer:
Will Mowat
mixer:
Eugenius Ellis and Will Mowat
bass guitar:
Jean Hébrail
double bass:
Julian Crampton
drums (drum set) [drums]:
David Fall and Andy Gangadeen (UK drummer)
guitar [guitars]:
Glenn Nightingale
keyboard [keyboards playing]:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
percussion:
Jacques Largent (percussion) and Luís Jardim
trombone:
Neil Sidwell
trumpet:
John Thirkell (British trumpet and flugelhorn player)
background vocals [background vocalists]:
Damel Carayol (vocals, background vocals), Claudia Fontaine (vocals, background vocals), Enyonam Gbesemete (vocals, background vocals), Angélique Kidjo, Lamya Al-Mugheiry, Julie Imani Payne (vocals, background vocals) and Ingrid Matsidisi Webster (vocals, background vocals)
brass arranger and saxophone [saxophones] arranger:
Chris “Snake” Davis
keyboard [keyboards] arranger:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1993, in 1994)
mixed for and produced for:
Funki Dred Productions
recorded at:
Gangadeen’s in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Soul II Soul 1 in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Houngbati
writer:
Jean Hébrail and Angélique Kidjo
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
4:44
8Idjé - Idjé
recording engineer:
Andy Lovegrove
keyboard [keyboards] programming:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
assistant engineer:
James Brown, Jr. (assistant engineer), Xavier Delbos, Tony Matthew (engineer), Gerard Navarro (engineer), Pierre Ducom (engineer), Gary Stout and Matt White (assistant engineer)
executive producer:
D.A. “Jumbo” Vanrenen
producer:
Will Mowat
mixer:
Eugenius Ellis and Will Mowat
bass guitar:
Jean Hébrail
double bass:
Julian Crampton
drums (drum set) [drums]:
David Fall and Andy Gangadeen (UK drummer)
guitar [guitars]:
Glenn Nightingale
keyboard [keyboards playing]:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
percussion:
Jacques Largent (percussion) and Luís Jardim
trombone:
Neil Sidwell
trumpet:
John Thirkell (British trumpet and flugelhorn player)
background vocals [background vocalists]:
Damel Carayol (vocals, background vocals), Claudia Fontaine (vocals, background vocals), Enyonam Gbesemete (vocals, background vocals), Angélique Kidjo, Lamya Al-Mugheiry, Julie Imani Payne (vocals, background vocals) and Ingrid Matsidisi Webster (vocals, background vocals)
brass arranger and saxophone [saxophones] arranger:
Chris “Snake” Davis
keyboard [keyboards] arranger:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1993, in 1994)
mixed for and produced for:
Funki Dred Productions
recorded at:
Gangadeen’s in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Soul II Soul 1 in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Idjé - Idjé
writer:
Jean Hébrail and Angélique Kidjo
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
5:49
9Yemandja
drum machine [drum] programming:
David Z (producer/engineer David Rivkin), Jean Hébrail and Lester Mendez
programming:
Jean Hébrail
engineer:
Brian Poer and David Z. (producer/engineer David Rivkin)
executive producer:
D.A. “Jumbo” Vanrenen
producer and mixer:
David Z. (producer/engineer David Rivkin)
assistant mixer:
Jean Hébrail and Brian Poer
guitar:
David Z (producer/engineer David Rivkin) and Paul Peterson (multi‐instrumentalist St. Paul Peterson)
Hammond organ [Hammond], piano, synthesizer [Synths] and Wurlitzer electric piano [Wurlitzer]:
Lester Mendez
keyboard [keyboards]:
Jean Hébrail
percussion:
Carol Steele
background vocals:
Angélique Kidjo
arranger:
Jean Hébrail
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1993, in 1994)
recorded at and mixed at:
Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States
recording of:
Yemandja
writer:
Jean Hébrail and Angélique Kidjo
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
4:14
10Tombo
recording engineer:
Andy Lovegrove
keyboard [keyboards] programming:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
assistant engineer:
James Brown, Jr. (assistant engineer), Xavier Delbos, Tony Matthew (engineer), Gerard Navarro (engineer), Pierre Ducom (engineer), Gary Stout and Matt White (assistant engineer)
executive producer:
D.A. “Jumbo” Vanrenen
producer:
Will Mowat
mixer:
Will Mowat and Arabella Rodriguez
bass guitar:
Jean Hébrail
double bass:
Julian Crampton
drums (drum set) [drums]:
David Fall and Andy Gangadeen (UK drummer)
guitar [guitars]:
Joao Mota and Glenn Nightingale
keyboard [keyboards playing]:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
percussion:
Jacques Largent (percussion) and Luís Jardim
trombone:
Neil Sidwell
trumpet:
John Thirkell (British trumpet and flugelhorn player)
background vocals [background vocalists]:
Damel Carayol (vocals, background vocals), Claudia Fontaine (vocals, background vocals), Enyonam Gbesemete (vocals, background vocals), Angélique Kidjo, Lamya Al-Mugheiry, Julie Imani Payne (vocals, background vocals) and Ingrid Matsidisi Webster (vocals, background vocals)
brass arranger and saxophone [saxophones] arranger:
Chris “Snake” Davis
keyboard [keyboards] arranger:
Jean Hébrail and Will Mowat
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1993, in 1994)
mixed for and produced for:
Funki Dred Productions
recorded at:
Gangadeen’s in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Master Rock 1 and 2 in Kilburn, Brent (London Borough of Brent), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Tombo
writer:
Jean Hébrail, Angélique Kidjo and Joao Mota
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
4:55

Credits

Release

manufactured in:France
art direction:Michel Meyer (art, design)
photography:Pierre Gayte (photographer)
graphic design:Hervé Rivoalland (graphic design)
mastering:Ted Jensen (American mastering engineer)
rights society:BIEM (international rights organization representing member societies from 58 countries)
MCPS (UK rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
manufactured by:PMDC (France)
copyrighted (©) by:Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1994)
mastered at:Sterling Sound (original NYC studio; split/relocated to Nashville and Edgewater in 2018) in Chelsea, New York, New York, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/1516351 [info]
other databases:https://www.musik-sammler.de/media/1134015/ [info]