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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

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
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 Luis 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. (Island Records Limited, 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. (Island Records Limited, 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 and Jevetta Steele
arranger:
Jean Hébrail
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (Island Records Limited, 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. (Island Records Limited, 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. (Island Records Limited, 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 Luis 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. (Island Records Limited, 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 Luis 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. (Island Records Limited, 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 Luis 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. (Island Records Limited, 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. (Island Records Limited, 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 Luis 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. (Island Records Limited, 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. (Island Records Limited, 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]