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| 1. Lion/Gaiende |
| 2. Shaking the Tree |
| 3. Kocc Barma |
| 4. Bamako |
| 5. Truth |
| 6. Old Tucson |
| 7. Macoy |
| 8. My Daughter (Sama Doom) |
| 9. Bes |
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Youssou N'Dour's third album, released in 1989, was the onethat pushed him into the international limelight. Though N'Dour would perfectly blend commercial accessibility with thesounds of his native Senegal on his follow-up release, SET,LION sows the seeds for that fusion with its propulsive drumming and smooth, palatable production.
While critics mayoccasionally accuse N'Dour of watering down his original African sound, the constant here, as with all of N'Dour's albums, is his astonishing, soaring tenor. Rough-hewn, but capable of great, surging flights, N'Dour's voice always seems tobe on its own spiritual quest, a quality that underscores the sacred feel of much of his music. He is in excellent voice on LION, particularly on the lovely duet with Peter Gabriel, "Shaking the Tree", making the album as fine an introduction to his talents as any. Additionally, a number of LION's songs are rooted in mbalax, a dense, polyrhythmic African dance beat (see the rolling groove of "The Truth"), making thealbum quite exciting and distinguishing it from the artist's later, more pop-oriented releases.
While critics mayoccasionally accuse N'Dour of watering down his original African sound, the constant here, as with all of N'Dour's albums, is his astonishing, soaring tenor. Rough-hewn, but capable of great, surging flights, N'Dour's voice always seems tobe on its own spiritual quest, a quality that underscores the sacred feel of much of his music. He is in excellent voice on LION, particularly on the lovely duet with Peter Gabriel, "Shaking the Tree", making the album as fine an introduction to his talents as any. Additionally, a number of LION's songs are rooted in mbalax, a dense, polyrhythmic African dance beat (see the rolling groove of "The Truth"), making thealbum quite exciting and distinguishing it from the artist's later, more pop-oriented releases.
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