Angola 74

Bonga | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 27, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tinder
• ASIN: B00000DD7M
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #495,120 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #8 in Music > World Music > Africa > Angola

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic, only to be outdone by its predecessor, April 19, 2007

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Salty Saltillo (from the road, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Angola 74 (Audio CD)

This is a great album. It is a classic of African (Angolan) music. But, in the end, I think Bonga's prior release, Angola 72, seems a bit more raw, from the gut. Maybe it is just the circumstances of recording (Angola 72 was a record of resistence, Angola 74 was a record of triumph). Since I don't speak or understand most of the songs on the records (except for Sodade, which is sung in Capeverdean Krioulu), my judgment is limited to some very touchy-feely emotional reaction to the sounds. Either way, in no way am I suggesting that there is anything BAD about this record. It is just that Angola 72 is really really good.

But if you are really serious about appreciating this great example of anticolonial resistance and freedom music, why not get both records? They really form two halves of the same movement - the struggle followed by the imminent the victory and are probably best heard together.