Best of Ismael Lo: Balladeer

Ismael Lo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wrasse Records
• ASIN: B000066AIH
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #320,139 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #94 in Music > World Music > Africa > Senegal & Gambia

Track Listings

1. Dibi Dibi Rek

2. Talibe

3. Tadieu Bone

4. Raciste

5. Rero

6. Taar Dousey

7. Nabou

8. Xiif

9. Lotte Lo

10. Nafanta

11. Khar

12. Fa Diallo

13. Senegambie

14. Setsinala

15. Samayaye

16. Without Blame (with Marianne Faithfull)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Treat, April 8, 2005

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J. Buggle (Dublin , Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Ismael Lo: Balladeer (Audio CD)

Treat follows treat in this wonderful colection. Tadieu Bone (used at a very poignant moment in Almodovar's "All about my Mother")is the most sensuous and beautiful track I know. Lo's distinctive, soulful voice is perfectly complemented by sensitive guitar and harmonica throughout.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ismael Lo ..Salute, January 19, 2007

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Beverley Arnold (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Ismael Lo: Balladeer (Audio CD)

I have a love of various African music,and consequently a collection of different artists,all of which I enjoy at different times,depending on the "mood of the moment". This particular album of Ismael Lo I picked up 'on sale',and not having previously heard this artist, I had no idea what to expect... From the very first track, I just loved the whole album. There is not one track that I could say I like least. This is my most favoured album, and after playing it countless times I don't tire of it.It is sensuously beautiful music, and combined with Ismael's unusually evocative voice, and sensitivity in his singing and musical arrangement, I give it a ten out of ten.
I am now awaiting my order of another of his albums with eager anticipation.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars makes you want to learn Wolof, December 31, 2006

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Erik Winfree (Altadena, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Ismael Lo: Balladeer (Audio CD)

I don't understand a word he sings, but they still burn the soul. This is one of my favorite albums. Reminds me a little of Paul Simon's African-inspired music, and of Ali Farka Toure... but melodic, structured, (sometimes overproduced), and beautiful singing.