Emotion

Papa Wemba | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Real World
• ASIN: B000000HPE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,277 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #26 in Music > World Music > Africa > Soukous
  • #36 in Music > World Music > Africa > Zaire & Congo

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun, sometimes funny, Afro-pop, August 20, 1999

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Clayton W. Hibbert (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Emotion (Audio CD)

If you enjoy the music of other Afro-pop stars that have risen to popularity lately (i.e., Baaba Maal, Youssou N'Dour), you'll enjoy Papa Wemba.

This disc is a popsy blend of African rhythms, guitars, and wailing vocals, and the charisma and style of Papa Wemba is infectious and entertaining. Just don't expect anything too deep from this album.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Charming, Accessible, and if this doesn't make you wanna dance..., May 16, 2006

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Astrida Valigorsky (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Emotion (Audio CD)

then you must have forgotten how to!

This was my first album from Papa Wemba and even though a listen to his other works makes one think this is kind of a distillation of more variety-- what's extracted is still pretty pure to ear and pretty likeable to the feet.

The songs here are so polished you will think you have heard them somewhere before on the first listen... and that will make you think that there might be some higher plane of music that we all have access to on a subconscious level but that few of us can play in the studio. Papa Wemba can.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Emotion-by Papa Wemba, December 15, 2000

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Ms JKLeahy (Port Moresby, NCD Papua New Guinea) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Emotion (Audio CD)

I love African and South American music. I cannot find these kinds of music in my country but on my travels, I try to find them through music shops, festivals and through Amazon or Putumayo and other organisations promote world music. Of all my collection of African music, "Emotion" is a beautiful, touching and heart rending rythm of modern, contemporary African music. My children (one is two and the other five years old) and I love to listen and dance to this CD. When I am alone, I play it and watch the sun sets over my balcony.