Everything Is Never Quite Enough [Import]

Wasis Diop | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Triloka Records
• ASIN: B00019PDFM
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #224,220 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #66 in Music > World Music > Africa > Senegal & Gambia

Track Listings

1. Le Passeur

2. Everything (...Is Never Quite Enough)

3. Ramatu

4. Samba le Berger

5. African Dream

6. Dem Ba Ma

7. Digge

8. Dune

9. Sowrto Daal

10. Défaal Lu Wor

11. No Sant

12. Kaay Niu Gospel

13. Julia

14. Holaal Bu Baah

15. Raï M'Bélé

16. Ballad of the Feather

17. My Son

18. Ma Na

19. Les Gueux

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The music scene in Senegal is a vibrant one that includes such international stars as Youssou N'Dour, Orchestra Baobab, and Cheikh Lô. Singer/guitarist/producer Wasis Diop is on that elevated list as well. The reason for it is readily apparent on this greatest hits collection Everything Is Never Quite Enough. Here we get one new song (opener "Le Passeur") and 18 other tunes culled from No Sant (What's Your Name), Toxu, and his soundtrack to the movie Hyenes. Not an artist for the African music purist, Diop creates a modern multi-layered sound that skillfully weaves in elements of jazz, rock, and soul as well as indigenous music from other countries. It's the polar opposite of a field recording, but the fusion is nonetheless a skillful one. One does wonder why Diop's first album is five years is a collection of old material, but this is a fine and readily available stopgap as we wait. --Tad Hendrickson

Product Description

Senegalese Singer Based in Paris is Back with 2003 Release. 19 Tracks featuring Duet with Lena Fiagbe "no Sant". --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it., December 28, 2006

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Brittany Harris (Pagosa Springs, CO, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everything Is Never Quite Enough (Audio CD)

I bought this album because I knew there was a song from The Thomas Crowne Affair on it, and I couldn't think of any of those songs that I wouldn't like. I really had no idea what I was getting, and DID I LUCK OUT!! The first time I listened to the album, I must have sat through the first 20 minutes with an incredulous grin on my face, it was that well done and that much fun.

It is a polished recording with great sound, interesting songs, and great percussion. If you like world music of any kind, it is hard for me to imagine you won't feel the same way I do about this album.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fuses his African roots with a modern studio-enhanced pop, September 1, 2004

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WorldDiscoveries.Net "Bill Donovan, Reviewer" (Petaluma, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everything Is Never Quite Enough (Audio CD)

Many folk-rooted artists yearn for international success, and many struggle with the urges to modernize versus being true to their roots: Wasis Diop is one of the few to succeed at fusing his African roots with a modern studio-enhanced pop sound.
 He has succeeded so well that most people reading this review will already have heard some of these songs on the radio: this is a 'greatest hits' album and public, college and independent radio have all gotten hip to Wasis Diop.

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, November 3, 2011

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Ingrid (Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everything Is Never Quite Enough (Audio CD)

I bought his album "Toxu" (1998) and fell so much in love with his music that I had to buy more albums. This is my second and I love it even more than "Toxu". Most lyrics I don't understand since it is in Wolof, but it doesn't matter. The music and the voice are enough in itself. I play it over and over and I can't get enough, it fills my body and heart with such a good feeling. Love it and recommend it heartily.