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Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 14, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wrass
• ASIN: B00004SE2R
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #277,354 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Inkanyezi Nezazi (the Star and the Wiseman)

2. Sibezwa Bekhuluma (We Hear Them Talking)

3. Watatazela (You Seem to Be in a Hurry)

4. Amabutho (Warriors)

5. Ngaza Ngambona (I've Seen Him)

6. Khayelihle Khaya Lami (My Beautiful Home)

7. Lifikile Ivangeli (The Gospel Has Arrived)

8. Uthando Olungaka (What a Great Love)

9. Ebetlehema Yiyo Lenkosi (In Bethlehem He Is the King)

10. Indukuzethu (Our Fighting Sticks)

11. Bakhuphuka Izwe Lonke (They Went up to the Country)

12. Sadumela Intozabanye (We Surprised Other People)

13. Sithando Ngize Kuwe (Love, I've Come to You)

14. Thandiwe Wami (My Lover)

15. Baxabene Babangani (Friends Who Have Quarrelled)

16. Yinhle Lentombi (This Lady Is Beautiful)

17. Emgodini (Down the Mines)

18. Halleluya

19. Amazing Grace/Nearer My God to Thee

Editorial Reviews

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO Favourites (2000 UK 19-track CD album compiled by Joseph Shabalala the founder writer & lead singer picture sleeve. The band although formed in 1974 & having released over thirty albums did not become well known outside South Africa until Paul Simon invited them to perform on Graceland. Since then their integration of native Zulu melodies with a more traditional African sound has won them fans worldwide WRASS017)

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars "Harmony, Love and Peace", November 5, 2004

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This review is from: Favourites (Audio CD)

This 2000 Wrasse Records compilation collects highlights from Ladysmith Black Mambazo's recorded output from the dozen years following the release of Paul Simon's GRACELAND, which thrust the black vocal group into the international spotlight. The 19 tracks on this U.K. compilation were selected by founder, writer and lead singer Joseph Shabala.

While none of the tracks from that influential album are included here, "Amazing Grace/Nearer My God to Thee" is a Paul Simon/Joseph Shabala arrangement (though it is NOT the version found on JOURNEY OF DREAMS which features Paul Simon). It is also the only track sung in English. But even when you don't understand the lyrics, the spiruality of the music shines through.

The most recognizable song on this collection to U.K. fans is "Inkanyezi Nezazi" (from STAR AND THE WISEMAN), which was used in a Heinz baked beans ad. But the entire album is a sheer joy. As the liner notes state: "Their a cappella singing transports you to a world of harmony, love and peace." To that, all I can add is "amen." [Total running time - 77:04] HIGHLY RECOMMENDED