Global Soul

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 21, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Putumayo World Music
• ASIN: B00007G789
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,995 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. J'attendrai - Melgroove

2. Beyond the Ocean - Tasha

3. Eu Quero Sol - Fernanda Abreu

4. Caramel - Doc Gyneco

5. Nika Pata Lambo - Kaissa

6. Zeze - TID

7. Time - China

8. Braided Hair - 1 Giant Leap featuring Speech, Neneh Cherry and Ulali

9. Tentei - Aricia Mess

10. Nit Kit - Saf Sap

11. Hochste Zeit - Joy Denalane

12. Senza Trucco - Traccia Mista

13. Ma Peau - Melanie Renaud

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soul is not just an American phenomenon, February 6, 2003

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Johnny D (NY NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Global Soul (Audio CD)

This album is a collection of contemporary Soul and R&B from around the world. The music is good for listening and the beats are good for dancing. Most of the artists are African Diaspora living in Europe, Africa, and South America. The same kind of quality and innovation international artists like Alpha Blondie bring to Reggae, these artists are bringing to soul. I particularly like 'Kaissa' from Cameroon and 'China' from France.
This is 'Globalization' at its best!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD -- check out Cameroonian songtress Kaïssa!, June 21, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Global Soul (Audio CD)

This a great CD I picked up after hearing Kaïssa's Duala version of 'Superstar' from Jazzhole's "Circle of the Sun" album on WERS in Boston. Kaïssa is an immensely talented singer from Cameroon working and performing in New York, sometimes with Jazzhole, sometimes solo. Leave it to Putamayo to compile such a diverse collection of amazing, independent artists! Don't miss this one!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Change of Pace, February 22, 2003

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Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Global Soul (Audio CD)

This Cd is of a nice change of pace. These are for the most part sweet R&B songs with some hip-hop elements thrown in for good measure from various corners of the globe. The song by Tasha, "Beyond the Ocean" is an especially sweet love song done in Korean with some English thrown in. "Mon Peau" is also quite lovely too, and the bonus is that this collection features English transaltions in the liner notes for th monolingual. Some of the foreign tunes that are heavily hip hop oriented may not be to everyone's taste,but as a whole, this is a worhtwhile purchase for the adventurous.