Love Drum Talk

Babatunde Olatunji | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 1997)
• Original Release Date: September 15, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Chesky Records
• ASIN: B000003GH6
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,885 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #28 in Music > World Music > Africa > Nigeria
  • #55 in Music > Indie Music > World Music > Africa

Track Listings

1. Sare Tete Wa

2. What's Your Number, Mama?

3. Love Drum Talk

4. Bebi Alolo

5. Spell Monisola

6. Don't Know Why My Love

7. Mother, Give Me Love

8. Long Distance Lover

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Babatunde lives in my heart, February 16, 2000

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lisa (boston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love Drum Talk (Audio CD)

Anyone remotely interested in percussions and rhythm with vocals will be floored by this album just like i was. I have owned this cd for over two years and there isnt a day that goes by that i dont listen to it. Babatunde is a idol for myself and anyone that i know who has ever laid a hand on an african drum, he inspires me and this album makes my heart sing. The best parts of most song on this album are deep into them when they pick up and twist different rhythms which are complimented by vocals. Long live babatunde and the path of rhythm he has shown me.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Cure for Road Rage, March 3, 2004

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Lynne W. R. Knox (Gaithersburg, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love Drum Talk (Audio CD)

After renewing Love Drum Talk from the library four times in three months, I broke down and ordered it today. Two songs -- Spell Monisola and Long Distance Lover -- sustained me on a five-hour car trip and put me into a dance-trance. The four-year-old grandchild was singing along in her car seat. Our gluteal muscles, lungs, and vocal cords got a terrific workout. While stopped in traffic, I mastered several drumming patterns on the steering wheel. Fortunately it was snowing and we had to keep going, or I would have pulled the car over and danced on the highway. Babatunde Olatunji contributes to the possibility for joy in life, and brother, do we need him.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning in both performance and recorded quality!, November 12, 2002

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Dan Muzquiz "Dan Muzquiz" (Santee, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Drum Talk (Audio CD)

This is just a really fun recording! The first time through, be mindful of the volume knob on your stereo. Some of the drum beats might shoot you clean out of the house! What I mean is, it's dynamic as can be, with a very real sense of the performance taking place right in your room. I guess my review is just as much about the musical presence that Babatundi visits upon us as the care and effort with which Chesky Records used in the recording of this great musician.
I can't help but feel uplifted when I play this CD!