Chris Nickson of AllMusic gave the album four stars, but lamented the broadness of the topic, stating "the real problem with this album isn't the music, which is glorious throughout, but the fact that it suffers from the size of its ambition and the inability to fully realize it."[3] Michaelangelo Matos, writing for the Chicago Reader, praised the record's focus on slow to midtempo music, stating it "succeeds in sustaining a meditative, inner-gazing mood."[4]
^Douglas H., Henkle (2012-10-23). "Rough Guide Discography / World Music Network Discography". FolkLib Index : A Library of Folk Music Links. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
rough, guide, west, african, music, world, music, compilation, album, originally, released, 1995, second, release, world, music, network, rough, guides, series, largely, focuses, malian, music, with, twelve, tracks, coming, from, that, country, this, followed,. The Rough Guide to West African Music is a world music compilation album originally released in 1995 The second release of the World Music Network Rough Guides series 1 it largely focuses on Malian music with six of the twelve tracks coming from that country This is followed by Senegal two tracks and Guinea Niger Ghana and Mauritania one track each The compilation was produced by Phil Stanton co founder of the World Music Network 2 The Rough Guide to West African MusicCompilation album by Various artistsReleased21 November 1995GenreWorld West African musicLength70 42LabelWorld Music NetworkFull series chronologyThe Rough Guide to World Music 1994 The Rough Guide to West African Music 1995 Global Partnership II 1995 Complete listChris Nickson of AllMusic gave the album four stars but lamented the broadness of the topic stating the real problem with this album isn t the music which is glorious throughout but the fact that it suffers from the size of its ambition and the inability to fully realize it 3 Michaelangelo Matos writing for the Chicago Reader praised the record s focus on slow to midtempo music stating it succeeds in sustaining a meditative inner gazing mood 4 Track listing editNo TitleArtist Country Length1 Foliba Super Rail Band nbsp 7 512 Djelika Toumani Diabate nbsp 7 143 Roucky Ali Farka Toure nbsp 8 184 Toro Moussa Poussy nbsp 4 445 M Bore Sona Diabate nbsp 6 096 Djama Kaissoumou Oumou Sangare nbsp 6 467 I Ka Di Nye Bajourou nbsp 5 198 205 E T Mensah nbsp 3 059 Utru Horas Orchestra Baobab nbsp 8 4110 Almamy Bocoum Mansour Seck nbsp 4 5711 Mauritania My Beloved Country Dimi Mint Abba amp Khalifa Ould Eide nbsp 3 3212 Agne Anko Kante Manfila nbsp 4 37 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 References edit Douglas H Henkle 2012 10 23 Rough Guide Discography World Music Network Discography FolkLib Index A Library of Folk Music Links Retrieved 2013 12 21 World Music Network About Us The WMN Story Retrieved 2013 12 21 a b Nickson Chris The Rough Guide to West African Music Allmusic Retrieved 21 Dec 2013 Matos Michaelangelo 5 November 1998 A Rough Guide to the Rough Guides Chicago Reader Retrieved 2014 01 10 nbsp This article on a 1990s compilation album is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Rough Guide to West African Music amp oldid 1005091447, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
