Man from Kinshasa is a compilation album by the Congolese musician Tabu Ley Rochereau.[2] It was released in 1991.[3] Rochereau supported the album with a North American tour.[4]
Production
The compilation's songs were taken from albums Rochereau released between 1988 and 1991.[4] Rochereau sang in Lingala and French.[5] Huit Kilos played guitar on the songs.[4] Rochereau used a drum machine on some of the tracks.[6]
Robert Christgau wrote: "Catchy tunes, plangent pace changes, Cuban/Ethiopian horns, musette accordion—and enough rippling guitar to keep them coming back for more."[8]Entertainment Weekly opined that "it’s not until the chugging climax of 'Ponce-Pilate', the sixth song in, that the album at last puts across the insane happiness that marks great soukous."[10]
The Gazette stated that "Rochereau's large Afrisa International Orchestra—16 members in all—provides a sumptuous backdrop for lively, lilting songs."[5]The Washington Post determined that "Rochereau has a warm, sweet tenor that lends a tone of sly bemusement to his tales about gossips, seducers and beauties."[4]
AllMusic wrote that Rochereau "dares accordion-driven soukous on one of the many highlights here, including 'Tour Eiffel'."[7]
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Seli-Ja"
2.
"Londende"
3.
"Tour Eiffel"
4.
"Lisolo Ya Ngungi"
5.
"Kinshasa"
6.
"Ponce-Pilate"
7.
"Maputo"
8.
"Dernier Espoir 'Itou'"
References
^Barlow, Sean; Eyre, Banning (1995). Afropop!. Chartwell Books, Inc. p. 29.
^ abBirnbaum, Larry (Feb 1992). "Man from Kinshasa by Tabu Ley Rochereau". DownBeat. Vol. 59, no. 2. p. 36.
^"New Releases". The Beat. Vol. 10, no. 6. 1991. pp. 70–71.
^ abcdHimes, Geoffrey (29 May 1992). "Captivating Soukous from Rochereau". The Washington Post. p. N21.
^ abFeist, Daniel (28 Dec 1991). "Rochereau's Kinshasa sounds lively, lilting and sumptuous". The Gazette. p. E10.
^Tarte, Bob (1992). "Memoirs of an Egg Yolk". The Beat. Vol. 11, no. 2. p. 70.