Soulitary

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Soulitary
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 2006 (2006-12)
Recorded20042006
Genre soul, rhythm and blues
Label Upper Street
Producer Various
Zonke chronology
Soulitary
(2006)
Life, Love 'n Music
(2007)

Soulitary is the debut studio album of South African singer-songwriter and record producer Zonke. [1] The album was released in December 2006 in Germany, Japan and Italy. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Listen"
  2. "Betta Days"
  3. "Wena Wedna"
  4. "Groove Train" D M' Baye)
  5. "I Wanna Thank You"
  6. "Someday"
  7. "Only You"
  8. "Soulitary"
  9. "It's Love"
  10. "Phaphama"
  11. "How Long"
  12. "Across 110th Street"
  13. "Take Me There"
  14. "Ngena"
  15. "Walk On" (D M' Baye)
  16. "How Can I Say"
  17. "Music"
  18. "Someday (Remix)" (Bonus)

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, editions and reference
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelEdition(s)
December 2006
Upper Street RecordsStandard

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References

  1. "Congrats! Zonke's album goes platinum!". Zaleb. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017 via msn Entertainment.
  2. Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa. African Drum Publications. January 2008.