Welela

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Welela
Welela MM.jpg
Studio album by
Miriam Makeba
Released1989
Genre World
Length45:11
Label Phonocomp, Mercury
Producer Sipho Mabuse, Roberto Meglioli
Miriam Makeba chronology
Sangoma
(1988)		Welela
(1989)		 Eyes on Tomorrow
(1991)

Welela is an album by the South African musician Miriam Makeba, released in 1989. It was produced primarily by Sipho Mabuse. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Hi-Fi News & Record Review A:1/2 [4]

The New York Times wrote that "Makeba mixes old and new on Welela, using a polished modern production to carry recent and traditional songs," and deemed "A Luta Continua" "one of the most infectious agitprop songs of the decade." [5]

Track listing

  1. "Amampondo" (Miriam Makeba) – 5:20
  2. "African Sunset" (Sipho Mabuse) – 5:49
  3. "Djiu De Galinha" (José Carlos Schwarz) – 4:08
  4. "A luta continua" (Makeba) – 4:40
  5. "Soweto Blues" (Hugh Masekela, S. Todd) – 4:18
  6. "Welela" (Nelson Lee) – 3:18
  7. "Hapo Zamani" (Makeba, Dorothy Masuka) – 4:29
  8. "Pata Pata" (Makeba, Jerry Ragovoy) – 3:53
  9. "Saduva" (Makeba) – 4:43
  10. "Africa" (Keith Mathela) – 4:33

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Heim, Chris (27 October 1989). "Alternative Picks". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 60.
  2. ↑ Welela at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Hyder, Ken (September 1989). "Review: Miriam Makeba — Welela" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 9. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. p. 99. ISSN   0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021– via World Radio History.
  5. ↑ Pareles, Jon (12 November 1989). "Pop/Jazz". The New York Times. p. A34.
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