World Hits (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  New Age  »  General/New Age
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: August 28, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• UPC: 790248026725
• WAPI (Tower ID): 110834580
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #130824 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
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For most fans of what eventually became to be known as world music, developing a taste for the incredibly diverse--to say nothing of complex, thrilling, organic, sophisticated and/or seductive--styles from around the globe occurred gradually, but the vast majority can recall a few tunes that achieved mainstream or college radio airplay, acting as important catalysts, pointing the way toward future explorations. For boomers, it might have been Miriam Makeba''s "Pata Pata," a joyous blast of Jo''burg jive, heard here in another but no less enchanting version. Or perhaps it was Manu Dibango''s "Soul Makossa," an urbane b-side from a then-unknown Cameroonian bandleader that became an international dance floor sensation. Younger aficionados could cite the Gipsy Kings'' "Bamboleo," a flamenco-laced perpetual motion machine that filled nightclubs from Paris to Pittsburgh, or maybe the Senegalese band Touré Kunda''s insanely catchy, reggae-inflected "E''mma." Some may even cop to having been momentarily charmed by Kaoma''s flagrantly tacky, neo-Brazilian "Lambada" and its appended craze of vertical simulated copulation, often performed by women in short skirts and no underwear. Then there were the western superstar/international icon duets, such as Mick Jagger and Peter Tosh''s "Don’t Look Back" or Neneh Cherry and Youssou N''Dour''s still-compelling "7 Seconds." All of these and many more appear on this evocative multiple-time-capsule of a disc, bringing back half-forgotten memories in poignant sensory swoops. --Christina Roden

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