Worldbeat is the debut album by Kaoma, released in 1989. It provided three hit singles, two of them achieving success worldwide: "Lambada", "Dançando Lambada"...
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worldbeat stylings of both Remain in Light (1980) and Speaking in Tongues (1983), blending elements of Afrobeat, Latin funk, and art pop. The album's...
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due to financial difficulties, though it did peak at No. 2 on CNN's Worldbeat album chart. The first single, "The Centre of the Heart" topped the charts...
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Remain in Light (category Worldbeat albums)
post-punk, worldbeat, dance-rock, art pop, art rock, avant-pop, Afrobeat, and psychedelic funk. Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album a "dense...
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Get Up with It (category Worldbeat albums)
the 2004 edition of the Rolling Stone Album Guide, J. D. Considine described the album's musical style as "worldbeat fusion". Reviewing Get Up With It for...
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acknowledges this album as a key influence on his own career exploring worldbeat music, saying, "I just kind of got locked into that sound. Peter Gabriel's...
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Weekend is the debut studio album by American rock band Vampire Weekend, released on January 29, 2008 by XL Recordings. The album was produced by band member...
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Graceland is the seventh solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was produced by Simon, engineered by Roy Halee and released...
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Gabriel is the fourth studio album by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. In the United States and Canada, the album was released by Geffen Records...
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studio album by Swedish singer Neneh Cherry, released on 2 September 1996 by Hut Records and Virgin Records. Three singles were issued from the album. Preceding...
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Saw Delight (category Worldbeat albums)
Saw Delight is an album by the German rock band Can. It features two new band members who were ex-members of the band Traffic, Rosko Gee and Rebop Kwaku...
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Us is the sixth studio album by the English singer-songwriter and musician Peter Gabriel, released on 28 September 1992 by Real World Records. Following...
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Let Them Eat Bingo (category Worldbeat albums)
to an overall worldbeat style. Containing the UK number one single "Dub Be Good to Me" and the Top 10 hit "Won't Talk About It", the album was a success...
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Mighty ReArranger (category Worldbeat albums)
Mighty ReArranger is English rock singer Robert Plant's eighth solo album and the first one with his band "Strange Sensation". It was released internationally...
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The Story of I (category Worldbeat albums)
Story of I, is the first solo album by Swiss keyboard player Patrick Moraz, released in April 1976. It is a concept album centering on a building which...
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Juju Music (category Worldbeat albums)
The album was a critical and commercial success, peaking at #111 on Billboard's "Pop Albums" chart. The New York Times, which described the album in 1982...
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Wha'ppen? (category Worldbeat albums)
array of Third World cultures. According to Robert Christgau, the album is a worldbeat record with "snaky grooves" and a variety of rhythms beyond the group's...
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Dance into the Light (category Worldbeat albums)
Dance into the Light is the sixth solo studio album by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins, released on 21 October 1996 in the United Kingdom...
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Commune is the second studio album by Swedish experimental fusion group Goat. It was released worldwide on 22 September 2014 by Rocket Recordings, in...
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1 Giant Leap is the debut album by English electronic music duo 1 Giant Leap. Beginning in October 1999, its two members, Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman...
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Rusted Root (category Worldbeat groups)
the popular success of Peter Gabriel's 1986 album So as an influence on his decision to incorporate worldbeat into his own music. The band's lyrical content...
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Conjure One is the self-titled debut album by Canadian electronic music project Conjure One, headed by Rhys Fulber. It was released on September 17, 2002...
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Odd Blood (category Worldbeat albums)
Odd Blood is the self-produced second studio album by American experimental rock band Yeasayer. Recorded in the state of New York during 2009, it was...
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the United States, and was established in 1973. Recordings (singles and albums) in all genres are eligible for selection, and must be at least 25 years...
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pop and worldbeat elements. The album's title was influenced by Furtado's parents' immigration to Canada, "When I look at my old photo albums, I see pictures...
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Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument (category Worldbeat albums)
(Amharic: ኃይሉ መርጊያና የመሣረያ ቅንብሮቹ), also known as Shemonmuanaye, is a 1985 studio album by Ethiopian jazz musician Hailu Mergia, formerly of the Walias Band. After...
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Kinshasa One Two (category Worldbeat albums)
Kinshasa One Two is an album recorded by Damon Albarn alongside ten producers of the newly established DRC Music to benefit Oxfam's work in the Democratic...
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The Circle & the Square (category Worldbeat albums)
The Circle & the Square is the debut album by British pop group Red Box, released in 1986. The album contains the group's two UK top ten hit singles,...
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the fifth studio album by American experimental music band Gang Gang Dance, released on May 10, 2011. It is the collective's first album to be released...
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Kaoma (category Worldbeat groups)
in the UK Singles Chart. Also in 1989, Kaoma released their first album Worldbeat which achieved worldwide success, becoming - along with Beto Barbosa...
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