The Guide (Wommat)

Youssou N'Dour's seventh studio album and his biggest seller, home of his duet with Cherry.
Neneh Cherry, 1994

Released
11 July 1994
Recorded
September to October 1993
Studio
Power Play, New York; Xippi, Dakar
Label
Columbia
Producer
Verna Gillis
Length
73:01

Youssou N'Dour's seventh studio album, and his most commercially successful, recorded in New York and Dakar. 7 Seconds, his duet with Cherry, came out as a single ahead of the album and was produced by Booga Bear and Jonny Dollar rather than the album's producer, Verna Gillis. Branford Marsalis guests on Without a Smile, and the record closes with Bob Dylan's Chimes of Freedom. It reached No. 2 on Billboard's World Albums chart and went platinum in Italy and double gold in France.

Track listing

  1. Leaving (Dem)5:03
  2. Old Man (Gorgui)6:30
  3. Without a Smile (Same)4:12
  4. Mame Bamba4:58
  5. 7 Seconds5:06
  6. How You Are (No Mele)3:39
  7. Generations (Diamono)5:46
  8. Tourista4:36
  9. Undecided (Japoulo)5:26
  10. Love One Another (Beuguente)4:51
  11. Life (Adouna)4:04
  12. My People (Samay Nit)4:38
  13. Oh Boy4:37
  14. Silence (Tongo)4:38
  15. Chimes of Freedom4:51

More from Neneh Cherry

Raw Like Sushi (1989), Man (1996)

Sources

  1. The Guide (Wommat), Wikipedia
  2. Youssou N'Dour featuring Neneh Cherry: 7 Seconds, Discogs