Talking Timbuktu
Talking Timbuktu | ||||
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Studio album by Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder | ||||
Released | March 29, 1994 | |||
Recorded | Sep 1993 | |||
Genre | Malian folk, hip hop | |||
Length | 59:59 | |||
Label | World Circuit | |||
Producer | Ry Cooder | |||
Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder chronology | ||||
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Talking Timbuktu is the 1994 collaboration album between Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré and American guitarist/producer Ry Cooder. The guitar riff from the song "Diaraby" was selected for the Geo-quiz segment of The World PRI-BBC radio program and was retained by popular demand when put to a vote by the listeners. In 2009, the album was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe.[2]
Reception
The album features in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and received the Grammy Award for Best World Music album of 1994.
Track listing
- "Bonde" (Peul) – 5:28
- "Soukora" (Bambara) – 6:05
- "Gomni" (Songhai) – 7:00
- "Sega" (Peul) – 3:10
- "Amandrai" (Tamasheck) – 9:22
- "Lasidan" (Bambara) – 6:06
- "Keito" (Songhai) – 5:42
- "Banga" (Songhai) – 2:32
- "Ai Du" (Songhai) – 7:09
- "Diaraby" (Bambara) – 7:25
(Languages listed in parentheses after each title, as credited in the album liner notes[3])
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States | — | 238,000[4] |
References
- v
- t
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- Ry Cooder (1970)
- Into the Purple Valley (1972)
- Boomer's Story (1972)
- Paradise and Lunch (1974)
- Chicken Skin Music (1976)
- Show Time (1977)
- Jazz (1978)
- Bop Till You Drop (1979)
- Borderline (1980)
- The Slide Area (1982)
- Get Rhythm (1987)
- Chávez Ravine (2005)
- My Name Is Buddy (2007)
- I, Flathead (2008)
- Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (2011)
- Election Special (2012)
- The Prodigal Son (2018)
albums
- Jamming with Edward! (1972)
- Little Village (1992)
- A Meeting by the River (1993)
- Talking Timbuktu (1994)
- Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
- Mambo Sinuendo (2003)
- Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall (2008)
- San Patricio (2010)
- Live in San Francisco (2013)
- Performance (1970)
- The Long Riders (1980)
- Southern Comfort (1981)
- The Border (1982)
- Streets of Fire (1984)
- Paris, Texas (1985)
- Music from Alamo Bay (1985)
- Blue City (1986)
- Crossroads (1986)
- Johnny Handsome (1989)
- Trespass (1993)
- Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
- Last Man Standing (1996)
- The End of Violence (1997)
- Primary Colors (1998)
- My Blueberry Nights (2007)