Thursday, August 20, 2009

The 100 Greatest World Music Albums of All Time

The 100 Greatest World Music Albums of All Time chosen by Amazon.com editors.
You can find the list with full details here.

As any "Greatest" list its relevant for what was included as for what was excluded.

1. Wátina - Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective
2. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
3. Live! - Fela Kuti
4. Djiriyo - Abdoulaye Diabate
5. Congotronics - Konono Nº1
6. Everything Is Possible: The Best of Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes
7. The Dub Factor - Black Uhuru
8. Força Bruta - Jorge Ben
9. The Orphan's Lament - Huun-Huur-Tu
10. Buena Vista Social Club - Ry Cooder
11. Catch A Fire - Bob Marley
12. Ethiopiques, Vol. 7: Ere Mela Mela - Ethiopiques
13. Roots of Dub/Dub from the Roots - King Tubby
14. Entre Dos Aguas - Paco de Lucia
15. Tango: Zero Hour - Astor Piazzolla
16. African High Life - Solomon Ilori
17. Juicy - Willie Bobo
18. Gal Costa - Gal Costa
19. Balancê - Sara Tavares
20. At the Monterey International Pop Festival - Ravi Shankar
21. Yol Bolsin - Sevara Nazarkhan
22. Red & Green - Ali Farka Toure
23. Art of Amalia - Amalia Rodrigues
24. The Art of the Koto, Volume 1 - Nanae Yoshimura
25. Juju Music - King Sunny Adé
26. Amen - Salif Keita
27. Fado Em Mim - Mariza
28. Dance Mania - Tito Puente
29. Mali Koura - Issa Bagayogo
30. Originalite: First Recordings 1956-1957 - Franco
31. Khaley Etoile - Etoile De Dakar
32. In the Dub Zone - Ja-Man All Stars
33. La Kahena - DJ Cheb I Sabbah
34. Diwan - Taha, Rachid
35. Vietnamese Traditional Dan Bau Music - Thanh, Pham Duc
36. Sahra - Khaled
37. Camping Shaabi - Think of One
38. Precious Platinum - Bhosle, Asha
39. Traditional Music of India - Khan, Ali Akbar
40. Troileana - Liliana Barrios
41. Via Brasil, Vol. 2 - Maria, Tania
42. Songs from Kenya - David Nzomi
43. Cesaria - Evora, Cesaria
44. New Ancient Strings - Sissoko, Ballake
45. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India - Rahman, A.R.
46. Reveries - Conte, Paolo
47. Taraf de Haïdouks - Taraf de Haïdouks
48. Promises of the Storm - Khalife, Marcel
49. Below the Bassline - Ranglin, Ernest
50. Just a Little Bit Crazy - Joyce
51. Mujer de Cabaret - Puerto Plata
52. Aman Iman: Water is Life - Tinariwen
53. Lost Songs Of The Silk Road - Ghazal
54. Kita Kan - Kouyate, Kandia
55. Wave - Jobim, Antonio Carlos
56. Heart of the Congos - Congos
57. Spirits to Bite Our Ears: The Singles Collection 1977-1986 - Mapfumo, Thomas
58. Siembra - Colon, Willie
59. Segu Blue - Bassekou Kouyate
60. Welcome To Mali - Amadou & Mariam
61. East of the River Nile - Pablo, Augustus
62. Fifty Gates of Wisdom: Yemenite Songs - Haza, Ofra
63. Electric Sufi - Youssef, Dhafer
64. Drums of Passion - Olatunji, Babatunde
65. The Venezuelan Zinga Son, Vol. 1 - Los Amigos Invisibles
66. Celia & Johnny - Celia Cruz
67. Shahen-Shah - Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali
68. The Sun of Latin Music - Palmieri, Eddie
69. Cru - Seu Jorge
70. Immigrés - N'Dour, Youssou
71. Live at the Acropolis - Kodo
72. Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer - Ferrer, Ibrahim
73. The Lama's Chants - Lama Gyurme
74. Elis & Tom - Elis Regina & Antonio Carlos Jobim
75. Alone at My Wedding - Kocani Orkestar
76. The Idan Raichel Project - Idan Raichel
77. Cheo - Feliciano, Cheo
78. Spain - Tomatito
79. Bomba de Loiza - Hermanos Ayala
80. The Lasting Impressions Of Ooga Booga - Masekela, Hugh
81. Legalize It - Tosh, Peter
82. Zamba Malato - Peru Negro
83. Squeeze Box King - Jimenez, Flaco
84. Pretaluz - Bastos, Waldemar
85. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela
86. Pirates Choice - Orchestra Baobab
87. Africa Must Be Free by 1983 - Mundell, Hugh
88. De Pelicula: El Hijo del Pueblo - Vicente Fernández
89. Mr. Gavitt: Calypsos of Costa Rica - Walter Ferguson Gavitt
90. Music of Bali - Various Artists
91. I Will Not Be Sad in This World - Gasparyan, Djivan
92. An-Ba-Chen'n La - Kassav'
93. Between Heaven And Earth: Music Of The Jewish Mystics - Statman, Andy
94. Songs of Praise - Koita, Ami
95. Danc-Eh-Sa - Ze, Tom
96. Introducing...Rubén González - Gonzalez, Ruben
97. La Revancha del Tango - Gotan Project
98. Fondo - Vieux Farka Touré
99. Gift Of The Tortoise: A Musical Journey Through Southern Africa - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
100. Altan - Altan


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