Robin Denselow reviews Amadou & Mariam's The Magic Couple
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Since Amadou & Mariam joined forces with Manu Chao four years ago to record the best-selling Dimanche à Bamako, there has been a series of compilation sets highlighting their earlier career. This latest compilation is a rousing reminder that the Malian husband-and-wife duo were making great music long before they became celebrities. The songs here are taken from the first three albums that they recorded outside Africa, between 1998 and 2002, and though the production work is far less slick than on the two bestselling sets that they recorded after meeting Manu Chao and then Damon Albarn, that's no problem.
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