The Guardian - 50 Essential CDs from Around the World (2008)

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The Guardian - 50 Essential CDs from Around the World (2008)

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So I was googling for some lists and I came across this. As a somewhat comprehensive collection of world music (it's even divided by continents!), and containing special selections by musicians, I thought it wouldn't hurt to share, expecially considering I searched and didn't find any similar thread.

Link is here: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/ ... worldmusic

And the list, transcribed (some years on the page itself are wrong, and some names misspelt). Since it's a list on world music, I took the liberty of also indicating countries for artists:

AFRICA
1. Umm Kulthum (Egypt) - The Legend: The Arab World's Greatest Singer (2007)
2. Cesária Évora (Cape Verde) - Miss Perfumado (1992)
3. Orchestra Baobab (Senegal) - Pirates Choice (1989)
4. Youssou N'Dour (Senegal) - Immigrés (1985)
5. Khaled (Algeria) - Sahra (1996)
6. Salif Keita (Mali) - Moffou (2002)
7. The Festival in the Desert (Various Artists, 2003) *chosen by Robert Plant
8. Amadou & Mariam (Mali) - Dimanche à Bamako (2004)
9. Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra (Mali) - Boulevard de l'Indépendance (2006)
10. Fela Kuti (Nigeria) - Zombie (1976)
11. The Very Best of Éthiopiques: Hypnotic Grooves from the Legendary Series (Ethiopia, Various Artists, 2007)
12. Franco Luambo & Le T.P.O.K. Jazz (DR Congo) - 1972/1973/1974 (1993)
13. Konono Nº 1 (DR Congo) - Congotronics (2004)
14. Brenda Fassie (South Africa) - Greatest Hits: The Queen of African Pop (2004) *chosen by Rostam Batmanglij
15. Thomas Mapfumo (Zimbabwe) - Hondo (1991)
16. Kwaito: South African Urban Beats (South Africa, Various Artists, 2003)

AMERICAS
17. Lhasa de Sela (USA) - The Living Road (2003)
18. Juan Luis Guerra & 4.40 (Dominican Republic) - Bachata Rosa (1990)
19. Fania All-Stars (USA) - Live at the Cheetah (1972) - the list doesn't specify which one, since there's two volumes of this album, but they might as well mean both
20. Lila Downs (Mexico) - La Cantina (2006)
21. Daddy Yankee (Puerto Rico) - Barrio Fino (2005)
22. Orishas (Cuba) - A Lo Cubano (2000)
23. Buena Vista Social Club (Cuba) - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
24. Andy Palacio (Belize) - Wátina (2007)
25. Ola Latina: Grandes Éxitos Discos Fuentes 1 (2006)
26. Seu Jorge (Brazil) - Cru (2004) *chosen by Gilles Peterson
27. Brazil Classics 1 - Beleza Tropical (Brazil, Various Artists, 1989)
28. Tropicalia ou Panis et Circencis (Brazil, Various Artists, 1968)
29. Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats (Brazil, Various Artists, 2004)
30. Astor Piazzolla (Argentina) - Tango: Zero Hour (1986)

EUROPE
31. Mariza (Portugal) - Fado em Mim (2001)
32. Radio Tarifa (Spain) - Rumba Argelina (1993)
33. Lo'Jo (France) - Au Cabaret Sauvage (international)/L'une des Siens (French) (2002)
34. Manu Chao (France) - Clandestino (1998)
35. Gotan Project (France) - La Revancha del Tango (2001)
36. Värttinä (Finland) - Miero (2006)
37. Ojos de Brujo (Spain) - Barí (2002) *chosen by Charlie Gillett
38. London Is the Place for Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London, 1950-1956 (Various Artists, 2002)
39. Paolo Conte (Italy) - The Best of Paolo Conte (1996)
40. Taraf de Haïdouks (Romania) - Band of Gypsies (2001)
41. Sezen Aksu (Turkey) - Deliveren (2001)

ASIA
42. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Pakistan) - Mustt Mustt (1990) *chosen by Nitin Sawhney
43. Yat-Kha (Russia) - Dalai Beldiri (1999)
44. Yasmin Levy (Israel) - Mano Suave (2007)
45. Omar Souleyman (Syria) - Highway to Hassake: Folk and Pop Sounds of Syria (2006)
46. Shivkumar Sharma, Hariprasad Chaurasia & Brij Bhushan Kabra (India) - Call of the Valley (1967)
47. Lata Mangeshkar (India) - The Legend: India's Best-Loved Singer (2006)
48. Zakir Hussain, Jan Garbarek, John McLaughlin & Hariprasad Chaurasia (India) - Making Music (1987)
49. Ryuichi Sakamoto (Japan) - Beauty (1989)
50. Takashi Hirayasu & Bob Brozman (Japan) - Jin Jin/Firefly (2000)
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