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| 1 | Tongue Tie Baby # | 3:51 |
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| 2 | Who's Gonna Be Your Man # | 3:42 |
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| 3 | 'Long About Now # | 3:55 |
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| 4 | Bamotsweri # (w. Miriam Makeba) | 2:33 |
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| 5 | I'm On My Way To Saturday # | 2:45 |
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| 6 | Betty An' Dupree # | 5:19 |
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| 7 | Summertime Love # | 3:58 |
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| 8 | Lyla, Lyla # | 3:26 |
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| 9 | Zombie Jamboree # | 3:35 |
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| 10 | Try To Remember # | 3:24 |
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| 11 | Dark As A Dungeon # | 4:15 |
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| Belafonte's follow-up album to The Midnight Special is another record stressing the diversity of world music. This time, a small combo accompanies Belafonte on the various tracks, as opposed to the big band approach of his last album. Several crowd-pleasers were introduced on this album for the first time: the calypso "Zombie Jamboree," awhich soon replaced "Matilda" as Belafonte's epic audience participation song; and the showtune "Try to Remember," from the off-Broadway show The Fantasticks. The two highlights on the album are both songs dealing with American folk music. "Betty an' Dupree" is a classic murder ballad in the tradition of "Frankie and Johnny," performed with the intensity the subject matter commands. Country-western composer Merle Travis' "Dark as a Dungeon," a protest song dealing with the dreary, bitter life of the coal miner was inadvertantly recorded during a thunderstorm, giving the song a dose of ominous spontaneity. Two of Belafonte's proteges from South Africa are also featured: singer Miriam Makeba and jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. Some of the ballads are weak when compared to the more dramatic highlights, but still, this is a very satisfying album. ~ Cary Ginell, All Music Guide | ||||||
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| LP Victor RA-5166 Japan LP Victor SHP-5137 Japan LP Victor RD-7522 UK LP RCA 440.554S France |
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