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1990 studio album by Ali Farka Touré
The River
Studio album by Ali Farka Touré
ReleasedJanuary 1990
StudioStudio Bolibana in Paris; Cold Storage Studios and Garden Studios in London
GenreBlues
Length66:38
LabelWorld Circuit
ProducerPhilippe Bertrand, Nick Gold
Ali Farka Touré chronology
African Blues
(1990) 		The River
(1990) 		The Source
(1993)

The River is a studio album by Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist Ali Farka Touré. It was recorded in sessions at Studio Bolibana in Paris, and at the London-based Cold Storage Studios and Garden Studios. The album was released by the UK-based World Circuit label and distributed internationally by Mango Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Village VoiceA−

Reviewing the album for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave it an A-minus and applauded its attempts to cross over in the form of "tracks colored with harmonica, saxophone, fiddle and bodhran, and the single-stringed njarka that Touré picks up for the finale--not to mention an extra edge of vocal command." Overall, the album offered a "variety, not compromise", that Christgau believed Touré had needed on his earlier recordings, which "drifted into the folkloric". In an interview for Guy Oseary's On the Record (2004), music entrepreneur and record collector Craig Kallman named The River among his 15 favorite records.

Track listing

  1. "Heygana" – 5:59
  2. "Goydiotodam" – 6:25
  3. "Ai Bine" – 6:21
  4. "Tangambara" – 5:22
  5. "Toungere" – 7:32
  6. "Jungou" – 7:23
  7. "Kenouna" – 5:02
  8. "Boyrei" – 5:23
  9. "Tamala" – 8:06
  10. "Lobo" – 6:44
  11. "Instrumental" – 2:59

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "The River". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. "Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder." Rhythm Music Magazine: Volume 3-4, Issue 1. p. 56.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (3 July 1990). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  4. Oseary, Guy (2004). On the Record: Over 150 of the Most Talented People in Music Share the Secrets of Their Success. Penguin Books. p. 353. ISBN 978-0142003046.

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