Amadou & MariamBest Amadou & Mariam Albums Ranked
7.8
Avg Score
11
Opinions
6
Albums
5
Reviewers
Summary from 11 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Amadou & Mariam's catalog across 6 albums from 11 opinions, with an overall average of 7.8/10. The top-rated Amadou & Mariam album is Dimanche à Bamako (2004) with a 8.7/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Welcome to Mali and La Confusion. The discography on Wavelength spans 2004 to 2017.
Welcome to Mali
“Amadou & Mariam reached international acclaim after 2005's Dimanche à Bamako; they follow that with a more global record featuring guests from France, the Ivory Coast, and Canada, as well as Englishman Damon Albarn.”
La Confusion
“Amadou & Mariam have lost no faith in the communal power of music”
Dimanche à Bamako
“Blind husband-and-wife duo from Mali team with world music star Manu Chao to create a varied, bright, and charming album.”
La Confusion
“The long-married Malian duo confronts the country’s upheavals with an album of shimmering Afro-pop that urges hope and offers uplift.”
Folila
“With contributions from Santigold, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner, and members of TV on the Radio, the Malian duo clearly have genre fusion in mind on their latest.”
La Confusion
“It’s difficult to think of a couple who’ve been making music together for the best part of four decades, and even harder to think of any who, on their ninth studio album, are still attracting as much attention as Amadou and Mariam. The Malian duo have, over the years, been embraced by the likes of Damon Albarn (perhaps inevitably), but also a greater audience in the West as their huge profile has ”
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