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line-up. During the tour, the band premiered a number of songs from the new album. "Heavy", the second single, was released on July 12, 2019 and featured a video with candid footage of the band on tour. The album itself was announced on
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official video for the song. The songs "Heavy", "Love", "Smile", "Smooth", "Fights" and "Sisters" were written and recorded in subsequent recording sessions at Studio de la Seine, Paris and Baniko House, Bamako, and followed the same process of top-line songwriting using Liam
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The first song to be released from the album was "Amazones Power" (named "Power" on the album), which was released as a single on May 3, 2019. It was promoted with a music video capturing the process of writing and recording the song, and it supported a
European summer tour, which featured a new band
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African instrumentation was captured, e.g. doundoun, tama, djembe, as well as guitars, drums and bass parts for the songs "Queens", "Dreams", "Timbuktu", "Red", "Rebels" and "Dogon". This was followed by additional
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The album was released on CD, vinyl and digital formats. The album cover features a portrait of band member Niariu posing behind a dark blue background, and the inner packaging of both the CD and vinyl editions features a group photograph of the core band members Fafa
Ruffino, Mamani KeĂŻta, Niariu
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is fifty five minutes long, consisting of 13 tracks. It has been described as an album of pan-African styles with elements of traditional griot funk, electronica, pop, desert blues, African hip-hop, dub and reggae. The album is defined by two distinct approaches to recording and production — songs
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review, Clive Davis defended the album's progressive production, saying that "whilst some purists may feel that the producer Liam Farrell (alias Doctor L) gilds the lily, he actually manages to break new ground without imposing a slickly commercial backdrop."
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and Rokia Koné returning, but joined by a number of new singers from the continent of Africa as well as the African diaspora. The album establishes a core membership of four singers, who also form the line-up for the band's live shows: Mamani Keïta
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There a total of 15 languages used on the album, with Bambara being the most common, featuring in 9 of the album's 13 tracks. Bambara, French, English, Mooré, Yoruba, Dendi, Kabyle and Wolof are used on tracks 1-12, with the additional languages
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s David Hutcheon noted that Liam Farrell excels on the songs "Timbuktu", "Heavy" and "Sisters", which he called "bridges between traditional griot funk, western clubland and conscious African hip-hop."
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is an album full of power, strength, positivity and hope that unites people together to demand a future that is as accepting and joyous as the music itself." In his
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Jones, Tom (January 2020). "Les Amazones d'Afrique - Amazones Power".
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Khoï Huynh – assistant recording (1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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Howe, Rupert (May 2020). "Les Amazones d'Afrique: Amazones Power".
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Souleyman Diallo a.k.a. Bavieux – rhythm guitar (4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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G, L (January 2020). "Amazones Power by Les Amazones d'Afrique".
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score of 85 based on 5 sources, indicating "universal acclaim".
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band's first album, criticising the production, gave
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56:2020-01-24
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64:Recorded
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