The Source (Ali Farka Touré album)

1992 studio album by Ali Farka Touré

The Source

Studio album by

Ali Farka Touré

Released| 1992, 1993
Genre| World
Length| 60:21
Label| World Circuit[1]
Producer| Nick Gold and Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré chronology
| The River
(1991)  | The Source
(1992)  | Talking Timbuktu
(1994)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
Robert Christgau| [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [1]

The Source is an album by Ali Farka Touré.

The album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard World Albums chart.[4]

## Critical reception

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The Los Angeles Times wrote that "one of the most impressive performances is on 'Cin quante Six,' a solo instrumental: Toure establishes a cleanly picked folk rhythm, then overlays a flamenco-flavored melody that suggests a meeting of Leo Kottke and the Gipsy Kings."[5] Trouser Press called the album "most notable for the way it challenges the singer to move beyond blues ('Hawa Dolo') and to eschew simple guitar riffing for more intricate single-note lines ('Roucky')."[6]

## Track listing

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1. "Goye Kur" – 6:24
2. "Inchana Massina" – 5:13
3. "Roucky" – 8:18
4. "Dofana" – 7:31
5. "Karaw" – 6:28
6. "Hawa Dolo" – 5:47
7. "Cinquante Six" – 5:31
8. "I Go Ka" – 3:59
9. "Yenna" – 5:54
10. "Mahini Me" – 5:24

## Personnel

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* Ali Farka Touré (vocals 1-6, 8-10; electric guitar 1-2,5,9; acoustic guitar 1,3-8,10; n'jarka 1; maracas 4)
* Afel Bocoum (vocals 1-2, 4-6; narration 4)
* Hamma Sankare (calabash 1,2,4,5,6,8; vocals 1,2,4,5)
* Oumar Touré (congas 2,5,6; vocals 2,5)
* Nitin Sawney (tabla 2)
* Taj Mahal (acoustic guitar 3,10)
* Rory McLeod (acoustic guitar 3)
* Groupe Asko (backing vocals 3,10)
* Amadou Cisse (calabash 9; vocals 9)

## References

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1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8\. MUZE. p. 226.
2. ^ "The Source - Ali Farka Touré | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" - via www.allmusic.com.
3. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Ali Farka Tourï¿½". www.robertchristgau.com.
4. ^ "Ali Farka Touré". Billboard.
5. ^ "Ali Farka Toure "The Source" Hannibal". Los Angeles Times. July 1, 1993.
6. ^ "Ali Farka Toure". Trouser Press. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

## External links

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* David Hanks, Ali Farka Touré - A Thorough Discography

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* MusicBrainz release group

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