''Sou Ni Tilé'' is an album by

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an duo Amadou & Mariam, released in 1999. It was their first album to be released internationally. The album reached No. 61 on the

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. "Je Pense à Toi" reached No. 43 on the French singles chart. In a review for

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, Brian Beatty gave the album a rating of four stars out of five and described it as "mature, intelligent pop music".

Track listing

#"Je Pense à Toi" (I Think of You) – 5:16 #"Combattants" (Warriors) – 4:26 #"Mouna" (I Wonder Why?) – 4:44 #"Pauvre Type" (Poor Guy) – 4:35 #"Dogons" – 4:04 #"Baara" (Work) – 4:33 #"Dounia" (The World) – 3:17 #"A Radio Mogo" – 4:49 #"Djandjola" (Adventure) – 4:06 #"On Se Donne La Main" (Hand in Hand) – 4:34 #"Mon Amour, Ma Chérie" (My Love, My Darling) – 5:23 #"A Chacun Son Problème" – 4:40 #"Teree La Sebin" (Evil Eye) – 5:33 #"Toubala Kono" (Lonely Bird) – 5:22 #"C'est La Vie" (That's Life) – 5:26

Personnel

;Music *Walde Baba Sissoko – tama *Amadou Bagayoko – composer, guitar, vocals *Shihab M'Ghezzi Bekhoughe – bass *Sameh Catalan – violin *Mariam Doumbia – vocals *Sanata Doumbia – background vocals *Barbara Teuntor Garcia – trumpet *Alain Hatot – flute,

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*Idwar Iskandar – Arabian flute, flute,

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–violin *Loïc Landois –harmonica *Matu –

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*Alberto Rodriguez – arranger, trombone *Stephane San Juan – drums, percussion *Babbaro Teunter Garcia – trumpet *Awa Timbo – vocals, background vocals *Andrés Viáfara – arranger, trombone ;Production *Jean-Philippe Allard – executive producer *Amadou Bagayoko – producer *Laurent Jaïs – engineer, mixing *Sherif Megahed – assistant engineer, mixing assistant *Marc Antoine Moreau – producer *Daniel Richard – executive producer ;Design *Marie Laure Dagnaux – photography *Thomas Delepière – photography *Frederic Fauchet – liner notes, lyric translation *Philippe Savoir – design, visuals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sou Ni Tile 1999 albums Amadou & Mariam albums PolyGram albums