''Dimanche à Bamako'' ( en, Sunday in

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) is the fourth album by

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an duo

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featuring, and produced by, French singer

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. It was released on the

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label on 2 August 2005. The album features guests such as Ivorian

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star

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and Italian

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trumpeter Roy Paci.

Background

French singer

heard

's music on the radio and decided that he wanted to work with them.

Reception

In a review for

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gave the album a

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of 4 out of 5. Joe Tangari of

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gave the album a rating of 8 out of 10 and said that "it would be a crime if it didn't rocket Amadou & Mariam straight to stardom." ''

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'' named the album the 33rd best album released in 2005. ''

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'''s David Hutcheon gave the album a rating of four stars out of five. The album won the BBC Awards for World Music Best Album Award 2006 and helped the duo win the African section of the same awards that year. It was also listed as one of Songlines' 10 best world music albums of the year and was nominated for a 2006

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listed it as the 39th best album of the 2000s.

Track listing

# "M'Bifé" (Mariam Doumbia, Manu Chao) — 2:11 # "M'Bifé Balafon" (Manu Chao) — 1:58 # "Coulibaly" (Amadou Bagayoko) — 3:18 # "La Réalité" (Bagayoko) — 3:32 # "Sénégal Fast Food" (Bagayoko, Chao, Doumbia) — 4:19 # "Artistiya" (Doumbia) — 3:11 # "La Fête au Village" (Bagayoko) — 4:11 # "Camions Sauvages" (Bagayoko, Chao, Doumbia) — 4:08 # "Beaux Dimanches" (Bagayoko) — 3:31 # "La Paix" (Bagayoko) — 4:19 # "Djanfa" (Bagayoko, Chao, Doumbia) — 4:13 # "Taxi Bamako" (Chao) — 3:44 # "Politic Amagni" (Bagayoko, Chao, Ousmane Cissé, Tiemoko Traoré) — 4:56 # "Gnidjougouya" (Doumbia) — 3:45 # "M'Bifé Blues" (Chao, Doumbia) — 5:21

Personnel

;Music *Nicolas Auriauit — trumpet *Amadou Bagayoko — guitar, vocals *Samou Bagayoko — choir *

— guitar, vocals, choir *Ousmane Cissé — choir *Boubacar Dembele —

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*Mariam Doumbia — vocals, choir *Roberto Shilling Pollo Duarte — piano *

— vocals *Laurent Griffon — bass *Stéphane Hamokrane — choir *Alain Hatot — clarinet, flute, baritone saxophone *Pierre Hauthe — trombone *Renaud Lacoche —

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*Loïc Landois — harmonica *Cédric Lesouquet — double bass *

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— trumpet *François Regis Matuszenski — keyboards *Roy Paci — trumpet *Stephane San Juan — drums,

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*Philippe Teboul — percussion *Tiemoko Traoré — choir ;Production *Philippe Avocat — assistant *Manu Chao — programming, producer, engineer, editing *Tony Cousins — mastering *Antoine Halet — engineer *Laurent Jaïs — engineer, mixing *Marc Antoine Moreau — engineer, executive producer, artistic director *Jean-Loup Morette — assistant ;Design *Marie Laure Dagnaux — photography

Charts

;Album ;Singles

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dimanche a Bamako 2005 albums Amadou & Mariam albums Because Music albums Nonesuch Records albums