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Youssou N'Dour
The Lion
Album UK 1989 on Virgin label
Rock, Pop, Folk, World and (African)
(P)&(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd. Manufactured in the U.K. "THIS RECORD IS DEDICATED TO MY COUNTRY, SENEGAL. [...]"
Musicians
 | Youssou N'Dour voc, bvoc, *1959 SN album by, written by, lead vocals, lyrics by, ouoloff |
 | Habib Faye key, b, 1965-2018 SN bass, bass, guitar, written by, keyboards, keyboards, bass, other, bass keyboard and tokhoro flute sample played by |
 | Manu Katché dr, *1958 FR drums |
 | Rod Beale engineer, additional, mixed by, mixed by, additional, recorded by, recorded by, african overdubs, other, ams drone keyboards created by, other, cmi percussion sequencing treated in the ams by, written by |
 | George Acogny acg, eg, g, *1954 US executive-producer, producer, additional overdubs, producer, arranged by, sequenced by, cmi percussion, guitar, sequenced by, flutes and marimba, sequenced by, cmi fairlight marimba |
 | Papa Omar Ngom g, acg, eg, guitar, acoustic guitar |
 | Jimmy & Co. , horns |
 | David Sancious syn, g, *1953 US keyboards, producer, soloist, keyboards, acoustic guitar, written by |
 | Loy Ehrlich key, b, *1950 FR keyboards, additional |
 | Babacar Faye perc, djm, bvoc, percussion, soloist, percussion, tambourine, percussion, addition ("leckett") |
 | Roger Bolton , programmed by, cmi, programmed by, additional cmi and d50 keyboards, programmed by, cmi fairlight |
 | Assane Thiam perc, talking drum |
| Jenny Cathcart translated by |
| Mangone Toure translated by |
 | Michael Kelly vn, voc, translated by |
| Lucienne Deschamps translated by, french |
 | Mamadou Dieng dr, drums, additional |
 | Kenny Kirkland p, 1955-1998 US soloist, piano |
 | David Rhodes g, voc, *1956 GB electric guitar, acoustic guitar |
 | Peter Gabriel voc, *1950 GB lead vocals, music by, lyrics by, english, piano, prophet d50 and yamaha cp80 |
 | Simon Clark key, GB organ, piano, keyboards, bass |
 | Phil Todd , *1956 GB saxophone |
 | Guy Barker tr, *1957 GB trumpet, 1st |
 | John Barclay tr, GB trumpet, 2nd |
 | Pete Beachill tb, GB trumpet, 3rd |
 | Oumar Sambou , flute, tokhoro |
 | Aby N'Dour voc, vocals, additional |
 | Kamil Rustam g, *1962 US acoustic guitar |
 | David Sanborn as, *1945 US alto saxophone |
| Aliou Mane , balafon |
Producers
| Images Assorties design |
| David Bottrill engineer, additional, mixed by, additional, other, ams audiophile operated by |
| Pierre Watteau engineer, assistant at colour studio |
| Philippe Cusset engineer, assistant at guillaume tell studios |
| Sophie Masson engineer, assistant at guillaume tell studios |
| Thierry Leconte engineer, assistant at guillaume tell studios |
| Aaron Denson engineer, assistant at the real world studios, other, audio frame systems operated by |
| Richard Chappell engineer, assistant at the real world studios, other, audio frame systems operated by |
| Clive Martin mixed by |
| Sheila Rock photography |
| Tessa Niles backing vocals |
| George Acogny backing vocals, producer |
| Peter Gabriel backing vocals, producer |
| Simon Clark backing vocals |
| Youssou N'Dour backing vocals |
| Hugh Padgham recorded by, mixed by |
| Chorale Des Martyrs De L'Ouganda backing vocals, backing vocals, additional |
| Dolette McDonald backing vocals |
| Joniece Jamison backing vocals |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lion / Gaïende | Youssou N'Dour | Habib Faye, Youssou N'Dour | |
| 2 | Shakin' The Tree | Youssou N'Dour | Peter Gabriel, Youssou N'Dour | |
| 3 | Kocc Barma | Youssou N'Dour | Habib Faye, Youssou N'Dour | |
| 4 | Bamako | Youssou N'Dour | Habib Faye, Youssou N'Dour | |
| 5 | The Truth | Youssou N'Dour | Habib Faye, Youssou N'Dour | |
| 6 | Old Tucson | Youssou N'Dour | Habib Faye, Youssou N'Dour | |
| 7 | Macoy | Youssou N'Dour | Rod Beale, Youssou N'Dour | |
| 8 | My Daughter (Sama Doom) | Youssou N'Dour | David Sancious, Habib Faye, Youssou N'Dour | |
| 9 | Bes | Youssou N'Dour | Habib Faye, Youssou N'Dour |
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