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Youssou N'Dour
The Guide (Wommat)
Album 1994 on Columbia label
Pop, Folk, World and
On back cover: © 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. "Columbia" is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Distribution Sony Music On disc: Original sound recording made by Sony Music Entertainment Inc. ℗ 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Made in Austria "Columbia" is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment Inc. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Packaging: Black tray jewel case with a 12-panel fold-out booklet. Cat# appears as COL 476508 2 on back cover. Cat# appears as 476508 2 on both spines and disc 01-476508-10 appears on back of booklet, back cover and disc. Track 1: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Music Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Track 2: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Music Inc./Editions Pratik All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Track 3: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Music Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Track 4: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Music Inc./Young Vilna All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Track 5: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France and EMI Virgin Music Ltd. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Music Inc. and EMI Virgin Songs Inc./Fiction Songs/John Sharpe All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Track 6: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Music Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Track 7: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Music Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Track 8: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Music Inc./Editions Pratik All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Track 9: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Music Inc./Editions Pratik All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Track 10: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Music Inc./Editions Pratik All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Track 11: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Music Inc./Editions Pratik All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Track 12: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Music Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Track 13: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Music Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Track 14: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Virgin Music Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Track 15: © 1964 Warner Bros. Renewed 1992 by Special Rider Music All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Neneh Cherry appears through the courtesy of Circa Records Ltd. Duration time is not listed
Musicians
 | Youssou N'Dour voc, bvoc, *1959 SN lead vocals, backing vocals, leader, bandleader, performer, producer, album by, words by, music by, music by, words by |
 | Thierno Koite as, ts, SN alto saxophone, soprano saxophone |
 | Habib Faye key, b, 1965-2018 SN bass guitar, keyboards, co-producer, arranged by, music by |
 | Fallilou Niang drums |
| Ibrahima Cissé keyboards |
 | Mamadou Mbaye g, lead guitar |
 | Babacar Faye perc, djm, bvoc, djembe, backing vocals, percussion, senegalese: sabar, others |
 | Le Super Etoile De Dakar , FR performer |
 | Papa Omar Ngom g, acg, eg, rhythm guitar |
 | Assane Thiam perc, talking drum, senegalese: tama |
 | Issa Cissoko ts, SN tenor saxophone |
| Boubacar N'Dour translated by, lyrics, words by |
 | Jean-Philippe Rykiel key, *1961 FR keyboards, keyboards, arranged by, music by, keyboards, drum programming |
 | Brad Wheeler sax, saxophone |
 | Glenn Ferris tb, *1950 US trombone |
 | Jacques Bolognesi tb, *1947 FR trombone, trombone, accordion, accordina |
 | Ron Meza tr, trumpet |
 | Sing-Sing Rythms , percussion |
 | Branford Marsalis ss, ts, sax, *1960 US saxophone |
 | Mamadou M'Baye p, music by, words by |
| T. Rome , words by |
 | Sacha Skarbek , GB keyboards, violin, soloist, violin |
 | Mark Roberts perc, dr, percussion, additional percussion |
 | Neneh Cherry voc, *1964 SE words by |
 | Soriba Kouyaté , 1963-2010 SN kora |
| K. Gueye , music by, words by |
| M'Backe Diou , rap |
 | Jacob Desvarieux g, voc, *1955 FR arranged by, horn arrangement |
| Bouna N'Diaye , words by |
| Sing-Sing Rythm , percussion |
 | Bob Dylan voc, g, h, *1941 US words by, music by |
Producers
| Steve Berkowitz a&r, a&r columbia |
| Christopher Austopchuk art direction |
| Ousseynou Ndiaye backing vocals |
| Jean-Philippe Rykiel co-producer |
| Tracy Boychuk design |
| N'Diaga N'Dour engineer, assistant |
| Verna Gillis executive-producer, management |
| Philippe Brun mastered by, recorded by, mixed by |
| Raphaël Jonin mastered by |
| Andrew Eccles photography by |
| Everybody's Choir backing vocals |
| Mathew Russel directed by, horn direction |
| Lokua Kanza backing vocals, additional |
| Spencer May engineer, assistant |
| Booga Bear producer, recorded by |
| Jonny Dollar producer, recorded by, mixed by |
| Julia Sarr backing vocals, additional |
| Louka Kanza backing vocals, additional |
| Viviane N'Dour backing vocals, additional |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Leaving (Dem) | Youssou N'Dour | 5:04 | |
| 2 | | Old Man (Gorgui) | Youssou N'Dour | 6:30 | |
| 3 | | Without A Smile (Same) | Youssou N'Dour | 4:13 | |
| 4 | | Mame Bamba | Youssou N'Dour | 4:58 | |
| 5 | | 7 Seconds | Youssou N'Dour | 5:07 | |
| 6 | | How You Are (No Mele) | Youssou N'Dour | 3:39 | |
| 7 | | Generations (Diamono) | Youssou N'Dour | 5:46 | |
| 8 | | Tourista | Youssou N'Dour | 4:36 | |
| 9 | | Undecided (Japoulo) | Youssou N'Dour | 5:26 | |
| 10 | | Love One Another (Beuguente) | Youssou N'Dour | 4:52 | |
| 11 | | Life (Adouna) | Youssou N'Dour | 4:05 | |
| 12 | | My People (Samay Nit) | Youssou N'Dour | 4:38 | |
| 13 | | Oh Boy | Youssou N'Dour | 4:37 | |
| 14 | | Silence (Tongo) | Youssou N'Dour | 4:38 | |
| 15 | Chimes Of Freedom | Youssou N'Dour | 4:51 |
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