In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2
Various Artists
World
| Mar 2008
Reviews
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2008-03-23
Reviewed 2008-03-23
African Artists cover U2 hits, a tribute to Bono & U2 for
Humanitarian relief efforts for Africa, a portion of profits of this CD
go to the Global Fund.
***1: 3:49 Benin "Mysterious Ways".fem vocal, multilingual, poppy upbeat.
****2: 4:37 Mali "Bullet The Blue Sky"
mid tempo male vocal with a rich instrument cool cool sound,
***3: 4:17 Guinea "Sunday Bloody Sunday"mid tempo male vocal with funk guitar,
African percussion,
4: 5:04 South Africa. "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" slower male vocal,
5: 3:52 Nigeria "Where The Streets Have No Name" Tony Allen, mid tempo, male
vocal in English , minimal Afro beat perc.
6: 4:59 Senegal "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" mid tempo male vocal,
percussion.
**7: 3:38 Nigeria "One" male vocal, mid to faster, in English nice guitars &
percussion.
***8: 3:49 Cameroon "With Or Without You" fem vocal, in English, cool drum
machine? percussion, a bit electronica/techno.
9: 2:36 South Africa. "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" fem gospel choir, in English,
minimal percussion,
****10: 3:41 Sierra Leone, "Seconds" fast male vocal, cool e guitars & percussion.
***11: 3:30 Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, "Desire" male Hip Hop voc rap &
fem chorus in English
12: 5:27 Angola, "Love Is Blindness" slow male vocal in Portuguese, acoustic guitar.
D Farrell 03/2008
Humanitarian relief efforts for Africa, a portion of profits of this CD
go to the Global Fund.
***1: 3:49 Benin "Mysterious Ways".fem vocal, multilingual, poppy upbeat.
****2: 4:37 Mali "Bullet The Blue Sky"
mid tempo male vocal with a rich instrument cool cool sound,
***3: 4:17 Guinea "Sunday Bloody Sunday"mid tempo male vocal with funk guitar,
African percussion,
4: 5:04 South Africa. "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" slower male vocal,
5: 3:52 Nigeria "Where The Streets Have No Name" Tony Allen, mid tempo, male
vocal in English , minimal Afro beat perc.
6: 4:59 Senegal "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" mid tempo male vocal,
percussion.
**7: 3:38 Nigeria "One" male vocal, mid to faster, in English nice guitars &
percussion.
***8: 3:49 Cameroon "With Or Without You" fem vocal, in English, cool drum
machine? percussion, a bit electronica/techno.
9: 2:36 South Africa. "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" fem gospel choir, in English,
minimal percussion,
****10: 3:41 Sierra Leone, "Seconds" fast male vocal, cool e guitars & percussion.
***11: 3:30 Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, "Desire" male Hip Hop voc rap &
fem chorus in English
12: 5:27 Angola, "Love Is Blindness" slow male vocal in Portuguese, acoustic guitar.
D Farrell 03/2008
Recent airplay
Desire
Everything — May 20, 2023
Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Global Ginga — Sep 18, 2022
Mysterious Ways
Hanging in the bone yard — Nov 23, 2018
Bullet The Blue Sky
Global Warming — Mar 31, 2015
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Hand Wash in Coleslaw — Jan 14, 2009
With Or Without You
At the Cafe Bohemian — May 20, 2008
Charting
2008-03-23 — 2008-05-25
Reggae/World
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| May 25 | 1 |
| May 18 | 1 |
| May 11 | 1 |
| May 4 | 1 |
| Apr 27 | 2 |
| Apr 20 | 1 |
| Apr 13 | 1 |
| Apr 6 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Mysterious Ways | ||
| 2. | Bullet The Blue Sky | ||
| 3. | Sunday Bloody Sunday | ||
| 4. | Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own | ||
| 5. | Where The Streets Have No Name | ||
| 6. | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | ||
| 7. | One | ||
| 8. | With Or Without You | ||
| 9. | Pride (In The Name Of Love) | ||
| 10. | Seconds | ||
| 11. | Desire | ||
| 12. | Love Is Blindness |