Annabi
Amina
1999: Mercury 5380842
By the time I had her previous two albums I was ready to take on more of Aminas work on the collect the whole set principle; I even rented and watched the film The Advocate because I hoped her appearance in that would give me a taste of her voice in context (it did, somewhat, but unfortunately it mainly featured her tits). Thankfully this third CD stays in my collection on its own merits. Its fun and bizarrely diverse, from the literally tribal (Tourra Tourra One) to a truly out-of-the-blue cover of My Man (in English). Eight OClock deserves special note as a lovely and imaginative track (He looks like a lover, but he lies like a little little boy ).
Comments © 2005 Mark Ellis Walker, except as noted, and no claim is made to the images and quoted lyrics.