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Francophonic - Vol. 1: 1953-1980

Franco

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Released: Nov 2008
Label: Editions Populaires
Franco's musical output over his career defies the imagination. He himself claimed to have put out 150 albums in thirty years. So a two-CD retrospective seems, well, amusingly thin. It's also glorious. Congolese rumba, aka soukous, is some of the most infectious dance music ever created, and Franco's prolific fingers never seemed to run out of ideas. Maybe that's what happens when African rhythms head to the Caribbean and then return home. These songs infused the Congo (and much of Europe) from the pre-independence era to the rise of Mbotu Sese Seko.
- Sarah Bardeen
Franco - Francophonic - Vol. 1: 1953-1980 2008-12-10
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    Esengo ya mokili
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    Tika kondima na zolo
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    Anduku lutshuma
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    On entre O.K., on sort K.O.
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    Tcha tcha tcha de mi amor
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    Mosala ekomi mpasi embonga
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    Sansi fingomangoma
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    Bato ya mabe batondi mboka
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    Bazonzele Mama Ana
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    Bolingo ya bougie
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    Ku Kisantu kikwenda ko
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    Tozonga na nganga wana
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    Annie ngai nalinga
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    Marie naboyi
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    Boma l'heure
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    Nzube oleka te
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    Likambo ya ngana
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    Infidelité Mado
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    Azda
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    Mambu ma miondo
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    Minuit eleki Lezi
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    Mabele
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    Kinsiona
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    Alimatou
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    Chérie Bondowe 2
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    Liberté
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    Lisolo ya Adamo na Nzambe
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    Nalingaka yo yo te
    Nalingaka yo yo te
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