“Agolo” by Angelique Kidjo

"Agolo" comes from Ayé, the album Angélique Kidjo released in February 1994. Kidjo wrote it with Jean Hébrail, who also plays bass guitar and keyboards on the track, and the lyrics are Kidjo's own. Will Mowat produced, added keyboards and mixed it with Eugene Ellis, Andy Lovegrove recorded it, and Jumbo Vanrenen was the executive producer.

It's a crowded, generous room of a record. Andy Gangadeen and David Fall share the drum credit, Luís Jardim and Jaco Largent add percussion, Julian Crampton brings a double bass in alongside Hébrail's electric one, Glenn Nightingale plays guitar, and John Thirkell's trumpet and Neil Sidwell's trombone make a two-piece horn section. The backing vocals are a crowd too: Kidjo plus six more voices, among them Claudia Fontaine, Lamya and Ingrid Matsidisi Webster.

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