Dimanche à Bamako

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***Dimanche à Bamako*** (English: Sunday in Bamako) is the fourth album by Malian duo Amadou & Mariam featuring, and produced by, French singer Manu Chao. It was released on the Nonesuch Records label on 2 August 2005.

The album features guests such as Ivorian reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly and Italian ska/jazz trumpeter Roy Paci. The song "La Fête au Village" was featured in the soundtrack of the film *Mike, Lu & Og: Journey Back to Manhattan*.

## Background

French singer Manu Chao heard Amadou & Mariam's music on the radio and decided that he wanted to work with them.

## Reception

In a review for Allmusic, Chris Nickson gave the album a star rating of 4 out of 5. Joe Tangari of Pitchfork Media gave the album a rating of 8 out of 10 and said that "it would be a crime if it didn't rocket Amadou & Mariam straight to stardom." *Spin* named the album the 33rd best album released in 2005. *Mojo*'s David Hutcheon gave the album a rating of four stars out of five.

The album won the BBC Awards for World Music Best Album Award 2006 and helped the duo win the African section of the same awards that year. It was also listed as one of Songlines' 10 best world music albums of the year and was nominated for a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album.

Observer Music Monthly listed it as the 39th best album of the 2000s.

## Track listing

1. "M'Bifé" (Mariam Doumbia, Manu Chao) — 2:11
2. "M'Bifé Balafon" (Manu Chao) — 1:58
3. "Coulibaly" (Amadou Bagayoko) — 3:18
4. "La Réalité" (Bagayoko) — 3:32
5. "Sénégal Fast Food" (Bagayoko, Chao, Doumbia) — 4:19
6. "Artistiya" (Doumbia) — 3:11
7. "La Fête au Village" (Bagayoko) — 4:11
8. "Camions Sauvages" (Bagayoko, Chao, Doumbia) — 4:08
9. "Beaux Dimanches" (Bagayoko) — 3:31
10. "La Paix" (Bagayoko) — 4:19
11. "Djanfa" (Bagayoko, Chao, Doumbia) — 4:13
12. "Taxi Bamako" (Chao) — 3:44
13. "Politic Amagni" (Bagayoko, Chao, Ousmane Cissé, Tiemoko Traoré) — 4:56
14. "Gnidjougouya" (Doumbia) — 3:45
15. "M'Bifé Blues" (Chao, Doumbia) — 5:21

## Personnel

* Amadou Bagayoko — guitar, vocals
* Samou Bagayoko — choir
* Manu Chao — guitar, vocals, choir
* Ousmane Cissé — choir
* Boubacar Dembele — djembe
* Mariam Doumbia — vocals, choir
* Roberto Shilling Pollo Duarte — piano
* Tiken Jah Fakoly — vocals
* Laurent Griffon — bass
* Stéphane Hamokrane — choir
* Alain Hatot — clarinet, flute, baritone saxophone
* Pierre Hauthe — trombone
* Renaud Lacoche — saw
* Loïc Landois — harmonica
* Cédric Lesouquet — double bass
* Ibrahim Maalouf — trumpet
* François Regis Matuszenski — keyboards
* Roy Paci — trumpet
* Stephane San Juan — drums, tabla
* Philippe Teboul — percussion
* Tiemoko Traoré — choir
* Manu Chao — programming, producer, engineer, editing
* Tony Cousins — mastering
* Antoine Halet — engineer
* Laurent Jaïs — engineer, mixing
* Marc Antoine Moreau — engineer, executive producer, artistic director
* Jean-Loup Morette — assistant

Design* Marie Laure Dagnaux — photography

## Charts

Album

 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)
 Dutch Albums Chart
 French Albums Chart
 Swedish Albums Chart
 Swiss Albums Chart

Singles

 "Sénégal Fast Food"
 "Beaux Dimanches"
 "—" denotes a release that did not chart.

## References

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5. **^** "40 Best Albums of 2005", *Spin*, Spin Media LLC, vol. 22, no. 1, p. 61, January 2006, ISSN 0886-3032
6. **^** Hutcheon, David (August 2005), "Filter Albums — Amadou & Mariam", *Mojo*, Bauer Media Group, no. 141, p. 104
7. **^** "OMM's Top 50 Albums of the Decade". *Observer Music Monthly*. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
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* Williamson, Nigel (9 July 2005), "World Music's Next Crossover?", *Billboard*, Nielsen Company, vol. 117, no. 28, p. 18, ISSN 0006-2510