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Music Manic — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:14:50 GMT

Author: Music Manic

Posted: 01/30/2012 17:14

Well, it may be a random list, but I'll put some recommendations from my home country (Indonesia) and from others:

1. Endah N Rhesa. They have produced 2 studio albums, Nowhere to Go and Look What We've Found. Though the songs are all in English, but they're very worth to listen.
2. Jubing Kristianto. He plays mostly in instrumental acoustic guitar with very smooth music. You can download many of his works on jubing(dot)net .
3. Various Artists (Thailand) - The Love of Siam Original Soundtrack (2007). It's such a nice and simple album that I put it on the Top 10 of My Chart :D.
4. Rapalje. I didn't listen much of their songs, but they're very good at folk songs.
5. Qntal. There are very few musicians could do what Qntal do: plays German poems into Industrial Ambient music that are so hypnotizing.

Re: Foreign albums

RFNAPLES — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:36:56 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 02/21/2009 14:36

Check out these World Albums:

Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir-Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares
Cooder, Ry-Chávez Ravine: A Record By Ry Cooder
Hart, Mickey With Flora Purim-Planet Drum
Olatunji, Babatunde-Drums Of Passion
Shankar, Ravi-The Sounds Of India
Sharma, Shivkumar, Brijbushan Kabra & Hariprasad Chaurasia-Call Of The Valley
Toure, Ali Farka-Savane
Various-Bossa Nova Brasil

Check out these Latin albums:

Café Tacvba -Re
Dark Latin Groove -Swing On
Estefan, Gloria -Mi Tierra
Ferrer, Ibrahim -Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
Gipsy Kings-Gipsy Kings
González, Rubén -Chanchullo
Guerra, Juan Luis 4.40 -Bachata Rosa
Gutiérrez, Alfredo Y Su Conjunto -Lo Mejor De Alfredo Gutiérrez – 24 Temas Originales
Jiménez, José Alfredo -Las 100 Clásicas (Vol. 1)
Moré, Beny -Cuban Originals
Orquesta Aragón -Cuban Originals
Peralta, Chichi & Son Familia-Pa’ Otro La’o
Segundo, Compay -Lo Mejor De La Vida
Super Seven, Los-Canto
Tigres Del Norte, Los-Corridos Prohibidos
Vargas, Wilfredo -Serie 2000

Re: Foreign albums

bc1991 — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:01:06 GMT

Author: bc1991

Posted: 09/30/2008 17:01

banana brother wrote:

From Africa:
Fela Kuti - Gentlemen (Nigeria) (Inventor of afrobeat)
Youssou N'Dour - Set (Senegal)
From Jamaica:
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Super Ape
Junior Murvin - Police & Theives
Yabby You - Conquering Lion
The Congos - Heart of the Congos
Scientist - A tribute tubby king
Bunny Wailer - Blackheart man

Lucy wrote:

Argentina and France
Gotan Project - La Revancha del Tango
South Africa
Ladysmith Black Mambazo-Shaka Zulu
India
Shivkumar Sharma/Brijbushan Kabra/Hariprasad Chaurasia-Call of the Valley
Ravi Shankar-The Sounds Of India
Brazil
Os Mutantes-Os Mutantes
Caetano Veloso-Caetano Veloso

Excellent lists!!

Re: Foreign albums

bc1991 — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:58:48 GMT

Author: bc1991

Posted: 09/30/2008 16:58

albummaster wrote:

Mexico
Maná - Arde el Cielo (2008)

spent the past four months living in Spain, like Maná a lot.

The first two Maná are really good albums IMO. After those two, I didn't care much for what they have done.

Re: Foreign albums

albummaster — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:58:51 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 09/26/2008 13:58

Mexico
Maná - Arde el Cielo (2008)

spent the past four months living in Spain, like Maná a lot.

Re: Foreign albums

Lucy — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:04:35 GMT

Author: Lucy

Posted: 09/26/2008 08:04

Argentina and France
Gotan Project - La Revancha del Tango
South Africa
Ladysmith Black Mambazo-Shaka Zulu
India
Shivkumar Sharma/Brijbushan Kabra/Hariprasad Chaurasia-Call of the Valley
Ravi Shankar-The Sounds Of India
Brazil
Os Mutantes-Os Mutantes
Caetano Veloso-Caetano Veloso

Re: Foreign albums

banana brother — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:45:47 GMT

Author: banana brother

Posted: 08/31/2008 03:45

From Africa:
Fela Kuti - Gentlemen (Nigeria) (Inventor of afrobeat)
Youssou N'Dour - Set (Senegal)
From Jamaica:
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Super Ape
Junior Murvin - Police & Theives
Yabby You - Conquering Lion
The Congos - Heart of the Congos
Scientist - A tribute tubby king
Bunny Wailer - Blackheart man
and so many more
The Krautrock greats being:
Can - Tago Mago
Faust - Faust
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
From Iceland:
Sigor Ros - Ágætis Byrjun
From France:
Stereoland - Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Re: Foreign albums

romaint — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:23:30 GMT

Author: romaint

Posted: 08/27/2008 09:23

Hello !

I put in my charts several French album in top 20 :
- Histoire de Melody Nelson - Serge Gainsbourg
- Tostaky - Noir Désir
- The No Comprendo - Les Rita Mitsouko
- La planète sauvage - Alain Goraguer
- Je dis Aime - M (matthieu Chedid)

Really good album I think.

Re: Manu Chao

bc1991 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:20:52 GMT

Author: bc1991

Posted: 06/17/2008 17:20

Elston wrote:

The only album that comes to my mind, and it is a great one, is French born Manu Chao's second studio album Próxima Estación: Esperanza. I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but its difficult not to love and admire. Chao sings in at least 5 different languages with a diverse influence of music. This is probably my favourite "party album". Check out Xgau's review: http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=4519&name=Manu+Chao

I pretty much prefer his previous album Clandestino, which I think it is a great record and his best in my opinion.

Manu Chao

Elston — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:56:54 GMT

Author: Elston

Posted: 06/17/2008 16:56

The only album that comes to my mind, and it is a great one, is French born Manu Chao's second studio album Próxima Estación: Esperanza. I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but its difficult not to love and admire. Chao sings in at least 5 different languages with a diverse influence of music. This is probably my favourite "party album". Check out Xgau's review: http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=4519&name=Manu+Chao

Re: Foreign albums

Mr.Music — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:27:37 GMT

Author: Mr.Music

Posted: 06/17/2008 11:27

Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa (Estonia)
Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston (Jamaica)
Lee Perry & The Upsetters - Super Ape (Jamaica)
Can - Ege Bamyasi (Germany, include here all the amazing krautrock albums)
The Birthday Party - The Birthday Party (Australia)

Re: Foreign albums

bc1991 — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:43:24 GMT

Author: bc1991

Posted: 06/16/2008 01:43

Totally agree with you on this issue. Sometimes we can be both arrogant and ignorant for not knowing how many good music is out there.
I'll give a few more suggestions:

Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (Brazil)
King Sunny Adé - Juju Music (Nigeria)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt (Pakistan)
Gultskra Artikler - Kasha Iz Topora (Russia)
Boris - Pink (Japan)
Buena Vista Social Club - S/t (Cuba)
Jorge Ben - Africa Brasil (Brazil)

Foreign albums

danzig — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:18:16 GMT

Author: danzig

Posted: 06/14/2008 20:18

One thing that bothers me with the greatest albums chart on this site and on pretty much all other greatest albums charts I've come across is the complete lack of any foreign albums on the list. It would be incredibly arrogant to assume that every single one of the best albums of all time comes from the English speaking world and nowhere else, so I would like to hear some suggestions from people about some of the best foreign language albums they know - ones that would be a worthy albums on any greatest albums list.

A few personal suggestions:

Gilberto Gil - Gilberto Gil (1968)
Caetano Veloso - Domingo (1967)
Milton Nascimento - Clube da Esquina (1972)
Victor Jara - Victor Jara (1967)
Fela Kuti - Gentleman (1973)