Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile

• Special Fin d'Année Plus [Jololi, 1999] ★★
• Rewmi [Jololi, 2000] A−
• Ba Tay [Jololi, 2000] ★★★
• Le Grand Bal Bercy 2001 Vol. 2 [no label, 2004]  

See Also:

• Youssou N'Dour
• Youssou N'Dour & Étoile de Dakar
• Youssou N'Dour et le Super Etoile de Dakar
• merge all

Consumer Guide Reviews:

Special Fin d'Année Plus [Jololi, 1999]
Could use more guitar--and songs, though the CD-only add-ons help ("Birima," "No méle"). ★★

Rewmi [Jololi, 2000]
For the Senegalese market and what it is: six new songs straightfowardly presented, hyperactive tamas leading stripped band, with occasional keyb washes and a single femme chorus discernible. No cameos, concepts, or fancy solos. The songs dim as they go on--only the first two seem certain to surface in export versions. But every one has its own special shift or lift. And the finale swoops upward again. A−

Ba Tay [Jololi, 2000]
2000's not quite compelling Senegal-only, its lead cuts ready to be toned up for the nice people at Nonesuch ("Bird," "Ba Tay") ★★★

Le Grand Bal Bercy 2001 Vol. 2 [no label, 2004]
See: Recyclables.