Spirit

by Geoffrey Oryema

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Sony
  • Country: Uganda
  • Length: 48:45
  • Community rating: 3.38/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

His first album after leaving Peter Gabriel's label for a French-based major, 'Spirit' was produced by Rupert Hine and features former Wailers keyboardist Tyrone Downie. It includes a song dedicated to Oryema's murdered father, the former police inspector general and cabinet minister Erinayo Wilson Oryema, and marks the singer's reckoning with Uganda's past.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, soulful, melodic, storytelling, spirituality

Tracklist

  1. Rwot Obwolo Wan (4:48)
  2. Spirits of My Father (4:23)
  3. Listening Wind (4:12)
  4. Mara (4:30)
  5. Omera John (5:14)
  6. Save Me (6:28)
  7. No Ballads Ballad (7:02)
  8. See Me Lakayana (4:04)
  9. Magical Stone (4:09)
  10. I Struck the Wall (3:51)

Credits

  • Geoffrey Oryema - primary artist, lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Rupert Hine - producer

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