Emotion
by Papa Wemba
- Type: Album
- Released: 13 March 1995
- Label: Real World
- Country: DR Congo
- Length: 38:16
- Community rating: 3.75/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Produced by Stephen Hague and recorded at Real World Studios and Studio Guillaume Tell, 'Emotion' recasts Papa Wemba's soukous for an international audience across eleven tracks. Juliet Roberts duets with him on a cover of Otis Redding's 'Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)'.
Genres
Descriptors: dance, rhythmic, melodic, party, soulful
Tracklist
- Yolele (3:22)
- Mandola (3:49)
- Show Me The Way (4:01)
- Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song) (3:13)
- Rail On (2:26)
- Shofele (3:09)
- Image (4:20)
- Sala Keba (Be Careful) (3:40)
- Awa Y' Okeyi (If You Go Away) (1:55)
- Epelo (4:02)
- Ah Ouais (Oh Yes) (4:19)
Credits
- Papa Wemba - primary artist, vocals, written-by
- Maika Munan - guitar [guitars], keyboards, backing vocals, written-by
- Maurice Poto Doudongo - guitar [guitars], keyboards, backing vocals
- Christian Polloni - keyboards, backing vocals, written-by
- Andy Duncan - percussion, drums
- Juliet Roberts - vocals [guest vocal]
- Paul Bradshaw - sleeve notes, liner notes
- Real World Design - design
- Graeme Stewart - engineer [assistant at rak]
- Henry Binns - engineer [assistant at rak]
- Meabh Flynn - engineer [assistant at real world]
- Alex Firla - engineer [guillaume tell]
- Stan Loubi猫res - engineer [rak]
- Ben Findlay - engineer [real world & rak]
- Sam Hardaker - engineer [real world & rak]
- Rico Enterprise - management
- Mike "Spike" Drake - mixed by
- Steve Pyke - photography by
- Jacques Rouvier - written-by
- Otis Redding - written-by
- Steve Cropper - written-by