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Putumayo Presents: World Lounge,Various Artists

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Various Artists
Released 2002

Missione a Bombay
04:42
990 plays

Abyssinean Dub
04:15
969 plays

Agua de Beber
02:40
966 plays

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songs

- 1
- Dimdanana
- 04:19
- 1,237 plays

- 2
- Missione a Bombay
- 04:42
- 990 plays

- 3
- Santa Maria
- 05:59
- 1,084 plays

- 4
- Foto Viva
- 05:51
- 1,046 plays

- 5
- Venus Nabalera
- 05:33
- 906 plays

- 6
- Abyssinean Dub
- 04:15
- 969 plays

- 7
- Shiva's Daughters
- 04:08
- 837 plays

- 8
- Agua de Beber
- 02:40
- 966 plays

- 9
- Instinctive Traveler [Funk.ed Up Mix]
- 06:42
- 793 plays

- 10
- Trance Dance [DJ Krush Mix]
- 04:21
- 956 plays

- 11
- Sympathique
- 02:47
- 1,000 plays

album review

World Lounge isn't really an apt name for this disc; the easy listening implications of lounge music don't do it justice. Only a couple of tracks -- by Arling & Cameron and Montefiori Cocktail -- come close to lounge, and they're actually more '60s-influenced. Most of the cuts here are surprisingly meaty, whether it's the Indian inflections that drive both "Dimdanana" or Nicola Conte's "Missione a Bombay" or the electronic tango of the much-lauded Franco-Argentinian collaboration Gotan Project. Perhaps the only real disappointment on the record is the track by Dissidenten, which was pioneering global fusion music in the late '80s but here seems uninventive and tired with "Instinctive Traveler." Italy's Mau Mau offers "Venus Nabalera," a wonderfully atmospheric piece, and even though Blue Asia's "Abyssinean Dub" doesn't have that much dub content, it's still a pleasurable listening exercise. Add to that some superb sequencing -- the tracks segue beautifully into one another -- and you have one of the best compilations that Putumayo has put out in a long time. ~ Chris Nickson, All Music Guide