Dimanche à Bamako

Dimanche à Bamako (English: Sunday in Bamako) is the fourth album by Malian duo Amadou & Mariam featuring, and produced by, French singer Manu Chao. It was released on the Nonesuch Records label on 2 August 2005.

Dimanche à Bamako
Studio album by Amadou & Mariam
Released	2 August 2005 (US)[1]
Genre	African Blues, Afrobeat
Length	56:43
Label	Because Music (Europe) Nonesuch Records (US)
Producer	Manu Chao
Amadou & Mariam chronology
Wati (2003) Dimanche à Bamako (2005) Welcome to Mali (2008)

The album features guests such as Ivorian reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly and Italian ska/jazz trumpeter Roy Paci.

Background

French singer Manu Chao heard Amadou & Mariam's music on the radio and decided that he wanted to work with them.^[2]

Reception

In a review for Allmusic, Chris Nickson gave the album a star rating of 4 out of 5.^[3] Joe Tangari of Pitchfork Media gave the album a rating of 8 out of 10 and said that "it would be a crime if it didn't rocket Amadou & Mariam straight to stardom."^[4] Spin named the album the 33rd best album released in 2005.^[5] Mojo's David Hutcheon gave the album a rating of four stars out of five.^[6]

The album won the BBC Awards for World Music Best Album Award 2006 and helped the duo win the African section of the same awards that year. It was also listed as one of Songlines' 10 best world music albums of the year and was nominated for a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album.

Observer Music Monthly listed it as the 39th best album of the 2000s.^[7]

Track listing

1. "M'Bifé" (Mariam Doumbia, Manu Chao) — 2:11
2. "M'Bifé Balafon" (Manu Chao) — 1:58
3. "Coulibaly" (Amadou Bagayoko) — 3:18
4. "La Réalité" (Bagayoko) — 3:32
5. "Sénégal Fast Food" (Bagayoko, Chao, Doumbia) — 4:19
6. "Artistiya" (Doumbia) — 3:11
7. "La Fête au Village" (Bagayoko) — 4:11
8. "Camions Sauvages" (Bagayoko, Chao, Doumbia) — 4:08
9. "Beaux Dimanches" (Bagayoko) — 3:31
10. "La Paix" (Bagayoko) — 4:19
11. "Djanfa" (Bagayoko, Chao, Doumbia) — 4:13
12. "Taxi Bamako" (Chao) — 3:44
13. "Politic Amagni" (Bagayoko, Chao, Ousmane Cissé, Tiemoko Traoré) — 4:56
14. "Gnidjougouya" (Doumbia) — 3:45
15. "M'Bifé Blues" (Chao, Doumbia) — 5:21

Personnel

Music[8] Nicolas Auriauit — trumpet Amadou Bagayoko — guitar, vocals Samou Bagayoko — choir Manu Chao — guitar, vocals, choir Ousmane Cissé — choir Boubacar Dembele — djembe Mariam Doumbia — vocals, choir Roberto Shilling Pollo Duarte — piano Tiken Jah Fakoly — vocals Laurent Griffon — bass Stéphane Hamokrane — choir Alain Hatot — clarinet, flute, baritone saxophone Pierre Hauthe — trombone Renaud Lacoche — saw Loïc Landois — harmonica Cédric Lesouquet — double bass Ibrahim Maalouf — trumpet François Regis Matuszenski — keyboards Roy Paci — trumpet Stephane San Juan — drums, tabla Philippe Teboul — percussion Tiemoko Traoré — choir

Production[8] Philippe Avocat — assistant Manu Chao — programming, producer, engineer, editing Tony Cousins — mastering Antoine Halet — engineer Laurent Jaïs — engineer, mixing Marc Antoine Moreau — engineer, executive producer, artistic director Jean-Loup Morette — assistant Design[8] Marie Laure Dagnaux — photography

Charts

Album

Chart	Peak position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	70[9]
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)	14[10]
Dutch Albums Chart	93[11]
French Albums Chart	2[12]
Swedish Albums Chart	28[13]
Swiss Albums Chart	39[14]

Singles

Year	Title	Chart peak positions
		BEL [10]	FRA [12]	SWI [14]
2005	"La Réalité"	—	—	73
	"Sénégal Fast Food"	30	28	—
	"Beaux Dimanches"	—	48	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.