Oumou SangaréBest Oumou Sangaré Albums Ranked
7.6
Avg Score
6
Opinions
4
Albums
4
Reviewers
Summary from 6 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Oumou Sangaré’s catalog across 4 albums from 6 opinions, with an overall average of 7.6/10. The top-rated Oumou Sangaré album is Acoustic (2020) with a 8.3/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Seya and Timbuktu. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2009 to 2022. Kamelemba ranks as the highest-rated Oumou Sangaré song on Rate.fm with a 7.1/10 average.
Seya
“Elder stateswoman of Malian music is joined by 47 collaborators who provide a seamless mix of old and new sounds for her confident vocals and activist lyrics.”
Timbuktu
“One of the most compelling aspects of Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré’s music has been the interplay of her hard-hitting subjects – forced marriage, war – and her sinuous, easygoing tunes. Her authoritative voice is often offset by an all-female chorus, supplying the solidarity her songs invoke. But Sangaré’s range encompasses tenderness and suffering too, rarely more so than on this hugely accessi”
Acoustic
“Unplugged sessions have fallen from favour since their 1990s heyday, but here Mali’s leading diva reminds us that sometimes they can eclipse plugged-in originals. The template is Oumou Sangaré’s 2017 album Mogoya, which has already reappeared as a dance-oriented remix. Acoustic is a different beast entirely. Recorded live in a French studio over two days last August, without amplifiers, overdubs o”