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Warm Heart of Africa
Studio album by
Released6 October 2009
Recorded2009
GenreElectronic, Malawian, Dance
Length47:54
LabelGreen Owl
ProducerRadioclit
The Very Best chronology
Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit are the Very Best
(2008)
Warm Heart of Africa
(2009)
Super Mom
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Arts Section(Positive)[2]
Drowned in Sound(8/10)[3]
The Guardian[4]
NME(8/10)[5]
Pitchfork Media(8.6/10)[6]
PopMatters(8/10)[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

Warm Heart of Africa is the debut studio album for The Very Best. The album was released digitally on August 25, 2009 and physically on October 6, 2009. Rhapsody deemed it the 18th best album of 2009.[9]

Track listing

  1. "Yalira" – 3:44 (mp3)
  2. "Chalo" – 3:14
  3. "Warm Heart of Africa" (featuring Ezra Koenig) – 3:49
  4. "Mwazi" – 1:08
  5. "Nsokoto" – 5:30
  6. "Angonde" – 4:54
  7. "Julia" – 4:08
  8. "Mfumu" – 3:52
  9. "Ntende Uli" - 3:21
  10. "Rain Dance" (featuring M.I.A.) – 4:28 (mp3)
  11. "Kamphopo" - 3:13
  12. "Kada Manja - 4:35
  13. "Zam'dziko - 2:27

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "The Arts Section review". Archived from the original on 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  3. ^ Drowned in Sound review
  4. ^ The Guardian review
  5. ^ NME review
  6. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  7. ^ PopMatters review
  8. ^ Rolling Stone review
  9. ^ "The 25 Best Albums of 2009". Rhapsody blog, via archive.org. 29 Dec 2009. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 11 Sep 2017.