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Various Artists
In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2
Genre: Pop

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Mysterious Ways
2. Bullet the Blue Sky
3. Sunday Bloody Sunday
4. Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own
5. Where the Streets Have No Name
6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
7. One
8. With or Without You
9. Pride (In the Name of Love)
10. Seconds
11. Desire
12. Love Is Blindness

CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Shout Factory
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 4/1/2008
Genre: Pop
Style: Adult Alternative
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 826663106084, 5060001272726

Synopsis

Album Description

In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 features brand-new covers of classic U2 songs by Grammy Award-winning and up-and-coming African artists including Angelique Kidjo, Les Nubians, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Vieux Farka Touré, Vusi Mahlasela and the Soweto Gospel Choir. The album was inspired by Bono's direct philanthropic impact via the launch of the ONE campaign and (RED), and his poignant outspoken public commentary on the immediate financial needs facing Africa. In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 is a revolutionary tribute to one of the world's best-loved bands. Deluxe packaging includes detailed info on the home countries of the artists, and info on nonprofit organizations that are making a difference.

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CD Reviews

Worth checking out if you love U2

Bill Day | 04/01/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you are a fan of U2, these different approaches to some of their classic songs are worth a listen. I didn't like all of them, but I did love Angelique Kidjo's "Mysterious Ways", Vusi Mahlasela's "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own", and the Soweto Gospel Choir's "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" enough to buy the MP3 singles of those songs. I'd give each of those songs 5-stars, and the album 4-stars overall only because I didn't enjoy some of the other songs quite as much."

Afro-Celt Sound System

Amaranth | Northern California | 06/09/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

""In the name of love" is an amazing fusion of African artists celebrating the music of the Irish alt. rock band U2. It's all electrifying; there isn't any filler. "In the name of love" takes U2's radio-friendly hits to a new level. It's a covers album that breathes new life into the Irish band's compositions.

Benin's Angelique Kidjo and Mali's Vieux Farka Toure transform "Mysterious Ways" and "Bullet the Blue Sky" into hypnotic,mystical masterpieces. Guinea's Ba Cissoko turns "Sunday Bloody Sunday" into a primal,earthy chant. U2's song about the Times of the Troubles in Northern Ireland is equally relevant to the inter-tribal warfare in Africa. South Africa's Vusi Mahlasela, Nigeria's Tony Allen, Senegal's Cheikh Lo, and the Soweto Gospel Choir turn "Sometimes you can't make it on your own","I still haven't found what I'm looking for" and "Where the streets have no name" as well as "Pride (in the name of love)" into urban hymns. They hearken back to U2's origins as a born-again Christian band. Les Nubians turn "With or without you" into Afro girl-pop. The Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars and the Boston-based African Underground All-Stars show the gritty,urban roots of "Seconds" and "Desire." The album closes with Angola's Waldemar Bastos deftly transforming "Love is blindness" into a lament.

"In the name of love" is flavorful music for pop and Afropop fans alike. It's powerful, beautiful music for a great cause. A portion of the profits goes to the Global Fund,battling HIV/AIDS and malaria in Africa. Music is healing."

I can't stop listening to this CD!!!

J. Apanites | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | 05/27/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD is really amazing. I'm not much on CD's where other artists cover songs made popular by another band. However, the versions here are often so different that they give the song a different texture and point of view. Granted, one or two of the tunes don't vary that much from the originals (ex. Mysterious Ways), but most use the original song only as a jumping off point to add the artists own interpretation and sound to the song. If you are a U2 fan I think this CD is essential. If nothing else it will just remind you of a few of the great songs they have written and how their great songs can be translated across cultures and still have a powerful artistic and emotional punch."