Talking Timbuktu

Talking Timbuktu
Talking Timbuktu
Studio album by Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder
Released	March 29, 1994
Recorded	Sep 1993
Genre	Malian folk, hip hop
Length	59:59
Label	World Circuit
Producer	Ry Cooder
Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Talking Timbuktu is the 1994 collaboration album between Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré and American guitarist/producer Ry Cooder. The guitar riff from the song "Diaraby" was selected for the Geo-quiz segment of The World PRI-BBC radio program and was retained by popular demand when put to a vote by the listeners. In 2009, the album was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe.^[2]

Reception[edit]

The album features in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and received the Grammy Award for Best World Music album of 1994.

Track listing[edit]

"Bonde" – 5:28
"Soukora" – 6:05
"Gomni" – 7:00
"Sega" – 3:10
"Amandrai" – 9:22
"Lasidan" – 6:06
"Keito" – 5:42
"Banga" – 2:32
"Ai Du" – 7:09
"Diaraby" – 7:25

Certifications[edit]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States	—	238,000^[3]

References[edit]

^ Talking Timbuktu at AllMusic
^ "color". www.impalamusic.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-24.
^ "World's greatest". Billboard. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2018.

[1] Talking Timbuktu at AllMusic

[2] "color". www.impalamusic.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-24.

[3] "World's greatest". Billboard. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2018.

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v t e Ry Cooder
Solo albums	Ry Cooder (1970) Into the Purple Valley (1972) Boomer's Story (1972) Paradise and Lunch (1974) Chicken Skin Music (1976) Show Time (1977) Jazz (1978) Bop Till You Drop (1979) Borderline (1980) The Slide Area (1982) Get Rhythm (1987) Chávez Ravine (2005) My Name Is Buddy (2007) I, Flathead (2008) Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (2011) Election Special (2012) The Prodigal Son (2018)
Collaborative albums	Jamming with Edward! (1972) Little Village (1992) A Meeting by the River (1993) Talking Timbuktu (1994) Buena Vista Social Club (1997) Mambo Sinuendo (2003) Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall (2008) San Patricio (2010) Live in San Francisco (2013)
Soundtrack albums	Performance (1970) The Long Riders (1980) Southern Comfort (1981) The Border (1982) Streets of Fire (1984) Paris, Texas (1985) Music from Alamo Bay (1985) Blue City (1986) Crossroads (1986) Johnny Handsome (1989) Trespass (1993) Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) Last Man Standing (1996) The End of Violence (1997) Primary Colors (1998) My Blueberry Nights (2007)