Odu is a studio album by Nigerian Jùjú

Jùjú music

Jùjú is a style of Nigerian popular music, derived from traditional Yoruba percussion. The name comes from a Yoruba word "juju" or "jiju" meaning "throwing" or "something being thrown." Juju music did not derive its name from juju, which "is a form of magic and the use of magic objects or...

 musician King Sunny Adé

King Sunny Adé

King Sunny Adé is a popular performer of Yoruba Nigerian Jùjú music and a pioneer of modern world music. He has been classed as one of the most influential musicians of all time.-Background:...

. It was released in 1998 on Mesa/Atlantic

Atlantic Records

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. Recorded at Dockside Studios, Maurice, Louisiana

Maurice, Louisiana

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, it was produced by Andrew Frankel and features traditional Yoruba music

Yoruba music

The music of the Yoruba people of Nigeria is best known for an extremely advanced drumming tradition, especially using the dundun hourglass tension drums. Yoruba folk music became perhaps the most prominent kind of West African music in Afro-Latin and Caribbean musical styles...

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Leo Stanley of Allmusic gave Odu a star rating of four stars out of five. He described it as a "rich, diverse album". In 1999, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 in the Best World Music Album

Grammy Award for Best World Music Album

The Grammy Award for Best World Music Album was an honor presented for twelve years to recording artists for quality albums in the world music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards...

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Track listing

• "Jigi Jigi Isapa" — 5:36
• "Easy Motion Tourist" — 5:59
• "Alaji Rasaki" — 5:19
• "Mo Ri Keke Kan" — 4:04
• "Kiti Kiti" — 6:18
• "Natuba" — 6:15
• "Aiye Nreti Eleya Mi" — 12:50
• "Ibi Won Ri O" — 3:33
• "Kawa to Bere" — 5:32
• "Eri Okan (Conscience)" — 9:56
• "Kini Mba Ro" — 4:35