One Foundation
Download links and information about One Foundation by O'Yaba. This album was released in 1993 and it belongs to Reggae, World Music genres. It contains 11 tracks with total duration of 48:16 minutes.
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| Artist: | O'Yaba |
| Release date: | 1993 |
| Genre: | Reggae, World Music |
| Tracks: | 11 |
| Duration: | 48:16 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Mr Musicman | 4:13 |
| 2. | Lean on Me | 4:39 |
| 3. | Running Away | 4:18 |
| 4. | Holala | 4:18 |
| 5. | How Good It Is | 4:25 |
| 6. | Armageddon | 4:24 |
| 7. | Too Much Traffic | 4:18 |
| 8. | Merry Go Round | 4:29 |
| 9. | Tell Me Mama | 4:38 |
| 10. | Always | 4:33 |
| 11. | One Foundation | 4:01 |
Details
[Edit]On One Foundation, reggae band O'Yaba incorporates elements of African pop as well as American pop/R&B, and the result is a CD that, despite its imperfections, is fairly fresh-sounding. Some of the material is a bit innocuous, but when O'Yaba addresses social and political issues, its songs can be memorable. "Tell Me Mama," for example, is sung from the perspective of a disenchanted child whose natural father is no longer around, and who finds his mother's live-in boyfriend to be cold to him and less than father-like. Almost as strong are the socio-political reflections of "Armageddon" and the title song. Meanwhile, O'Yaba's cover of Bill Withers' "Lean on Me" is likable, though it falls short of excellent. For the most part, One Foundation isn't a great album, but it's decent more often than not, and it indicated that O'Yaba was a band to keep an eye on.