Youssou N'Dour - Eyes Open

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1	New Africa Tenor Saxophone – Charlie LagondTrombone – Lee RobertsonTrumpet – Ken FradleyWritten-By – H. Faye*, Y. N'Dour*	3:43
2	Live Television Written-By – H. Faye*, J.P. Rykiel*, Y. N'Dour*	5:59
3	No More Acoustic Guitar – Lamine FayeWritten-By – H. Faye*, J.P. Rykiel*, L. Faye*, T. Rome*, Y. N'Dour*	4:14
4	Country Boy Written-By – H. Faye*, J.P. Rykiel*, M. Sauvage*, Y. N'Dour*	4:03
5	Hope Ashiko – Billly Congoma And The Sandial Assiko BandRecorded By [Partially] – Jean-Philippe RykielWritten-By – J.P. Rykiel*, Y. N'Dour*	5:27
6	Africa Remembers Written-By – Y. N'Dour*	9:22
7	Couple's Choice Written-By – H. Faye*, Y. N'Dour*	5:33
8	Yo Lé Lé (Fulani Groove) Arranged By – H. Faye*, J.P. Rykiel*, Y. N'Dour*Ashiko – Billly Congoma And The Sandial Assiko BandTenor Saxophone – Charlie LagondTrombone – Lee RobertsonTrumpet – Ken FradleyWritten-By – Traditional	6:24
9	Survie Written-By – H. Faye*, J.P. Rykiel*, Y. N'Dour*	4:39
10	Am Am Tenor Saxophone – Charlie LagondTrombone – Lee RobertsonTrumpet – Ken FradleyWritten-By – H. Faye*, Y. N'Dour*	4:13
11	Marie-Madeleine La Saint-Louisienne Written-By – J.P. Rykiel*, Y. N'Dour*	3:49
12	Useless Weapons Recorded By, Mixed By – Jean-Philippe RykielWritten-By – J.P. Rykiel*, Y. N'Dour*	4:08
13	The Same Written-By – H. Faye*, Y. N'Dour*	5:12
14	Things Unspoken Vocals [Spoken Passage In Serrer] – Abdoulaye DioufWritten-By – H. Faye*, J.P. Rykiel*, Y. N'Dour*	7:02

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Thierno Koite
• Art Direction – Christopher Austopchuk
• Backing Vocals – Ousseynou Ndiaye
• Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Co-producer – Habib Faye
• Design – Nicky Lindeman
• Djembe, Drums [Sabar], Percussion [Other Senegalese Percussion], Backing Vocals – Babacar (Mbaye Dieye) Faye*
• Drums – Fallilou (Gallas) Niang*
• Engineer [Assistant Mixing] – Axel G. Niehaus*
• Engineer [Assistant] – Mamadou N'Dour, N'Diaga N'Dour
• Executive-Producer – Lisa Jackson , Spike Lee, Thomas Rome
• Keyboards – Ibrahima Cissé
• Keyboards, Co-producer – Jean-Philippe Rykiel
• Lead Guitar – Mamadou (Jimi) Mbaye*
• Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Leader, Producer – Youssou N'Dour
• Mastered By – Greg Calbi
• Photography By – Anthony Barboza, Karen N'Dour, Michel Bocandé
• Producer [Associate Producer], Recorded By, Mixed By – Michel Sauvage
• Rhythm Guitar – Pape Oumar NGom*
• Talking Drum [Tama] – Assane Thiam
• Technician [Chief Technician] – Mark Richardson
• Technician [Technical Assistant] – Ousseynou Ndoye
• Tenor Saxophone – Issa Cissocko*

Notes

Recorded at Xippi Studio, Dakar, October 1991
Mixed at Platinum Island Studio, New York, November 1991
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, February 1992

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (Deposito Legal): M-34343-1995
• Other (Rights Society): SGAE

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
471186 2, COL 471186 2, COL 4171186 2	Youssou N'Dour	Eyes Open ‎(CD, Album)	Columbia, Columbia, 40 Acres And A Mule MusicWorks, 40 Acres And A Mule MusicWorks	471186 2, COL 471186 2, COL 4171186 2	Europe	1992
CT 48714	Youssou N'Dour	Eyes Open ‎(Cass, Album)	40 Acres And A Mule MusicWorks, Columbia	CT 48714	US	1992
CK 48714	Youssou N'Dour	Eyes Open ‎(CD, Album)	Columbia, 40 Acres And A Mule MusicWorks	CK 48714	US	1992
COL 4711864	Youssou N'Dour	Eyes Open ‎(Cass, Album)	Not On Label	COL 4711864	Unknown
CT 48714	Youssou N'Dour	Eyes Open ‎(Cass, Album)	40 Acres And A Mule MusicWorks, Columbia	CT 48714	Canada	1992