Obsession (Lionel Loueke album)
| Obsession | ||||
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| Studio album by Lionel Loueke and Céline Rudolph | ||||
| Released | 3 November 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 and 2015 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 47:00 | |||
| Label | Obsessions | |||
| Producer | Lionel Loueke, Céline Rudolph | |||
| Lionel Loueke chronology | ||||
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Obsession is a studio collaborative album by Beninese guitarist Lionel Loueke and German jazz singer Céline Rudolph.[1][2] The album won German Echo Jazz prize and nomination for the annual German Record Critics’ List in 2018.[3] In 2019, Rudolph invited Loueke to record her album Pearls.[4] In 2018, Rudolph and Loueke toured seven West African countries with the album on behalf of the Goethe-Institut.[5]
Reception
A reviewer of Deutschlandfunk Kultur wrote: "This duo, which sounds at least like a band, sometimes even like an orchestra, plays and sings wonderful favorite songs, sometimes in English, sometimes in French, sometimes in their own invented language. In a live setting, it becomes clear that each album is just a snapshot in time. What's crucial is that the music evolves and reinvents itself with every concert."[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "C'est Un Love Song" | Rudolph | 4:32 |
| 2. | "New Day" | Rudolph | 5:30 |
| 3. | "Veuve Malienne" | Loueke | 6:56 |
| 4. | "Archaïc" | Rudolph | 5:02 |
| 5. | "Here Comes the Rain" | Rudolph | 5:33 |
| 6. | "O Leãozinho" | Caetano Veloso | 3:55 |
| 7. | "Morning Blues" | Rudolph | 5:23 |
| 8. | "Le Vent Du Nord" | Rudolph | 3:51 |
| 9. | "Fábula" | Rudolph | 3:32 |
| 10. | "Rêve Obsession" | Loueke, Rudolph | 3:44 |
| Total length: | 47:00 | ||
Personnel
- Céline Rudolph – voice, acoustic guitar, glockenspiel, kalimba, producing
- Lionel Loueke – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, voice, producing
References
- ^ "Obsession - Lionel Loueke, Celine Rudolph | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ^ "Céline Rudolph" (in German). Deutsche Oper Berlin. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ^ Kunzmann, Friedrich (30 July 2019). "Celine Rudolph: Pearls album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ^ "Jazz at JAKI: Céline Rudolph's SONIQS | Stadtgarten Köln". Stadtgarten Köln. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ^ Lorge, Suzanne (30 September 2019). "Céline Rudolph's Passion for Borderless Music". DownBeat. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ^ "Céline Rudolph & Lionel Loueke - Königsdisziplin eines musikalischen Dialogs" (in German). Deutschlandfunk Kultur. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2025.