Label: Shanachie

Artists

• Safi Abdullah:
  • Another One Gone [1990]
• Dele Abiodun:
  • Adawa Super Sound [1985] A-
• King Sunny Ade:
  • The Best of the Classic Years [2003] A+
  • Gems From the Classic Years 1967-1974 [2007] ***
• M'Bilia Bel:
  • Bameli Soy [1991] **
• Alpha Blondy:
  • Apartheid Is Nazism [1987] B+
  • Cocody Rock!!! [1988] B-
  • Revolution [1989] A-
  • The Best of Alpha Blondy [1990] A
• Alpha Blondy and the Wailers:
  • Jerusalem [1988] B+
• Dennis Brown:
  • The Best of the Joe Gibbs Years [2007] *
• Stella Chiweshe:
  • The Healing Tree [1998] ***
• George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love:
  • George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love [2008]
• Culture:
  • Two Sevens Clash [1987] A+
  • Culture at Work [1987] A-
  • Cumbolo [1989] A-
  • Nuff Crisis! [1989] B+
  • Three Sides to My Story [1991] *
  • Two Sevens Clash: The 30th Anniversary Edition [2007]
• Dama and D'Gary:
  • The Long Way Home [1994] B+
• D'Gary:
  • Malagasy Guitar [1993]
• Sona Diabaté:
  • Girls of Guinea [1990] B+
• Diblo:
  • Super Soukous [1989] A-
• Henri Dikongué:
  • Wa [1999]
• Nahawa Doumbia:
  • Didadi [1990]
• Lucky Dube:
  • Slave [1989] B+
  • Victims [1993]
• Eek-A-Mouse:
  • The Very Best of Eek-a-Mouse Vol. 2 [2003] ***
• Sue Foley:
  • Where the Action Is . . . [2002] **
• Four Bitchin' Babes:
  • Gabby Road [1997]
  • Some Assembly Required [2002]
• Franco & Rochereau:
  • Omona Wapi [1985] A+
• Ghazal:
  • As Night Falls on the Silk Road [1998]
• Joe Higgs:
  • Family [1988] B+
• Joe Higgs With the Wailers:
  • Blackman Know Yourself [1990] *
• Huun-Huur-Tu:
  • 60 Horses in My Herd--Old Songs and Tunes of Tuva [1993] A-
• Gregory Isaacs:
  • Mr. Isaacs [1982] B+
• Gregory Isaacs & Friends:
  • Dance Hall Don [1994]
• Leela James:
  • Let's Do It Again [2009] ***
• Linton Kwesi Johnson:
  • In Concert With the Dub Band [1985] A-
  • Tings An' Times [1991] A
• Cheb Kader:
  • From Oran to Paris [1991] **
• Henry Kaiser:
  • A World Out of Time: In Madagascar [1992] A-
  • A World Out of Time, Vol. 2 [1993] *
  • A World out of Time, Vol. 3 [1996]
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan:
  • Greatest Hits [1997] A-
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party:
  • Intoxicated Spirit [1996] A-
• Ali Hussan Kuban:
  • From Nubia to Cairo [1991] A-
• Fela Anikulapo Kuti:
  • O D O O [1990] **
• Forward Kwenda:
  • Svikiro [1997] *
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo:
  • Induku Zethu [1984] A-
  • Ulwandle Oluncgwele [1985] A-
  • Inala [1986] A-
  • Umthombo Wamanzi [1988] B+
  • Classic Tracks [1990] A-
  • The Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo [1992] A-
  • Liph' Iqiniso [1994] A-
  • Thuthukani Ngoxolo (Let's Develop in Peace) [1996] *
  • Heavenly [1997] ***
  • The Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Vol. 2 [1998] B+
  • Live at the Royal Albert Hall [1999] A-
• Loketo:
  • Soukous Trouble [1990] A-
  • Extra Ball [1991] A
• Mahlathini and Amaswazi Emvolo:
  • You're Telling Tales [1990] B+
• Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens:
  • Rhythm and Art [1990]
  • The Lion Roars [1991] **
  • Stoki Stoki [1996] **
• Mahotella Queens:
  • Izibani Zomgqashiyo [1986] A-
  • Marriage Is a Problem [1990]
  • Women of the World [1993]
• Malouma:
  • Desert of Eden [1998]
• Mama Sana:
  • Music from Madagascar [1992]
• Cheb Mami:
  • Prince of Rai [1989] B
• Rita Marley:
  • Who Feels It Knows It [1982] C+
• Jimmy Mbaye:
  • Dakar Heart [1997]
• The Meditations:
  • Greatest Hits [1984] B+
• Mighty Diamonds:
  • Reggae Street [1981] B+
  • The Roots Is There [1982] B
• Judy Mowatt:
  • Black Woman [1983] B-
  • Working Wonders [1985] C+
• Tshala Muana:
  • Soukous Siren [1991] A-
• Mutabaruka:
  • Outcry [1984] B-
  • The Mystery Unfolds [1986] A-
  • Any Which Way . . . Freedom [1989] B+
  • Blakk Wi Blak . . . K . . . K . . . [1991] ***
  • The Ultimate Collection [1996] A
• Najma:
  • Qareeb [1988] A-
  • Atish [1990]
• Obed Ngobeni:
  • My Wife Bought a Taxi [1988] A-
• Ebenezer Obey:
  • Juju Jubilee [1985] B+
• Sonny Okosuns:
  • Liberation [1984] B+
• Augustus Pablo:
  • East of the River Nile [2002] A
• Pure Gold:
  • By the Rivers of Babylon [1990] ***
• Rara Machine:
  • Break the Chain [1991]
• Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus:
  • Rally Round [1985] A-
• Tabu Ley Rochereau:
  • Tabu Ley [1984] B+
  • Man from Kinshasa [1991] A-
• Max Romeo:
  • Holding Out My Love to You [1981] B-
• The Roots All Stars:
  • The Roots All Stars: Gathering of the Spirits [1998] **
• Rossy:
  • One Eye on the Future One Eye on the Past [1994]
• Sabri Brothers:
  • Greatest Hits [1997] ***
• Yandé Codou Sène:
  • Night Sky in Sine Saloum [1997]
• Shadow:
  • Columbus Lied [1991]
• 3 Tenors of Soul:
  • All the Way From Philadelphia [2007] A-
• Tiempro Libre:
  • What You've Been Waiting For/Lo Que Esperabas [2006]
• Tubuai Choir:
  • Polynesian Odyssey [1993]
• Bunny Wailer:
  • Roots Radics Rockers Reggae [1983] B+
  • Marketplace [1985] B-
  • Rule Dance Hall [1987] B
  • Rootsman Skanking [1987] A-
  • Liberation [1989] B
  • Gumption [1990]
• Yabby You:
  • One Love, One Heart [1983] B+
  • Fleeing from the City [1985] A-

Compilations/Soundtracks

• African Ambience: The Ultimate African Dance Party [1999] A
• Afrobeat . . . No Go Die! [2000] ***
• Afrobeats Hot Hits: New Urban Dance Grooves From Africa [2017] B+
• Divas of Mali [1996] ***
• Every Road I Take: The Best of Acoustic Blues [1999]
• The Heartbeat of Soweto [1988] A
• Holding Up Half the Sky: Voices of African Women [1997] **
• The Indestructible Beat of Soweto [1986] A+
• Lach's Antihoot: Live from the Fort at Sidewalk Cafe [1996]
• Christine Lavin Presents Laugh Tracks Volume 1 [1996] *
• Christine Lavin Presents Laugh Tracks Volume 2 [1996]
• The Mystic Fiddle of the Proto-Gypsies: Masters of Trance Music [1997] ***
• The Panic Is On [2009] A-
• Sarafina! [1988] B
• Soweto Never Sleeps [1986] A-
• Take Cover [1987] B+
• The Power of the Trinity: Great Moments in Reggae Harmony [1997] A-
• What a Bam Bam! Dancehall Queens [1996] **
• Wind Your Waist [1991]