The twenty-sixth album: #26 Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba
And so we get to one of the rare non-American albums in the earlier parts of the list - and one that's only partially in English. Miriam Makeba is a South African singer, singing folk songs from around the world. We've heard her in the Click Song for the songs list, and now hear more of her music. It's lovely to listen to, a variety of styles with a lullaby that really was working but also several sweeping, exciting songs. It's all accompanied by the guitar and a male choir, the simplicity adding to this nature of the songs. Overall, there's a lot of happiness in the songs.
There's one exception, One More Dance has Charles Colman, her duet partner for this episode, laughing through the entire song. I don't know why it wasn't rerecorded or was included like this, but it's distracting and annoying. Such a shame - and it feels so unnecessary.