CHARLOTTE DIPANDA “CD” ALBUM REVIEW

The Album “CD” By Charlotte Dipanda is a 10 track body of work which gives a musical representation of her life, musical level and sound and surprisingly features just one artist in Singuila .It’s a much more personal project to Charlotte Dipanda and Includes production from her As most of the songs where made and produced by Charlotte. The sound of the album represents Charlotte Dipanda herself as its full of Afro makossa which is her genre. Without taking much time, lets get into the themes and song ratings of the album.

Themes:

1. Love.Love for her partner in all forms
2. The vices of Love, Betrayal, Deception etc.

Production Direction: Use of a lot of strings huge influence of the guitar, Professional Piano Experience,

The Production Quality is Great .

SONG RATINGS

1. Father – 7/10
2. Coeur En Cage- 8/10
3. Madiba- 6.5/10
4. L’ombre D’une Autre- 8.5/10
5. Ndolo Na- 7.5/10
6. 6.Appel – 7.5/10
7. Mama- 7/10
8. Buyam Sellam- 9/10
9. Quand tu n’est pas la – 9/10
10. Nos Cahier- 9/10

Pros from The Album

1. Her Emotions and the way she expresses herself are Top Notch.
2. The Project is short enough to relate with her
3. The Project sticks with its theme Love

Cons from This Project

1. Some songs like “Madiba ” fell abit below the average standard expectation of the album
2. The Album showed no risk from the artist as she played extremely safe, It gets predictable when she sings about the same theme

Conclusion: This album is a what you will expect  from Charlotte Dipanda if you hadn’t heard the album yet. The songs are great  especially”L’ombre d’une autre and Buyam Sell am”  Overall it’s a project most will play  because of how much of a loyal fan base she has garnered over the years .Its a good one from Charlotte Dipanda regardless.

Rating: 7.5/10 ★★★★★★★

Replay Value: slightly playable