- calypso
- 31 min
- 14 tracks
- London Records
Miss Calypso is the only album by the American writer and poet Maya Angelou, released in 1957. The album was released during a craze for calypso music catalyzed by Harry Belafonte the previous year.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- A1Run Joe2:28
- A2Oo‐Dla‐Ba‐Doo1:01
- A3Scandal in the Family2:41
- A4Mambo in Africa1:38
- A5Since Me Man Has Done Gone and Went1:48
- A6Polymon Bongo1:59
- A7Neighbor, Neighbor2:14
- B1Donkey City2:58
- B2Stone Cold Dead in the Market2:06
- B3Calypso Blues3:09
- B4Tamo1:59
- B5Peas and Rice2:34
- B6Flo and Joe2:03
- B7Push‐Ka‐Pee She Pie (The Saga of Saga Boy)2:41
14 tracks, 31 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Maya Angelou
- Label
- London Records
- Released
- 1957
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- FR
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