Another Country (Mango Groove album)
| Another Country | ||||
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| Studio album by Mango Groove | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Length | 46:55 | |||
| Label | One World Entertainment | |||
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Another Country is the third album by South African Afropop fusion band Mango Groove. Tusk Music released the album in 1993 on their One World Entertainment imprint.
Another Country was released several months before South Africa's landmark 1994 general election, the first democratic election in the country's history. The album was the band's artistic contribution to South Africa's crossover period from the apartheid regime to a new government. The impression of Lucia Burger—a critic with Afrikaans newspaper Beeld at the time of the album's release—was that it drew the listener "away from the hurt and guilt to the dream, the promised South Africa."
The title song, "Another Country", in particular expressed an optimism about the country's future. It was, in part, a response to the death of Chris Hani, who was assassinated in April 1993. Stella Viljoen, an associate professor of visual studies at the University of Stellenbosch, described the song as "a hopeful, yet reserved, anthem for the new South Africa's resurrection from the ashes of apartheid" that was "embraced by many in this spirit". Radio and television stations in South Africa broadcast the song over and over. In a 2017 interview, lead singer Claire Johnston said that "Another Country" was the only Mango Groove song that was "overtly political". "We changed the hearts and minds of people in a way politicians cannot."Arthur Goldstuck of Billboard described "Another Country" as "one of the most beautiful songs to emerge" from South Africa's crossover period.
The band recorded a music video for "Another Country", as well as for "Nice to See You" and "Tropical Rain". The album was released on cassette and CD.
Johnny Clegg and Savuka also released an album for South Africa's crossover period: Heat, Dust and Dreams (1993).
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