Taximen, Galia

First off, hello everyone in the Record Club community! I am very excited to be finally writing my inaugural review. As a disclaimer, I am no music buff, so please excuse my novice-level reviews. 

This album was a perfect album to get me in the Record Club rhythm. I primarily listen to "feel good music" (a.k.a. upbeat, light, happy) and Taximen hit the spot. I thought the whole album was the type of music that could cheer me up on a bad day, or the type of music that I would turn on while biking or driving through Philly on a summer day. I particularly liked the drum and guitar beats, which made me dance in place while listening to it. "Taximen" was the perfect song to kick off the album, as I felt like it was a great representation for the beats and vibe to be expected for the rest of the album. "Kikiriki" also did not disappoint, and was definitely a favorite of mine. "Wayisjelequeyele" sounded a bit different than the rest of the songs with the trumpet(?) sounds, but I felt like that change in pace was appropriate to round out the album. Additionally, the album kept things interesting with the Spanish and French in the song "Migoussia."

On the subject of language, I appreciated listening to an album in a language that I don't speak or understand. I feel that while listening to English songs, I try to pay attention to lyrics and musicality, and when I listen to songs in languages that I partially know, I am trying to translate lyrics in my head as I listen. When listening to this album, I was able to fully tune in to the music, tune, melody, and vocals. Furthermore, I can be blissfully ignorant to the songs that were upbeat, but might have had more serious or sad lyrics. 

My only criticism of the album is that I felt like I was a bit tired of a few songs by the time they were over. I thought that "Taximen," "Wariko," and "Wayisjelequeyele" could have been cut by a minute each to have been fresher. Though, this might be a problem with my patience and not the songs. 

All in all, I will be listening to this album again in the coming sunny summer days! Big thumbs up!