Mango Groove (album)

Mango Groove
The top half of the album cover is grey; the name 'Mango Groove' appears in black serif type in the upper-left corner. In the lower half of the cover, the band's 11 members are dressed in festive, jazzy clothing. They are smiling and looking at each other as they each strike a different pose.
Studio album by
Mango Groove
Released11 July 1989 (1989-07-11)
RecordedJune–December 1988
StudioAudio Lab
GenreAfropop
Length43:38
LabelTusk Music
Producer
Mango Groove chronology
Mango Groove
(1989) 		Hometalk
(1990)

Mango Groove is the self-titled debut album of Mango Groove, a South African pop fusion band whose sound is influenced by township music. Seven of the eleven songs on the album were released as singles. The album sold extremely well, breaking national sales records and maintaining a high rank in the radio charts for a year. The band dedicated the album to Mickey Vilakazi, a bandmate who died in June 1988.[1]

Although the material won multiple awards from the South African Broadcasting Corporation, including "Best Album", the SABC censored the music video for the song "Hellfire", which had an anti-apartheid message.

  1. ^ Mojapelo, Max (2008). "When Two Cultures Kiss". In Galane, Sello (ed.). Beyond Memory: Recording the History, Moments and Memories of South African Music. African Minds. ISBN 978-1-920299-28-6. OCLC 966015704 – via Google Books.