Odu | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | King Sunny Adé |
Cover: | Odu (album).jpg |
Recorded: | Dockside Studios, Maurice, Louisiana |
Genre: | Jùjú music |
Label: | Mesa/Atlantic |
Producer: | Andrew Frankel |
Prev Title: | Ogun |
Prev Year: | 1997 |
Next Title: | Seven Degrees North |
Next Year: | 2000 |
Odu is a studio album by Nigerian Jùjú musician King Sunny Adé. It was released in 1998 on Mesa/Atlantic. Recorded at Dockside Studios, Maurice, Louisiana, it was produced by Andrew Frankel and features traditional Yoruba music. Odù means oracle in the Yoruba divination system of Ifá.
Leo Stanley of Allmusic gave Odu a star rating of four stars out of five. He described it as a "rich, diverse album". In 1999, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best World Music Album category.