Vurdering: 4.5/5

"Kidjo's album takes the songs of Celia Cruz and adds Afrobeat and other influences with stars including Tony Allen and Meshell Ndegeocello ... Kidjo's singing is powerful and assured throughout, from the upbeat revamp of Bemba Colorá to the brooding, chanting echoes of Santería, the Afro-Cuban religion, on Elegua and Yemaya, a tribute to the orisha (spirit) of motherhood and ruler of the seas, now set to an African juju beat. Magnificent"

"Adequate" - "This latest from Benin's queen of polished Afropop is a tribute to the great Cuban singer Celia Cruz. To say it's an improvement on her last album of Talking Heads coversis not to say much at all. Heavyweight guests including Tony Allen, Shabaka Hutchings, Meshell Ndegeocello and Gangbe Brass Band provide a few bright moments"

"On Celia, Kidjo delivers ten tracks Cruz recorded and performed at various points in her career (but focuses mainly on the '50s when she fronted La Sonora Matancera), revisioned through a rainbow palette of African sounds without sacrificing their Latin grooves ... Kidjo succeeds on Celia because she not only pays revelatory tribute to a prime influence, but channels that very spirit of inspiration to deliver a high-water mark in her catalog"