'Djin Djin', Angelique Kidjo's previous album, already dates back to 2007, but now there 'ÕŸÖ' for which the singer went in search of her childhood memories. Calling 'ÕŸÖ' a cover album would maybe be a bridge too far, because Kidjo gave all the songs on the album her own touch. On 'ÕŸÖ' she rhymes African rhythms and lyrics with Western soul ('Move On Up', a duet with John Legend, is Kidjo's ode to the great Curtis Mayfield, but Otis Redding's 'I Got Dreams To Remember' and Aretha Franklin's 'Baby I Love You' get a similar treatment), blues and jazz. Bonus tracks 'Agbalagba' and 'You Can Count On Me' come with their own story; the first was originally added as a free download to 'Say You're One Of Them', the bestseller of Nigerian writer Uwem Akpan (made up of five short stories told from the perspective of an African child) and the second is Kidjo's contribution to UNICEF's tetanus campaign, an organization for which Angelique has been a Goodwill Ambassador for several years now. The two most surprising songs on the album are 'Out Of Africa', a successful African rework of the title track of the Sidney Pollack film of the same name, and 'Dil Main Chuppa Ke Pyar Ka', a song that Kidjo remembered from a Bollywood film she'd seen when she was still a child ('Aan', Mehboob Khan, 1952). Varied album that proves Kidjo is still one of the most important voices of the African continent.