Eyes on Tomorrow
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{{Infobox album
| name = Eyes on Tomorrow
| type = studio
| artist = Miriam Makeba
| cover = Eyes on Tomorrow MM.jpg
| border = yes
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| released = 11 June 1991
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| genre = African music
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| label = Gallo
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| prev_title = Welela
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Africa
| next_year = 1991
}}
Eyes on Tomorrow is an album by South African singer Miriam Makeba, released in 1991.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/20/style/chronicle-175391.html|title=Chronicle|first=Robert E.|last=Tomasson|newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 20, 1991}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x-KW9f02oNMC&q=Eyes+on+Tomorrow+makeba&pg=PA266|title=Beyond Memory: Recording the History, Moments and Memories of South African Music|first=Max|last=Mojapelo|date=January 4, 2008|publisher=African Minds|isbn=9781920299286|via=Google Books}} It was recorded in South Africa.{{cite news |last1=Bryson |first1=Donna |title='Mama Africa' Miriam Makeba plans to end her exile |work=Toronto Star |agency=AP |date=25 July 1991 |page=E1}} Dizzy Gillespie guested on the album.{{cite news |last1=Heim |first1=Chris |title=Dizzy Gillespie and Miriam Makeba |work=Chicago Tribune |date=2 Aug 1991 |department=Friday |page=N}}
Critical reception
{{album reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/eyes-on-tomorrow-mw0000268298|title=Eyes on Tomorrow - Miriam Makeba | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}
|rev2 = Robert Christgau
}}
The Washington Post wrote that "what stands out most is Makeba's sweet, supple, stirring voice and an overriding sense that, though she may be home, the struggle for self-rule and unification goes on."{{cite news |last1=Joyce |first1=Mike |title=A Welcome Home with a Pop Touch |work=The Washington Post |date=16 Aug 1991 |page=N14}}
Track listing
- "I Still Long For You" – 4:43
- "Eyes on Tomorrow" – 4:05
- "Don't Break My Heart" (Paolo Conte) – 4:35 sung originally by Mia Martini
- "Thina Sizonqoba" – 4:16
- "We Speak Peace" – 5:08
- "Thulasizwe/I Shall Be Released" – 3:46
- "Vukani" – 5:06
- "Birds" – 3:11
- "Live the Future" – 5:28
References
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