title: Wally Badarou
text: Waliou Jacques Daniel Isheola "Wally" Badarou (Parijs, 22 maart 1955) is een Franse muzikant van Beninese afkomst. Hij is vooral bekend vanwege zijn nauwe samenwerking met Level 42 en zijn betrokkenheid bij enkele andere new wave groepen.
  
  Discografie
  
  Solo 
  1979: Back to Scales Tonight
  1984: Echoes
  1985: Chief Inspector (EP)
  1989: Words of a Mountain
  1997: So Why
  2001: Colors of Silence : Musical poetry for Yoga
  2009: The Unnamed Trilogy
  
  Filmmuziek 
  1981: Dickie Jobson: Countryman
  1982: Nathalie Delon & Yves Deschamps: They Called It an Accident
  1985: Hector Babenco: Kiss of the SpiderWoman (additional music)
  1991: Lol Creme: The Lunatic
  1997: Idrissa Ouedraogo: Kini & Adams
  1997: Don Letts & Rick Elgood: DanceHall Queen
  1999: Chris Browne: Third World Cop
  2000: John Berry: Boesman & Lena
  
  Producer (en co-producer) 
  1979: Janic Prévost – J'veux d'la Tendresse
  1981: Alain Chamfort – Amour Année Zéro
  1983: Marianne Faithfull – A Child's Adventure (& co-writer)
  1985: Level 42 – World Machine (& co-writer)
  1986: Alain Chamfort – Tendres Fièvres (& co-writer)
  1986: Fela Kuti – Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
  1987: Level 42 – Running in the Family (& co-schrijver)
  1988: Level 42 – Staring at the Sun (& co-schrijver)
  1990: Level 42 – Guaranteed (& co-schrijver)
  1993: Level 42 – Forever Now (& co-schrijver)
  1995: Salif Keita – Folon
  1996: Carlinhos Brown – AlfaGamaBetizado
  1998: Yannick Noah & Zam Zam – Zam Zam
  1998: Wasis Diop – Toxu
  2000: Trilok Gurtu -The Beat of Love (& co-writer)
  2001: i Muvrini – Umani
  
  Sessiemuzikant 
  1979: M – "Pop Muzik"
  1979: Myriam Makeba – Comme une symphonie d'amour
  1980: Bernie Lyon – Bernie Lyon
  1980: Grace Jones – Warm Leatherette
  1980: Grace Jones – Nightclubbing
  1980: M – The Official Secrets Act
  1980: Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Mambo Nassau
  1980: Level 42 – The Early Tapes (& co-schrijver)
  1981: Level 42 – Level 42 (& co-schrijver)
  1981: Bernie Lyon – I'm Living in the Sunshine
  1981: Gibson Brothers – Quartier Latin
  1981: Barry Reynolds – I Scare Myself
  1981: Jimmy Cliff – Give the People What They Want
  1981: Will Tura – Tura 81
  1982: Charlélie Couture – Pochette Surprise
  1982: Joe Cocker – Sheffield Steel
  1982: Black Uhuru – Chill Out
  1982: Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse
  1982: Grace Jones – Living My Life
  1982: Gwen Guthrie – Gwen Guthrie
  1982: Robin Scott & Shikisha – Jive Shikisha !
  1982: Level 42 – The Pursuit of Accidents (& co-schrijver)
  1983: Level 42 – Standing in the Light (& co-schrijver)
  1983: Talking Heads – Speaking in Tongues
  1983: Tom-Tom Club – Close to the Bone
  1984: Level 42 – True Colours (& co-schrijver)
  1984: Foreigner – Agent Provocateur
  1985: Mick Jagger – She's the Boss
  1985: Power Station – Some Like It Hot
  1985: Gwen Guthrie – Just For You
  1985: Level 42 – World Machine
  1985: Sly & Robbie – Language Barrier
  1985: Robert Palmer – Riptide
  1988: Manu Dibango – Electric Africa
  1988: Melissa Etheridge – Melissa Etheridge
  1988: Talking Heads – Naked
  1988: Julio Iglesias – Libra
  1994: Power Station – Living in Fear
  2008: Grace Jones – Hurricane
  2009: Phil Gould – Watertight
  
  Externe links 
  website
  www.cosmicdisco.co.uk 'The Prophet Speaks' Interview
  Wally Badarou RBMA video lecture session
  
  Frans musicus