Wonderful World (Israel Kamakawiwoʻole album)

Wonderful World is an album by the Hawaiian musician Israel Kamakawiwoʻole released 2007, a decade after his death in 1997. The album is considered a classic, and suggested in some tourist guides as representative of Hawaiian contemporary music.[1] The song is featured in the credits to the movie Meet Joe Black.

Wonderful World
Compilation album by
ReleasedJune 26, 2007
Recorded1988-1994
GenreHawaiian, reggae
Length42 minutes
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole chronology
Alone in Iz World
(2001)
Wonderful World
(2007)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow: The Best of Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
(2011)

Track listing edit

Wonderful World track listing
No.TitleLength
1."What a Wonderful World"4:30
2."ʻAma ʻAma"2:15
3."Henehene Kou ʻAka"4:18
4."Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"4:14
5."Morning Dew"3:42
6."White Sandy Beach"3:02
7."Kaleohano"3:38
8."Ka Huila Wai"3:34
9."ʻOpae E"4:21
10."Ke Alo O Iesu"3:16
11."ʻUlili E"2:35
12."A Hawaiian Like Me"2:29
Total length:41:54

References edit

  1. ^ Frommer's Maui 2013 Jeanette Foster - 2012 " • Na Leo Hawaii Kaniko, by the Master Chanters of Hawaii (chanting) • Na Pua O Hawaii, by Makaha Sons (contemporary Hawaiian) • Wonderful World, by Israel Kamakawiwo)ole (contemporary Hawaiian) ."