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2007 compilation album by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
Wonderful World
Compilation album by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
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)

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. The song is featured in the credits to the movie Meet Joe Black.

Track listing

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

  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) ."
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