AMG Review of Frontières

Jon O'Brien
All Music Guide

Continuing to defy the critics who scoffed at his transition from tennis player to pop star, Frontières is the eighth studio album from former French Open champion Yannick Noah. Fusing rock, reggae, and chanson pop, the follow-up to 2006's Charango includes tributes to his adopted hometown of New York ("Ma Pomme") and African-American human rights activist Angela Davis ("Angela"), alongside a duet with Paris-born Nigerian singer/songwriter Asa ("Hello").