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- Date Released: January 22, 2002
- Genre: International
- Style: World Fusion, Middle East
- Label: Mantra Recordings
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Though a native of Belgium, Natacha Atlas is of Egyptian ancestry and has been bewitching Western listeners with her melismatic Arabic vocals since the early '90s as a solo artist and a member of the worldbeat dance band Transglobal Underground. All of her solo albums have been impressive, but this one is one of her best. As always, she's helped out in the beats department by her colleagues in Transglobal Underground, and as always their stylistic promiscuity stands her in good stead: her original songs, sung in Arabic as usual, are an entrancing fusion of snaky, modal melodies and gutbucket funk grooves -- "Ashwa," "Mish Fadilak," and her adaptation of Zebda's "Soleil D'Egypte" are all every bit as rhythmically irresistible as they are seductively lovely. And the cover versions are, if anything, even better; she turns the torching Jacques Brel classic "Ne Me Quitte Pas" into a slinky dancefloor come-on, and delivers the best version of "I Put a Spell on You" since the death of Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Is there anything she can't do? [The French release includes the "Version Francaise" of "Mish Fadilak."]
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Shubra |
5:41 |
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| 02. | |
I Put a Spell on You |
3:43 |
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| 03. | |
Ashwa |
6:02 |
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| 04. | |
Ayeshteni |
4:57 |
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| 05. | |
Soliel d'Egypte |
3:11 |
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| 06. | |
Ne Me Quitte Pas |
4:32 |
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| 07. | |
Mish Fadilak |
5:12 |
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| 08. | |
Rah |
6:21 |
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| 09. | |
Lelsama |
5:52 |
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| 10. | |
Fakrenhia |
5:09 |
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| 11. | |
Manbai |
7:42 |
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11 Total Tracks, 58:22 Total Length
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Credits
- Natacha Atlas - Main Performer // Natacha Atlas - Main Performer // Natacha Atlas - Main Performer // Philip Bagenal - Engineer // Philip Bagenal - Mixing // Dinah Beamish - Cello // Essam Rashad - Arranger // Essam Rashad - Oud // Essam Rashad - Producer // Larry Whelan - Clarinet // Larry Whelan - Saxophone // Larry Whelan - MIDI Sax // Duchess Nell Catchpole - Viola // Alison Fielding - Art Direction // Alison Fielding - Design // Alison Fielding - Illustrations // Tim Garside - Percussion // Hamid Mantu - Drums // Hamid Mantu - Keyboards // Hamid Mantu - Programming // Hamid Mantu - Sound Effects // Timothy Whelan - Organ // Timothy Whelan - Guitar // Timothy Whelan - Piano // Timothy Whelan - Arranger // Timothy Whelan - Programming // Timothy Whelan - String Arrangements // Timothy Whelan - Mixing // Jacqueline Norrie - Violin // Brian G. Wright - Violin // Tamer Ghoneim - Violin // Mika Sabet - Arranger // Medhat Abdel Samie - Rababah // Hani Farahat - Violin // Youssef Nabil - Photography
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