- Diwân
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Diwân Studio album by Rachid Taha Released 1998 Genre Raï Length 1:09:16 Label Barclay Producer Steve Hillage Rachid Taha chronology Carte Blanche
(1997)Diwân
(1998)1,2,3 Soleils
(1999)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic link Robert Christgau (A−)[1] This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information. Diwân is a studio album released in 1998 by Franco-Algerian raï artist Rachid Taha. In contrast to his earlier releases, Diwân contains less rock and punk music, and features more traditional Arabic instruments. Many of the songs are about the founding fathers of raï music, and the lyrics are in Arabic and French.
Contents
Track listing
# Title Songwriters Length 1 "Ya Rayah" Abderrahmane Amrani 6:13 2 "Ida" Rachid Taha 5:56 3 "Habina" Toufic Barakat, Farid al-Atrache 7:27 4 "Bent Sahra" Ahmed Khelifi 7:12 5 "Ach Adani" Abderrahmane Amrani 6:25 6 "El H'Mame" Mohammed El Anka 6:07 7 "Enti Rahti" Abderrahmane Amrani 6:58 8 "Menfi" Missoum Amraoui, Akli Yahiatene 5:03 9 "Bani Al Insane" Boudjemaa Hgour 4:32 10 "Malheureux Toujours" Benaceur Baghdadi, Ahmed Soulimane 6:13 11 "Aiya Aiya" Rachid Taha 7:00 Charts
Charts (1998) Peak
positionFrench Albums Chart 52[2] References
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Rachid Taha". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1112.
- ^ "Discographie Rachid Taha". LesCharts.com. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
External links
Studio albums Barbès (1991) · Rachid Taha (1993) · Olé, Olé (1995) · Diwân (1998) · Made in Medina (2000) · Tékitoi (2004) · Diwan 2 (2006) · Bonjour (2009)Compilation albums Carte Blanche (1997) · The Definitive Collection (2007) · Rock el Casbah: The Best of Rachid Taha (2008)Live albums Related topics Categories:- 1998 albums
- Albums produced by Steve Hillage
- Rachid Taha albums
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