Kutché

Infobox Album | Name = Kutché
Type = Album
Artist = Khaled and Safy Boutella


Released = 1988
Recorded = Studio Artistic Palace
and Studio Paradise, London
Genre = Rai
Length = 42:36
Label = Zone Music
Producer = Martin Meissonnier and Safy Boutella
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fhddyl7jxpeb link]
Chronology = Khaled
Last album = "Hada Raykoum"
(1985)
This album = "Kutché"
(1988)
Next album = "Khaled"
(1992)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Safy Boutella
Type = album
Background =
Last album = -
This album = "Kutché"
(1988)
Next album = ""
(1994)

"Kutché" is a studio album from Algerian artists Cheb Khaled and Safy Boutella. It is the only collaboration between the two artists. Khaled would later rise to be one of the most famous raï artists outside Algeria, while Safy Boutella would continue his career as a jazzman in Europe.

The album was re-released by Stern's Music and Intuition Music.

Track listing

# "La Camel" – 5:33
# "Kutché" – 5:59
# "El Lela" – 5:02
# "Baroud" – 3:58
# "Chebba" – 5:48
# "Hana-Hana" – 5:26
# "Chab Rassi" – 5:04
# "Minuit" – 5:51

Miscellanea

The main title of the album "Kutché" is the adaptation of a popular Moroccan song "mul al Kutché", meaning "owner of the "Kutché", which is a kind of barouche used to transport people in some Moroccan towns (mainly tourists nowadays) like Marrakesh or Meknes, it originates from the Spanish "coche".