Kirya

Infobox Album
Name = Kirya
Type = Album
Artist = Ofra Haza

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Released = 1992
Recorded = Microplant (Los Angeles), Conway, Devonshire, Record Plant, Bee Studio (Bahiya, Brazil)
Genre = Progressive electronic music, World music
Length = 43:46
Label = East West Records, Warner Music
Producer = Don Was, Ofra Haza, and Bezalel Aloni
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:difpxqqgld0e]
Last album = " Desert Wind"
(1989)
This album = "Kirya"
(1992)
Next album = "Ofra Haza"
(1997):"For the area in Tel Aviv, see HaKirya."Kirya (an ancient Hebrew nickname for Jerusalem) was Ofra Haza's 1992 follow-up to the internationally successful "Shaday" (1988) and "Desert Wind" (1989). Building on her successful blend of European pop and traditional Middle Eastern sounds, the album was a logical next step for Haza. Musically, it applied the sensibilities of pop producer Don Was to traditional song writing and instrumentation; lyrically, it delivered powerful themes of longing, joy, and the plight of the downtrodden in several languages, much like Haza's earlier work.

Along with producer Was, Haza was joined by other Western musicians, including a featured duet with Iggy Pop on "Daw Da Hiya", a song about a girl sentenced to death for becoming pregnant out of wedlock while the man responsible remains free.

Track listing

#"Kirya" (Traditional, Haza, Aloni) - 6:11
#"Horashoot – "The Bridge" (Traditional, Ben Amram, Haza, Aloni) - 3:46
#"Innocent" – "A Requiem for Refugees" (Haza, Aloni) - 4:46
#"Trains of No Return" (Haza, Aloni) - 4:15
#"Mystery Faith and Love" (Haza, Aloni) - 5:24
#"Daw Da Hiya" (featuring Iggy Pop) (Haza, Aloni, Morriss) - 4:55
#"Don't Forsake Me" (Traditional, Shabazi, Haza, Aloni) - 4:35
#"Barefoot" (Haza, Aloni) - 5:14
#"Take 7/8" (Amram, Haza, Aloni) - 4:35
#"Today I'll Pray" (Bonus track certain editions) (Haza, Aloni) - 4:33

Personnel

* Ofra Haza - lead vocals
* Iggy Pop - vocals/narration
* Harry Hyman Vento - violin
* John Belezikjian - violin
* Tzur Ben-Zelev - acoustic bass
* David McMurray - saxophone
* Professor Ali Jihad Racy - percussion
* Rodrigo Manuel - percussion
* Ed Cherney - background vocals
* Martonette Jenkins - background vocals
* Natalie Jackson - background vocals
* Marlena Jetter - background vocals
* Valerie Carter - background vocals

Production

* Don Was - record producer
* Ofra Haza - producer
* Bezalel Aloni - producer
* Recorded at Microplant, Conway, Devonshire, England; Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California; Bee Studio, Bahia, Brazil.