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Let the desert party begin..."Diwan" is a really rich album - a great way to introduce others to rai music without losing itself to Western studio overproduction. Some other readers' comments seem confusing to me. 6 minutes too long for a song? Obviously that person isn't familiar with traditional Arabic music where songs can go on for what seem like eons. Of course, "Ya Rayah" is the anchor to this album - the one song (if any of Taha's) that anyone would know, but the other's are just as good. I enjoy the change in tempo …
Difficult to listen toIn principal the songs on this album are a nice mixture of Arabic music for western ears, but I don't think the singer's voice is (very) good. Moreover, the average length of the songs is something like 6 minutes, which is just too long in this case. I have a lot of trouble listening to this album, or even to half of it, although I recognise that the songs are good musically. I would recommend Khaled or Natacha Atlas instead.
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format: 1 x CD record label: Barclay release dates: Mar 16 1998 view details |
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