Mesk Elil (مسك الليل night-blooming jasmine) is the third album of Souad Massi, the Algerian-born, Paris-based singer-songwriter, following her 2004 album Deb. The album peaked only at #56 on the French albums chart, but remained on the chart for almost ten months,[1] and won Victoires de la Musique World music album of the year. Mauritanian vocalist fr:Daby Touré, fr:Pascal Danaë, a French-born musician of Caribbean ancestry and Mino Cinelu on percussion are a few of the artists appearing on the recording.
Track listings
- Mesk Elil
- Kilyoum
- Ilham
- Khalouni
- Denia Wezmen
- Tell Me Why
- Miwawa
- Dar Djedi
- Malou
- Hagda wela kter
The French release booklet, 9837339, contains French translations only, but no Arabic sung texts.
References
- ^ Mesk Elil, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved June 16, 2008)
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