studio album
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sufi rock
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band, Junoon. The album was released on January 1, 2001 and was released by the title of ''Andaz'' outside Pakistan.
Background
The album topped the charts in Pakistan as well as in the Gulf and South Asia, with its first single entitled "Zamane ke Andaz" (Saqi-Nama) which made it to #1 in the Gulf, and to #5 on the Asian charts. On its official website, Junoon has stated that the band tried to get out of the Sufi rock genre during the album's release.
Track listing
All music written & composed by
Salman Ahmad
Salman Ahmad ( ur, , born 12 December 1963) is a Pakistani born-American musician, rock guitarist, physician, activist, occasional actor and professor at the City University of New York.
He earned nationwide popularity in 1998 for his uni ...
and Sabir Zafar. Except for "Zamane Ke Andaz" (Saqi-Nama) which was written by
Allama Iqbal
Sir Muhammad Iqbal ( ur, ; 9 November 187721 April 1938), was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...
.
Personnel
All information is taken from the CD.
;Junoon
* Ali Azmat -
vocals
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Salman Ahmad
Salman Ahmad ( ur, , born 12 December 1963) is a Pakistani born-American musician, rock guitarist, physician, activist, occasional actor and professor at the City University of New York.
He earned nationwide popularity in 1998 for his uni ...
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lead guitar
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,
backing vocals
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bass guitar
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,
backing vocals
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;Additional musicians
*Female vocals on "Azadi" by Samina Ahmad
*Drums played by Jay Dittamo & John "Gumby" Louis Pinto
*Orchestral Arrangements by
Paul Schwartz
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;Production
*Produced by John Alec &
Salman Ahmad
Salman Ahmad ( ur, , born 12 December 1963) is a Pakistani born-American musician, rock guitarist, physician, activist, occasional actor and professor at the City University of New York.
He earned nationwide popularity in 1998 for his uni ...
*Recorded & Mixed at Grandview Studios in
New York City
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,
United States
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*Mastered by Scheherazade Qassim Hassan
*Engineered & Mixed John Alec
*Tracks recorded at the
Roskilde Festival
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, produced by Neils Ekner
*Tracks recorded at the Roskilde Festival, recorded & mixed by Ossian Rhyner