''Mesk Elil'' (مسك الليل
night-blooming jasmine) is the third album of
Souad Massi
Souad Massi (سعاد ماسي; born August 23, 1972), is an Algerian Berber singer, songwriter and guitarist. She began her career performing in the Kabyle political rock band Atakor, before leaving the country following a series of death threa ...
, 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,
[''Mesk Elil'', French Albums Char]
Lescharts.com
(Retrieved June 16, 2008) and won
Victoires de la Musique
Victoires de la Musique (; en, Victories of Music) is an annual French award ceremony where the Victoire accolade is delivered by the French Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The classical and jazz ...
World music album of the year. Mauritanian vocalist
:fr:Daby Touré,
:fr:Pascal Danaë, a French-born musician of Caribbean ancestry and
Mino Cinelu Mino may refer to:
Places in Japan
* Mino, Gifu, a city in Gifu Prefecture
* Mino, Kagawa, a former town in Kagawa Prefecture
* Mino, Tokushima, a town in Tokushima Prefecture
* Mino, an alternate spelling of Minoh, a city in Osaka Prefecture
* Mi ...
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
2005 albums
Souad Massi albums
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