Ofra Haza is an eponymous 1997 album by Israeli singer

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. The album was produced by

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(of

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and Gregorian), recorded both in Hamburg as well as at legendary

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in London, and includes the single release "Show Me", an updated version of "

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", songs co-written by Peterson, Haza and manager Bezalel Aloni as well as a cover version of

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's "

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". Although Haza continued recording until 1999, mainly songs for movie soundtracks and collaborations with other artists, this was to be her final full-length studio album before her death in 2000.

Track listing

#"Show Me" (Aloni, Haza, Peterson) - 4:12 #"Amore" (Aloni, Haza) - 4:31 #"

2000" (Traditional) - 3:38 #"Sixth Sense" (Aloni, Haza, Peterson) - 4:12 #"My Ethiopian Boy" (Aloni, Haza) - 4:37 #"Ahava" (Aloni, Haza, Peterson) - 6:56 #"No Time to Hate" (Aloni, Haza, Peterson) - 4:24 #"

" (King) - 5:16 #"You" (Aloni, Haza, Peterson) - 5:06 #"Give Me a Sign" (Aloni, Haza, Peterson) - 4:20 #"One Day" (Aloni, Haza, Peterson) - 4:17

Personnel

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* Peter Weihe -

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* Frank Peterson -

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& programming * Matthias Meissner - keyboards & programming * Thomas Schwarz - keyboards & programming *

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trk 11 *

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- vocalizing in the background /track 10/

Production

* Frank Peterson -

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* Recorded January–August 1997 at Nemo Studios Hamburg and

London.

References

1997 albums Ofra Haza albums Albums produced by Frank Peterson {{1990s-electronic-album-stub