Kutché

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Kutché
Studio album by Khaled and Safy Boutella
Released	1988
Recorded	Studio Artistic Palace and Studio Paradise, London
Genre	Rai
Length	42:36
Label	Zone Music
Producer	Martin Meissonnier and Safy Boutella
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Khaled chronology
Hada Raykoum (1985) Kutché (1988) Khaled (1992)
Safy Boutella chronology
- Kutché (1988) Automne: Octobre à Alger (1994)

Kutché is a studio album from Algerian artists Cheb Khaled and Safy Boutella. It is the only collaboration between the two artists. Khaled would later rise to be one of the most famous raï artists outside Algeria, while Safy Boutella would continue his career as a jazzman in Europe.

The album was re-released by Stern's Music and Intuition Music.

[edit] Track listing

1. "La Camel" – 5:33
2. "Kutché" – 5:59
3. "El Lela" – 5:02
4. "Baroud" – 3:58
5. "Chebba" – 5:48
6. "Hana-Hana" – 5:26
7. "Chab Rassi" – 5:04
8. "Minuit" – 5:51

[edit] Miscellanea

The main title of the album Kutché is the adaptation of a popular Moroccan song "mul al Kutché", meaning "owner of the Kutché", which is a kind of barouche used to transport people in some Moroccan towns (mainly tourists nowadays) like Marrakesh or Meknes, it originates from the Spanish coche.