Mish Maoul

Mish Maoul
Studio album by Natacha Atlas
Released April 24, 2006
April 25, 2006 (United States)
Genre Electronica, World music
Label Mantra Records
Producer Temple of Sound, Natacha Atlas, Philip Bagenal, Hamid Belmenouer, Marc Eagleton, Neil Sparkes, Timothy Whelan
Natacha Atlas chronology

The Best of Natacha Atlas
(2005)		 Mish Maoul
(2006)		 Ana Hina
(2008)
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Robert Christgau [1]

Mish Maoul (مش معقول an Egyptian expression meaning "unbelievable")[2] is the sixth album by Belgian world music singer Natacha Atlas. It was released by Mantra Records on April 24, 2006 worldwide. The album was primarily produced by Nick Page aka Count Dubulah, Atlas' former band mate in Transglobal Underground, now a member of Temple of Sound.

The album marks a return for Atlas to her North African and Arabic musical roots, although musical styles such as bossa nova, Western pop, and electronica are also utilized. In 2006, the album reached number twelve on the Billboard Top World Music Albums chart in the United States.[3]

Musical style

As befits her globe-trotting lifestyle and influences, Atlas continues to create a body of work that refuses to be neatly categorised. Over the past decade, she has fused North African and Arabic music with western electronic beats to produce a unique dance music hybrid. With her latest album Mish Maoul, however, her career comes full circle to touch base with her roots. The new album harks back in its sound and traditions to the music she grew up hearing in the Moroccan suburb of Brussels, particularly when the Golden Sound Studio Orchestra of Cairo makes its entrance. It also reunites her again with the Temple of Sound's Nick Page aka Count Dubulah, with whom she first worked in Transglobal Underground and who helped produce her very first solo album Diaspora (and many subsequent collaborations).

Track listing

  1. "Oully Ya Sahbi" featuring Sofiane Saidi (Atlas, Dubulah, Sparkes) – 5:36
  2. "Feen" featuring Princess Julianna (Atlas, Dubulah, Higgins, Sparkes) – 5:54
  3. "Hayati Inta" (Atlas, Eagleton) – 4:02
  4. "Ghanwa Bossanova" (Atlas, Dubulah, Sparkes) – 6:33
  5. "Bathaddak" featuring Princess Julianna (Atlas, Higgins, Whelan) – 5:12
  6. "Bab el Janna" (Atlas, Dubulah, Sparkes) – 5:46
  7. "Wahashni" (Atlas, Dubulah, Sparkes) – 4:46
  8. "Haram Aleyk" (Atlas, Sabet, Whelan) – 5:11
  9. "La Lil Khowf" featuring Clotaire K & Sofiane Saidi (Atlas, Dubulah, Sparkes, Clotaire K) – 5:32
  10. "Yariet" (Atlas, Eagleton) – 3:37

Charts

Charts (2006) Peak
position
US Billboard Top World Music Albums Chart 12[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Natacha Atlas". Robert Christgau.
  2. ↑ Elizabeth Bromstein. Review of Mish Maoul. NOW Magazine. Retrieved December 16, 2006.
  3. ↑ Charts & Awards. Allmusic. Retrieved December 16, 2006.
  4. ↑ "Natacha Atlas > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 October 2008.

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