Blonde dans la Casbah

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Blonde dans la Casbah
Blonde dans la Casbah by Biyouna album cover art.jpg
Studio album by
Released Flag of Algeria.svg Flag of France.svg 2006
Recorded17 October 2006 to July 2007
Genre Pop, Raï, rock, jazz
Length46:50
Label Warner
Producer Joseph Racaille
Singles from Blonde Platine dans la Casbah
  1. "Taali"
    Released: 7 October 2006
  2. "Une Blonde Platine dans la Casbah"
    Released: 13 January 2007
  3. "Demain tu te maries"
    Released: 16 April 2007
  4. "Merci pour tout (c'que j'n'ai pas)"
    Released: 17 August 2007
  5. "Tsaabli ouetmili"
    Released: 5 December 2007

Blonde dans la Casbah is Biyouna's second album, released in January 2007. Its most prominent song is single Une Blonde Platine dans la Casbah, a song dedicated to Biyouna's mother, which has since gone to number one in several countries. [1]

Contents

About the album

With Blonde dans la Casbah, produced by composer Joseph Racaille, the actress-singer's second album is a cabaret, served by arrangements with delicate inlays piano, violin and brass, guitar and mandolin. The album features duets with singer Christophe ("La Man"), the Malawian jazz singer Malia ("Bismilah"), Didier Wampas ("Merci pour tout"), and covers of the classics made famous by El Hachemi Guerouabi ("El Barah"), and Kamel Messaoudi ("Echemaa"). For "Tomorrow you get married" again, a pop hit of Patricia Carli in the sixties that Biyouna wished to cover. Special mention also for the mixes "Bismillahi", "La Man" and "Une Blonde Platine dans la Casbah," which gave its name to the album, a tribute to her mother and accomplice to the artist who died the year before the album at the age of 84. "Tsaabli ouetmili" is a tribute to Algerian singer Fadela Dzirya and "El Ghafel" a composition by Djamel Laroussi.

Concerts and singles

Born of a sudden idea by Olivier Gluzman - now Biyouna's agent having sought her out in Algiers - Blonde dans la Casbah was released October 17 by Naïve. With backing including Henri Agnel (guitars) and Mustapha Mataoui (piano), Biyouna gave the premiere in Paris on stage in a series of concerts at Le Divan du Monde . In 2007 Biyouna performed the tracks in concerts in Algeria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In 2008 the songs were performed in North America, where Une Blonde Platine dans la Casbah , Ta'ali and Tsaabli ouetmili were well received.

Track listing

  1. "Ta'ali" – 4:36 - (تعالي) "come [my gazelle]" sung in Arabic, Mohamed Hamel/Mohamed Igerbouchene
  2. "Une Blonde Platine dans la Casbah" – 3:20 - sung in French, Jacques Duvall/Joseph Racaille
  3. "Demain tu te maries" – 4:25 - sung in French, song of Patricia Carli/Léo Missir
  4. "El Ghafel" – 2:55 - "the naive boy" sung in Arabic, Rabah Zerradine/Djamel Laroussi
  5. "Les coyotes" – 3:18 - sung in French, Jacques Duvall/Joseph Racaille
  6. "Tsaabli ouetmili" – 3:31 - sung in Arabic, traditional arranged by Joseph Racaille
  7. "Merci pour tout (c'que j'n'ai pas)" featuring Didier Wampas – 3:22 sung in French, Jacques Duvall/Joseph Racaille
  8. "Echemaa" - 5:46 (الشمعة) "the candle" sung in Arabic, song of Yacine Ouabed
  9. "Bismilah" duet with Malia – 5:38 "Elle s'est perdue... Bismilah! Dieu soit loué!" sung in French, Philippe Latger/Joseph Racaille
  10. "El Bareh" – 5:03 sung in Arabic, fr:Mahboub Bati (1919-2000), famous as song of El Hachemi Guerouabi
  11. "La man" with the participation of Christophe – 4:15 sung in French, Marie Möör/Christophe

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Algeria Albums Chart [2] 1
Arabic Albums Chart7
Belgian Flandres Albums Chart2
Canada Albums Chart25
Europe Albums Chart13
France Albums Chart1
Germany Albums Chart28
Hungary Albums Chart16
Mexico Albums Chart27
Morocco Albums Chart1
Netherlands Albums Chart11
Switzerland Albums Chart2
Billboard Türkiye7
UK Albums Chart68
US Billboard 200121

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References

  1. Petit Futé Alger 2012-2013 (avec cartes, photos + avis des lecteurs) Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Collectif - 2012 "Biyouna est aujourd'hui une artiste internationale et complète. En 2006, elle sort son album Blonde dans la Casbah dans lequel Christophe, Malia ou encore Didier Wampas chantent à ses côtés."
  2. Biyouna "Biyouna-Charts" Archived October 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine