Shlon

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Shlon
Studio album by
Released22 November 2019 (2019-11-22)
Length35:21
Label Mad Decent
Omar Souleyman chronology
To Syria, with Love
(2017)
Shlon
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Line of Best Fit 7/10 [4]
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Shlon is the fourth studio album by Syrian musician Omar Souleyman. It was released on 22 November 2019 under Mad Decent. [7]

Contents

The first single from the album, "Layle" was released on October 16, 2019. [8]

Critical reception

Shlon was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 79, based on 9 reviews [1]

Track listing

Shlon track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Shlon"5:57
2."Shi Tridin"6:49
3."Mawwal"3:51
4."Abou Zilif"5:01
5."3tini 7obba"7:00
6."Layle"6:43

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