Alaki Explained

Alaki
Type:live
Artist:Mohsen Namjoo
Cover:Alaki album.jpg
Released:December 27, 2011
Recorded:February 2011
Genre:Persian traditional music, Iranian rock, Jazz, Avant garde, Free Jazz
Length:71:23
Label:Payam Entertainment, Inc.
Producer:Babak Payami, Mohsen Namjoo, Mammad Zadeh
Prev Title:Useless Kisses
Prev Year:2011

Alaki (Persian: الکی, meaning fake, irrelevant, or insincere) is a live album by Iranian singer-songwriter Mohsen Namjoo. The album is a recording of a performance at Stanford University in February 2011. The title track Alaki is based on a postmodern poem with social, and at times satirical content that blurs the lines between poetry, music and participatory theater.

Track listing

  1. "Hoosham Bebar" (Take My Breath Away) – 7:01
  2. "Halal Halaa" – 8:25
  3. "Nameh" (The Letter) – 6:50
  4. "Aane Man Ast Oo" (He Belongs To Me) – 7:06
  5. "Deylaman" – 12:51
  6. "Zadeh" (Struck) – 5:49
  7. "Yaare Jaani" (My Dear Beloved) – 2:50
  8. "Alaki" – 14:12
  9. "Zolf" (A Lock of Her Hair) – 6:18

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