| Legend of the Black Shawarma | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Infected Mushroom |
| Cover: | Legendshawarma.jpg |
| Alt: | 467 |
| Released: | September 8, 2009 |
| Recorded: | Infected Mushroom Studio |
| Length: | 86:56 |
| Label: | Perfecto, Hom-Mega |
| Producer: | Amit Duvdevani, Erez Eisen |
| Prev Title: | Vicious Delicious |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Army of Mushrooms |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
Legend of the Black Shawarma is the seventh studio album by psychedelic trance duo Infected Mushroom released on September 8, 2009. The album is named after a shawarma, a Middle Eastern wrap/sandwich; the equivalent of the döner kebab in Turkey or the gyros in Greece. The title was also inspired by Shawarma Hazan, a shawarma restaurant where Erez and Amit used to eat in their hometown, Haifa.[1]
Infected Mushroom had originally intended for the album to be a concept album, the concept being a food diary of the group's favorite restaurants. Thus came the first tracks written for the album, named after the restaurants Poquito Mas, Saeed, Franks, and most notably Shawarma Hazan. However, the group eventually decided to break off from this concept, with songs such as the lead single, Smashing the Opponent.
| Chart | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200[3] | 172 | |
| U.S. Billboard Top Electronic Albums | 9 | |
| U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums | 32 | |
| U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 8 | |
| Top 100 Mexico[4] | 55 |