Made in Medina explained

Made in Medina
Type:	Album
Artist:	Rachid Taha
Cover:	MadeInMedinaRachidTaha.jpg
Released:	2000
Genre:	Worldbeat, raï
Length:	63:52
Label:	Barclay
Producer:	Steve Hillage^[1]
Prev Title:	1,2,3 Soleils
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Rachid Taha Live
Next Year:	2001

Made in Medina is a studio album by French-Algerian raï artist Rachid Taha.^[2] It was released in 2000 by Barclay Records and produced and arranged by Steve Hillage.^[3] Five of the songs were subsequently featured in Taha's live album.

A video clip was made for "Hey Anta".^[4]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "while it may sound like a shopping list for an international emporium, in fact, Medina has an extremely coherent sound, built on prominent, danceable rhythms, strong melodies, and powerful vocals, all shot through with a Middle Eastern flavor." The Washington Post called the album "an ecstatic union of Algerian rai and Western rock, techno and funk."^[5]

Track listing

1. "Barra Barra" – 5:48
2. "Foqt Foqt" – 6:10
3. "Medina" (album version) – 5:39
4. "Ala Jalkoum" – 4:55 - with Femi Kuti
5. "Aïe Aïe Aïe" – 6:30
6. "Hey Anta" – 4:30
7. "Qalantiqa" – 5:22
8. "En Retard" – 4:56
9. "Vérité" – 6:06
10. "Ho Chérie Chérie" – 5:30
11. "Garab" – 8:19

Personnel

• Rachid Taha - lead vocals
• Steve Hillage - arranger, lead and rhythm guitars, mixing, producer, programming, string arrangements
• Jeff Raines - guitar
• Hakim Hamadouche - mandolute, backing vocals
• Robert Mercurio - bass
• Geoff Richardson - viola
• Mahmoud Serour - string arrangements, violin
• Bob Loveday - violin
• Helen Liebmann - cello
• Richard Vogel - keyboards
• Jean-Max Mery - keyboards
• Femi Kuti - saxophone, vocals
• Abdel Abrit - drums
• Stanton Moore - drums
• Hossam Ramzy - percussion, string arrangements
• Hassan Lachal - percussion

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rachid Taha Made In Medina. exclaim.ca.
2. Web site: He Rocked The Casbah: Singer Rachid Taha Has Died At Age 59. NPR.org.
3. Web site: Rituel Humain. LA Weekly. March 2–8, 2001. Don. Snowden. https://web.archive.org/web/20010801225354/http://www.laweekly.com/ink/01/15/music-babcock.shtml. August 1, 2001. November 16, 2019. live.
4. Web site: Hey Anta (Official Video Clip). 2000 . Universal Music/Barclay. 8 November 2014.
5. Web site: RACHID TAHA "Made in Medina" . The Washington Post . 13 April 2021.
6. http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Rachid+Taha "Discographie Rachid Taha"