Niyaz (album) explained

Niyaz
Type:	Album
Artist:	Niyaz
Cover:	Niyaz_album.jpg
Released:	April 19, 2005 (U.S.)
Genre:	Dance, Electronica, World
Length:	51:38
Label:	Six Degrees Records
Producer:	Azam Ali, Loga Ramin Torkian and Carmen Rizzo
Next Title:	Nine Heavens
Next Year:	2008

Niyaz is the debut album of the Iranian music group Niyaz, an acoustic electronic project. The word "Niyaz" means "yearning" in Persian.^[1]

Niyaz reached #12 in the Billboard Top World Albums chart.^[2]

The track Dilruba was remixed by Junkie XL.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Ghazal"
2. "Nahan 'The Hidden'"
3. "Allahi Allah"
4. "The Hunt"
5. "Dunya"
6. "In The Shadow Of Life"
7. "Arezou"
8. "Golzar"
9. "Dilruba"
10. "Minara"
11. "Amritsar to Amman" (Digipack bonus track)

Lyrical content

"Nahan" is based on parts of خوش باش که هر که راز داند (Xoš bâš ke har ke râz dânad) from Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi.

"Allahi Allah" is based on a traditional Urdu religious song.

"The Hunt" is based on the poem بیا بریم دشت (Biyâ berim dašt) by the 14th century Persian poet Obeyd-e Zakani.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Six Degrees Records - Niyaz . 2010-09-14.
2. Web site: Niyaz chart listing at Billboard Top World Albums . December 7, 2008.
3. Web site: Armin van Buuren - A State Of Trance 2006 at Discogs . 2010-09-14.