Rock N Raï Explained

Rock N Raï
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Rachid Taha
Cover:	Rock N Raï.jpg
Released:	2008 & 2010
Genre:	Raï, rock, world
Label:	Shock Records/Barclay Records
Prev Title:	The Definitive Collection
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	Bonjour
Next Year:	2009

Rock N Raï is a compilation album of songs by raï singer Rachid Taha and was first released in 2008 by Shock Records under licence from Barclay Records.^{[1] [2]}

"Rock N Raï" contains a different selection of tracks to that included in The Definitive Collection, which was released by Wrasse in 2007.

It was followed by a second compilation "Rock N Raï 2" (2010).^[3]

Video clips have been made for "Barbés" (1991),^[4] "Ya Rayah" (1997),^[5] "Écoute Moi Camarade" (2006)^[6] & "Voilà, Voilà" (2012).^[7]

"Rock N Raï" (2008) track listing

1. "Ala Jalkoum" featuring Femi Kuti
2. "Barbés"
3. "Barra Barra"
4. "Desolé"
5. "Dinaha"
6. "Écoute Moi Camarade"
7. "Foqt Foqt"
8. "Kelma"
9. "Malheureux Toujours"
10. "Malika"
11. "Medina" (Album Version)
12. "Non Non Non" (Multinational Version)
13. "Olé, Olé"
14. " Rock El Casbah"
15. "Valencia" featuring Kirsty Hawkshaw
16. "Voilà, Voilà"
17. "Malika"
18. "Ya Rayah"

"Rock N Raï 2" (2010) track listing

1. "Barra Barra"
2. "Bonjour" featuring Gaëtan Roussel
3. "Voilà, Voilà"
4. "Qalantiqa"
5. "Meftuh'"
6. "Ya Rayah"
7. "Ala Jalkoum" featuring Femi Kuti
8. "Kelma"
9. "Nokta"
10. "Jungle Fiction"
11. "Lli Fat Mat!"
12. "This Is An Arabian Song" featuring Bruno Maman
13. "Ach Adani"
14. "Rock El Casbah"
15. "Aiya Aiya"
16. "Boire"
17. "En Retard"
18. "Écoute Moi Camarade"

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rachid Taha - Rock N Raï . 2008 . music-bazaar.com. 16 November 2014.
2. Web site: Rachid Taha - Rock N Raï. 2008. DZ Musique (Musique Algerienne). 16 November 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129182435/http://www.dzmusique.com/music/rachid-taha/rock-n-rai-13641. 29 November 2014.
3. Web site: Rachid Taha - Rock N Raï 2. 2010 . music-bazaar.com. 16 November 2014.
4. Web site: Barbès (Official Video Clip). 1991 . Universal Music/Barclay. 8 November 2014.
5. Web site: Ya Rayah (Official Video Clip). 1997. Universal Music/Barclay. 8 November 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141108081049/http://www.universalmusic.fr/rachid-taha/video-clip/rachid-taha-ya-rayah/. 8 November 2014.
6. Web site: Écoute Moi Camarade (Official Video Clip). 2006 . Universal Music/Barclay. 8 November 2014.
7. Web site: Rachid Taha - Voilà, Voilà feat. Agnès b., Femi Kuti, Mick Jones, Christian Olivier, Eric Cantona, Camélia Jordana, Oxmo Puccino, Rachida Brachni, Sonia Rolland, Rodolphe Burger (Official video clip) . rachidtahaofficial.com . 2012 . 8 November 2014.