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Saharony Elleil

08/08/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This album of Ragheb Alama is delightful. Its a nice blend of traditional and contemporary sounds. The title cut of the album is one that you'll want to hear over and over again. Also included are several duets which add an international dimension to the music. All are terrific. You'll enjoy."

Excellent!

07/06/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ragheb Alama is one of the Middle East's most prominent contemporary male singers! This Lebanese artist has managed to successfully blend old and new, east and west, and invigorate passion in the mundane.There are four amazing duets on this disk (My favorite song on this disk is with one of my other favorite singers, Elissa) and all four demonstrate different yet similar stylings. The title song is also worth mentioning as it is completely wonderful!!! (It's one of those typical songs that gets stuck in your head!)I can honestly and whole heartily recommend this CD to anyone with a remote interest in Arabic Pop or Arab Beat music without any sort of reservation. This is a great one for any music collection!"

Nothing ground-breaking, but still fun to listen to

Shantell Powell | Kitchener, ON, Canada | 06/28/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The basic rhythms of Regheb Alama's Saharony Elleil are the ancient sounds of traditional Lebanese music. However, the instrumentation and tone is up-beat pop. The album melds near-eastern sensibilities with Spanish flair. Zills create a soft percussion and flamenco-styled guitar flourishes provide a bit of pizazz. The keyboards will sound cheesy to most western listeners, but the presets seem to be all the rage in mid- and near-eastern pop music.The CD includes a music video playable on most computer platforms. Ragheb Alama pleads with a beautiful, miffed woman in the title track and brings along some computer-generated belly-dancing animals to help out. Of course she can't resist his song and the anthropomorphic dancers, so she ends up dancing, too.In my opinion, the strongest pieces are the most upbeat ones, like the title track. The slower songs just don't make me want to dance. Maybe they need belly-dancing bears and mice, too."