1,2,3 Soleils

1, 2, 3 Soleils (1, 2, 3 Suns) is a live album performed by Algerian artists Rachid Taha, Khaled and Faudel, widely hailed as the three masters of raï music. The concert, a unique event, took place in 1998 in Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, and the songs consisted of the most famous from all three artists plus a few Algerian classics. All 23 were divided into two discs, produced and arranged by Steve Hillage, released by Barclay in 1999.

1, 2, 3
Live album by Rachid Taha, Khaled and Faudel
Released	1999
Recorded	September 26, 1998, in Paris
Genre	Raï
Length	1:36:44
Label	Barclay Records
Producer	Steve Hillage
Rachid Taha chronology
Dîwan (1998) 1, 2, 3 (1999) Made in Medina (2000)
Khaled chronology
Hafla (1998) 1, 2, 3 Soleils (1999) Kenza (1999)
Faudel chronology
Baïda (1997) 1, 2, 3 Soleils (1999) Samra (2001)

The album has attained 2x gold certification and the DVD video has attained gold certification from Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique.[1][2]

A shortened US one Compact Disc release of the album was released by Ark 21.

Track listing

Disc One

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Khalliouni Khalliouni"	Instrumental	5:39
2.	"Menfi"	Taha, Khaled, Faudel	5:41
3.	"Eray"	Faudel, Khaled	4:40
4.	"N'ssi N'ssi"	Khaled	5:14
5.	"Ida"	Taha	7:08
6.	"Baida"	Faudel	5:42
7.	"Omri"	Faudel, Taha	5:44
8.	"Voilà Voilà"	Taha, Faudel, Khaled	5:50
9.	"Indie"	Taha, Khaled	5:38
10.	"Chebba"	Khaled, Taha, Faudel	5:30
11.	"Sahra"	Khaled	4:42

Disc Two

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Madeeh"	Khaled	7:24
2.	"Wahrane Wahrane"	Khaled	4:58
3.	"Les Ailes"	Khaled	5:14
4.	"Le Camel"	Khaled, Faudel	5:28
5.	"Abdel Kader"	Khaled, Taha, Faudel	5:12
6.	"Bent Sahra"	Khaled, Taha	7:21
7.	"Aïcha"	Khaled, Faudel	6:51
8.	"Tellement N'Brick"	Faudel	9:10
9.	"Didi"	Khaled, Taha, Faudel	6:08
10.	"Ya Rayah"	Taha, Khaled, Faudel	7:28
11.	"Daiman" (Bonus)	Taha, Khaled, Faudel	4:15
12.	"Comme d'Habitude" (Bonus)	Taha, Khaled, Faudel	4:15

Professional rating

Allmusic rated it 4 out of 5.[3]

Personnel

Khaled, Faudel and Rachid Taha were supported by:

• Zachary Alford:[4] Drums
• Aziz Ben Salam: Ney flute
• Elsa Benabdallah: Violin
• Mohamed Bendjebour: Guitar
• Djaffar Bensetti: Trumpet
• Farhat Bouallagui: Arranger, String Arrangements, Violin
• Christophe Briquet: Viola
• Karen Brunon: Leader, String Director, Violin
• Mathieu Chédid: Guitar
• Mohsein Chentouf: Bendir, Darbouka, Vocals (Background)
• Simon Clarke: Sax (Baritone)
• Khaled Dagher: Cello
• Gail Ann Dorsey: Guitar (Bass), Vocals (Background)
• Adel Eskander: Violin
• Guillaume Fontanarosa: Violin
• Steve Hillage: Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Producer, String Arrangements
• Allen Hoist: Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
• Hazem Ibrahim: Violin
• Randy Jacobs: Guitar
• Nabil Khalidi: Banjo, Oud, Vocals (Background)
• Hassan Lachal: Darbouka
• Sylvain Le Provost: Double Bass
• Roddy Lorimer: Trumpet
• Abdel Wahab Mansy: Violin
• Jean-Max Mery: Keyboards
• Christophe Morin: Cello
• Hossam Ramzy: Director, Orchestra Director, Percussion
• Geoffrey Richardson: String Arrangements, Viola
• Medhat Abdel Samie: Violin
• Tim Sanders: Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
• Mahmoud Serour: String Arrangements
• Mark London Sims: Trombone
• Taha Taha: Cello
• Yasser Taha: Cello
• Ihab Tutu: Violin
• Marylene Vinciguerra: Viola
• Tamer Yassin: Violin

Source:[5]

References

1. "Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique gold certified albums for the year 1999". Archived from the original on 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2006-07-29.
2. "Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique gold certified videos for the year 1999". Archived from the original on 2006-11-18. Retrieved 2006-07-29.
3. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r568570
4. Discogs - Zachary Alford - (profile & discography)
5. "1,2,3 Soleils (Credits)". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

External links

• 1, 2, 3 Soleils album