Carte Blanche (Rachid Taha album)

{{Short description|1997 compilation album by Rachid Taha}}

{{Infobox album|

| name = Carte Blanche

| type = Compilation album

| artist = Rachid Taha

| cover = RachidTahaCarteBlanche.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1997

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = {{Duration|h=1|m=7|s=31}}

| label = Barclay

| producer = Steve Hillage, Yves Aouizerate, Mark Frank, Michel Zacha, Nick Patrick, Jam'ba

| prev_title = Olé, Olé

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Diwân

| next_year = 1998

}}

Carte Blanche is a compilation album by Algerian raï artist Rachid Taha, consisting of songs he recorded with Mohammed Amini, Mokthar Amini and Jérôme Savy when they formed a band called Carte de Séjour, along with songs from his more recent solo albums. It was released in 1997 by Barclay, and produced by Steve Hillage.

Valencia features the singing of Kirsty Hawkshaw. A video clip was made for "Ya Rayah"{{cite web| title=Ya Rayah (Official Video Clip)| date=1997| url=http://www.universalmusic.fr/rachid-taha/video-clip/rachid-taha-ya-rayah/| publisher=Universal Music/Barclay| accessdate=8 November 2014| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108081049/http://www.universalmusic.fr/rachid-taha/video-clip/rachid-taha-ya-rayah/| archivedate=8 November 2014}} Taha and Bruno Maman co-wrote "Indie (1+1+1)", for which a video clip was also made.{{cite web| last= |first=|title = Indie (1+1+1) (Official Video Clip)|date =1997 | url=http://www.universalmusic.fr/rachid-taha/video-clip/rachid-taha-Indie-(111)-(Video-Clip)/ |publisher=Universal Music/Barclay| accessdate=8 November 2014}}