Gedida
{{Infobox album
| name = Gedida
| type = Album
| artist = Natacha Atlas
| cover = Gedida atlas.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 9, 1999
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Electronica, World music
| length =
| label = Mantra
| producer = Transglobal Underground, David Arnold{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nw4EAAAAMBAJ&q=Gedida+Natacha+Atlas+1999&pg=PA24|title=Reviews & Previews|work=Billboard|date=March 20, 1999|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}
| prev_title = Halim
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = The Remix Collection
| next_year = 2000
}}
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gedida-mw0000049939|title=Gedida - Natacha Atlas | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
| rev4 = Pitchfork Media
| rev2 = Robert Christgau
| rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|A-}}{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=2506 |title=Gedida |publisher=Robert Christgau |date= }}
|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=1 |page=295}}
}}
Gedida (Arabic: جديدة , English: New) is the third album by Belgian singer Natacha Atlas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/natacha-atlas-mn0000369574/biography|title=Natacha Atlas | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/natacha-atlas-1077137.html|title=Natacha Atlas|date=October 22, 2011|website=The Independent}} It was released by Mantra Records in 1999. In the Middle East, the album was released under the title Guzouri, with an alternate track listing.
The album sold around 40,000 copies in France, where "Mon amie la rose" was a top 20 hit.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/jun/03/featuresreview.review1|title=There's Geri, Ronaldo... and me|date=June 3, 2001|website=the Guardian}}
Critical reception
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "a confident mix of traditional Arabic and contemporary Western dance influences, seamlessly blended together." The Village Voice wrote that though Atlas "pulls styles in from everywhere—reggae bass, British dance beats, European orchestrations—the music is held together by her singing, which is Arab to its core."{{Cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/1999/05/11/wail-like-an-egyptian/|title=Wail Like an Egyptian|date=May 11, 1999|website=The Village Voice}} CMJ New Music Monthly called Atlas's voice "limber and evocative."{{cite journal |title=Reviews |journal=CMJ New Music Monthly |issue=Apr 1999 |page=34}}
Track listing
- "Mon amie la rose" - 4:47
- "Aqaba" - 4:37
- "Mistaneek" - 4:15[1]
- "Bahlam" - 4:32
- "Ezzay" - 5:18
- "Bastet" - 6:17
- "The Righteous Path" - 6:48
- "Mahlabeya" - 3:29
- "Bilaadi" - 6:18
- "Kifaya" - 8:59
- "One Brief Moment" - 5:27
Middle Eastern edition
- "Aqaba" - 4:37
- "Mistaneek" - 4:15
- "Bahlam" - 4:32
- "Ezzay" - 5:18
- "Kifaya" - 8:59
- "Mon amie la rose" - 4:46
- "Bilaadi" - 5:49
- "One Brief Moment" - 5:30
- "Feres" - 7:37
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;Notes
- 1 ^ The song was retitled "Mistaneek (Je T'attends)" and featured Sawt El Atlas when the album was reissued in 1999.
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Charts
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! Chart (1999) ! Peak |
| French Albums Chart[http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Natacha+Atlas "Discographie Natacha Atlas"]. LesCharts.com. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
|align="center"| 19 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart[http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Natacha+Atlas "Discography Natacha Atlas"]. NorwegianCharts.com. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
|align="center"| 37 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.myspace.com/natachaatlasofficial Official website]
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