Gol-e Yakh
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{{Infobox album
| name = Gol-e Yakh
| type = studio
| artist = Kourosh Yaghmaei
| cover = Kourosh Yaghmaei - Gol-e Yakh (1973).jpg
| alt = Gol-e Yakh
| released = {{Start date|1973}}
| recorded = 1973, October 21, 1991
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Psychedelic pop|Psychedelic rock}}
| length = {{Duration|m=57|s=52}}
| label = {{hlist|Ahange Rooz (1973) Caltex (1991)}}
| producer = Kourosh Yaghmaei
| next_title = Hajm-e Khali
| next_year = 1975
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Gol-e Yakh
| type = studio album
| single1 = Gol-e Yakh" / "Del Dareh Pir Misheh
| single1date = 1973, 2012
| single2 = Khaar
| single2date = 1973
| single3 = Leila" / "Paeiz
| single3date = 1974
| single4 = "Saraabe Toe" / "Dar Enteha"
| single4date = 1975}}
}}
Gol-e Yakh (Persian: گلیخ; Ice Flower, also Wintersweet) is the debut solo studio album by Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist Kourosh Yaghmaei. The album was released in 1973 in Iran and was produced by Yaghmaei. The song "Gol-e Yakh," a melancholic ballad about love that endures through the bitterest winters{{r|Holslin-Vice}} was Yaghmaei's debut single and a huge success more than five million copies sold in the domestic market.{{sfn|Breyley|Fatemi|2015|p=129}} Since it was released, there have been many performances within and outside of Iran.{{cite web |url=https://www.kaleme.com/1392/08/11/klm-163498/ |title=دردنامه كوروش يغمايي؛ 25 سال ممنوعالکار بودهام « سایت خبری تحلیلی کلمه |website=kaleme.com |access-date=August 14, 2019 |language=fa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814070644/https://www.kaleme.com/1392/08/11/klm-163498/ |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |url-status=live }}{{r|Sodomsky}} It brought fame to Yaghmaei and was translated into and adapted for other languages.{{r|Rock Icon}} Backed with the single "Del Dareh Pir Misheh," an Iranian-style garage rock song. Both singles were released in Iran in 1973 by Ahang Rooz and on February 2, 2012, in United States by Now Again Records.{{cite web |title=کورش* – در انتها / سراب تو |url=https://www.discogs.com/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%AA%D9%88-/master/1099486 |website=Discogs |publisher=Discogs |access-date=January 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614123128/https://www.discogs.com/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%AA%D9%88-/master/1099486 |archive-date=June 14, 2019 |url-status=live }} The album was rereleased on October 21, 1991, by Caltex.
Background
The lyrics were written by Yaghmaei and Mahdi Akhavan Langeroudi, Yaghmaei's university friend and modern Persian poet.{{sfn|Breyley|Fatemi|2015|p=129}}{{cite journal |title=Kourosh Yaghmaei : The Resisting Psychedelic Rock Icon of Iran |journal=Trip Magazine |date=April 2018 |issue=1}}
Singles
In 1973, as Yaghmaei's first single "Gol-e Yakh" A-side 7" Single{{cite news |last1=Peter |first1=Holslin |title=From National Star to Enemy of the State: Iranian Rock Pioneer Kourosh Yaghmaei Fights On |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bnjp88/from-national-star-to-enemy-of-the-state-iranian-rock-pioneer-kourosh-yaghmaei-fights-on |access-date=7 January 2020 |publisher=Vice |date=18 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726212520/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bnjp88/from-national-star-to-enemy-of-the-state-iranian-rock-pioneer-kourosh-yaghmaei-fights-on |archive-date=26 July 2019 |url-status=live }} was released with "Del Dareh Pir Misheh" B-side by the Ahange Rooz record label. In the same year under the same lebel "Leila" / "Paeiz" was released. In 1974, "Hajme Khali" / "Akhm Nakon" and in 1975 "Saraabe Toe" / "Dar Enteha" was released by Ahange Rooz.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = English title
| all_music = Kourosh Yaghmaei
| title1 = Mosafereh Shahreh Baran
| lyrics1 = Hossein Najafian
| extra1 = The Traveler of Rain-Town
| length1 = 6:03
| title2 = Rayhan
| length2 = 3:48
| title3 = Khaar
| lyrics3 = Mani Motiee
| extra3 = Thistle
| length3 = 7:00
| title4 = Gol-e Yakhe
| lyrics4 = Mahdi Akhavan Langeroudi
| extra4 = Ice Flower
| length4 = 5:14
| title5 = Paeiz
| lyrics5 = Mani Motiee
| extra5 = Autumn
| length5 = 4:28
| title6 = Shirin Joon
| extra6 = Dear Shirin
| length6 = 3:31
| title7 = Entezar
| extra7 = Waiting
| length7 = 4:22
| title8 = Sarab To
| extra8 = Your Mirage
| length8 = 4:26
| title9 = Havar Havar
| extra9 = Shout Shout
| length9 = 3:47
| title10 = Asheghaneh
| length10 = 4:32
| title11 = Layla
| length11 = 4:32
| title12 = Del Dareh Pir Misheh
| lyrics12 = Mahdi Akhavan Langeroudi
| extra12 = My Heart is Getting Old
| length12 = 4:32
| title13 = Tanehe Choubi
| length13 = 3:31
| all_writing =
| total_length =
| extra2 =
| extra10 = Romance
| extra13 = Wooden Trunk
}}
In popular culture
The song "Gol-e Yakh" is sampled on several albums by various Western artists.{{cite news |last1=Setaro |first1=Shawn |title=Did Kanye and Nas Steal a Beat and an Album Cover From This Producer? The Architect Finally Speaks |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2018/07/did-kanye-and-nas-steal-beat-album-cover-from-the-architect |access-date=January 9, 2020 |publisher=Complex |date=July 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203123444/https://www.complex.com/music/2018/07/did-kanye-and-nas-steal-beat-album-cover-from-the-architect |archive-date=December 3, 2018 |url-status=live }} The 2018 "Adam and Eve" on the album Nasir by American rapper Nas features the song as its main backing sample.{{cite news |last1=Bromwich |first1=Jonah |title="Adam and Eve" [ft. The-Dream] |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/nas-adam-and-eve-ft-the-dream/ |access-date=January 9, 2020 |publisher=Pitchfork |date=June 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624212854/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/nas-adam-and-eve-ft-the-dream/ |archive-date=June 24, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Sodomsky |first1=Sam |title=Nas Releases New Kanye-Produced Album Nasir: Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/nas-releases-new-kanye-produced-album-nasir-listen/ |access-date=January 9, 2020 |publisher=Pitchfork |date=June 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205204422/https://pitchfork.com/news/nas-releases-new-kanye-produced-album-nasir-listen/ |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |url-status=live }}
In 2005, Iranian drama film Gol-e Yakh directed by Kiumars Poorahmad was named after this song.{{cite web |title=Gol-e yakh |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498802/ |publisher=IMDb |access-date=January 20, 2020 |date=2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209115031/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498802/ |archive-date=February 9, 2017 |url-status=live }} The song was also featured in Desiree Akhavan's film Appropriate Behavior (2014).
References
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- {{cite book |last1=Breyley |first1=GJ |last2=Fatemi |first2=Sasan |year=2015 |title=Iranian Music and Popular Entertainment: From Motrebi to Losanjelesi and Beyond |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a3r4CgAAQBAJ&q=Kourosh+Yaghmaei&pg=PR9 |edition=illustrated |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317336808 }}
External links
- {{Discogs release|14688914|Gol-e Yakh|type=album}}
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