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Mlah

{{Infobox album

| name = Mlah

| type = studio

| artist = Les Négresses Vertes

| cover = Mlah album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1988

| recorded = November 1988

| studio = Studio Davout, Paris

| genre = World, gypsy punk

| length = 47:57

| label =

| producer = Clive Martin, Sodi

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Famille nombreuse

| next_year = 1991

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |title=Mlah Review by Richard Foss |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mlah-mw0000205930 |website=AllMusic |access-date=12 September 2024}}

}}

Mlah is the debut album by Les Négresses Vertes, released in 1988.{{cite book |last1=Simmonds |first1=Jeremy |title=The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches |date=2012 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |page=297}}

Track listing

All songs written by Les Négresses Vertes

  1. "La Valse"
  2. "Zobi la Mouche"
  3. "C'est Pas la Mer à Boire"
  4. "Voilà l'Été"
  5. "Orane"
  6. "La Faim des Haricots"
  7. "Les Yeux de Ton Père"
  8. "Il"
  9. "L'Homme des Marais"
  10. "Les Rablablas les Roubliblis"
  11. "Marcelle Ratafia"
  12. "La Danse des Négresses Vertes"
  13. "Hey Maria"
  14. "Le Père Magloire"

Personnel

  • Helno – vocals
  • Mellino – vocals, guitar
  • Mathieu Canavese – guitar, accordion, background vocals
  • Paulo – guitar, bass, background vocals
  • Abraham Sirinix – harmonica, trombone, percussion, background vocals
  • Twist – trumpet, percussion
  • L'Ami Ro – piano, percussion, background vocals
  • Gaby – drums, percussion
  • Iza, Juanita, Julo, Nono – background vocals

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|+Chart performance for Mlah

!Chart (1990)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite Ryan|page=164}}

| style="text-align:center;"|96

{{album chart|Netherlands|85|artist=Les Négresses Vertes|album=Mlah|rowheader=true|access-date=20 August 2022}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|46|artist=Les Négresses Vertes|album=Mlah|rowheader=true|access-date=20 August 2022}}
{{album chart|Sweden|41|artist=Les Négresses Vertes|album=Mlah|rowheader=true|access-date=20 August 2022}}

References

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External links

  • [https://archive.today/20121223102248/http://www.lnv.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mlah/ Sound clips and lyrics translations]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130307224213/http://www.timepieces.nl/Albums-N/NegressesVertesMlah.htm Other reviews]

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Category:1988 debut albums

Category:Les Négresses Vertes albums

Category:Virgin Records albums

Category:Sire Records albums

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