Sahara (Orphaned Land album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Sahara
| type = Studio Album
| artist = Orphaned Land
| cover = Orphaned Land - Sahara.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 25, 1994
| recorded = June 1994, "Sigma" studios, Tel Aviv, Israel
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Melodic death-doom
Oriental metal
Melodic Death Metal
| length = 58:29
77:49 (digipak)
| label = Holy
| producer = Orphaned Land
| prev_title = The Beloved's Cry
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = El Norra Alila
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Sahara re-release
| type = Studio
| cover = Orphaned Land - Sahara 2002.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Re-release (2002)
}}
}}
Sahara is the first full-length studio album by the Israeli metal band Orphaned Land, released on November 25, 1994 by French label Holy Records. The 2002 digipak re-release of the album features three bonus tracks: "Above You All", "Pits of Despair" and "The Beloved's Cry (Martini remix – Hangis Han)" and edited cover art. The songs "Seasons Unite", "The Beloveds Cry", "My Requiem", "Orphaned Land – The Storm Still Rages Inside..." are all from the demo The Beloved's Cry.
Track listing
- "The Sahara's Storm" – 7:59
- "Blessed Be Thy Hate" – 9:25
- "Ornaments of Gold" – 7:08
- "Aldiar Al Mukadisa" – 3:15 (Translated: Holy Land)
- "Seasons Unite" – 8:30
- "The Beloved's Cry" – 4:33
- "My Requiem" – 8:27
- "Orphaned Land – The Storm Still Rages Inside..." – 9:10
Digipak bonus tracks
- "Above You All" – 4:57
- "Pits of Despair" – 4:20
- "The Beloved's Cry (Martini remix – Hangis Han)" – 10:05
Personnel
=Band members=
- Kobi Farhi – vocals
- Yossi Sasi – lead guitars, oud
- Matti Svatitzki – rhythm guitar
- Uri Zelcha – bass
- Sami Bachar – drums
- Itzik Levi – keyboards, sampler, piano
=Guest musicians=
=Production and other=
- Recorded in "Sigma" Studios, Tel Aviv, Israel, June 1994
- Produced by Orphaned Land
- Engineered by Tamir Muskat
- Assisted by Gary Gani
- Second assistant engineers: Eran Zira, Yotam Agam
- Mixed by Tamir Muskat, Orphaned Land, Gary Gani and Asaf Bar-Lev
- Executive producer Holy Records, Orphaned Land and Asaf Bar-Lev
- Logo by Uri Zelcha and Kobi Farhi
- Photos by Gil Pasternak
- Cover: The Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
External links
- Sahara at [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230422/http://www.orphaned-land.com/content.php?album=1994_sahara&language=en&menu=the_band§ion=discography&theme=seven Orphaned Land official site]
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