1,2,3 Soleils

1, 2, 3
1, 2, 3
Live album by Rachid Taha, Khaled and Faudel
Released	1999
Recorded	September 26, 1998, in Paris
Genre	Raï
Length	1:36:44
Label	Barclay Records
Producer	Steve Hillage
Rachid Taha chronology
Khaled chronology
Faudel chronology

1, 2, 3 Soleils (1, 2, 3 Suns) is a live album performed by Algerian artists Rachid Taha, Khaled and Faudel, widely hailed as the three masters of raï music. The concert, a unique event, took place in 1998 in Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, and the songs consisted of the most famous from all three artists plus a few Algerian classics. All 23 were divided into two discs, produced and arranged by Steve Hillage, released by Barclay in 1999.

The album has attained 2x gold certification and the DVD video has attained gold certification from Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique.^[1]^[2]

A shortened US one Compact Disc release of the album was released by Ark 21.

Track listing

Disc One
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Khalliouni Khalliouni"	Instrumental	5:39
2.	"Menfi"	Taha, Khaled, Faudel	5:41
3.	"Eray"	Faudel, Khaled	4:40
4.	"N'ssi N'ssi"	Khaled	5:14
5.	"Ida"	Taha	7:08
6.	"Baida"	Faudel	5:42
7.	"Omri"	Faudel, Taha	5:44
8.	"Voilà Voilà"	Taha, Faudel, Khaled	5:50
9.	"Indie"	Taha, Khaled	5:38
10.	"Chebba"	Khaled, Taha, Faudel	5:30
11.	"Sahra"	Khaled	4:42

Disc Two
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Madeeh"	Khaled	7:24
2.	"Wahrane Wahrane"	Khaled	4:58
3.	"Les Ailes"	Khaled	5:14
4.	"Le Camel"	Khaled, Faudel	5:28
5.	"Abdel Kader"	Khaled, Taha, Faudel	5:12
6.	"Bent Sahra"	Khaled, Taha	7:21
7.	"Aïcha"	Khaled, Faudel	6:51
8.	"Tellement N'Brick"	Faudel	9:10
9.	"Didi"	Khaled, Taha, Faudel	6:08
10.	"Ya Rayah"	Taha, Khaled, Faudel	7:28
11.	"Daiman" (Bonus)	Taha, Khaled, Faudel	4:15
12.	"Comme d'Habitude" (Bonus)	Taha, Khaled, Faudel	4:15

Professional rating

Allmusic rated it 4 out of 5.^[3]

Personnel

Khaled, Faudel and Rachid Taha were supported by:

Zachary Alford:^[4] Drums
Aziz Ben Salam: Ney flute
Elsa Benabdallah: Violin
Mohamed Bendjebour: Guitar
Djaffar Bensetti: Trumpet
Farhat Bouallagui: Arranger, String Arrangements, Violin
Christophe Briquet: Viola
Karen Brunon: Leader, String Director, Violin
Mathieu Chédid: Guitar
Mohsein Chentouf: Bendir, Darbouka, Vocals (Background)
Simon Clarke: Sax (Baritone)
Khaled Dagher: Cello
Gail Ann Dorsey: Guitar (Bass), Vocals (Background)
Adel Eskander: Violin
Guillaume Fontanarosa: Violin
Steve Hillage: Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Producer, String Arrangements
Allen Hoist: Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Hazem Ibrahim: Violin
Randy Jacobs: Guitar
Nabil Khalidi: Banjo, Oud, Vocals (Background)
Hassan Lachal: Darbouka
Sylvain Le Provost: Double Bass
Roddy Lorimer: Trumpet
Abdel Wahab Mansy: Violin
Jean-Max Mery: Keyboards
Christophe Morin: Cello
Hossam Ramzy: Director, Orchestra Director, Percussion
Geoffrey Richardson: String Arrangements, Viola
Medhat Abdel Samie: Violin
Tim Sanders: Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Mahmoud Serour: String Arrangements
Mark London Sims: Trombone
Taha Taha: Cello
Yasser Taha: Cello
Ihab Tutu: Violin
Marylene Vinciguerra: Viola
Tamer Yassin: Violin

Source:^[5]

External links

1, 2, 3 Soleils album

References

^ "Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique gold certified albums for the year 1999". Archived from the original on 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2006-07-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r568570
^ Discogs - Zachary Alford - (profile & discography)
^ "1,2,3 Soleils (Credits)". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

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[3] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/r568570

[4] Discogs - Zachary Alford - (profile & discography)

[alllm-5] "1,2,3 Soleils (Credits)". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

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v t e Rachid Taha
Studio albums	Barbès (1991) Rachid Taha (1993) Olé, Olé (1995) Diwân (1998) Made in Medina (2000) Tékitoi (2004) Diwan 2 (2006) Bonjour (2009) Zoom (2013)
Compilation albums	Carte Blanche (1997) The Definitive Collection (2007) Rock N Raï (2008)
Live albums	1,2,3 Soleils (1999) Rachid Taha Live (2001)
Related topics	Carte de Séjour