Made in Medina
Studio album by Rachid Taha
Released	2000
Genre	Worldbeat, raï
Length	63:52
Label	Barclay
Producer	Steve Hillage[1]
Rachid Taha chronology
1,2,3 Soleils (1999) Made in Medina (2000) Rachid Taha Live (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	A−[3]

Made in Medina is a studio album by French-Algerian raï artist Rachid Taha.^[4] It was released in 2000 by Barclay Records and produced and arranged by Steve Hillage.^[5] Five of the songs were subsequently featured in Taha's live album.

A video clip was made for "Hey Anta".^[6]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "while it may sound like a shopping list for an international emporium, in fact, Medina has an extremely coherent sound, built on prominent, danceable rhythms, strong melodies, and powerful vocals, all shot through with a Middle Eastern flavor."^[2] The Washington Post called the album "an ecstatic union of Algerian rai and Western rock, techno and funk."^[7]

Track listing

1. "Barra Barra" – 5:48
2. "Foqt Foqt" – 6:10
3. "Medina" (album version) – 5:39
4. "Ala Jalkoum" – 4:55 - with Femi Kuti
5. "Aïe Aïe Aïe" – 6:30
6. "Hey Anta" – 4:30
7. "Qalantiqa" – 5:22
8. "En Retard" – 4:56
9. "Vérité" – 6:06
10. "Ho Chérie Chérie" – 5:30
11. "Garab" – 8:19

Charts

Personnel

• Rachid Taha - lead vocals
• Steve Hillage - arranger, lead and rhythm guitars, mixing, producer, programming, string arrangements
• Jeff Raines - guitar
• Hakim Hamadouche - mandolute, backing vocals
• Robert Mercurio - bass
• Geoff Richardson - viola
• Mahmoud Serour - string arrangements, violin
• Bob Loveday - violin
• Helen Liebmann - cello
• Richard Vogel - keyboards
• Jean-Max Mery - keyboards
• Femi Kuti - saxophone, vocals
• Abdel Abrit - drums
• Stanton Moore - drums
• Hossam Ramzy - percussion, string arrangements
• Hassan Lachal - percussion

References

External links

• Official website