Mots D'Amour
Label | PMG – PMG005CD |
Format | CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Digipak |
Barcode | 0710473190053 |
Country | Austria |
Released | 12 Apr 2016 |
Genre | Electronic, Funk / Soul, Pop, Folk, World, & Country |
Style | Synth-pop, Disco |
The Arab world back in the 70s and 80s gave us quite a few very interesting rock and pop acts. Ahmed Fakroun from Libya was one of them. Here we have his 1983 album whose title means 'Words Of Love' in English. And in fact his kind of ethno pop seems to go deeper than just to the charts where a song like 'Soleil! Soleil!' - a typical yet outstanding synthie pop/new wave anthem that would have gone well with David Bowie or Duran Duran in the early '80s - definitely would have belonged. Other tunes are more Oriental with great string arrangements and those mystical melodies only Arab and Oriental music provides. This is one of the lost gems of '80s pop music which fetches prices up to 500,00 Euros for a nearly mint copy today. So for fans of cool '80s pop with a memorable edge are now able to grab a copy of this forgotten jewel.
1 | Jama Al' F'Na | |
2 | Kalimat Hob | |
3 | Gelty | |
4 | Fil Moden Al Kabira | |
5 | Love Words | |
6 | Soleil Soleil | |
7 | Ya Farhi' Bik | |
8 | Oyunic |
Drums – Chris (116)
Flute – Ezedin El Magrabi
Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Baglama [Saz], Drums, Goblet Drum [Darbouka], Mandolin – Ahmed Fakroun
Layout – Oleg Galay
Lute [Ganoun] – Abdul Hamid Sabra
Violin – Ezedin
© 2016 Presch Media GmbH
Licensed by Fakroun Music
All rights of this reissue reserved to Presch Media GmbH.
Limited edition of 500 copies.
Some songtitles were spelled wrong on the original LP release.
On this reissue is the right spelling.