Mesk Elil


Mesk Elil is the third album of Souad Massi, the Algerian-born, Paris-based singer-songwriter, following her 2004 album Deb. The album peaked only at #56 on the French albums chart, but remained on the chart for almost ten months, and won Victoires de la Musique World music album of the year. Mauritanian vocalist :fr:Daby Touré, :fr:Pascal Danaë, a French-born musician of Caribbean ancestry and Mino Cinelu on percussion are a few of the artists appearing on the recording.

Track listings

  1. Mesk Elil
  2. Kilyoum
  3. Ilham
  4. Khalouni
  5. Denia Wezmen
  6. Tell Me Why
  7. Miwawa
  8. Dar Djedi
  9. Malou
  10. Hagda wela kter
The French release booklet, 9837339, contains French translations only, but no Arabic sung texts.