Mesk Elil (مسك الليل night-blooming jasmine) 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,Mesk Elil, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved June 16, 2008) 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 Mesk Elil Kilyoum Ilham Khalouni Denia Wezmen Tell Me Why Miwawa Dar Djedi Malou Hagda wela kter The French release booklet, 9837339, contains French translations only, but no Arabic sung texts.
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