1, 2, 3 Soleils () is a live album by Algerian singers 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 2× gold certification and the DVD video has attained gold certification from Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique.

A shortened US one compact disc release of the album was released by Ark 21.

Track listing

Professional rating Allmusic rated it 4 out of 5.

Personnel Khaled, Faudel and Rachid Taha were supported by:

Zachary Alford -Discogs - Zachary Alford - (profile & discography) 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, backing vocals Simon Clarke - baritone saxophone Khaled Dagher - cello Gail Ann Dorsey - bass, backing vocals Adel Eskande - violin Guillaume Fontanarosa - violin Steve Hillage - arranger, engineer, mixing, producer, string arrangements Allen Hoist - alto and tenor saxophone Hazem Ibrahim - violin Randy Jacobs - guitar Nabil Khalidi - banjo, oud, backing vocals 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 - soprano and tenor saxophone Mahmoud Serour - string arrangements Mark London Sims - trombone Taha Taha - cello Yasser Taha - cello Ihab Tutu - violin Marylene Vinciguerra - viola Tamer Yassin - violin

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References

External links 1, 2, 3 Soleils album