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Elwan

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Elwan
Studio albumby
Tinariwen
Released10 February 2017(2017-02-10)
RecordedUnited States, France, Morocco
GenreAfrican blues,desert blues,world
Length46:10
LabelAnti/Epitaph
Tinariwenchronology
Emmaar
(2014) 		Elwan
(2017) 		Amadjar
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Exclaim!8/10[3]
The Guardian[4]
Pitchfork8.2/10[5]

Elwanis the seventh album by theTuaregbandTinariwen,released in 2017.[6]The title means "elephants" inTamashekand the term is used as a metaphor for militias and corporations that have trampled the fragile natural and human ecosystems of the desert.[7]The album was partially recorded inJoshua Tree National Park(as was its predecessorEmmaar) with additional recording in Paris, France and M'hamed El Ghizlane, Morocco.[8]The album includes guest appearances byMatt Sweeney,Kurt Vile,Mark Lanegan,andAlain Johannes.[7]One reviewer called the album "devastatingly beautiful,"[7]and another described the album as "musing on the values of ancestry, unity and fellowship, driven by the infectiously hypnotic cyclical guitar grooves that wind like creepers around their poetic imagery."[9]AllMusicnamedElwanas one of the best albums of 2017.[10]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tiwàyyen"Ibrahim Ag Alhabib / Eyadou Ag Leche3:45
2."Sastanàqqàm"Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni3:24
3."Nizzagh Ijbal"Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni3:39
4."Hayati"Ibrahim Ag Alhabib / Moulay El Wafi3:23
5."Ittus"Hassan Ag Touhami3:45
6."Ténéré Tàqqàl"Ibrahim Ag Alhabib4:25
7."Imidiwàn n-àkall-in"Ibrahim Ag Alhabib3:33
8."Talyat"Ibrahim Ag Alhabib4:14
9."Assàwt"Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni3:39
10."Arhegh ad annàgh"Ibrahim Ag Alhabib2:47
11."Nànnuflày"Eyadou Ag Leche / Mark Lanegan5:03
12."Fog Edaghàn (Intro Flute)"Tinariwen1:26
13."Fog Edaghàn"Tinariwen3:07

Note: Tracks 12–13 are bonus tracks in some editions of the album.

Personnel

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All information from album liner notes.[11]

  • Ibrahim Ag Alhabib – lead vocals and lead guitar (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11)
  • Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni – lead vocals and lead guitar (tracks 2, 3, 8, 9), backing vocals (all tracks)
  • Alhassane Ag Touhami – lead vocals and lead guitar (track 5), backing vocals (all tracks)
  • Eyadou Ag Leche – bass (all tracks), guembri (track 7), guitar (tracks 1, 6), backing vocals (all tracks)
  • Elaga Ag Hamid – guitar (all tracks), backing vocals (all tracks)
  • Said Ag Ayad – percussion (all tracks), backing vocals (all tracks)
  • Amar Chaoui – percussion (all tracks)
  • Iyad Moussa Ben Abderahmane – guitar (tracks 1, 4, 8, 11), backing vocals (track 4)
  • Mina Walet Oumar – you-yous (tracks 1, 7)
  • Abdul Wahab Cheich, M'Bark Bellal, Melghaynine Sifori – children’s backing vocals (track 2)
  • Abdelkader Ourzig, Tahar Khaldi, Hicham Bouhasse, Haiballah Akhamouk – backing vocals (track 4)
  • The Gangas de Tagounite – percussion (tracks 3, 6, 7, 10)
  • Kurt Vile– guitar (tracks 1, 11)
  • Matt Sweeney– guitar (tracks 1, 8)
  • Alain Johannes– guitar (track 8)
  • Mark Lanegan– vocals (track 11)

Charts

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Chart Peak
position
Belgian Albums (UltratopFlanders)[12] 31
Belgian Albums (UltratopWallonia)[13] 68
French Albums (SNEP)[14] 87
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 104
USHeatseekers Albums(Billboard)[16] 10
USIndependent Albums(Billboard)[17] 36

References

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  1. ^"Elwan".Metacritic.Retrieved14 February2020.
  2. ^AllMusic review
  3. ^Mullin, Kyle."Tinariwen Elwan".Exclaim!.Exclaim!.Retrieved14 February2020.
  4. ^"Tinariwen: Elwan review – different deserts, same hypnotic groove".The Guardian.2017-02-05.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-10-05.
  5. ^Pitchfork review
  6. ^"Tinariwen's New Album 'Elwan' Out Now".Anti- Records.Anti- Records. February 10, 2017.Retrieved27 January2018.
  7. ^abcFraden, Angel E. (March 7, 2017)."Tinariwen Deliver a Devastatingly Beautiful Album With 'Elwan'".okayafrica.Retrieved27 January2018.
  8. ^Tsioulcas, Anastasia (February 2, 2017)."Review: Tinariwen, 'Elwan'".NPR.Retrieved27 January2018.
  9. ^Gill, Andy (February 8, 2017)."Album reviews: Tinariwen – 'Elwan', Sampha – 'Process', Rag'n'Bone Man – 'Human', and more".The Independent.Retrieved27 January2018.
  10. ^"AllMusic Best of 2017".AllMusic.Retrieved27 January2018.
  11. ^Tinariwen (2017).Liner notes: Elwan.
  12. ^"Ultratop.be – Tinariwen – Elwan"(in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  13. ^"Ultratop.be – Tinariwen – Elwan"(in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  14. ^"Lescharts – Tinariwen – Elwan".Hung Medien. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  15. ^"Dutchcharts.nl – Tinariwen – Elwan"(in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  16. ^"Tinariwen Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)".Billboard.Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  17. ^"Tinariwen Chart History (Independent Albums)".Billboard.Retrieved December 22, 2018.
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