1,2,3 Soleils

1, 2, 3 Soleils (1, 2, 3 Suns) is a live album performed by Algerian artists 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.

1, 2, 3
Live album by Rachid Taha, Khaled and Faudel
Released	1999
Recorded	September 26, 1998
Venue	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Genre	Raï
Length	96:44
Label	Barclay
Producer	Steve Hillage
Rachid Taha chronology
Dîwan (1998) 1, 2, 3 (1999) Made in Medina (2000)
Khaled chronology
Hafla (1998) 1, 2, 3 Soleils (1999) Kenza (1999)
Faudel chronology
Baïda (1997) 1, 2, 3 Soleils (1999) Samra (2001)

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

Disc One

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Khalliouni Khalliouni"	Instrumental	5:39
2.	"Menfi"	Taha, Khaled, Faudel	5:41
3.	"Eray"	Faudel, Khaled	4:40
4.	"N'ssi N'ssi"	Khaled	5:14
5.	"Ida"	Taha	7:08
6.	"Baida"	Faudel	5:42
7.	"Omri"	Faudel, Taha	5:44
8.	"Voilà Voilà"	Taha, Faudel, Khaled	5:50
9.	"Indie"	Taha, Khaled	5:38
10.	"Chebba"	Khaled, Taha, Faudel	5:30
11.	"Sahra"	Khaled	4:42

Disc Two

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Madeeh"	Khaled	7:24
2.	"Wahrane Wahrane"	Khaled	4:58
3.	"Les Ailes"	Khaled	5:14
4.	"Le Camel"	Khaled, Faudel	5:28
5.	"Abdel Kader"	Khaled, Taha, Faudel	5:12
6.	"Bent Sahra"	Khaled, Taha	7:21
7.	"Aïcha"	Khaled, Faudel	6:51
8.	"Tellement N'Brick"	Faudel	9:10
9.	"Didi"	Khaled, Taha, Faudel	6:08
10.	"Ya Rayah"	Taha, Khaled, Faudel	7:28
11.	"Daiman" (Bonus)	Taha, Khaled, Faudel	4:15
12.	"Comme d'Habitude" (Bonus)	Taha, Khaled, Faudel	4:15

Professional rating

Allmusic rated it 4 out of 5.

Personnel

Khaled, Faudel and Rachid Taha were supported by:

• Zachary Alford - 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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External links

• 1, 2, 3 Soleils album