N'ssi N'ssi

N'ssi N'ssi is the second studio album from Algerian raï artist Khaled, produced by Don Was and Philippe Eidel.

N'ssi N'ssi
Studio album by Khaled
Released	August 17, 1993
Recorded	Studiomania and Wessex Studio
Genre	Raï
Length	46:19
Label	Barclay/PolyGram Records (Europe) Cohiba/Mango/Island/PolyGram Records (U.S.)
Producer	Don Was Philippe Eidel
Khaled chronology
Khaled (1992) N'ssi N'ssi (1993) Sahra (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

It includes the songs "N'ssi, N'ssi," "Chebba," and "Abdel Kader," which are among Khaled's most famous, and "Alech Taadi" which was used in the film The Fifth Element.^[2] The lyrics are in Arabic except for a few occasional French words.

The album has attained gold-level certification by the Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique.^[3]

In the US, the album was released by Cohiba/Mango/Island/PolyGram Records. In 2005, Universal Music licensed the album for release in the UK and USA to Wrasse Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Hadj Brahim Khaled except where noted.

1. "Serbi Serbi" – 6:18
2. "Kebou" – 4:53
3. "Adieu" (Hadj Brahim Khaled, Kada Mustapha) – 5:34
4. "Chebba" (Hadj Brahmi Khaled, Safy Boutella) – 5:39
5. "Les ailes" – 4:54
6. "Alech Taadi" – 4:09
7. "Bakhta" – 5:11
8. "N'ssi N'ssi" (Hadj Brahim Khaled, Kada Mustapha) – 3:30
9. "Zine A Zine" – 4:44
10. "Abdel Kader" – 6:08
11. "El Marsem" – 4:58

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Cornea, Christine (2007). Science Fiction Cinema: Between Fantasy and Reality. Rutgers University Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-0813541730. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
3. Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique gold-certified albums for the year 1995 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine