Various Artists / Bellydance Superstars
Album: Bellydance Superstars   Collection:World
Artist:Various Artists   Added:Jan 2003
Label:Mondo Melodia  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2003-02-10 Pull Date: 2003-04-14 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Mar 30 Mar 23 Mar 16 Mar 9 Mar 2 Feb 23 Feb 16
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 4 4 4

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 23, 2013: Music Casserole
Habibi Ya Albi
4. Nov 22, 2006: Morning Glory
Sahra Saidi
2. Oct 18, 2012: It's Bollywood
Raks Africa
5. Jun 14, 2003: Spherical Sounds
Raks Africa
3. May 25, 2011: Morning Glory!
Chicky
6. Apr 05, 2003: Morning Glory
Sahra Saidi

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2003-02-09
[coll.]: BELLYDANCE SUPERSTARS
Mondo Melodia, 2002

Yes, yes, yes, it's bellydance mania! Here's the gimmick: eight of the top belly-dancers working in the United States have selected sixteen of their favorite dance songs, old and new. The results are more or less what you'd expect: high energy, booty-shaking Middle-Eastern pop, extra heavy on the percussion and with just the right edge of cheesiness. My favorite collection of this type in quite a while!

Fo's Picks: 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14

01. dramatic instrumental; great drums
02. droning fem vocal, perky backing
03. solid bounce, but way overproduced
04. a 3 part mini-epic w/big strings
05. over-the-top drama, fast groove
06. catchy Arabic soul; aggressive voc.
07. old-school instr.; excellent strings
08. mechanical beat; hip-hoppish vocal
09. nothin' but drums! first-rate stuff.
10. very perky, shifting tempo, odd vocal
11. the gipsy kings go south...
12. slower and mysterious, extra-slinky
13. intriguing, cinematic, Spanish tinge
14. anguished vocal: long intro, then fast
15. more varied but longer than #9
16. very commercial-sounding pop

[Fo] - 2/9/03

Track Listing
 ArtistTrack Name
1. Dinletir Raks Africa
2. Shereen Ah Ya Leil
3. Hakim El Salam
4. Warda Warda
5. Dinletir Ice Queen
6. Hakim Talakik
7. Mohamed Ebdel Wahab Nebtidi Mnain El Hikaya
8. Oojami Chicky
9. Gamel Commaa Sahra Saidi
10. Warda Bitwannes Beek
11. Amr Diab Il Alem Allah
12. Mohamed Abdel Wahab Zeina
13. Mohamed Abdel Wahab Msafer
14. Hakim Esma Yalli
15. Salimpour, Suhaila Drum Solo
16. Ihab Tawfik Habibi Ya Albi