Atlas, Natacha / Best Of Natacha Atlas
| Album: | Best Of Natacha Atlas | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Atlas, Natacha | Added: | May 2005 | |
| Label: | Mantra/Beggers Banquet | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2005-07-25 | Pull Date: | 2005-09-26 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 25 | Sep 18 | Sep 4 | Aug 28 | Aug 21 | Aug 14 | Aug 7 | Jul 31 |
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| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 04, 2010: | Music Casserole
Fun Does not Exist (2004) |
4. | May 09, 2009: | Music Casserole
Fun Does not Exist (2004) |
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| 2. | Feb 09, 2010: | Ambient Love Annoyance
I Put a Spell on You |
5. | Jan 06, 2006: | No Cover, No Minimum: World Countdown
Kidda |
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| 3. | Oct 31, 2009: | Music Casserole
I Put a Spell on You |
6. | Oct 17, 2005: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon
I Put a Spell on You |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2005-07-19
Reviewed 2005-07-19
NATACHA ATLAS – “Best Of”
Mantra, 2005
Arabic/Western pop fusion from one of the genre’s most popular artists, full of the catchy dance beats and sexy vocal swoops and hiccups that made her famous. Atlas not only selected the songs herself, she also tweaked them with new edits, remixes, and even some re-recorded vocal tracks. Combining material from all her solo albums, this is a good intro for new listeners but should be of great interest to her existing fans as well.
FO’S PICKS: 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 13, 14. Hidden track at end also great
1. 5:07 – midtempo: slinky vocals & inst snippets swim in a synth bassline
2. 4:27 – a French pop classic: some great backing riffs & wounded vocals
3. 5:58 – funky Moroccan reggae: male lead vox, Atlas does sex-kitten thing
4. 5:14 – breezy trad. Arabic pop melody + big synth chords, pretty vocal
5. 5:06 – relaxed tempo: sweet vocal, heavy rhythm, swirly synths & strings
6. 3:56 – mysterious intro, slammin’ Arabic dancefloor groove. Duet vox
7. 3:41 – very different techno-remix of #1: twinkly bits, glitchy bits…
8. 4:08 – Natacha Atlas: Bond girl!!! Stick with Nancy Sinatra’s original.
9. 3:05 – edgy beats, Atlas trades off with hip-hoppish Arabic male vocal
10. 5:53 – very cool groove, nifty harmonium and sloooow lead vocal
11. 3:42 – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ classic doesn’t rise above novelty status
12. 3:37 – James Brown classic fares better, still gimmicky but cool & sexy
13. 2:40 – sinister booty-shaking beat, good mix of elements, moaning vox
14. 5:01 – stripped down: cool riffs, slinky beat, great vox… catchy catchy
15. 5:10 – dubbed-out version of #1, lots of reverb, isolated instruments, etc
16. 4:17 – low, dramatic music, French vocal; drawn out and atmospheric
– approx 3 minutes of silence before “hidden track” –
16a. excellent live performance: uptempo groove (more straight-up Arabic pop sound than the rest of the album). About 5 minutes long. Check it out.
[Fo] – July 2005
Mantra, 2005
Arabic/Western pop fusion from one of the genre’s most popular artists, full of the catchy dance beats and sexy vocal swoops and hiccups that made her famous. Atlas not only selected the songs herself, she also tweaked them with new edits, remixes, and even some re-recorded vocal tracks. Combining material from all her solo albums, this is a good intro for new listeners but should be of great interest to her existing fans as well.
FO’S PICKS: 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 13, 14. Hidden track at end also great
1. 5:07 – midtempo: slinky vocals & inst snippets swim in a synth bassline
2. 4:27 – a French pop classic: some great backing riffs & wounded vocals
3. 5:58 – funky Moroccan reggae: male lead vox, Atlas does sex-kitten thing
4. 5:14 – breezy trad. Arabic pop melody + big synth chords, pretty vocal
5. 5:06 – relaxed tempo: sweet vocal, heavy rhythm, swirly synths & strings
6. 3:56 – mysterious intro, slammin’ Arabic dancefloor groove. Duet vox
7. 3:41 – very different techno-remix of #1: twinkly bits, glitchy bits…
8. 4:08 – Natacha Atlas: Bond girl!!! Stick with Nancy Sinatra’s original.
9. 3:05 – edgy beats, Atlas trades off with hip-hoppish Arabic male vocal
10. 5:53 – very cool groove, nifty harmonium and sloooow lead vocal
11. 3:42 – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ classic doesn’t rise above novelty status
12. 3:37 – James Brown classic fares better, still gimmicky but cool & sexy
13. 2:40 – sinister booty-shaking beat, good mix of elements, moaning vox
14. 5:01 – stripped down: cool riffs, slinky beat, great vox… catchy catchy
15. 5:10 – dubbed-out version of #1, lots of reverb, isolated instruments, etc
16. 4:17 – low, dramatic music, French vocal; drawn out and atmospheric
– approx 3 minutes of silence before “hidden track” –
16a. excellent live performance: uptempo groove (more straight-up Arabic pop sound than the rest of the album). About 5 minutes long. Check it out.
[Fo] – July 2005
Track Listing