Fairuz

Fairuz | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: July 29, 2008
• Label: Voix De L'Orient
• Copyright: 1988 Voix De L'Orient
• Total Length: 52:23
• Genres: International/Middle East
• ASIN: B001KR3U40
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #138,845 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She is Lebanon, January 12, 2006

By 

Fadi Boukaram "Cedrus Libani" (Beirut, Lebanon / Millbrae CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best of Fairuz, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

For someone who didn't grow up in Lebanon, Fairuz might be a singer with an indescribable voice with songs that resemble little - if any - of what was produced in terms of music in the middle east.

To a Lebanese, Fairuz and the Rahbani brothers created an image of a Lebanon that few are certain ever to exist. The remote village, grape vines under the moonlight, people singing with no care in the world. Particularly during and after the end of the civil war (1975-1990), people became attached to this image of Lebanon that no longer existed, and because of that, Fairuz became the Lebanon that we always wanted. It's probably hard to explain, but she represents Lebanon more than our flag does.

I'm including this introduction for this album, because you might say that this is the essence of the "early" Fairuz. The "newer" Fairuz came to revolutionize what Arabic music is about, twice, but that's a subject to a different album.

Highly recommended album, specifically to non-Arabic speakers.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fairuz is the B-E-S-T best!, December 15, 2005

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mlle. x (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best of Fairuz, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

If you're interested in classical Arab music - or you're interested in Fairuz - start here. Why?

1. Habeytek bsayf - her most famous song, and one of the most famous songs in Arabic ever - is on this CD.

2. Fairuz sings a sort of hybrid - classical Arabic music that is pretty heavily influenced by Western orchestral and military music. That makes her songs a little bit more accessible to the Western ear than songs by somebody like Oum Kalsoum.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC!, July 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Very Best of Fairuz, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

Fairuz is totally awesome! No words can completely tell about how much emotion is in there...her voice is inspiring...the lyrics are breathtaking...if you haven't listened to Fairuz then you are missing something great--listen! Everything is so deep! and if you don't understand Arabic that's okay--you will understand the emotion...