Shahen-Shah
by Nusra Fateh Ali Khan
- Type: Album
- Released: 1989
- Label: Virgin
- Country: Pakistan
- Length: 1:11:05
- Community rating: 4.47/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Released on Peter Gabriel's Real World label, 'Shahen-Shah' was a pivotal introduction of traditional Qawwali to Western audiences, presented without alteration for the market. The album captures the devotional music of the Sufis, building from droning harmonium and intricate tabla rhythms to soaring vocal crescendos led by Khan's commanding voice. The production distinctly captures the raw, live energy of Khan and his party, highlighting the ecstatic spiritual intensity and complex, improvisational vocal interplay that define the genre.
Genres
Descriptors: vocal, long-form, rhythmic, traditional, melodic
Tracklist
Credits
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - main vocal, lead vocals, arranged by
- Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan - senior singer, vocals
- Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan - singer, harmonium, vocals, directed by
- Iqbal Naqbi - chorus, manager, chorus master
- Asad Ali Khan - chorus
- Dildar Hussain - tabla
- Kaukab Ali - pupil, singer, pupil singer, vocals
- Atta Fareed - chorus
- Ghulam Fareed - chorus
- Mohammed Maskeen - chorus, mohammad maskeen
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan And Party - arranged by
- Richard Evans - mixed by
- David Bottrill - recorded by, engineer
- Mouat @ Assorted Images - artwork by [design], original design
- Peter Gabriel - other [liner notes]
- Dave Peabody - photography [cover photograph], photography