Desert Wind
by Ofra Haza
- Type: Album
- Released: 29 September 1989
- Label: Teldec
- Country: Israel
- Length: 49:19
- Community rating: 3.6/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Ofra Haza's international breakthrough album was produced by Arif Mardin and Joe Mardin, with contributions from Thomas Dolby. It pairs Yemenite Jewish songs with Western pop production and closes with 'Kaddish', a setting of the Jewish mourner's prayer.
Genres
Descriptors: female-vocals, rhythmic, dance, orchestral, spirituality
Tracklist
- Wish Me Luck (4:10)
- Ya Ba Ye (5:07)
- Middle East (4:38)
- I Want to Fly (4:29)
- Slave Dream (4:45)
- Taw Shi (3:31)
- Mm'mma (My Brothers Are There) (4:24)
- In Ta (5:54)
- Fatamorgana - Mirage (5:01)
- Da'aSa (2:41)
- Kaddish (4:35)
Credits
- Dalya Etkin - make-up [make-up]
- Benzion David - other [yemenite jewellery]
- Omar Faruk Tekbilek - baglama, outi [ut], oud [ut]
- Yaron Bachar - keyboards [keyboard]
- Iki Levy - programmed by [drum and percussion programming], cymbal [live], loops [tasht loop], darbouka [darbuka, solo and fills], drums, percussion, drum [tasht], loops [ethnic percussion], percussion, drum programming [additional]
- Fonzi Thornton - backing vocals [background vocals]
- Lani Groves - backing vocals [background vocals]
- Lisa Fischer - backing vocals [background vocals]
- Rod Hui - recorded by, mixed by
- Aharon Ben Amram - lyrics by, music by
- Mainartery - design
- Ted Jensen - mastered by
- Avi Ganor - photography by [photographer]
- Chris Trevett - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Dave Lebowitz - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Don Wood - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Glenn Zimet - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Rich July - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Arif Mardin - producer [produced by]
- Michael O'Reilly - recorded by [vocals and strings]
- Andy Paley - arranged by [additional arranging of guitars]
- John Jackson - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Toby Wright - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Brian Malouf - engineer [engineered by]