Mustt Mustt is the first Qawwali fusion album collaboration between singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and guitarist and producer Michael Brook,[1] although the album itself is credited purely to Khan. It was rock musician Peter Gabriel who suggested that Brook and Khan work together.[2] It was released in 1990 on Gabriel's Real World Records label.
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| Released | 12 November 1990 | |||
| Genre | Qawwali, world fusion | |||
| Length | 49:43 | |||
| Label | Real World | |||
| Producer | Michael Brook | |||
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This album, along with Night Song, contributed tracks to the remix album Star Rise.
The song "Mustt Mustt" was remixed by British trip hop group Massive Attack and was a club hit in the United Kingdom, being the first song in Urdu to reach the British charts.[2][3] It was later used in an advert for Coca-Cola.[4] Real World Records, the label which released the album, claimed that the album sold over 600,000 copies outside the Indian subcontinent. [5]
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [6] |
Mustt Mustt was voted one of the Top 100 albums of the 1990s by American music magazine Alternative Press.[7] It reached No. 14 on the Billboard Top World Music Albums chart in 1991.[8] David Lynch of The Austin Chronicle called the album a "seminal fusion".[9] British musician Nitin Sawhney said that it "changed the face of British music forever".[10] It was considered a "secularized" or "Western" version of Khan's other Qawwali albums.[4][7][11]
Track listing
edit- "Mustt Mustt (Lost in His Work)" (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) – 5:15
- "Nothing Without You (Tery Bina)" (Khan) – 5:04
- "Tracery" (Michael Brook) – 4:48
- "The Game" (Robert Ahwai, Brook, Khan) – 4:59
- "Taa Deem" (Khan) – 4:47
- "Sea of Vapours" (Brook) – 3:55
- "Fault Lines" (Brook) – 4:13
- "Tana Dery Na" (Brook, Khan) – 4:23
- "Shadow" (Khan) – 3:04
- "Avenue" (Brook) – 4:51
- "Mustt Mustt (Massive Attack remix)" (Khan) – 4:24
Charts
edit| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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| US World Albums (Billboard)[8] | 14 |
References
edit- ^ Kane, Peter (5 March 1991). "Stories". Q Magazine. 55: 11.
- ^ a b Mustt Mustt, Official Michael Brook Website, archived from the original on 6 July 2009, retrieved 25 September 2009
- ^ "Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Biography", NME, archived from the original on 3 March 2011, retrieved 25 September 2009
- ^ a b Tarte, Bob (19 February 2004), "Capturing the essence of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan", Miami New Times, retrieved 25 September 2009
- ^ "Track of the Day: 'Mustt Mustt' by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan".
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ a b Punn, Goher Iqbal (31 January 2003), Remembering a legend, Screen, retrieved 25 September 2009[dead link]
- ^ a b "Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ Lynch, David (27 July 2001), "Review – Nusrat Fateh Qawwali Khan", The Austin Chronicle, retrieved 25 September 2009
- ^ Sawhney, Nitin (17 June 2004), "Observer Music Monthly – Nitin Sawhney", The Observer, retrieved 25 September 2009
- ^ Givens, Ron (19 April 1991), "Mustt Mustt Music Review", Entertainment Weekly, retrieved 25 September 2009