With this album, Meryem Aboulouafa excels at what we might call a 'game of references,' as it would be futile to track down her many influences. We can only barely draw parallels with Kate Bush for her limitless imagination, with James Blake for this rare art of creating intimacy and the emotions that flow from it, or with Oum Kalsoum, for this ability to hypnotize through a universal language without denying the musical traditions of his origins. Even if the woman and the artist are still asking questions, the answers offered by the magnificent Meryem are enough to create powerful feelings of joy.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.The Friend

Meryem Aboulouafa

2.Breath of Roma

Meryem Aboulouafa

3.Deeply

Meryem Aboulouafa

4.Say the Truth and Run

Meryem Aboulouafa

5.Je Me Promets

Meryem Aboulouafa

6.Fighting

Meryem Aboulouafa

7.Evanouie

Meryem Aboulouafa

8.The Accident

Meryem Aboulouafa

9.Ya Qalbi

Meryem Aboulouafa

10.Welcome Back to Me

Meryem Aboulouafa

11.We'll Get By

Meryem Aboulouafa

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