'The Best of Natacha Atlas' is a retrospective on the five solo albums so far recorded by one of the very few singers to effectively unite the powers and languages of the popular music's of the Middle East and Europe. The title 'Best Of' perhaps implies that if you listen to this compilation you can skip the rest, but that's very much not the case. This one isn't a digest; seven of the sixteen tracks are as they are on her albums, but the other nine consist of new mixes or edits, some with new vocals, some excellent re-workings and one song not on any of her existing CDs. Keep the CD running after the last track, and by way of a coda you'll hear an example of just what an impressive live performer Natacha Atlas is: a version recorded live in France of "Moustahil" a song that originally appeared on 'Halim'.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Leyesh Nat-Arak
2. Mon Amie la Rose
3. Eye of the Duck
4. Ezzay
5. Fakrenha
6. Mistaneek
7. Leysh Nat'arak
8. You Only Live Twice
9. Yallah Chant
10. Fun Does Not Exist
11. I Put a Spell on You
12. Man's World
13. Amulet
14. Kidda
15. Leysh Nat' Arak
16. Le Printemps