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  • Summary: The Tuareg group releases their fifth studio album, fusing blues and styles of the nomadic people of the Sahara.

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  1. Positive: 24 out of 26
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  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Expert Witness (MSN Music)
    Aug 31, 2011
    91
    Not "desert blues." Sadder than blues‑-too sad to be merely calming.
  2. Austin Chronicle
    Nov 3, 2011
    89
    Tassili's more acoustic than previous efforts but entirely transfixing, filled with haunted pleas about solitude ("Asuf D Alwa"), faith ("Ya Messinagh"), and drought ("Takest Tamidaret").
  3. The Wire
    Dec 5, 2011
    60
    There's still plenty to enjoy on Tassilli, but desert blooms fade fast when overwatered. [Sep 2011, p.65]
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  1. kermitology
    9
    I have no idea what language the lyrics are in (Arabic perhaps?) but in any case, the music is absolutely beautiful. It's the kind of thing that you can just lose yourself if. This is the power that music has over someone.… Expand
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