Tamotait
Studio album by
Released27 March 2020 (2020-03-27)
Length41:24
LabelGlitterbeat
Tamikrest chronology
Kidal
(2017)
Tamotait
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
PopMatters8/10[2]

Tamotait is the fifth studio album by Malian group Tamikrest. It was released on March 27, 2020, under Glitterbeat.[3][4]

The first single from the album, "Awnafin" was released on 10 February 2020.[5] The Moroccan singer Hindi Zahra provided guest vocals on the track "Timtarin".[6]

Critical reception

Tamotait was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 79, based on 6 reviews.[1]

Track listing

Tamotait track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Awnafin"4:08
2."Azawad"4:01
3."Amzagh"4:18
4."Amidinin Tad Adouniya"3:54
5."As Sastnan Hidjan"5:16
6."Timtarin"5:50
7."Tihoussay"5:02
8."Anha Achal Wad Namda"3:37
9."Tabsit"5:18

References

  1. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. Pontecorvo, Adriane (27 April 2020). "PopMatters review". PopMatters. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. Rugoff, Lazlo (8 January 2020). "Desert blues meets Malian rock in Tamikrest's new LP, Tamotaït". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. Fish, Bob (26 March 2020). "Tamotait by Tamikrest". Folk Radio UK. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. "Tamikrest unveils 'Awnafin', striking first single from forthcoming album Tamotait". Pan-african-music.com. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. Honigmann, David (20 March 2020). "Tamikrest: Tamotaït — songs of longing from a Touareg band". Financial Times. UK.
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