Kelmti Horra | |
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Studio album by Emel Mathlouthi | |
Released | January 24, 2012 |
Label | World Village |
Kelmti Horra (Arabic "كلمتي حرة", "My Word is Free") is the debut studio album by Tunisian protest singer Emel Mathlouthi. It was released on January 24, 2012. The title track was written by Tunisian singer Amin al-Ghozzi and became an important protest song in the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions.
The album was received positively. Neil Spencer of The Observer called Mathlouthi "a powerful new voice" and "a world diva with a difference", describing the album as twisting together "Arabic roots with western flavours" including rock and trip-hop.
Music News describes Kelmti Horra as "a work of haunting and melodramatic beauty" with "an intoxicating and intriguing sound".