Comments for Annabi, Amina, Yalil

The driving beat of the dance numbers is alone worth getting the album for. Mixing her French and Tunisian roots, this album is a step forward for France's incorporation of Maghreb culture in its own, especially as one of its songs (in the re-released version) was chosen as France's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

The song that is mentioned in the other comment actually finished joined first in the European song contest. Only because of some rules she didn't win.

The Eurovision Song Contest does not represent contemporary European popular music and yet after 40-odd years it still survives. In 1991 a new kind of music came to the contest in the form of French-Tunisian pop. The singer''s name was Amina and she wowed the international juries. The song was performed in a very sultry and seductive way and Amina was the star of the 1991 show. The winner was decided by the last jury - the Italian jury and three countries were in the running - France Sweden (with a typically Scandinavian song) and Israel (with a typically Mid-Eastern feel). Sweden and France tied for first position and in the end the Swedish song won (due to having receieved more 10 points than Amina). Amina released her song "C''est le dernier qui a parle qui a raison" as "the other winning song" and as a testimony to the songs charm it appeared several times on MTV Europe in late 1993!

french pop, mid-eastern (?) roots