Entertainment Weekly (6/29-7/6/01, p.144) - "...A friendly yet exotic, in-your-face, on-your-feet sound..." - Rating: B+
Mojo (Publisher) (9/01, p.104) - "...There are some great moments here..."
Personnel includes: Cheb Mami (accordion); Chet Atkins (acoustic & classical guitars, background vocals); Nile Rodgers (electric guitar); Nitin Sawhney (guitar, keyboards, programming); Kouider Berkane, Chandru Shekar (violin); Haroun (oud); Bill Holloman (saxophone, trumpet); Philippe Saisse (keyboards, synthesizers); Richard Hilton (keyboards); Jerry Barnes (bass); Omar Hakim (drums); Nasser (derbouka); Arev Durvesh (dholok, tabla); Louis Jardim (percussion); Jan Folkson (programming); Sting, Lamya Al-Mughiery, The London Community Gospel Choir (background vocals).