Option (5-6/98, p.76) - "...Atlas pretty much abandons the Western part of the equation, singing entirely in Arabic and otherwise paying little mind to any of her rock, rap or pop-derived influences....she pulls this off without sounding fake or forced..."
Personnel: Natach Atlas, Kamel, Mounir (vocals); Count Dubulah (guitar, bass, programming); Justin Adams (guitar); Keith Clouston (oud); Simon Walker (violin, viola); Wa'el Abubakr, Nawazish Khan, Aboud Abdel Al, Ahmed Mansour (violin); Caroline Dale (cello); Rony Barak (dharabuka, riqq, mizmar); Tim Garsaayid (dharabuka, riqq, ney); Carol Isaacs (accordion); John Reynolds (keyboards, Moog synthesizer, bass, drums, nishmale); Alex Kasiek (keyboards, saz, programming, background vocals); Lazarus Whelan (clarinet, ney, tenor saxophone, keyboards); Jaz Coleman (keyboards); Hamoid Mantu (drums, dulcima, jazzride, mouth explosion, programming); Nick Walker (programming).
Producers: John Reynolds, TransGlobal Underground, Jaz Coleman, Essam Rashad.
Engineers include: Arabella Rodriguez, David White, OTT.